Garrison Keillor axed by Vermont Book Festival hours after organizer touted accused sexual harasser's appearance and defended the radio host, declaring he 'is not a sexual predator' A Prairie Home Companion with Chris Thile. This week's classic rebroadcast: a show originally from November 2001 at the Fitzgerald Theater with Gillian Welch, and Rhonda Vincent and the Rage. But somehow things get out of hand, and she ends up hauling along another ten Wobegonians, too. After four decades, A Prairie Home Companion is changing its name to Live From Here in the wake of Garrison Keillor's departure from MPR. Garrison Keillor's Fort Myers show canceled at Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall An appearance by Garrison Keillor, former host of "A Prairie Home Companion," at a Vermont book festival has been canceled after public outcry. A Prairie Home Companion is a weekly radio variety show created and hosted by Garrison Keillor that aired live from 1974 to 2016. In 2016, musician Chris Thile took over as host, and the successor show was eventually renamed Live from Here.