Population and Podcast

Saw this breakdown of the states who have the closest populations to the boroughs in NYC. It's amazing that you could cram all the people from these states into NYC. WOW right! Of course this started me thinking about the electoral college. These five states have a total electoral vote of 21 (according to the FEC). New York state has a total of 31 electoral votes. That doesn't seem to be fair in a "representative" democracy. But someone who is better at math than I am will need to explain it (yes I am talking to you Brandon).

There is a new podcast I have been listening to called "The Moth." The Moth is an organization dedicated to the art and community of storytelling. People come to the Moth events and get up to share their stories. No notes, props, or PowerPoint presentations just storytelling. From their website you can get to the iTunes podcast link. The latest two episodes called "The Stakeout" and "Harlem Cowboy" will have you roaring with laughter. Warning, these are recordings of live presentations so there is no editing done to the stories so there is swearing in some of them. Particularly in "The Stakeout" but the guy telling the story is a NYC detective so it's to be understood.

Anyway, it's a good one to add to your podcast repertoire.