Name: Livestream Premiere - Season 3 Episode 8: “Meatball Smears & War Profiteers”
Uploaded: 2025-02-05T00:00:00.000+00:00
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Description: The twins visit President Eisenhower to learn about the military industrial complex!

The twins visit President Eisenhower to learn about the military industrial complex!

Livestream Premiere - Season 3 Episode 8: “Meatball Smears & War Profiteers”

Tuttle Twins

Your kids (and grandkids) are the future. No show will equip them to navigate a world filled with inflation, cancel-culture, and tribalism better than the Tuttle Twins, regardless of where you fall on the political spectrum.

When Grandma Gabby moves in with the Tuttle family, she takes her twin grandkids on a wheelchair time machine to France and the Old West to learn about laws and try to save their lemonade stand.

When Laws Give You Lemons

A science camp rivalry threatens to destroy Emily’s dreams. Grandma takes the twins to India and a worm battlefield to learn about the golden rule before it’s too late.

War of the Worms

Argh! The twins encounter space pirates, a scotsman and ice cream people as they learn about free trade and why no one can make a pencil by themselves. 

Pencils, Pirates & Ice Cream People

With the help of Ben Franklin, the Twins learn what it means to be an entrepreneur and start their own corndog stand.

Of Business and Benjamins

The Twins learn that big businesses like Big Bob's BBQ can sometimes produce laws that keep smaller businesses like Food Trucks from being able to survive. They visit Atlantis and try to stop the protectionism there before things get too wet.

Rising Tides and Dirty Deals

With their eyes set on a big carnival prize, Ethan and Emily learn that printing more tickets causes prices to rise. They visit Ancent Rome and Modern Zimbabwe to see the Inflation Monster at work then rush back to save the carnival.

The Inflation Monster

GUEST STARRING JP Sears - Even though everyone learned a lot and some people got delicious desserts, Derek finds love and becomes the real winner.

Cakes, Pies, & Flat Earth Guys

Why doesn’t everyone get equal pay? Join Ethan and Emily as they travel back in time to visit people like Babe Ruth and learn about the economic value that people provide, and the dangers of communism.

Wonky Wages

Ethan and Emily’s film set gets shut down because of a dumb regulation. The twins learn about civilly disobeying unjust laws with the help of Rosa Parks and a funny Boat-Dweller named Doug.

This Episode features Dark Dumpster Derek.

Dumpsters & Disobedience

The Twins learn how surrendering powers to the government during times of calamity almost always results in long-term loss of freedoms. They play a fantastical game "Crisis & Creatures" and learn how to rely on community rather than government to help each other through challenging times.

Roll for Power

Karinne is back to causing trouble and this time she’s spreading lies about Ethan. But, with the help of James Madison, the Twins learn what happens when you restrict free speech even if it’s mean or deceptive.

Free Speech Freestyle

Desperate to save Grandma Gabby, Ethan and Emily are thrust into a future world where the government runs every part of daily life. Tune in for the epic finale of season 1, an adventure about persuasion vs force as the twins fight for the future.

The Fight for the Future

Season 1

When a field trip goes wrong, the twins question if needs are actually rights. They learn about natural rights from John Locke and fight for their lives on an island of ferocious flamingos.

Needs, Rights and Flamingo Fights

When the twins hit the jackpot with a trash can cleaning business, Karinne makes them question if success is selfish. They learn about true entrepreneurship from Joyce Chen and the grumpy Grumbledons of Grumbletown!

Don't Trash Success

Holy Satoshi! When the twins are forced to choose between accepting dollars and bitcoin at a garage sale, they travel through the internet and a retro video game to learn what makes money well…good.

Bitcoin and the Beast

GUEST STARRING Jarret LeMaster - After their softball team starts bending the rules, the twins jump through famous paintings, meet George Washington, and try to save a divided farm from a big bad wolf and dangerous tribalism!

Think Outside the Flocks

After a T-rex destroys their treehouse, the twins struggle to save Rapunzel’s cramped kingdom and discover that good ideas can come from imperfect people. 

A T-Rex and Tangled Ideas

When the twins are unfairly cut from a talent show, Grandma takes them to meet Frederick Douglass and an itsy bitsy spider to learn how to conquer victim mentality.

The Itsy Bitsy Victim Mentality

SPLASH! When the school district’s “Cookies for Bookies” program creates wacky problems, Grandma introduces Ethan and Emily to economist Frederich Hayek, and takes them under the sea for a mermaid “Shellebration”!

Mermaid Tails & Planning Fails

When the Twins’ business is hurt by a subsidy, they visit Ludwig Von Mises and crash-land in a Spooky land where they learn just how stinky the market can get.

Spooky, Stinky Subsidies

GUEST STARRING Kevin Sorbo - LUCHA! After a failed kids club fundraiser, the gang runs into William Bradford, the pilgrims, and Karl Marx as they wrestle with socialism and its consequences.

