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Overstated: A Coast-to-Coast Roast of the 50 States

de Colin Quinn

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History. Politics. Nonfiction. Humor (Nonfiction.) HTML:

This program is read by the author.
In Colin Quinn's new audiobook, the popular comedian, social commentator, and star of the shows Red State Blue State and Unconstitutional tackles the condition of our union today.

Utah: The Church of States
Vermont: The Old Hippie State
Florida: The Hot Mess State
Arizona: The Instagram Model State
Wisconsin: The Diet Starts Tomorrow State
The United States is in a fifty-states-wide couples' counseling session, thinking about filing for divorce. But is that really what we want? Can a nation composed of states that are so different possibly hang together?
Colin Quinn, comedian, social commentator, and writer and star of Red State Blue State and Unconstitutional, calls us out state-by-state, from Connecticut to Hawaii. He identifies the hypocrisies inherent in what we claim to believe and what we actually do. Within a framework of big-picture thinking about systems of government??after all, how would you put this country together if you started from scratch today???to dead-on observations about the quirks and vibes of the citizens in each region, Overstated skewers us all: red, blue, and purple. It's ultimately infused with the same blend of optimism and practicality that sparked the U.S. into being.
A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press… (mais)

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Not something I would normally buy but Barnes and Noble had it on the 50% off table so I thought it would be funny and anything American History is right up my alley. It was good but not great. There are some interesting factoids in there but it could have been even better if he would've left out the MAGA-friendly references. From early in the book I got the impression Colin Quinn is a Trumper, or at the very least a Trump sympathizer, and that made me enjoy it less by knowing that. A book this small usually doesn't take me an entire week to read and that alone shows my level of excitement for it. ( )
  booksonbooksonbooks | Jul 24, 2023 |
Not something I would normally buy but Barnes and Noble had it on the 50% off table so I thought it would be funny and anything American History is right up my alley. It was good but not great. There are some interesting factoids in there but it could have been even better if he would've left out the MAGA-friendly references. From early in the book I got the impression Colin Quinn is a Trumper, or at the very least a Trump sympathizer, and that made me enjoy it less by knowing that. A book this small usually doesn't take me an entire week to read and that alone shows my level of excitement for it. ( )
  booksonbooksonbooks | Jul 24, 2023 |
My review of this book can be found on my YouTube Vlog at:

https://youtu.be/hzoJ0mCdCLM

Enjoy! ( )
  booklover3258 | Jul 17, 2023 |
Sometimes insightful. Sometimes funny. Quinn, however, has a problem making both work in tandem perhaps because the real story he is telling is a sad one. ( )
  Lemeritus | Sep 21, 2021 |
Not something I would normally buy but Barnes and Noble had it on the 50% off table so I thought it would be funny and anything American History is right up my alley. It was good but not great. There are some interesting factoids in there but it could have been even better if he would've left out the MAGA-friendly references. From early in the book I got the impression Colin Quinn is a Trumper, or at the very least a Trump sympathizer, and that made me enjoy it less by knowing that. A book this small usually doesn't take me an entire week to read and that alone shows my level of excitement for it. ( )
  swmproblems | Jan 15, 2021 |
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History. Politics. Nonfiction. Humor (Nonfiction.) HTML:

This program is read by the author.
In Colin Quinn's new audiobook, the popular comedian, social commentator, and star of the shows Red State Blue State and Unconstitutional tackles the condition of our union today.

Utah: The Church of States
Vermont: The Old Hippie State
Florida: The Hot Mess State
Arizona: The Instagram Model State
Wisconsin: The Diet Starts Tomorrow State
The United States is in a fifty-states-wide couples' counseling session, thinking about filing for divorce. But is that really what we want? Can a nation composed of states that are so different possibly hang together?
Colin Quinn, comedian, social commentator, and writer and star of Red State Blue State and Unconstitutional, calls us out state-by-state, from Connecticut to Hawaii. He identifies the hypocrisies inherent in what we claim to believe and what we actually do. Within a framework of big-picture thinking about systems of government??after all, how would you put this country together if you started from scratch today???to dead-on observations about the quirks and vibes of the citizens in each region, Overstated skewers us all: red, blue, and purple. It's ultimately infused with the same blend of optimism and practicality that sparked the U.S. into being.
A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press

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