
Institutionalized
Charles Fain Lehman & Aaron Sibarium are two friends and reporters who spend a lot of time wondering: are our institutions failing? This podcast is their effort to have these discussions in public, with some of the smartest people they know.Using their experience as DC-based journalists, this podcast discusses how our problems come down to how our institutions—our colleges, our businesses, our government, our media—function, or don’t.
Latest episodes

May 3, 2023 • 54min
Artificial Intelligence with David Rozado
Charles and Aaron sit down with David Rozado to discuss the political perils and biases of artificial intelligence.Recommendations:WarGames (Film)ChatGPT and Me**Private I** by Jill Fain Lehman, Paul Pangaro, Ashlei E WatsonEx Machina (Film)

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Apr 19, 2023 • 60min
Disinformation with Jacob Siegel
Charles and Aaron sit down with Jason Siegel to discuss disinformation and the intelligence community.Recommendations:How the Deep State Took Down Nixon by Nathan PinkoskiG-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American CenturyJohn PSmith on SubstackA Guide to Understanding the Hoax of the Century by Jacob SiegelInvasion of the Fact-Checkers by Jacob SiegelNot without Honor by Richard Gid Powers

Apr 5, 2023 • 57min
Accreditation with George Leef
Charles and Aaron sit down with to discuss higher education accreditation with George Leef.Recommendations:The Awakening of Jennifer Van Arsdale: A Political Fable For Our Time by George LeefWhen Discipline-Specific Accreditors Go Woke by John SailerLucky HankQuestions? Comments? Email us at Institutionalized@nebulouspodcasts.com

Mar 29, 2023 • 51min
Animal Welfare with Ozy Brennan
Charles and Aaron sit down with Ozy Brennan to discuss the ethics of how we treat animals.Recommendations:Do Elephants Have Souls? by Caitrin KeiperA Super Upsetting Cookbook About Sandwiches by Tyler KordCompassion, by the Pound: The Economics of Farm Animal WelfareDo Fish Feel Pain? by Victoria Braithwaite

Mar 22, 2023 • 1h 6min
Criminal Justice System with Rafael Mangual
Charles and Aaron sit down with Rafael Mangual to discuss the recent increase of serious violent crimes in the United States.Recommendations:El Salvador President Nayib Bukele on Tucker CarlsonCriminal (In)Justice: What the Push for Decarceration and Depolicing Gets Wrong and Who It Hurts Most by Rafael MangualWe’re Underfunding the Police By Reihan Salam and Charles Fain Lehman

Mar 15, 2023 • 56min
Academic Freedom with Josh Rauh
Aaron and Charles sit down with Josh Rauh to discuss Florida's higher education reforms.Recommendations:The End of the English Major by Nathan HellerGod and Man at Yale by William BuckleyWoke, Inc. by Vivek Ramaswamy

Mar 8, 2023 • 1h 5min
Same Sex Marriage with Sasha Issenberg
Charles and Aaron sit down with Sasha Issenberg to discuss same-sex marriage and the complex political landscape surrounding it.Recommendations: The Minority Rights Revolution by John D. SkrentnyThe Engagement: America's Quarter-Century Struggle Over Same-Sex Marriage by Sasha IssenbergThe Girl From the Red River Shore by Bob Dylan

Mar 1, 2023 • 52min
Debt with Brian Reidl
Charles and Aaron sit down with Brian Reidl to discuss the politics of debt and deficit.Recommendations:Margaritaville (South Park)The American Disease: Origins of Narcotic Control by David MustoGrey Dawn (South Park)

Feb 22, 2023 • 1h 6min
Implicit Bias with Lee Jussim
Aaron and Charles sit down with Lee Jussim to discuss the implicit association test and the replication crisis.Recommendations:The Coronavirus and the Right’s Scientific Counterrevolution by Ari SchulmanScientific Regress by William WilsonUnsafe Science Substack by Lee Jussim

Feb 15, 2023 • 51min
Healthcare with Chris Pope
Charles and Aaron sit down with Chris Pope to discuss the pros and cons of America’s healthcare system.Recommendations:The Last of Us on HBOLosing Ground by Charles MurrayThe Logic of Collective Action by Manicure Olson
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