Katherine Lanpher is on with Al Franken

[CatWoman]

you guys remember her?

[whistle]

1. Name sounds familiar, can't place the person though

[CatWoman]

3. she co-hosted with him at the start of the show

then left to write a book

[NYCGirl]

4. Al's former co-host.

[NYCGirl]

2. I miss her so much! NT

[cenacle]

9. lovely to hear her voice

and about her success...and Al is being his wonderful nerdy sentimental self...i hope she comes on more often, now that she's come back to visit, and become the former co-host person...i remember her not only as funny but as very smart and insightful...her voice deserves to be heard on radio and in books :)

[whistle]

5. Wait, did you mean, Katherine Lanpher?

Katherine Lanpher
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Katherine Lanpher, born May 27, 1959, was until recently a talk radio personality, and previously an award-winning journalist and newspaper columnist for the Saint Paul Pioneer-Press. Her career includes internships with the Muskegon Chronicle, the Detroit Free Press and the Chicago Sun-Times, where she danced her way through an investigation of dance studios. She has written free-lance articles and columns for publications including the New York Times.

As a columnist she also hosted a talk show for a Saint Paul commercial radio station. She was known even then as a liberal voice, although she was not strictly political.

In April 2003, she was charged on the suspicion of drunk driving after allegedly hitting a car and leaving the scene in St. Paul, Minnesota. 1

Prior to broadcasting, she was a columnist for the St. Paul Pioneer Press for 16 years before leaving to host Minnesota Public Radio's Midmorning program from August 1998 until January 20, 2004.

Lanpher co-hosted the Air America Radio program The Al Franken Show in 2004 and 2005. She left the show on October 7, 2005 to write a memoir concerning her move to New York City. The book is entitled "Leap Days: Chronicles of a Midlife Move" and was published on October 10, 2006.

[CatWoman]

6. It appears I need to brush up on my spelling

:hi:

[LSK]

7. got it on and yes I remember her

She left the show to write a book.

[NYCGirl]

8. She's on for the whole hour — and they're doing Mastication Theater! NT

[LSK]

10. will they do the Oy Oy Oy show???

Was that what it was called? That was the 1st thing I ever heard on AAR way back when.

[NYCGirl]

11. They did it early in the hour. NT

[LSK]

12. damn, I missed it

[NYCGirl]

13. Seems that Old Al's wife, Miriam, blames Katherine for AAR's bankruptcy!

They might put the MP3 on the website.

[LSK]

14. good idea, thanks!

:thumbsup:

[NYCGirl]

15. Or, if you're not a premium member, they offer a day-pass to the archives

or there has to be an MP3 or two floating around the internets!

[ronnykmarshall]

16. I miss her.

I liked the show better when she was on it.

[Ryano42]

17. Katherine...

<swoon> :loveya: :9