health. and by the mattson mchail foundation in support of public television. and also by mfi foundation, improving the quality of life within our community. and also by the alice clayburg reynolds foundation and viewers like you. thank you. >> i'm evan smith. he's an author, humorist, storyteller and icon of public broadcasting whose weekly radio show, a prairie home companion, and its signature segment, "news from lake wobegon," have been a part of our lives, in one form or another, since 1974. he's garrison keillor. this is overheard.