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Becoming NobleWe want arranged marriages w/ Yuri BezmenovJohann and Yuri discuss the Western tradition of arranged marriages, rebuilding the social infrastructure that underpins relationship formation, and how families can take on this responsibility in a fun and loving way. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit becomingnoble.substack.com/subscribe2025-06-1249 min
Becoming NobleOld English boarding school w/ my fatherBecoming Noble is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit becomingnoble.substack.com/subscribe2025-06-021h 01
Becoming NobleAsk Me Anything: Dynasty, Dignity, FaithThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit becomingnoble.substack.comToday I will be doing my first ‘ask me anything episode’ based on questions sent in by my wonderful premium subscribers.My call for questions got a really strong response - so I suspect this will be the first of many ask me anything episodes - and perhaps I’ll turn it into a monthly event if people enjoy this one.The questions I will be answering are:- How do men retain dignity in woke w...2025-04-2108 min
Becoming NobleInheritance, power, culture w/ Evan AmatoJohann and Evan discuss the Medici dynasty, analyzing how they won the trust of Europe’s most powerful men, and how they navigated the tensions between faith, art, and power to become the ‘Godfathers of the Renaissance’. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit becomingnoble.substack.com/subscribe2025-04-1453 min
Becoming NobleInside Canada's Laurentian Elite w/ Black HorseJohann and Black Horse dive deep into Canada’s ruling ‘Laurentian Elite’ caste. Where do they come from? Where do they socialize, and from whence do they draw their power? And why, now, could their grip be slipping? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit becomingnoble.substack.com/subscribe2025-04-0741 min
Becoming NobleThe New Frontier w/ A.M. Hickman (Shagbark)Johann and Andy discuss the reality of revitalizing forgotten towns, life in the great American wilderness, and his viral ‘gas station girlfriends’ advice to young men. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit becomingnoble.substack.com/subscribe2025-03-2755 min
Becoming NobleYookay James Bond w/ MorgothJohann and Morgoth discuss the challenges of making James Bond compelling and socially acceptable in the new era. We discuss colonialism, aristocracy, aesthetics, geopolitics, and democracy - and, of course, the Yookay. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit becomingnoble.substack.com/subscribe2025-02-2759 min
The J. Burden ShowThe J. Burden Show Ep. 266: Johann KurtzWe talk about Panda Express JK: https://x.com/JohannKurtz https://becomingnoble.substack.com/ Radio Free Chicago J: https://findmyfrens.net/jburden/ Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/j.burden Substack: https://substack.com/@jburden Axios: https://axios-remote-fitness-coaching... ETH: 0xB06aF86d23B9304818729abfe02c07513e68Cb70 BTC: 3NZWdERoBXveb8uRQwgan7iMkA1V1rqX1G2025-01-2755 min
Maiden Mother Matriarch with Louise PerryThe Enlightenment Was a Disaster - Johann Kurtz | Maiden Mother Matriarch Episode 112This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.ukMy guest today is Johann Kurtz, pseudonymous author of the 'Becoming Noble' Substack. We spoke about the long history of falling fertility rates, and particularly about the role of status in explaining the phenomenon.MMM is sponsored by 321 - a new online introduction to Christianity, presented by former MMM guest Glen Scrivener. Check it out for free a…2025-01-2256 min
Becoming NobleState imposed autism w/ John CarterJohann and John discuss Iain McGilchrist’s hemispheric hypothesis, phenomenology and politics, and what would be necessary to re-enchant the world. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit becomingnoble.substack.com/subscribe2025-01-1457 min
Becoming NobleNoticing towards Bethlehem w/ Mary HarringtonJohann and Mary discuss whether the move from the era of the monolithic narratives of the 20th century to the fragmented visual feeds of the 21st creates space for older modes of perception and communion. Also discussed are why the IDW can’t find God, why left-wing memes lack magic. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit becomingnoble.substack.com/subscribe2024-12-1935 min
Becoming NobleThe domestication of the mind w/ KruptosJohann & Kruptos discuss Walter J. Ong’s seminal 'Orality & Literacy’, which reveals the vastness of the cognitive and experiential gap between modern man and his pre-literate forefathers, how this difference shaped the epic works of our early culture, and how we can return to the age of myth once again. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit becomingnoble.substack.com/subscribe2024-12-171h 12
Becoming NobleAudio: Christmas as the Ark of Faith This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit becomingnoble.substack.com/subscribe2024-12-1405 min
Becoming NobleAudio: Mere motherhoodThis is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit becomingnoble.substack.com/subscribe2024-12-0405 min
