Overstated

A Coast-to-Coast Roast of the 50 States

By: Colin Quinn

Narrated by: Colin Quinn

This program is read by the author.

In Colin Quinn's new book, 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

CQ

Is a national treasure. Look up his old, old stand up from '92. Jesus, the man has walked miles

5 star book

The great CQ knocked it out of the park. Much better than Jim Norton's books.

In God We Give A Care

Colin Quinn has slowly matured into our generation’s mush-mouthed Mark Twain. His incisive takes on each of our fifty states provoke laughs, winces, and tears of bittersweet joy at what a daring, brilliant, foolhardy, arrogant, down to heart, hardworking, lazy, corrupt, idealistic, awesome, and awful (in both the old and new senses) this nation is. Our Empire of Liberty could not have been sent up better.

I always enjoy Colins sarcastic perspective.

Can't wait for a take on the election and the next 4 years. Highly recommend his work.

Highly recommend!

I used to love a program that Colin hosted on E or Comedy Central where he and a cast of comedians used to bust each other's balls for thirty minutes. Since then I try to support his work in all forms. He is really clever and makes me laugh. This book surprised me. To me it should be required reading in every high school civics class. You learn a lot, laugh a lot and it really makes you think about the state of our country. And it's easy to go back and listen to chapters. I loved it.