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

361. Is it Ever Okay To Break The Law? 12.10.2022 12:17 ↓

No one wants to get in trouble for breaking the law. But what happens when a law seems so unjust, obeying it feels wrong?

360. Why Do We Need A License for Everything? 10.10.2022 11:07 ↓

From lemonade stands to braiding hair, these days, the government tries to make you get a license for everything.

359. Is It Important To Do What You Love? 07.10.2022 12:04 ↓

People often tell young kids that they should turn the hobbies they love into their career. But is this always the best advice?

358. Are Law and Morality the Same Thing? 05.10.2022 17:06 ↓

When the government makes laws, sometimes we assume the behavior they are outlawing is "evil." But is something bad just because the government says it is? Or is there more to it than that?

356. Does It Take A Village to Raise A Child? 30.09.2022 12:24 ↓

Who should be in charge of raising and teaching children? Parents, or the government?

355. What Is A Ministry of Truth? 28.09.2022 16:54 ↓

President Biden just announced the creation of the new "Board of Disinformation" which will be responsible for telling Americans what information is true and which is false in order to "protect" us from threats to our national security.

354. Is Cancelling Debt A Good Idea? 26.09.2022 12:06 ↓

Student loan debt is a huge problem in this country that impacting a lot of people. But should people who took out these loans be forgiven? Or should they have to pay them back like they promised?

353. How Can Government Favoritism Backfire? 23.09.2022 11:16 ↓

Big companies often love getting big handouts and special privileges from the governments. But sometimes these special favors end up backfiring and causing more harm to the companies than good, as Disney is quickly learning.

352. What Does Censorship Really Mean? 21.09.2022 12:09 ↓

Are social media platforms like Twitter legally allowed to censor you? Or does "free speech" only apply to the government?

351. Did Elon Musk Just Save Free Speech? 19.09.2022 13:43 ↓

Elon Musk just bought Twitter and is promising to make it a haven for free speech online.

350. Why Is It Important to Prioritize Your Time? 16.09.2022 11:06 ↓

There are a lot of ways to waste time today, and so many distractions that prevent us from being productive. Why is it so important to manage your scarce resource — your time — in a way that helps you be focused?

346. Why Is It Good to Seek Challenges? 07.09.2022 13:26 ↓

Challenges are tough and they push us to our limits, but doing hard things helps us grow.

343. What Is The War on Drugs? 31.08.2022 14:07 ↓

Whenever the government declares war on something in order to save us, they inevitably loses the war and we get more of whatever they declared war on. It happened with the "war on poverty" and the "war on terror," and it has happened with the war on drugs as well.

342. What Was Prohibition? 29.08.2022 16:20 ↓

When governments try and ban substances to protect people from themselves, the results are never what they intended.

340. Who Is The "Worst Mom in America?" 24.08.2022 16:46 ↓

When one New York mother let her son ride the subway by himself, she was labeled the "worst mom in America." But giving her son the independence he craved would help her become a leader of the "free range" parenting movement.