Becoming NobleAudio: The Last British Myth II: Freedom This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit becomingnoble.substack.com/subscribe2024-11-2916 min
Becoming NobleAudio: The Last British Myth This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit becomingnoble.substack.com/subscribe2024-11-2718 min
Becoming NobleAudio: The new renaissancehttps://becomingnoble.substack.com/audio This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit becomingnoble.substack.com/subscribe2024-11-0911 min
Seeking the Hidden Thing Podcast23. The Christian Ghetto - On Squirrels: The Power of a Condensed SymbolPeanut the Squirrel and his untimely death have been all over Twitter/X over the weekend. I was joined by The Black Horse, Johann Kurtz, Riley S and Steve from Fox N’ Sons Coffee to talk about why Peanut captured our attention. We talk about the power of memes and symbols, the administrative state, Girardian scapegoats and much, much more. A light hearted and yet totally serious conversation about nothing.Bumper Music: Gregorian Chant Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/fr...2024-11-0555 min
Becoming NobleAudio: Intelligent Conspiracy Theories: Part IIThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit becomingnoble.substack.comhttps://becomingnoble.substack.com/audio2024-10-2607 min
Becoming NobleAudio: Stop pretending financial incentives will save the birth rate!Please consider subscribing and supporting the show! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit becomingnoble.substack.com/subscribe2024-10-2408 min
Becoming NobleAudio: Yellow Light NationalismThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit becomingnoble.substack.comhttps://becomingnoble.substack.com/audio2024-10-2205 min
Becoming NobleAudio: Intelligent Conspiracy Theorieshttps://becomingnoble.substack.com/ This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit becomingnoble.substack.com/subscribe2024-10-1816 min
The Old World with Will TannerBuilding Dynasties and Planting the Trees of Civilization with Johann KurtzIn 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://becomingnoble.substack.com/ 2024-10-161h 14
Becoming NobleAudio: Don't watch sportsThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit becomingnoble.substack.comhttps://becomingnoble.substack.com/2024-10-1106 min
Becoming NobleAudio: The rich should leave their wealth to their children, not to charityhttps://becomingnoble.substack.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit becomingnoble.substack.com/subscribe2024-10-1112 min
Becoming NobleAudio: You want to believe in God but you can'tThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit becomingnoble.substack.comhttps://becomingnoble.substack.com/2024-10-1005 min
Becoming NobleAudio: You’re called to love your neighbor, not everyonehttps://becomingnoble.substack.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit becomingnoble.substack.com/subscribe2024-10-0809 min
Becoming NobleAudio: Liberal societies don't have childrenhttps://becomingnoble.substack.com/ This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit becomingnoble.substack.com/subscribe2024-10-0520 min
Becoming NobleAudio: Protect your children from the vampiresThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit becomingnoble.substack.comhttps://becomingnoble.substack.com/2024-09-3002 min
Becoming NobleAudio: The Philosophy of DuneThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit becomingnoble.substack.com2024-09-2802 min
Becoming NobleAudio: It's embarrassing to be a stay-at-home momThis is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit becomingnoble.substack.com/subscribe2024-09-2829 min
A Ghost in the Machine by Daniel DFatherhood: Just Do It!Welcome to episode 34 of A Ghost in the Machine Podcast, featuring a Father’s Day message that is simple and straightforward: “Fatherhood, just do it!” Yes, our culture is criminally insane and the institutions and incentives are all arrayed *against* the formation of happy, healthy families, so yes, you will definitely have to swim upstream against a very strong current. Yes, it’s incredibly expensive and probably seems unaffordable. Yes, it will involve substantial risk to you personally, especially given how anti-Man the “family law” regime is. And yes, you should totally do it anyway. Here’s the r...2024-06-1527 min
Radical Personal Finance1025: The Rich Should Leave Their Wealth to Their Children, Not to CharityBy Johann Kurtz on X, and on Substack. Johann's follow-up essay "Raising children worthy of empires" is also good.2024-06-0614 min
EXIT PodcastRecording: Member Q&A with Johann Kurtz from Becoming NobleThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit blog.exitgroup.usHere’s the recording of this week’s members-only Q&A with Johann Kurtz, author of Becoming Noble.We asked him to come on the weekly EXIT full-group call to discuss his thesis that dissidents should use captured elite institutions as a springboard for their ambitions, even if it is impossible to steer or “subvert” them.We discuss:* Finding the joy in watch…2024-04-2514 min
