Curious Lorenzo

 Where's our curiosity gone? There are times now where I feel as though it's gone. Survival has taken front and center. Casual curiosity has taken a back seat. This episode is an effort to change that--at least for today. 

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Since I was a boy, I was fascinated with populations of cities. I started with wondering what the population was in the city I lived, Santa Fe. Then I moved outward to my state, to the largest cities in my state. My journey took me to the largest cities in the USA--New York City, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles. 

The populations of cities can be really boring on the surface, but once your imagination takes over, you start to wonder what life is like in those cities. You wonder what the architecture is like, the food, the people, the smells. It can really be a great journey. So, in this one I found myself rambling off numbers of populations, but I challenge you to picture yourself in those cities, being just one of those people in that number. 

I hope you enjoy!

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New York City, 4th Ave and 7th St. Image credit, Lorenzo Dominguez 
Sources: earth's populationhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_citieshttps://www.newmexico-demographics.com/cities_by_populationpopulation of new mexcohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albuquerque_metropolitan_areahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population

I've wanted to know more about how solar panels work for a while. In this episode I explore the basics of a very complicated process. There's a lot more to explore within solar, but what I've found is that solar can for sure be a very effective supplemental power source. 

I hope you enjoy this episode, I enjoyed making it!

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Image Credit:
NASA/SDO

Sources: https://solect.com/the-science-of-solar-how-solar-panels-work/#:~:text=Sunlight%20hits%20the%20solar%20panels,is%20used%20to%20power%20buildings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_energy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photovoltaics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photodetector
https://www.greenmatch.co.uk/blog/2014/11/how-efficient-are-solar-panels
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanpah_Solar_Power_Facility
https://affordable-solar.com/brittonsolar/
https://www.consumeraffairs.com/solar-energy/solar-vs-fossil-fuels.html

Transportation and infrastructure has always fascinated me. As a kid, I was fascinated with streets, interstate highway systems, and public transportation. Today, there's talk about new ways to get from point "A" to point "B". One of those new ways is Hyperloop, a high speed pod that takes passengers to their destination and back many times faster than the speed of sound. 


(Virgin Hyperloop)
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Sources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperloophttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_soundhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypersonic_speedhttps://www.cnn.com/travel/article/how-long-hyperloop/index.htmlhttps://www.theverge.com/2020/11/8/21553014/virgin-hyperloop-first-human-test-speed-pod-tube

 This episode ended up being very personal. I learned that a self-image is largely formed in childhood, I learned that a self-image is likely not to change, and I learned that there is a tons of research in "the self", what we think about our self, awareness, and most of these concepts that are miles above my head. I also learned that I have work to do on my own self image and that as a parent I have a huge impact on my kids' self image. 

Today, I'm going to try to be more of a Mr. Rogers and less of a mean guy from my church. 

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Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-image

As long as there have been humans, there have been stories. This episode began with my curiosity about how stories are used to deliver information to humans. We enjoy stories. We use stories to teach. 

But my journey took a turn when I began to consider the ways stories are told. We tell stories in art, in music, in dance, in film, in podcasts. We are a story telling people. I think we all want our story to be heard. And we enjoy hearing the stories people have to tell. 

I also read a couple of chapters from the book of Job in the Bible. 

(Job, 1880. Leon Bonnat)

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Sources: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrative

Job, Chapters 1 & 2, NRSV

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Job

 The 2020 presidential election is tomorrow (11/3/2020). I knew a bit about the electoral college, but I wanted to know a bit more. In this episode I research the origins of the electoral college, why it's used instead of a popular vote, and the amount of people are represented based on each electoral vote, and by each House of Representatives representative. 

I couldn't find any information about the amount of people represented by a electoral vote, or House of Representatives rep, but I found this after I recorded. 

Sources: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Electoral_College

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election

Washington Post

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-biden-election-map/?cid=abcnews

The Electoral College Explained, Vox

Let's Talk Elections, YouTube

Political Analysis - Election Predictions, YouTube

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In this episode I struggle with the pronunciation of 'validity'. A lot. But seriously, I'm also struggling with how divided our country feels right now. I know that we're days before an election, and this feeling is pretty normal at this point, but it feels like more. It feels like we've been very divided for a while now, and it feels like our division might take us out. 
I hope not. 
I hope we can respectfully disagree. I think that disagreement is important. We shouldn't all think the same. We should share our different points of view. But we should also respect others' points of view, and not just those points of view that fit into our tribe's narrative. 
Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribalism
https://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/how-the-1920s-thought-electricity-would-transform-farms-510917940
Alone on Netflix


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In this episode I'm curious about Portland. I'll be moving there really soon from Albuquerque, so I'm compelled to learn a little bit about the place before I get there. My wife's from there, and I've visited a hand-full of times since we've been married. But, there's so much more to learn. 
I hope you enjoyed this episode. I'm sure there will be much more on the details of Portland.
Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland,_Oregon
https://www.portland.gov

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Hello and welcome! My name is Lorenzo and I'm a curious guy. I'm a teacher going into the business world, so I need to keep my curiosity alive. I feel like a podcast is the perfect medium in which to do this. 
I hope you'll join me in discovery!