Will Tanner

Historian and writer

United Kingdom

About Will

Will Tanner is a historian and writer with a focus on African history and politics. He has written for several academic journals and has appeared as a guest on various podcasts and radio shows. Tanner is also a researcher and has worked on several projects related to the history of Rhodesia. He is based in the United Kingdom.

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Lance's Legion Podcast

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Contra Mundum

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The Old World with Will Tanner

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Recent Appearances

Lewis and Clark: The Triumphant Heroes Return

The Old World with Will Tanner•Mar 28, 2026•25:23•host

Whitewater of Death: Lewis & Clark's Desperate Descent Down to the Pacific after Braving the Bitterroot Mountains and Lolo Trail

The Old World with Will Tanner•Mar 22, 2026•20:51•host

Will Tanner

About Will

Associated Podcasts

Lance's Legion Podcast

Contra Mundum

The Old World with Will Tanner

Connect

Key Topics

Recent Appearances

Lewis and Clark: The Triumphant Heroes Return

Whitewater of Death: Lewis & Clark's Desperate Descent Down to the Pacific after Braving the Bitterroot Mountains and Lolo Trail

The Genius of Tom Wolfe, Destruction of Atlanta, and Decay of America's "Moral Tone" with Rowdy Yates

Survival or Extinction: Lewis & Clark Defeat Grizzlies and Waterfalls, Then Get Saved by a Miracle

Lewis and Clark's Expedition Begins: From Fort Dubois to the Mandans, Past the Dangerous Teton Sioux

What Life Was Like in Rhodesia and South Africa with Donald Maclean

How Meriwether Lewis Forged the Corps of Discovery: Preparing for the Lewis and Clark Expedition

Lewis and Clark: Why Jefferson Chose Meriwether Lewis to Explore the Empire of Liberty

The Last White Rajah of Sarawak: How Vyner Brooke Went From Rajah to Not

Vyner Brooke: The Last of the White Rajahs of Sarawak, Pt. 1

The State of South Africanization in America with Dan Lyman

Discussion: Will Tanner - On Rhodesia

The Story of Charles Brooke, Part II: The Expansion of Sarawak

How Charles Brooke Defeated Rentap the Pirate and Saved James Brooke, the White Rajah of Sarawak

How Sir James Brooke Survived the 1857 Kongsi Rebellion, and Saved the Raj of Sarawak

The Lewis and Clark Expedition with Warren Steury

The Reality of South Africanization with Roman Cabanac

The Legend of Sir James Brooke: The Adventurer's Throne

The Fall of Rhodesia and Britain with Zoomer Historian

What Rhodesia's Fall Teaches Us with Jonas Nilsson