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

The world is unfortunately filled with unkind people. And sometimes, those people choose to bully others. Sometimes this is mean kids on the playground, sometimes its politicians. Either way, the non aggression principle can teach us a lot about dealing with bullies.

These days, everyone seems to want to protect young people from unpleasant experiences. But we've coddled young people so much, many don't know how to deal with hardships when they arise. Today Brittany and Connor discuss why it's important to to face challenges in life, instead of running away from them.

The American education system isn't what it used to be. Instead of encouraging individualism and critical thinking skills, schools have become production lines where kids are taught to all think the same things and hold the same opinions. But how did things get so bad? Today Connor and Brittany discuss what went wrong in our American education system.

Each person has unique talents and abilities that they can share with the world. But sometimes, we can even use our talents to help make a difference in the world. Today, FEE's Sean Malone joins us to talk about how he uses his music and video production skills to help change the world.

A lot of people today have adopted the view that a person has the right to not be offended by other people's words. But the First Amendment guarantees our right to free speech, even if that speech might be deemed offensive today.

It's become very easy these days to believe that we can't be friends with those we disagree with. But our country is full of friendship that overcame the odds and withstood great differences. Today, Brittany and Connor talk about two great American friendships, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia and Thomas Jefferson and John Adams.

People everywhere seem to be obsessed with the idea that people today are worse off than at any other point in history. Whether they speak of political divides or poverty, people have become obsessed with doom and gloom. But are things really as bad as people think they are? The answer might come as a pleasant surprise.

Tuttle Twins fans might be familiar with the book "Search for Atlas" but some might not know that this book was inspired by a book called "Atlas Shrugged" written by a woman named Ayn Rand. On this episode, Brittany and Connor explain who Ayn Rand was and why she was such an important public figure.

On past episodes, we have talked about property rights and why they are so important. It's not too hard to understand who owns a piece of physical property, but what about ideas? Does one single person own an idea, or is intellectual property, as it is sometimes called, an entirely different kind of property?

Who is F.A. Hayek? Tuttle Twins readers might remember him from the Road to Surfdom book, but why is he so important? Today, Connor and Brittany talk about this brilliant economist and why his legacy is so important to economic and individual liberty.