Wrestling with Socialism

GUEST STARRING Steven Sharp Nelson - After Emily fails a test, the twins wonder whether school is the best way to learn--prompting Grandma to whisk them off to a familiar place in the past, before stopping by the most famous mind in history, and then a rumble in the jungle.

The Education Jungle

GUEST STARRING Kristoffer Polaha - Invaders from another world kidnap Derek, launching Grandma and the twins on a dangerous rescue mission. On a dark planet, the twins encounter mysterious clues, cyborgs and spy gadgets as they solve the mystery of why capitalism is failing.

Kidnappers & Capitalism

It's Christmas time, and when the twins argue about saving money versus spending it, Grandma introduces them to a board game that unleashes creatures and chaos into the Tuttle's home

Money Management Mayhem: A Christmas Adventure

Season 2

GUEST STARRING Mike Rowe - When the twins question if college will guarantee them success, Grandma takes them to meet Mike Rowe and visit a Superhero University!

The College Conundrum

GUEST STARRING Dr. Ben Carson - The twins journey through Dr. Ben Carson's brain after discovering that Bruce doesn't have a dad. They travel to the magical island of Neverdad and learn about the tragedy of the fatherless epidemic in America.

Fighting for Fatherhood

GUEST STARRING Ashley St. Clair and Seamus Coughlin - When field day is mysteriously canceled, conspiracies abound! Ethan and Emily visit JFK to learn about critical thinking and then crack the conspiracy about what really happened to Humpty Dumpty.

Cracking Conspiracies

The cul-de-sac kids discover Karinne has gained access to their private digital lives! The Twins get a lesson in digital privacy from a mysterious guide, then rush to rescue Prince Charming from the Not-Evil Queen's digital control!

Evil Queens & Spying Screens

When inflation wrecks movie night, Grandma takes the twins—and stowaway Karinne—back to the Bitcoinverse. There, they learn about the risks of controlled money, CBDCs, and the freedom of Bitcoin. Plus, rocks. Lots of rocks.

A Bitcoin Bash & Corrupted Cash

GUEST STARRING Adassa - The cul-de-sac kids are ready for a big soccer game, but when Kevin can’t play due to a religious holiday, Karinne votes to kick him off. With guidance from unexpected sources, the twins learn the value of religious freedom.

Soccer Fights & Religious Rights

During a gym class dodgeball game, a new kid creates chaos by judging others on appearance. Emily and Ethan turn to Grandma, who introduces them to Martin Luther King Jr., teaching them the value of character over judgment.

Close Encounters of the Judgy Kind

The Twins’ school is suddenly trapped in an endless food fight, and no one knows who’s behind it. Determined to get answers, they visit President Eisenhower himself, learning about the military-industrial complex along the way. Armed with this knowledge, they return to solve the mystery, plunging into a film noir-style adventure that leads them through dark alleys, suspicious motives, and quirky characters.

Meatball Smears & War Profiteers

Season 3

This episode is sponsored by Goldback. You can’t put a price on this golden minisode of Tuttle Twins. The twins are filming an exciting new Dark Dumpster Derek adventure, in which our beloved masked hero takes on the gold-hungry Worm Burglar. Ethan and Emily pay a visit to George Washington and learn about the history of gold as money in the US, and how owning and using gold is far more doable than they think—even for kids!

Dark Dumpster Derek Returns

When the twins are hoping for a selfish Saturday, they are whisked away to meet Francesca Cabrini who helps them understand compassion and the impact of selfless acts.



Cabrini:  A Tuttle Twins Adventure

During a game of hide and seek, Karinne and Copernicus steal Grandma's wheelchair on a quest to find Karinne's idol, Karl Marx. Along the way, Karinne begins to question whether self interest is really as bad as it sounds.

Solving Selfishness: A Karinne and Copernicus Adventure

GUEST STARRING Nick Freitas - Ethan and Emily are ready to quit after their new movie falls apart. Grandma Gabby resolves to help the twins get back on their feet, taking them on a journey to learn about resilience from a man who triumphed over incredible odds: Founding Father and first President George Washington.

Young Washington: A Tuttle Twins Adventure

The twins’ entire gym class gets carried away by the gym teacher's immoral assignment. But then Emily and Ethan meet brave teens from WWII Germany, who teach them the importance of speaking truth to power.

Helmuth Hübener: A Tuttle Twins Adventure

During family movie night, a power outage unexpectedly transports Grandma and the twins into the post-apocalyptic world of Homestead to learn an action-packed lesson in emergency preparedness.

Homestead: A Tuttle Twins Adventure

Minisodes

A grandma with a time-traveling wheelchair takes her twin grandkids on hilarious adventures to learn about freedom and economics.

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