LAST UPDATE: 1-24-2026
This page is to gather all the links to information about these shows that I can. I update this fairly often. Much of the show catalog can be downloaded if you know where to look and how to do it. Relatively recently, a gentleman has been both collecting publicly available episode recordings plus converting his own taped recordings to mp3s and organizing them on MediaFire. His work now has a very large and documented collection of PHC episodes.
Many Shows on MediaFire (complements of TedK and others)
1. American Radio Company (ARC period, between late 1989 and June of 1993. Each show (mostly) is separated into two parts (A & B). The collection is complete.
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/8e9wl2spc1o99/2+ARC+-+Garrison’s+American+Radio+Company+1989-1993
2. PHC shows from Oct 1993 to June 1996. Also mostly separated into A & B parts. The collection is complete. Garrison’s archive has shows from 1996 on, so this section includes a lot of PHC that is not in his web site.
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/kr26tp1lwpgqo/3+PHC+-+A+Prairie+Home+Companion
3. Shows on Garrison’s web site. 1996 to the end of Garrison’s run in 2016. Easier to download from here. There are not high quality sound resolution, but are listenable. Except for bunch that I included that are high quality copies.
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/yes599ma1wov8/4+PHC+Archives+1996+to+2016+Unedited
4. Shows from the 1980’s and a handful from the 1970’s. TedK is still working on these, so it’s not complete yet. and some of them are not complete shows yet, but will be once he upgrades them. Also includes some favorite music from the period.
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/ye4q8i98awequ/6+PHC+1980s+In-progress+Workshop
5. Shows that are not in Garrison’s web site but should be. And upgraded shows. Not complete yet.
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/cnlca8k8qbsjh/8+PHC+Shows+not+in+Archives
Other Shows, Recordings and Information
Download Many Episodes as MP3 Files
This recently changed but this version seems to work still. The prairiehome.org website used to have all the episodes from about 1996 through the last one in 2016. Now it seems they are not all there, but the url format still works for the shows that are still on the site (just change the dates in two places in the url – you should be able to download all available shows from 1996 through 2016.
This full URL should look something like these and will always be a Saturday.
January 9th, 1999
https://play.publicradio.org/api-2.0.1/o/phc/1999/01/09/phc_19990109_128.mp3
January 2nd, 1999
https://play.publicradio.org/api-2.0.1/o/phc/1999/01/02/phc_19990102_128.mp3
OTHER SITES WITH RECORDINGS AND INFORMATION ABOUT PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION AND NEWS FROM LAKE WOBEGON
A Prairie Home Companion Documentation Effort
After PHC – 2016 to 2020 Episodes of Live From Here
Cool Recording of a 1974 Gift Album of Prairie Home Companion
Lots of Background on Prairie Home Companion at MNopedia
Google Sheets Data on All? Shows
Prairie Home Companion Compendium
Nice Index and Timeline of PHC Shows
Prairie Home Companion Episodes on Garrison’s Youtube Channel
Radio Heartland – Nice Set of Guy Noir Episodes
Radio Heartland – Nice Set of The Lives of the Cowboys Episodes