The Natural TheologianToward a Religious RightTo evangelical ears, this title will seem to read as an attempt to revivify the spirit of Jerry Falwell. And it will be said that his spirit seems alive and very well - too well.But I have a different audience in mind. In the intellectual circles of the political right, there are many open questions about the direction of the movement, chief among them whether and how religious the right ought to be.You see, while the popular voting bloc of the Republican party is relatively religious, the intellectual elites of conservatism...2024-03-2614 min
The Auron MacIntyre ShowThe Lost Ritual and the University | Guest: Johann Kurtz | 2/14/24Johann Kurtz joins me to discuss the importance of initiation rituals and the need to replace the university system with something that still fulfills the spiritual needs of young adults.Follow on:Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-auron-macintyre-show/id1657770114Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3S6z4LBs8Fi7COupy7YYuM?si=4d9662cb34d148afSubstack: https://auronmacintyre.substack.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuronMacintyreGab: https://gab.com/AuronMacIntyreYouTube:https://www.youtube.com/c/AuronMacIntyre...2024-02-141h 09
The Smooth Jazz Kitchen with Chef Bruce BuegeThe Smooth Jazz Kitchen with Bruce Buege - Here I Go Again00:00 Lemek - Let's Get Down00:05 Michael Lington - South Bay00:09 Michael Manson - On The Up And Up00:13 Daryl Beebe - Caribbean Paradise00:17 Ashleigh Smith - I Can't Help It00:22 Christian de Mesones feat Jaared - Don Pedro00:26 Konstantin Klashtorni - Close00:30 Johann Asmundsson - Cool Ice00:34 Mike Murray - Shaken Not Stirred00:40 Gerald Albright - Frankie B.00:46 Mark Portmann feat Warren Wiebe - Here I Go Again00:50 R.L. Walker feat Gerey Johnson - Toe Tap00:54 David Benoit - Kei's Song01:00 Allen Hinds - Better...2023-10-111h 58
The Wine Show AustraliaSam Kurtz & Bernadette Kaeding - Red Art RojomomaAnother power couple from South Australia but this time from the Barossa. We're talking old school German families here people! Richo & Courtney are charmed by the wonderful history of the Barossa and also the incredible diversity of site, soil and situation. Sam's family goes all the way back in the region to 1847 and Johann Gramp so his lineage is impeccable and together with his wife he makes awesome ultra small batch wines. 2023-09-0320 min
Montana Classical CollegeThe Problem of RespectabilityIt was a pleasure to speak with Johann Kurtz! You can find his excellent substack, Becoming Noble, and the essay of his that we discuss here. You can find his discussion on the Exit podcast here.Here is an outline of the conversation:* Johann introduces his project and the challenge of thinking of practical solutions to our contemporary problems.* We discuss what respectability is and why it is a problem.* We discussed three articulations of the problem with attendant ways to manage it: classical, Christian, and Nietzschean.* Concluding thoughts...2023-06-1454 min
EXIT Podcast#49: What Can We Learn From the Globocorps?Johann Kurtz, author of the Becoming Noble substack, relates his experience in Big Tech, and why he believes dissidents underestimate these companies as a launching point for their ambitions. We discuss:* What megacorporations know that online dissidents don’t* Getting into a top tech company without a STEM degree* Preparing for a highly competitive interview* Finding friends and allies without revealing your power level* The horizons that open up after a few years undercoverYou can read the article that inspired this conversation here: Th...2023-05-231h 17
EXIT Podcast49 - What Can We Learn From Globocorps?Author Johann Kurtz relates his experience at major tech companies, and why he thinks dissidents under the value of these companies as a launching point for their ambitions. We discuss: What megacorps know that online dissidents don't Getting into Big Tech without a STEM degree How to prepare for a highly competitive interview Finding friends & allies without revealing your power level The horizons that open up after a few years undercoverYou can read the article that inspired this conversation on Johann's Substack, Becoming Noble.2023-05-231h 17
IFPRI PodcastIFPRI Policy Seminar: Making the most of intra-African tradePOLICY SEMINAR
Making the most of intra-African trade: the 2021 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor
Co-Organized by IFPRI and AKADEMIYA2063
SEP 23, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT
African countries have diversified their exports and trade partners over the last decade, but agricultural trade still lags behind its potential. The pandemic and recent implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) present a critical challenge and an unprecedented opportunity for Africa. The newly launched 2021 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor (AATM) (https://akademiya2063.org/publications/resakss/EN/AATM/Africa%20Agriculture%20Trade%20Monitor_2021_ENG.pdf) examines these recent events, as well as long-term structural issues, and...2021-09-221h 19