Garrison Keillor's Podcast

A tale about close neighbors


Listen Later

I do not understand the neighbors, actually, such as why their summer house has LANDSCAPING and LAWN ORNAMENTS. A summer house is for relaxation, it isn’t to demonstrate craftmanship. You are supposed to sit on the porch and read Proust, you are not supposed to create a home that Proust would’ve envied.And I don’t understand why a copy of Foreign Affairs sits on their kitchen counter. In the den, out of sight, yes. In the kitchen? People are eating in the kitchen. Foreign Affairs is the diplomatic version of the prophet Jeremiah. He said, “The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?” Foreign Affairs says pretty much the same thing except for real. Ukraine and Gaza are sort of covered in the newspapers but terrible things are happening everywhere, so much so that you don’t want to know about it. Let Antony Blinken know about it. This is why foreign policy is a minor footnote in our presidential elections, somewhat less important than bike lanes or prayer in public schools — can students in English be assigned books in which prayer occurs even if the book is clearly labeled Fiction.

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit garrisonkeillor.substack.com/subscribe
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Garrison Keillor's PodcastBy Prairie Home Productions

  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7

4.7

1,109 ratings


More shows like Garrison Keillor's Podcast

View all
The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters by American Public Media

The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters

3,047 Listeners

PBS News Hour - Brooks and Capehart by PBS NewsHour

PBS News Hour - Brooks and Capehart

1,224 Listeners

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! by NPR

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

38,557 Listeners

Radiolab by WNYC Studios

Radiolab

43,954 Listeners

This American Life by This American Life

This American Life

90,407 Listeners

Fresh Air by NPR

Fresh Air

37,860 Listeners

Selected Shorts by Symphony Space

Selected Shorts

2,835 Listeners

The Moth by The Moth

The Moth

27,206 Listeners

Snap Judgment by Snap Judgment and PRX

Snap Judgment

11,571 Listeners

The New Yorker Radio Hour by WNYC Studios and The New Yorker

The New Yorker Radio Hour

6,667 Listeners

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio by Milk Street Radio

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio

2,946 Listeners

Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda by Alan Alda

Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda

3,761 Listeners

The Ezra Klein Show by New York Times Opinion

The Ezra Klein Show

15,546 Listeners

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart by Comedy Central

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

10,650 Listeners

Letters from an American by Heather Cox Richardson

Letters from an American

5,385 Listeners