The Tuttle Twins Podcast

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Tuttle Twins podcast: 732. Were The "Good Old Days" Ever Really A Thing?

732. Were The "Good Old Days" Ever Really A Thing?

Ever catch yourself saying "things were so much better back in the day"? You're in good company, and there's a whole lot of psychology behind it. T...

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732. Were The "Good Old Days" Ever Really A Thing?

Ever catch yourself saying "things were so much better back in the day"? You're in good company, and there's a whole lot of psychology behind it. T...

Tuttle Twins podcast: 731. How Does A Case Get to The Supreme Court?

731. How Does A Case Get to The Supreme Court?

Ever heard someone threaten to take a fight all the way to the Supreme Court — and wondered what that actually means? Today on The Way the World Wo...

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731. How Does A Case Get to The Supreme Court?

Ever heard someone threaten to take a fight all the way to the Supreme Court — and wondered what that actually means? Today on The Way the World Wo...

Tuttle Twins podcast: 730. How The Ice Trade Changed The World

730. How The Ice Trade Changed The World

Getting ice for your drink takes about four seconds and zero thought — but for most of human history it was a luxury you could not buy at any price...

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730. How The Ice Trade Changed The World

Getting ice for your drink takes about four seconds and zero thought — but for most of human history it was a luxury you could not buy at any price...

Tuttle Twins podcast: 729. Samuel Gorton: The Radical Defender of Liberty Before America Existed

729. Samuel Gorton: The Radical Defender of Libe...

What if the man who fought hardest for liberty in early America is one you've never heard of? Today on The Way the World Works, Brittany shares the...

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729. Samuel Gorton: The Radical Defender of Liberty Before America Existed

What if the man who fought hardest for liberty in early America is one you've never heard of? Today on The Way the World Works, Brittany shares the...

Tuttle Twins podcast: What Can Wikipedia Teach Us about Decentralization of Knowledge?

728. What Can Wikipedia Teach Us about Decentral...

What if the internet's biggest experiment in trusting ordinary people with knowledge actually solved a problem economists once said could never be ...

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728. What Can Wikipedia Teach Us about Decentralization of Knowledge?

What if the internet's biggest experiment in trusting ordinary people with knowledge actually solved a problem economists once said could never be ...

Tuttle Twins podcast: What Is The Backfire Effect?

727. What Is The Backfire Effect?

Have you ever shown someone the facts, expected them to change their mind, and watched them dig in even harder instead? Today on The Way the World ...

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727. What Is The Backfire Effect?

Have you ever shown someone the facts, expected them to change their mind, and watched them dig in even harder instead? Today on The Way the World ...

Tuttle Twins podcast: 726. Why You Should Learn to Love Rejection

726. Why You Should Learn to Love Rejection

Nobody likes hearing "no." But what if learning to actually enjoy rejection is the real secret to success? No one likes being told no. But if you w...

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726. Why You Should Learn to Love Rejection

Nobody likes hearing "no." But what if learning to actually enjoy rejection is the real secret to success? No one likes being told no. But if you w...

Tuttle Twins podcast: 725. What Did Henry Ford Teach Us about Minimum Wages?

725. What Did Henry Ford Teach Us about Minimum ...

What if the free market could raise wages faster and more effectively than any government mandate ever could? We hear it constantly: the government...

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725. What Did Henry Ford Teach Us about Minimum Wages?

What if the free market could raise wages faster and more effectively than any government mandate ever could? We hear it constantly: the government...

Tuttle Twins podcast: 724. What Is Shrinkflation?

724. What Is Shrinkflation?

Ever noticed your favorite candy bar or bag of chips seems smaller than it used to be? You're not imagining it - that's shrinkflation, and it's hap...

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724. What Is Shrinkflation?

Ever noticed your favorite candy bar or bag of chips seems smaller than it used to be? You're not imagining it - that's shrinkflation, and it's hap...

Tuttle Twins podcast: 723. What Is Castle Law?

723. What Is Castle Law?

There's a 400-year-old legal doctrine that still decides what happens if someone breaks into your house tonight — and most people have never heard ...

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723. What Is Castle Law?

There's a 400-year-old legal doctrine that still decides what happens if someone breaks into your house tonight — and most people have never heard ...

Tuttle Twins podcast: What Do You Call A War That Isn't Called A War?

722. What Do You Call A War That Isn't Called A ...

If bombs are dropping and troops are being sent overseas, does it matter what the president decides to call it? Today's episode continues a convers...

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722. What Do You Call A War That Isn't Called A War?

If bombs are dropping and troops are being sent overseas, does it matter what the president decides to call it? Today's episode continues a convers...

Tuttle Twins podcast: Is Capitalism Fair and Just?

721. Is Capitalism Fair and Just?

If you built something with your own hands and your own time, who should get to keep it — and does the answer to that question tell you everything ...

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721. Is Capitalism Fair and Just?

If you built something with your own hands and your own time, who should get to keep it — and does the answer to that question tell you everything ...

Tuttle Twins podcast: What Is The Bystander Effect?

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...

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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...

Tuttle Twins podcast: What If Birthday Parties Were Centrally Planned?

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...

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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...

Tuttle Twins podcast: Why Group Projects Go Wrong — And What That Teaches Us About Running a Country

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 ...

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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 ...

Tuttle Twins podcast: Who Was Madam C.J. Walker?

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...

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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...

Tuttle Twins podcast: How The King's Search for Gun Powder Strengthened Property Rights

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...

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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...

Tuttle Twins podcast: The Man Who Saved Thomas Jefferson's Life

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...

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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...