

The Old World with Will Tanner
Will Tanner
Life Before Liberalism
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Jan 29, 2025 • 1h 3min
The Continuing Relevance of Old Economy Companies
In this episode, Will and Ben Kelleran discuss the continued relevance of the sort of companies that were prominent and powerful in the pre-War World, with a focus on the trends leading to commodities making a comeback. They particularly focus on how a society changes for the better when its wealth is real rather than phantom, and what wer're seeing that could lead us back there. Find Will Tanner on X here: https://x.com/Will_Tanner_1 Find his Substack here: https://www.theamericantribune.news/ Find Ben on X here: https://x.com/BR_Kelleran Check out his site here: https://www.kontrariankorner.com/

Jan 15, 2025 • 2h 18min
Regenerative Ranching in the Age of Fiat Everything, and What We Can Learn from the Agricultural Depression
In this episode, Will and the guys who run Smoke River Ranch discuss how regenerative ranching works, how it combats the problems with fiat-age industrial agriculture, and what the English estate system of yesteryear teaches us about fixing agriculture today. Find Will Tanner on X here: https://x.com/Will_Tanner_1 Find their article on our Substack here: https://www.theamericantribune.news/p/soil-and-money Find Untapped Growth on X here: https://x.com/untappedgrowth Find VeritasVital on X here: https://x.com/VeritasVital Find Smoke River Ranch here: https://www.smokeriverranch.com/

Jan 8, 2025 • 1h 39min
Organic Nobility and Building Society for the Long Term with EM Burlingame
In this episode, Will and EM Burlingame discuss the difference between an organic, noble society and how externally imposed, inorganic hierarchy rots society from the inside. They discuss everything from early Christianity to fox-hunting with a focus on what periods saw the noble building of an organic whole and how mercantile calculation has financialized everything and, in the process, destroyed much of what made the Occident functional. They also discuss what is needed to bring back the good aspects of the Old World. Find Will Tanner on X here: https://x.com/Will_Tanner_1 Find EM on X here: https://x.com/EMBurlingame

Jan 1, 2025 • 1h 5min
How the Corn Laws Built England with J. Burden
This was an interview of Will originally conducted by J. Burden; given its relevance to this podcast, Mr. Burden has been gracious enough to let me republish it for The Old World. In this show, J. Burden and Will Tanner discuss how agricultural protection laws called the Corn Laws built the prosperous England that existed before the Great War. They focus on how the laws enabled legacy-minded landowners to invest in the countryside, create the conditions that led to the Industrial Revolution, and serve the empire rather than toil at work. They also discuss how the free trade ideology destroyed that social structure, and what the consequences of that destruction were. Find Will Tanner on X here: https://x.com/Will_Tanner_1 Find Will on Substack here: https://www.theamericantribune.news/ Find Burden on X here: https://x.com/_jburden Find his podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/@j.burden

Dec 27, 2024 • 1h 12min
A Gentleman's Guide to Dressing with OW Root
In this episode, Will and OW Root discuss what a gentleman ought to wear, with a focus on the history of men's clothing and how what was worn in our heyday relates to what men should wear now. They also discuss some common faux pas and pitfalls for those getting into the subject, and comment on what can be done to get people to dress better Find Will Tanner on X here: https://x.com/Will_Tanner_1 Find Will on Substack here: https://www.theamericantribune.news/ Find OW on X here: https://x.com/NecktieSalvage Find his website here: https://linktr.ee/necktiesalvage

Dec 18, 2024 • 57min
How South Africa Fell Apart with K9 Reaper
In this episode, Will and South African community security specialist K9 Reaper discuss how South Africa went from bad to worse over the past decade, with a focus on how politicians and community apathy have enabled crime and decay. They also discuss what Americans learn from the situation and what you can do to prepare for South Africanization. Find Will Tanner on X here: https://x.com/Will_Tanner_1 Find Will on Substack here: https://www.theamericantribune.news/ Find K9 on X here: https://x.com/k9_reaper

Dec 11, 2024 • 1h 29min
What is Wealth and Does Its Form Matter?
n this episode, Will and Dmitry discuss the societal upheaval that was the shift from a focus on income generated by capital, namely land, to a focus on capital asset appreciation. They discuss how this potentially leads to societal instability, impermanence in fortunes, and what effect it has on human flourishing. They also question if Elon's Mars project is multi-generational. Find Will Tanner on X here: https://x.com/Will_Tanner_1 Find Will on Substack here: https://www.theamericantribune.news/ Find Dimitry on X here: https://x.com/BackTheBunny Find Dimitry on Substack here: https://thedosagemakesitso.substack.com/

Dec 4, 2024 • 1h 6min
The State of the English Countryside and How Death Taxes Brought Us Here with R.E.N.
In this episode, Will and Raw Egg Nationalist discuss what the English countryside is like, and how the toxic mixture of death taxes and mass migration have eroded its former power, wealth, and beauty. To illustrate these changes, they discuss everything from the fox-hunting aristocracy to the obliterated village economies that now cater to tourists. Find Will Tanner on X here: https://x.com/Will_Tanner_1 Find Will on Substack here: https://www.theamericantribune.news/ Find REN on X here: https://x.com/Babygravy9 Check out his website here: https://www.raweggstack.com/

Nov 27, 2024 • 1h 17min
The Coming of a New American Aristocracy with EM Burlingame
In this episode, Will and EM Burlingame discuss the history of the American "mob state" and its parallels to the Praetorian Guard of the Roman Empire, with a focus on how a new aristocracy will rise in the fight to demolish that mob state. They also discuss the capital assets of importance to that new aristocracy, how trusts and legal fictions diminish real world power, and historical parallels to this situation Find Will Tanner on X here: https://x.com/Will_Tanner_1 Find Will on Substack here: https://www.theamericantribune.news/ Find EM Burlingame on X here: https://x.com/EMBurlingame Check out his website here: https://emburlingame.substack.com/

Nov 25, 2024 • 1h 19min
The Old World Thanksgiving Special: The Colonization of the Stars
In this episode, Will and Space Age Maximalist discuss what social structures and colonization methods of the past would be relevant when our civilization colonizes the solar system, with a particular focus on the East India Company and Anglo-American methods of settlement. Find Will Tanner on X here: https://x.com/Will_Tanner_1 Find Will on Substack here: https://www.theamericantribune.news/ Find Space Age Maximalist on X here: https://x.com/SpaceAgeHerr Find Space Age Maximalist on his website here: https://spaceagemaximalist.substack.com/


