Connor Boyack

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

Kids EN ↓ 712 episodes

From the trusted team behind the Tuttle Twins books, join us as we tackle current events, hot topics, and fun ideas to help your family find clarity in a world full of confusion.

Author

Connor Boyack

Category

Kids

Podcast website

tuttletwins.com

Latest episode

Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

311. Has It Been A Winter of Severe Illness And Death? 17.06.2022

The government has been spreading misinformation, trying to scare people into believing that severe illness and death is happening because people refuse to get vaccinated. But is this really true?

310. Is There Ever a Good Reason for Censorship? 15.06.2022

Covid has led a lot of alleged free speech advocates to call for censorship when they don't agree with what's being said.

309. Why Should We Do Difficult, Meaningful Things Instead of Taking The Easier Route? 13.06.2022

We should always aim to do things in our life that are meaningful, instead of doing things that give us the quickest results.

308. How Do We Know What's "Right" without The Government Telling Us? 10.06.2022

A lot of people who love big government think we need it so that individuals know what is "right" and what is "wrong." But government is the last place we should look to as a moral compass.

307. Who Controls Our Information? 08.06.2022

We are bombarded with so much information these days. And even though the internet allows us to get a lot of different perspectives, there is a small group of people who have decided which information is "correct."

306. Why Is Reading So Important? 06.06.2022

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

305. What Are Interest Rates And How Do They Affect Us? 03.06.2022

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

304. Is Inflation A Good Thing? 01.06.2022

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.

303. What Is The Draft? 30.05.2022

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."

302. Why Is It Wrong to Make Children Share? 27.05.2022

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.

301. What Does The Rainbow Fish Get Wrong? 25.05.2022

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.

300. What Does "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie" Teach Us about Government? 23.05.2022

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.

299. Does Every Entrepreneur Start Out As A Success? 20.05.2022

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

298. What's The Problem with Only Caring About The Short-Run? 18.05.2022

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

297. Do We Have The Right to Other People's Labor? 16.05.2022

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.

296. What Is The Great Reset? 13.05.2022

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.

295. What Does The Lorax Get Wrong? 11.05.2022

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.

294. What Is Brain Drain? 09.05.2022
293. What Are Your Goals for 2022? 06.05.2022

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

292. How Can Kids Practice Responsibility? 04.05.2022

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

291. Why Is It Important To Tell The Truth? 02.05.2022

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.

290. What Does It Mean To be A Patriot? 29.04.2022

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

286. Do We Need Safe Spaces? 27.04.2022

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.

288. Why Are The European Covid Protests Important? 25.04.2022

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

287. What Does "There Is No Such Thing As A Free Lunch" Mean? 22.04.2022

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."

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