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318. Can We Be Friends When We Don’t Agree with People?

July 4, 2022

Just because we don’t like someone’s opinion, doesn’t mean we can’t build and enjoy friendships with them. It’s important for us to separate people from their ideas. Here’s a transcript of our conversation: Brittany: Hi, Emma. Emma: Hi Brittany. Brittany: So today I wanna talk about something that has to do with a book. Connor wrote actually, and he wrote, it came out I think 20 getting of 2021, mid-21. But its rules for teens how not to suck at life is what I think it’s called. We’ll, put a link to it, but it’s filled with so much good advice, advice that

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317. What Is Science?

July 1, 2022

To understand how science works, you have to understand the scientific method. Here’s a transcript of our conversation: Brittany: Hi, Emma. Emma: Hi, Brittany. Brittany: So we had a couple of episodes on Science and the Pandemic, and it dawned on me that we actually never covered in an episode like what science is, you know, and how we define it. So today I want us to answer the question, you know, what is science? And there is a lot of controversy over science right now with the pandemic because I think the official, and I’m saying that in scare quotes, official government scientists,

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316. Who Is Vladmir Putin?

June 29, 2022

Vladmir Putin is on everyone’s mind these days. But who is he and how did he rise to power in Russia? Here’s a transcript of our conversation: Emma: Hi, Brittany. Brittany: Hi, Emma. Emma: So today I thought that we might talk about someone who has been in the news quite a bit these days. Yes. In Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. And that person is Vladimir Putin. He’s the president of Russia and has been for actually quite a while, off and on in sort of a sketchy way. So I thought it might be good to visit his history a bit and

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315. What’s the New American History Book About?

June 27, 2022

It’s here! Connor shares details about our exciting new American history book and how you can get an awesome bundle of bonuses to learn ideas from our country’s past. Here’s a transcript of our conversation: Connor: Hey everyone, Connor here. I gave Brittany the day off. So you’ve got just me today to talk about an exciting new book that we just released. You’ve probably heard about it already. If not, maybe you’ve been living under a rock. I don’t know what, but it’s called America’s History, A Tuttle Twins Series of Stories. We’ve been working on this for like two and

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314. What Was The Nuremberg Trial?

June 24, 2022

After the terrible things that happened in WWII, the Nazis were put on trial for their crimes against humanity. Here’s a transcript of our conversation: Connor: Hey, Brittany. Brittany: Hi, Connor. Connor: It’s been a while since we talked about World War II, but I wanna pick up where we left off and I wanna talk more about the end of the war. After, you know, the war ended, there were the allied forces that included the United States, Great Britain and Russia, and others. And, they held a series of what were called military tribunals or trials like in court to hold

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313. Why Did We Even Lockdown for Covid?

June 22, 2022

For two years we were told we needed to lockdown to lessen the impacts of Covid. Now, a new study from a very important university shows that the lockdowns did almost nothing to keep us safe.

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312. What Does Each Branch of The Government Do?

June 20, 2022

We’ve talked about the importance of the separation of powers between the three branches of government. But what does each branch actually do? Here’s a transcript of our conversation: Brittany: Hi, Connor. Connor: Hey, Brittany. Brittany: So I have been on a separation of Powers Kick lately cuz I think a lot of that has to do with COVID. And we have seen a lot of governors using what they call emergency powers, which means what it sounds like that’s extra powers given to governors and even the President during times of emergencies or uncertainty, which COVID fits both those or checks both

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

June 17, 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? Here’s a transcript of our conversation: Emma: Hi, Brittany. Brittany: Hi, Emma. Emma: So I want to rewind a couple of months and talk about a thing that President Biden said a couple of months ago when he was asked about COVID and about the Omicron variant and someone was talking with him and one of his health officials and basically was like, well, what do you have to say to people who

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310. Is There Ever a Good Reason for Censorship?

June 15, 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. Here’s a transcript of our conversation: Emma: Hi, Brittany. Brittany: Hi, Emma. Emma: So, there is something very fascinating going on right now in the music world, and I am a huge music history lover. I am absolutely obsessed with reading about, especially kind of like older artists, like folk artists and classic rock. And anything from like the sixties through the nineties really fascinates me. And I love learning the stories behind the music that I like to listen to.

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

June 13, 2022

We should always aim to do things in our life that are meaningful, instead of doing things that give us the quickest results. Here’s a transcript of our conversation: Brittany: Hi, Emma. Emma: Hi, Brittany. Brittany: So, today I want to talk about the kind of purpose and how important it is to seek things with purpose and meaning instead of going something after something that gives you like a very quick reward. So Jordan Peterson has a rule on his first 12 rules, for life, his book. And he says it’s, as he calls the rule, it pursue what is meaningful, not

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318. Can We Be Friends When We Don’t Agree with People?

317. What Is Science?

316. Who Is Vladmir Putin?

315. What’s the New American History Book About?

314. What Was The Nuremberg Trial?

313. Why Did We Even Lockdown for Covid?

312. What Does Each Branch of The Government Do?

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

310. Is There Ever a Good Reason for Censorship?

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

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