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:<a href="https://www.manhattan-institute.org/revitalizing-local-democracy-case-cycle-local-elections">Revitalizing Local Democracy: The Case for On-Cycle Local Elections by Michael Hartney</a><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80175798">The Irishman</a><a href="https://www.educationnext.org/locally-elected-school-boards-failing-pandemic-stress-tested-school-governance/">Locally Elected School Boards Are Failing by Vladimir Kogan</a> Questions? Comments? Ideas? Contact us at Institutionalized@nebulouspodcasts.com

Pennsylvania with Charles McElwee

Charles Fain Lehman &amp; 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.