The Way the World Works: A Tuttle Twins Podcast for Families

There is nothing like curling up with a good book. But why is reading books of all types so important?

Interest rates might seem like a complex concept to grasp. But anyone who buys anything needs to understand.

Inflation is skyrocketing over the past several months. While this is bad news for the economy, some economics are trying to say that inflation is actually a good thing.

In a free society, should the government be able to make individuals go off to war and face the possibility of dying? Unfortunately, the government has done this with something we call the "draft."

Kids are taught from a very early age that they need to share with others in order to be good members of society. But is this a really a good thing? When kids are taught that everything they own must be shared in order for us to live in a "fair" society, it opens the door to socialism.

The "Rainbow Fish" is a best-selling kid's book. While the book has beautiful illustrations, it has a dangerous message that teaches kids a dangerous message about giving away what is theirs to make other people happy.

If you give a mouse a cookie, they are going to want some milk to go with it ... if you give the government a little bit of power, they are going to want even more.

Failing is important to succeeding. And even the most successful entrepreneurs had to fail before they become wealthy and successful.

To make good choices, you have to understand both the long-term consequences and the short-term consequences.

People seem to think that they are owed the work someone else does. They demand that successful people like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos give people their money, which is really their time and labor, without having to do any work for it.

A lot of politicians want to use the pandemic to usher in a new kind of world that gives governments more power and hurts individual liberty.

The Dr. Seuss story, "The Lorax" is a classic. But the book gets a lot of things wrong when it comes to environmentalism and capitalism.

2022 is here! Brittany and Emma talk about their new year goals and give you some ideas for goal setting for the year ahead.

Self-responsibility is one of the most important elements of building a free society.

It's really easy to tell little white lies. But having integrity and building strong character means doing your best to always tell the truth.

What does it mean to be a patriot these days? Emma and Brittany discuss.

These days, many people think we need to protect people, especially kids and young people, from anything unpleasant, or any point of view with which they disagree.

In Europe, the people are taking to the streets and protesting against Covid lockdowns. Europe may be across the globe, but Americans should be paying close attention

You can't get something for nothing, but many politicians seem to think you can. Today, Emma and Brittany talk about the what it means when free market economists say "there's no such thing as a free lunch."

Even though individuals have a right to property, the government likes to find sneak ways to take our stuff. And they make it difficult, if not impossible, to get it back.

Nothing we do comes without a consequence. Understanding this is one of the keys to understanding the way the world works.

We are two years into the pandemic and there seems to be a new variant every few months. Should we be scared of these new variants? And what can we do if the government tries to use these new strains to lock us down again?

Our economy works best when we trade with other nations. But some people fear that working with other countries will result in dangerous "globalism."

Understanding how the world works means understanding how to create a healthy, prosperous, and successful life. A large part of that is making sure we build good habits, like exercise.

2021 has been a crazy year. As we enter 2022, Brittany and Emma talk about some lessons we have learned about the way the world works in 2021.

Today, Connor and Brittany dive into another scary "isms" and discuss how it's impacting American politics.

Imagine your own country labeling you a domestic terrorist because you didn't think the way they wanted you to. Unfortunately, that's already happening!

The government loves to tell us that it is our duty to "follow the science" when it comes to things like covid. But when the government is in charge of the meaning of "science" they form a monopoly over information.

China is one of the most dangerous communists dictatorships in the world. But why should Americans be concerned about what's happening in a country so far away from ours?

After 9/11 our rights were threatened by a piece of legislation called The Patriot Act. In many ways, our world hasn't been the same since.

The United States Postal Service is one of the biggest wastes of taxpayer dollars. It also shows how terrible it is when government's have monopolies over services that should be left to the free market.

In the 1960s, the U.S. got very close to nuclear war with the USSR. But war was avoided in the nick of time, without any shots fired.

When we think of war we often think of combat and shots being fired. But there are other actions governments use to aggressive against other countries. And even though they aren't violent, they are still acts of war.

The Russia Ukraine situation reminds us just how important the Second Amendment is here in America.

The Vietnam War was the first war to occur as more and more families had televisions in their homes. And with people finally able to see how terrible war was from their living rooms, the antiwar movement began to grow,

The crisis between Russia and Ukraine has continued and a lot of people are wondering what the U.S. should do about it.

In our American legal system, there is a principle that all people are innocent until they are proven guilty in a court of law.

Today Emma and Brittany discuss why the right to self-defense is so important and how a recent court case helped solidify this right.

Right now, there is a battle going on between government teachers who think they should decide what children should be taught in schools. But kids do not belong to the government, and only families can make this decision.

Public school is supposed to teach kids how to prepare for life in the real world. But public, and many private schools teach mold children to live in an authoritarian system where they are just cogs in a machine.

Imagine losing your job, friends, and your reputation just because you said something someone else disagrees with. Unfortunately, this is happening more and more these days thanks to a phenomenon called '"cancel culture."

There are many who believe the social contract obligates individuals to act a certain way. For example, many are pushing people to get vaccinated because it is "their duty to protect their community." But this is a flawed way of thinking that is anti individualism.

For as bas as the US lockdowns have been, Australia has taken quarantine to extreme levels, monitoring their people and not letting them out of their homes.

Celebrities tell us we should wear masks, but they don't. Politicians tell us people individuals shouldn't be rich, but many of them are rich! Why do these "elites" think their own rules apply to everyone except themselves?

The government has lied to us so many times, it's almost hard to count. Today, Emma and Brittany talk about just a few of the ways they have lied and hurt individuals as a result.

Continuing the WWII series, Connor and Brittany discuss the tragedy of the holocaust and how an out-of-control government made this horrific event possible.

Fear of covid has caused a lot of people to abandon critical thinking in exchange for blind obedience. Dr. Robert Malone called this phenomenon "mass formation psychosis" and now, he's been attacked by the media.

Canadian President Justin Trudeau has called the "freedom convoy" of truckers "fringe" and has called their vaccines skepticism "unacceptable" because it goes against the government narrative.

China is one of the worst dictatorships we have seen in modern day. So why are we celebrating the 2022 winter Olympics when it's being hosted by such an evil government?