Institutionalized

On this episode we sit down with Garett Jones to discuss to discuss the dark sides of immigration.Recommendations:The Godfather MovieDisneyland with the Death Penalty by William GibsonOpen Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration by Bryan CaplanFrom Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000 by Lee Kuan YewThe Culture Transplant: How Migrants Make the Economies They Move To a Lot Like the Ones They Left by Garett Jones

On this episode we sit down with Josiah Neeley to discuss the politics and production of energy.Recommendations:Do Elephants Have Souls by Caitrin KeiperThe Culture Transplant: How Migrants Make the Economies They Move To a Lot Like the Ones They Left by Garett JonesTime to Think Small: How Nimble Environmental Technologies Can Solve the Planet's Biggest Problems by Todd MyersQuestions? Comments? Email us at institutionalized@nebulouspodcasts.com

This week, Kevin Sabet joins us to talk about the legalization of marijuana and whether it is inevitable.Recommendations:The Age of Addiction by David CourtwrightThe American Disease: Origins of Narcotic Control by David MustoSmokescreen: What the Marijuana Industry Doesn't Want You to Know

This week we are joined by Matt Kroenig to discuss nuclear weapons, the likeliness of nuclear war and how we can avert it.Recommendations:24 (TV show)Station Eleven by Emily St. John MandelDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the BombThe Logic of American Nuclear Strategy: Why Strategic Superiority Matters by Matt KroenigArms and Influence by Thomas C. SchellingQuestions? Comments? Email us at Institutionalized@nebulouspodcasts.com

On this episode we sit down with Charles McElwee to discuss why Pennsylvania is a bellwether for national political trends.

This week we sit down with Michael Hartney to discuss one of America’s biggest unions, Teachers unions. We dive into their genesis, political power, and secret to resiliency.Recommendations:Revitalizing Local Democracy: The Case for On-Cycle Local Elections by Michael HartneyThe IrishmanLocally Elected School Boards Are Failing by Vladimir KoganQuestions? Comments? Ideas? Contact us at Institutionalized@nebulouspodcasts.com

This week we are joined by Kelsey Piper to discuss effective altruism, its popularity, and if it succeeds or fails as an institution.Recommendations:Reasons and Persons by Daron ParfitIn Shifra’s ArmsThe Precipice by Toby Ord

This week we are joined by Dan Morenoff to discuss how shareholders can use corporate and civil rights law to fight back against woke capital.Recommendations:The Conservative Case for Critical Theory in Compact Magazine by Lisa NelsonReservation Dogs on HuluRings of Power on Amazon

This week we are joined by Patrick Brown to discuss the role family policy and its future within American society.Recommendations:Derek Parfit’s Reasons and Persons by Derek ParfitSelfish Reasons to Have More Kids by Bryan CaplanFamily Out Of Favor by Michael Novak

This week we are joined by Stephen Grugett to discuss prediction markets and their future applications.Recommendations:Middlesex: A Novel by Jeffrey EugenidesExpert Political Judgment by Philip E. TetlockDays of Rage by Bryan Burrough Astral Codex Ten SubstackForecasting Substackhttps://manifold.markets