September 23, 1996 - A Garrison Keillor documentary about F. Scott Fitzgerald entitled Fitzgerald in St. Paul, on the eve of his 100th birthday commemoration. Program includes interviews, music elements, and readings.
September 23, 1996 - MPR’s Bob Potter interviews Garrison Keillor about famed St. Paul author F. Scott Fitzgeald. Keillor discusses Fitzgerald’s work and connection to the Midwest.
August 23, 1996 - Garrison Keillor hosts his annual “Minnesota Quiz” in MPR booth at the Minnesota State Fair. Audience members try to answer various questions about for prizes. Topics of quiz include state history, sports, weather and arts. Gary Eichten briefly closes out program.
August 20, 1996 - MPR’s Garrison Keillor interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning oral historian, Studs Terkel, as part of the Portland Arts and Lectures Series. Terkel talked about his life and family, and his days in radio. Studs Terkel is the author of several best-selling books including Race, and Working, and The Good War: An Oral History of World War II, for which he won a Pulitzer Prize.
November 24, 1995 - Garrison Keillor speaks at the Woman's Club of Minneapolis about poetry. He reads a selection of poems and shares his views on what poetry is all about.
August 28, 1995 - Live from the Minnesota State Fair, Garrison Keillor hosts the second annual "Do you know Minnesota?” quiz.
September 23, 1994 - All Things Considered’s John Rabe asks Garrison Keillor for his opinion on Minnesota native F. Scott Fitzgerald. Keillor shares kind words of the writer’s style and discusses Fitzgerald’s feelings towards St. Paul (the famed author had some “not-so-kind’ words regarding his birthplace).
September 23, 1994 - Garrison Keillor reads an excerpt from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby.
October 1, 1993 - MPR’s Bob Potter interviews Garrison Keillor on bringing back the original A Prairie Home Companion name.
October 2, 1992 - Morning Edition broadcasts a BBC Outlook interview with writer and performer Garrison Keillor, who comments on writing, the Midwest, politics, and New York City. Segment opens with Keillor reading.