David Yermack joins us this week to talk about the uses and abuses of cryptocurrency. Recommendations:<a href="https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23462333/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-cryptocurrency-effective-altruism-crypto-bahamas-philanthropy">Sam Bankman-Fried tries to explain himself by Kelsey Piper</a><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/account/newsletters/money-stuff">Money Stuff Newsletter by Matt Levine</a> Questions? Comments? Email us at Institutionalized@NebulousPodcasts.com

Democracy with Shadi Hamid

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.