by Jessica Naudziunas and Patrick Jarenwattananon

Those big ol' orange thingies you see on our Google-enabled interactive sound map are the latest updates to the audio-geography project we've been working on lately. (The previously posted voices are mostly in yellow.) We started collecting the sound bites on election night, and we'll keep collecting them until President-elect Obama is sworn in as President Obama — and then plotting them in our nifty little doohickey, embedded above.

Our latest installment reflects a shift away from elation or disappointment immediately after the election, and looks forward to the actual business of administering a nation beset by a number of serious problems. That, plus Michel on Michelle: Michel Martin of NPR's Tell Me More and many others reflect on our future first lady. Click away!