Show overview
The Old World with Will Tanner has been publishing since 2024, and across the 2 years since has built a catalogue of 107 episodes. That works out to roughly 100 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 49 min and 1h 9m — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language History show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 5 days ago, with 45 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 50 episodes published. Published by Jason Robertson.
Episodes
107
Running
2024–2026 · 2y
Median length
59 min
Cadence
Weekly
From the publisher
Life Before Liberalism
Latest Episodes
View all 107 episodesFather of Four Founding Fathers: Thomas Lee of Stratford Hall
Jun 25, 202647 min
The Reluctant Patriarch: Richard Lee II and the Lees of Virginia
Jun 21, 202646 min
The Lee Family of Virginia: Descended from a Norman Knight?
Jun 17, 202632 min
Richard Lee I, the Emigrant: Founder of the Lees of Virginia
Jun 13, 202652 min
Who Were the First Families of Virginia?
Jun 10, 202651 min
What Was Life Like Growing Up in Rhodesia During the Bush War? with Alice Henningway
Jun 7, 202658 min
The Virginia Series Sources: What Books about Colonial and Early Republic Virginia You Ought Read!
Jun 3, 20262h 11m
The Knights of the Golden Circle: A Secret Filibustering Order Almost Built an Empire of Slavery
May 31, 20261h 5m
Building Christian Heroes with Chase Davis
May 27, 20261h 6m
The Real Story of Pocahontas: Betrayed by Her People, Adopted by the English
May 24, 202634 min
The Cradle of the Revolution: How Virginia's Greatest Gentlemen Began the American Revolution in 1766
May 20, 202633 min
The Life of John Smith: Virginia's First Hero
May 18, 202650 min
John Rolfe: How the Hero Twice Saved Virginia
May 13, 202630 min
The Golden Age: How the Virginia Gentry Cultivated the Founding Generation
May 10, 202638 min
The Knights of the Golden Horseshoe: The Birth of Virginian Chivalry
May 6, 202630 min
1622: The Indian Massacre that Almost Destroyed Virginia
May 2, 202617 min
Virginia's Military Culture, and How It Created the American Military Culture with Paul Fahrenheidt
Apr 29, 202658 min
Bacon's Rebellion and the Birth of Virginia's Golden Age
Apr 25, 202628 min
The Virginia Cavaliers: Myth or Reality?
Apr 18, 202629 min
An Interview with Charles Murray: The Real Reasons Apollo Succeeded
Apr 15, 20261h 2m