episodes:

• 11.25.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for November 25, 2017

  "It was good and cold on Thanksgiving Day, which was good. It just made Thanksgiving feel more necessary somehow." Families destroy the social order by purchasing their Thanksgiving meals online, The Host prepares a subpar Grape Salad, and a few...

  
• 11.18.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for November 18, 2017

  "It's been chilly out there this week. It's been in the 30s ever since Wednesday night. Winter came in, it just came right in and the wind came up." Pastor Kohler continues a string of depressing sermons as his time...

  
• 11.11.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for November 11, 2017

  "It's November, middle of November, and the trees are bare. We had a big wind here this last week, big rainstorm on Wednesday and Thursday. It's been chilly." Pastor Kohler leaves town after his email is hacked, Clarence Bunsen experiences...

  
• 11.04.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for November 4, 2017

  "So beautiful and warm this last week for the first week in November. Got into almost the 70s and almost the 70s is more than good enough for us. What a gift Wednesday and Thursday were." The school board debates...

  
• 10.28.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for October 28, 2017

  "Most of the leaves are off the trees, except a few yellow leaves there on the Aspen trees. Of course the corn is all combined, the beans as well. The fields are mostly just stubble." The town begins procrastinating as...

  
• 10.21.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for October 21, 2017

  "Our show coming to you from my hometown Anoka, Minnesota, here on the Rum River, flowing into the Mississippi." Our host shares a few memories about his family's history in his other hometown of Anoka, during a special live broadcast...

  
• 10.14.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for October 14, 2017

  "This long, strange, warm fall is finally coming to an end. We're about a week away from frost and we're looking forward to that." A mysterious wedding takes place at the Lutheran Church, and memories of when Uncle Earl secretly...

  
• 10.07.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for October 7, 2017

  "It's not the New Year, you know, or anything of the sort, but September: a gorgeous, gorgeous time, and the leaves are turning and the smell of apples in the air." The host recalls a notable childhood moviegoing experience, Lyle...

  
• 09.30.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for September 30, 2017

  "It's been beautiful, beautiful weather out there -- sunny and bright and highs in the 60s, it's been perfect. Farmers are combining the corn, and the soybeans as well, and the alfalfa is still green." The Lake Wobegon Leonards lose...

  
• 09.25.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for September 23, 2017

  "It's been just the most beautiful fall that we can remember, thank goodness for memory loss. It's just been absolutely gorgeous, just sunny skies and warm days for people whose tastes run in that direction and then cool nights to...

  
• 09.16.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for September 16, 2017

  "It's been a beautiful week of winter. It got a little bit warm early in the week, but not so warm that we lost much snow, so it wasn't that bad." The host recalls the Native Americans, government agents, Unitarian...

  
• 09.09.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for September 9, 2017

  "We've had this very warm September and the trees have not started to turn as yet, but the apples are ripe and there's a smell of them in the air." The host describes a memorable hitchhiking trip to Minneapolis, Pastor...

  
• 09.02.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for September 2, 2017

  "Beautiful, beautiful week of fall. Mists on the lake early in the morning, you wake up in the morning, your window is open, you've got a little extra blanket over you." Pastor Liz fills in while the Lutheran Church interviews...

  
• 09.01.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for September 1, 2017

  "The Minnesota State Fair was a big thing, along with Christmas, and the Fourth of July, and your birthday. It was enormous, and we always drove down for the day." A few stories about the host's Uncle Louie, who worked...

  
• 08.26.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for August 26, 2017

  "We've had quite a bit of rain here this past week, and that is just fine by us. If you grew up on a farm you never complained about rain." Daryl and Marilyn Tollerud plan a vacation, the Sons...

  
• 08.19.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for August 19, 2017

  "Spring came uncertainly as spring always does. It just took one thunderstorm and green spears -- tulips poking up in the flower beds -- and all the winter clothes went away into boxes down in the basement." High school students...

  
• 08.12.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for August 12, 2017

  "It has been fiercely, fiercely cold here this last week." Roger Hedlund visits the Chatterbox Cafe early on a cold morning and considers switching his farm from soybeans and corn to bluestem grass, a monologue from February 2001.

