The Old World with Will Tanner

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 o...

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_...

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...

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...

In this episode, Will and Alex Petkas, host of The Cost of Glory Podcast, discuss the Roman Aristocracy in the Late Republic period influenced America's Founding Fathers, with a particular focus on the great men about whom Plutarch wrote. They cover everything from the landed basis of Rome's cursus honorum-chasing politicians to the disdain for the commercial side of things present in Rome and the...

In this episode, Will and Rowdy Yates discuss the history of Rhodesia, with a particular focus on its war against the world, communist and "free," during the 1965-79 Bush War. Additionally, they discuss its roots, its culture, and its Old World nature. Find Will Tanner on X here: https://x.com/Will_Tanner_1 Find Will on Substack here: https://www.theamericantribune.news/ Find Rowdy Yates on X here...

In this episode, Will and John discuss the corrosive roots of liberalism and how natural hierarchy serves as an antitode to a force that otherwise turns into various forms of Leninism. Find Will Tanner on X here: https://x.com/Will_Tanner_1 Find Will on Substack here: https://www.theamericantribune.news/ Find John Carter on X here: https://x.com/martianwyrdlord Find Johann on Substack here: https:...

In this episode, Will and Pine Baron discuss whether the virtues and values of the old aristocracies are relevant to the modern world, with a focus on the duties and attachment to a community that come from holding real estate in an area. They also discuss self-made success and being agentic. Find Will Tanner on X here: https://x.com/Will_Tanner_1 Find Will on Substack here: https://www.theamerica...

In this episode, Will Tanner and Stormy Waters discuss the concept of the American aristocracy, with an eye toward the socially beneficial effects of such a group, to whom the term refers, given America's lack of a peerage, and if any modern members of the wealth elite qualify. Links Find Will Tanner on X here:  https://x.com/Will_Tanner_1 Find Will on Substack here:  https://www.theamericantribun...

In this episode, Will Tanner and Johann Kurtz discuss the moral and practical support for inheritance, with an eye toward how building dynasties and dynastic wealth builds civilization. LINKS Find Will Tanner on X here: https://x.com/Will_Tanner_1 Find Will on Substack here: https://www.theamericantribune.news/ Find Johann on X here: https://x.com/JohannKurtz Find Johann on Substack here: https://...