These spots are pure fun. They shouldn't be thought of only in conjunction with elections or poltics. Stations should download them all if only for the archives or maybe the roll call of stations at the next PRPD. They're well produced, they're musical and chock full of wonderfully arcane Americana. The pieces include not only official state songs but official birds, trees, fish and amphibions; mottos, muffins, milk and more. What a country!

I loved this piece! Fun and entertaining, very well mixed and produced. Most of the song clips feature the name of the state but it's also organized in alphabetical order so it's not that difficult to figure out which song belongs to which state. The individual state song pieces are also very enjoyable. The stories include some basic and quirky information about the state (motto, capitol, bird). In my home state of Ohio, who knew we had an official state fossil? Consider broadcasting these on election day. If you plan to do special local election night coverage, try using the medley piece (perhaps 30 seconds at a time) to fade in and out of NPR and your local election coverage. Of course, this assumes that the producer allows using parts of the piece at a time, perhaps in lieu of the usual music beds this piece can be split into one minute intervals for station breaks during election night coverage. Or perhaps it can air in its entirety at the end of your election night special. We'll all need a break and a little bit of humor by then.