This is a wonderful piece that centers on the human condition. One of the great American Stories is where the protagonist has a quirky dream to save the town from something bad. Along the way we find out the guy has some sort of personal demons to work out. He's challenged, the town folk don't believe in him, but something wonderful happens and the guy with the crazy idea becomes a town hero.

It's all here and told in a very nice public radio way. The production is wonderful and the many voices in this piece are well organized and the story is told deftly.

This is a regional piece with universal appeal. I am not sure I could encourage its use in a regional magazine, but as part of a themed based show it works great. It was aired nationally and that works in that context. It sounds great in the plains and on a national program, but a show in the Northeast would have to be themed based, you couldn’t just toss it in as it given its geographical origin without other similar pieces around it.

A few picky things. It's long. Half an hour for this may work great locally and even nationally, but in between the two is a whole lot of ways this piece could be used that would require it to be cut down a bit. There's an even pace in music and narration, I think a bit of a change here and there, speeding up here and there would minimize what I call "mid piece burn." That's where the experienced listener knows the next couple of elements and is willing to sit through them to get to the pay off, but you risk them tuning out mentally if not physically.

Overall, this is a great story that is well produced and executed