  
• 08.05.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for August 5, 2017

  "It's that beautiful time of year. Blue skies, a little chill in the air, and all these leaves on the ground, if you want to interact with leaves." Sister Arvonne surreptitiously organizes Halloween activities, and a Lake Wobegon ghost story,...

  
• 07.29.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for July 29, 2017

  "It's been hot out there this last week. It's been humid too, so that you wake up in the morning and there's a mist out over the meadows, beautiful mist with the sun shining through it." Gladys feels a longing...

  
• 07.22.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for July 22, 2017

  "We had about two weeks solid of rain and cold. People are getting moody and owly. But then at last the weather broke and we've had almost paradise now since, since Wednesday." Memories of listening to the radio during...

  
• 07.15.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for July 15, 2017

  "It's been warm and beautiful there, the sun shone down. The tomatoes came up and the onions and the sweet corn and we sit in our backyards, the bushes thick and lush under the canopy of green" Kate Inqvist prepares...

  
• 07.08.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for July 8, 2017

  "It's been hot and steamy out there and people have been showing up down at the bathing beach, that we don't think are from our town, we are not sure." Pastor Inqvist and his wife take a four-week vacation so...

  
• 07.01.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for July 1, 2017

  "It's been lovely whether. It's been warm. We got a little bit of rain. It's been great for the tomatoes." Irene Bunsen gloats when her tomato plants outstrip her brother-in-law Clarence's crop, the 4th of July committee debates rules for...

  
• 06.24.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for June 24, 2017

  "This is the shank of summer. It's such a gorgeous time of year. It's been so beautiful in Lake Wobegon. The yards, the lawns have never looked more beautiful than they do right now." Thoughts on lawn maintenance and strawberry-rhubarb...

  
• 06.17.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for June 17, 2017

  "We had some storms out there but it's been all good for us. The mourning doves we hear them in the morning, we see the fireflies at night." Clarence Bunsen sleeps on his boat so he can think in the...

  
• 06.10.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for June 10, 2017

  "It's been cool. There's been some rain, which we appreciate out there because it gives you a reason not to do things you thought you were going to have to do." The high school decides to hold graduation outdoors at...

  
• 06.03.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for June 3, 2017

  "It's been June weather. Everything is happening at once. The dragonflies are all kind of breeding and they're out and they're mating." Thoughts on desert living and the benefits of rhubarb, the high school's senior class pulls the annual graduation...

  
• 05.27.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for May 27, 2017

  "It's been warm out here, been in the 80s, so we were very grateful for this big thunderstorm that came along on Tuesday night. Big shards of lightning splitting the sky sure gets everybody's attention."The Lutheran Church search committee looks...

  
• 05.20.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for May 20, 2017

  "The weather's just been gorgeous. It was warm this last week, it was up in the 80s. There was a little bit of rain, not enough, but there's never enough." The Whippets win a few games with the help of...

  
• 05.13.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for May 13, 2017

  "It's been cool here this last week, actually 'cold' I think would be a better term for it -- and it snowed. But it's only the first week of May and precipitation comes in many different forms." Cool weather temporarily...

  
• 05.06.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for May 6, 2017

  "It was warm and kind of windy all week and we got this terrific thunderstorm on Wednesday, which was a great boon, to get washed off like that." Fishing season begins and fishermen return to their pursuit of famous walleye...

  
• 04.29.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for April 29, 2017

  "It's been kind of cool, sunny but windy out there, and the other day a little snow fell, just a few flakes. We ignored it. We did not comment on it." Bridal shower season arrives, Darlene invites three suitors to...

  
• 04.22.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for April 22, 2017

  "Spring has come out awfully certainly there. Just about two weeks ago there was still ice on the lake and now this past week it got up into the 90s. People running around in shorts, t-shirts." Carl Krebsbach's brother-in-law attempts...

  
• 04.15.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for April 15, 2017

  "Getting warm up there, getting up into the 60s and even thinking about getting up into the 70s so it's been very pleasant -- and no snow fell this last week." The town celebrates the 1st of May, and a...

