Marketplace Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch gives a bubbly explanation of the intricacies of collateralized debt obligations those financial instruments that got us into this financial mess.
Listen to Boogie Woogie Santa Claus by Pat Donohue and the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band while perusing the year in photographs from A Prairie Home Companion.
When the analysts and experts talk about the current financial crisis, they often refer to credit default swaps. So, what exactly is a credit default swap? Marketplace Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch goes to the whiteboard for this explanation.
Duane (Garrison Keillor) calls his mom (Sue Scott) and dad (Tim Russell) and it goes downhill from there. From the November 8, 2008 broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion, live from the Fitzgerald Theater.
Despite it being only a petty fight between two patrons in the lobby, Ruth Harrison is thrilled to see so much passion within the confines of the Herndon County Library. From the live broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion, November 15, 2008 at the Fitzgerald Theater.
Guy Noir struggles with what to do when people keep coming to him for advice. Recorded live at the Fitzgerald Theater November 22, 2008. Script available at www.prairiehome.org.
These are the good years, for Jim and Barb. Except for the crushing depression of winter, and the terrible memories of childhood. But there's catchup -- its natural mellowing agents seem to make it all seem not so bad. Recorded live at the Fitzgerald Theater, November 22, 2008. Script available at www.prairiehome.org.
Garrison Keillor and Tom Keith tell you the rundown of Saturday's edition of A Prairie Home Companion, live from the Fitzgerald Theater in Downtown St. Paul.
All these new-fangled electronic devices that keep going on the fritz... nothing left to do but to take it in for a one good precise whack to get things running smooth again. Recorded live from A Prairie Home Companion at the Fitzgerald Theater, November 22, 2008. Script available at www.prairiehome.org.
Pat Donohue and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band with an original composition "Happy Day." Performed and broadcast live, November 8, 2008 from the Fitzgerald Theater.
A quick rundown of what Garrison is thankful for this holiday season. Recorded live at the Fitzgerald Theater, November 22, 2008. Full text of the poem is available at www.prairiehome.org
Garrison sings a song nestled in his News From Lake Wobegon monologue. Recorded live at the Fitzgerald Theater, November 22, 2008. Lyrics avaialable at www.prairiehome.org.
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