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Last fall, thile became the host of a prairie home companion, replacing garrison keillor. Tune in to hear writing and music about the atlantic, as well as performances from the lumineers, raphael saadiq and sarah jarosz. Keillor has a way of reconciling seeming contradictions. A prairie home companion is a 2006 american musical comedy film directed by robert altman and is his final film.
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