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

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483. What Are 15 Minute Cities? Jul 31, 2023

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While the idea of everything we could ever need being within 15 minutes sounds good in theory, these planned communities would be based on regulation of people's movements within the city boundaries.

482. What is Centralized Public Health? Jul 28, 2023

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Centralized public health, just like central planning, does not allow individuals to make their own choices. Covid was an excellent example of what could go wrong when individual health decisions are made from a top-down approach.

481. Do Medicines Come From a Lab or Nature? Jul 26, 2023

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We like to think in our modern world that most of our medical technology and medicines are "new" or created in a lab. But throughout history, and even still today, most of our medicines actually come straight from nature itself!

480. Can You Tell The Difference Between Public School And Prison? Jul 24, 2023

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Public schools have a lot of problems. It may sound shocking, but they actually have a lot in common with prisons.

479. Should We Defend Horrible Speech? Jul 21, 2023

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People seem way too eager these days to want to ban speech they think is hateful and offensive. It's true, there are a lot of terrible things that are said, but even hateful and offensive speech should be defended and history has some great examples of why this is important.

478. What Are Miranda Rights? Jul 19, 2023

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Have you ever heard someone on a movie say "you have the right to remain silent?" That line actually has a name and an interesting history in our justice system.

477. How Can You Turn An Idea Into A Reality? Jul 17, 2023

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It's easy to dream up a great idea, but it takes courage and discipline to turn that dream into a reality.

476. Should You Worry About Being Popular? Jul 14, 2023

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When we are young, sometimes we worry about fitting in withthe popular kids. But why do we worry about that? And is it really important?

475. What Is A Children's Market? Jul 12, 2023

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Connor and Brittany talk about the children's market that Connor helped create and how it's grown.

474. Shocker: Only 13% of 8th Graders Know This… Jul 10, 2023

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Connor reveals an alarming statistic about how broken history education is, and what your family can do to fix it.