  
• 04.08.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for April 8, 2017

  "It's spring, spring out there, which, in the case of Minnesota, means there's a little more snow forecast. About eight inches of snow, some places 10 inches, fell." Farmers prepare for spring planting after a successful year, the town takes...

  
• 04.01.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for April 1, 2017

  "We've had wind and snow and rain and cold rain and a little snow, that melting snow, and then wind some more. It's spring we know that now, even if it's a little chilly." Darlene has an epiphany while out...

  
• 03.25.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for March 25, 2017

  "Had some nice days here this last week. It wasn't too terribly cold. The sun was shining." Lyle teaches high school students about the vernal equinox, the town's old men discuss modern cars, and the last of the rhubarb gets...

  
• 03.18.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for March 18, 2017

  "It's been beautiful this last week. The sun was shining. It's been a gorgeous, gorgeous winter. We got a little snow on Monday, Thursday, just a decorator snow." Mr. Berge tells a few jokes to ducks out on the lake,...

  
• 03.11.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for March 11, 2017

  "It was the most beautiful snowfall in yesterday morning in Lake Wobegon. It was just gorgeous, it was like something out of a children's book." The town pledges for the annual "Big Plunge" fundraising event, Lake Wobegon High School students...

  
• 03.04.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for March 4, 2017

  "It's been warm there. It's been up in the thirties so the snow's been melting and dripping off the icicles, and the sidewalks are clear." Animals venture into the town's yards to look for food, and Alan Jansky returns for...

  
• 02.25.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for February 25, 2017

  "It's been warm there. It's been up in the 20s and so we don't know when the other shoe is going to drop but we are sure that it will eventually, sooner rather than later." Myrtle Krebsbach hosts the Valentine's...

  
• 02.18.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for February 18, 2017

  "It's been cold here, got down to 30-below wind chill here earlier in the week, starting to warm up a little bit now. They are forecasting more snow for Monday, Tuesday night." Corrine Tollerud returns from St. Olaf College for...

  
• 02.11.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for February 11, 2017

  "It's been cold there. The furnaces are starting to make strange noises and enormous icicles the size of Minuteman missiles hang from the eves down there." A few stories about the host's distinguished East Coast ancestors, the Valentine's Day Robbery...

  
• 02.04.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for February 4, 2017

  "It's been not quite so cold this last week..." Carl Krebsbach gets into a car accident, conversation at the Sidetrack Tap turns even dumber than usual, and Leland buys the Everett house using money he's made running insurance scams, in...

  
• 01.28.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for January 28, 2017

  "It has been unnaturally warm out there and that has gotten the raccoons thinking that this is the breeding season." A mysterious figure skater out on the lake draws a crowd, Senator K. Thorvaldson finally heads south for the winter,...

  
• 01.21.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for January 21, 2017

  "It got ferociously cold here on Thursday--Wednesday and Thursday--so school was canceled on Thursday. They heard about it Thursday morning on the rise-and-shine show Ole and Toivu." Senator K. Thorvaldson prepares for a trip to Arizona, Carl Krebsbach considers giving...

  
• 01.14.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for January 14, 2017

  "We got a little snow -- a little snow Monday night. What a beautiful snowfall it was, and not all that cold out." The recent warm weather puts those who suffer from "Pump Handle Phobia" at ease. Plus, Mr. Hansen...

  
• 01.14.2017

  January 14, 2017: The News from Lake Wobegon

  "We got a little snow -- a little snow Monday night. What a beautiful snowfall it was, and not all that cold out." The recent warm weather puts those who suffer from "Pump Handle Phobia" at ease. Plus, Mr. Hansen...

  
• 01.07.2017

  The News from Lake Wobegon for January 7, 2017

  "Our beautiful fall has come to an end. We got a frost here on Monday night. People were talking about it down at the Chatterbox Cafe." Eloise Krebsbach runs for mayor, the Lutheran Church updates its directory, Carl Krebsbach does...

  
• 01.07.2017

  January 7, 2017: The News from Lake Wobegon

  "Our beautiful fall has come to an end. We got a frost here on Monday night. People were talking about it down at the Chatterbox Cafe." Eloise Krebsbach runs for mayor, the Lutheran Church updates its directory, Carl Krebsbach does...