The Tuttle Twins Podcast

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.

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15-Minute Introductions to Ideas that Matter

Short enough for a quick car ride with the kids, our podcast episodes spark important conversations between you and your kids!

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...

Tuttle Twins podcast: 714. Why NYC's Socialist Mayor Can't Create More Housing

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...

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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...

Tuttle Twins podcast: 713. What Can Legos Teach Us about Innovation?

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 ...

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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 ...

Tuttle Twins podcast: 712. The Baker Who Fed The Continental Army

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...

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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...

Tuttle Twins podcast: How Did Two People From Massachusetts Advance Religious Liberty?

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...

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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...

Tuttle Twins podcast: John Adams, Free Speech, and the First Constitutional Crisis

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...

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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...

Tuttle Twins podcast: Benedict Arnold: The Hero Who Became a Villain

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...

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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...

Tuttle Twins podcast: Seeing America Through Fresh Eyes

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...

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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...