The Tuttle Twins Podcast
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720. What Is The Bystander Effect?
Would you actually call for help if you saw someone in trouble — or would you quietly assume someone else already had it covered? Today's episode d...
720. What Is The Bystander Effect?
Would you actually call for help if you saw someone in trouble — or would you quietly assume someone else already had it covered? Today's episode d...
719. What If Birthday Parties Were Centrally Pla...
You already know exactly what you'd want at your own birthday party — so what happens when a total stranger on the other side of the world tries to...
719. What If Birthday Parties Were Centrally Planned?
You already know exactly what you'd want at your own birthday party — so what happens when a total stranger on the other side of the world tries to...
718. Why Group Projects Go Wrong — And What That...
If your group project grade ever got wrecked by one teammate who did nothing, you already understand why entire economies collapse. Group projects ...
718. Why Group Projects Go Wrong — And What That Teaches Us About Running a Country
If your group project grade ever got wrecked by one teammate who did nothing, you already understand why entire economies collapse. Group projects ...
717. Who Was Madam C
She was born in a Louisiana cotton field to parents who had been enslaved, orphaned by age seven, and married at fourteen to escape an abusive home...
717. Who Was Madam C
She was born in a Louisiana cotton field to parents who had been enslaved, orphaned by age seven, and married at fourteen to escape an abusive home...
716. How The King's Search for Gun Powder Streng...
In 1606, King James's men were tearing up English homes with crowbars searching for a gunpowder ingredient — and the court ruling that finally rein...
716. How The King's Search for Gun Powder Strengthened Property Rights
In 1606, King James's men were tearing up English homes with crowbars searching for a gunpowder ingredient — and the court ruling that finally rein...
715. The Man Who Saved Thomas Jefferson's Life
In the dead of night, a 26-year-old Virginian heard hoofbeats on the road to Charlottesville and made a split-second choice that may have saved Tho...
715. The Man Who Saved Thomas Jefferson's Life
In the dead of night, a 26-year-old Virginian heard hoofbeats on the road to Charlottesville and made a split-second choice that may have saved Tho...
714. Why NYC's Socialist Mayor Can't Create More...
New York City just elected a democratic socialist mayor, and his plan to fix the housing crisis starts with getting rid of the very thing that buil...
714. Why NYC's Socialist Mayor Can't Create More Housing
New York City just elected a democratic socialist mayor, and his plan to fix the housing crisis starts with getting rid of the very thing that buil...
713. What Can Legos Teach Us about Innovation?
A struggling Danish carpenter lost his business in the Great Depression, watched his workshop burn to the ground twice, and still built one of the ...
713. What Can Legos Teach Us about Innovation?
A struggling Danish carpenter lost his business in the Great Depression, watched his workshop burn to the ground twice, and still built one of the ...
712. The Baker Who Fed The Continental Army
He never fired a shot in battle, but George Washington called him "the general baker" — and without his bread, the Continental Army might have star...
712. The Baker Who Fed The Continental Army
He never fired a shot in battle, but George Washington called him "the general baker" — and without his bread, the Continental Army might have star...
711. How Did Two People From Massachusetts Advan...
Two colonists broke every rule of Puritan Massachusetts—and accidentally invented American religious liberty. The Puritans and Pilgrims sailed to A...
711. How Did Two People From Massachusetts Advance Religious Liberty?
Two colonists broke every rule of Puritan Massachusetts—and accidentally invented American religious liberty. The Puritans and Pilgrims sailed to A...
710. John Adams, Free Speech, and the First Cons...
John Adams helped write America's promise of free speech, then signed a law that made criticizing him a crime. The Revolution was won and the Const...
710. John Adams, Free Speech, and the First Constitutional Crisis
John Adams helped write America's promise of free speech, then signed a law that made criticizing him a crime. The Revolution was won and the Const...
709. Benedict Arnold: The Hero Who Became a Villain
Benedict Arnold saved America at its most desperate hour, then became its most infamous traitor. This is the story of how wounded pride turned a wa...
709. Benedict Arnold: The Hero Who Became a Villain
Benedict Arnold saved America at its most desperate hour, then became its most infamous traitor. This is the story of how wounded pride turned a wa...
708. Seeing America Through Fresh Eyes
A German tourist's viral videos about hotel rooms and gas stations reminded millions of Americans just how extraordinary their everyday life really...
708. Seeing America Through Fresh Eyes
A German tourist's viral videos about hotel rooms and gas stations reminded millions of Americans just how extraordinary their everyday life really...
707. America: An Idea Worth Believing In
A place can be captured. An idea cannot — and that idea is what makes America, America. Historian Gordon S. Wood spent his entire career explaining...
707. America: An Idea Worth Believing In
A place can be captured. An idea cannot — and that idea is what makes America, America. Historian Gordon S. Wood spent his entire career explaining...
706. Why Did The Framers Hate Excessive Fines?
The Eighth Amendment says the government can't impose "excessive fines" — but that single clause has a wild, 800-year-old backstory involving a tyr...
706. Why Did The Framers Hate Excessive Fines?
The Eighth Amendment says the government can't impose "excessive fines" — but that single clause has a wild, 800-year-old backstory involving a tyr...
705. Who Was Mercy Otis Warren?
She grew up in a house with twelve brothers and sisters, snuck into her uncle's library to devour books she wasn't supposed to read, and became one...
705. Who Was Mercy Otis Warren?
She grew up in a house with twelve brothers and sisters, snuck into her uncle's library to devour books she wasn't supposed to read, and became one...
704. The Marquis de Lafayette and the Fight for ...
A 19-year-old French nobleman heard about a group of scrappy colonists fighting for liberty on the other side of the ocean — and decided to risk ev...
704. The Marquis de Lafayette and the Fight for Liberty on Two Continents
A 19-year-old French nobleman heard about a group of scrappy colonists fighting for liberty on the other side of the ocean — and decided to risk ev...
703. John Hancock: More Than a Big Signature
John Hancock’s name was famous long before he signed the Declaration of Independence — and the story of how he became one of Boston’s most powerful...
703. John Hancock: More Than a Big Signature
John Hancock’s name was famous long before he signed the Declaration of Independence — and the story of how he became one of Boston’s most powerful...