Radio Ranch with Roger Sayles and Brent Allen Winters 092625 Usury, Empire, and the Common Law: A Friday at the Radio Ranch

On this Friday edition of Radio Ranch, I welcome longtime friend and collaborator Brent Allen Winters for a wide‑ranging conversation we’ve been having on-air for over a decade. We trace how 1453 and the fall of Constantinople helped export the Code of Justinian across Europe and into Russia, contrasting that Roman civil law tradition with the Anglo‑Saxon common law, juries, and the Bible-informed ethos Brent champions. We unpack usury as the “viper’s bite” in Scripture, the difference between lending consumables versus true rentals, and why words and jurisdiction matter. We also touch WWII cultural frames of “dying with honor” versus “living with honor,” Wycliffe, the Geneva Bible, and why stories persuade juries—and people—more than jargon. We shift to today’s financial architecture: banks that “create” credit, partnerships versus fiduciaries, and Basel III’s treatment of gold. Callers add threads on TreasuryDirect accounts, bonds, and trusts; a real-world caution about toxic western red cedar sawdust; and the latest swirl of claims around the Charlie Kirk killing and media narratives. Through it all, we keep returning to the through-line: recover the laws of nature and nature’s God, cultivate Christian culture, and do the next right thing—locally, lawfully, and faithfully.'Basel III (Bank for International Settlements)': https://www.bis.org/bcbs/faq/faq_basel_iii.htm'TreasuryDirect (U.S. Dept. of the Treasury)': https://www.treasurydirect.gov/'31 CFR § 363.6 (eCFR)': https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-31/subtitle-B/chapter-II/part-363/section-363.6'Magna Carta (British Library overview)': https://www.bl.uk/magna-carta'John Wycliffe (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)': https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/wyclif/'Geneva Bible (Digital facsimiles)': https://digital.pitts.emory.edu/digital-collections/georgia/protestantism/geneva-bible/'The Last Duel (film, 2021) – 20th Century Studios': https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/the-last-duel'Michael Hudson, “...And Forgive Them Their Debts” (author site)': https://michael-hudson.com/books/and-forgive-them-their-debts/'Ellen Brown, “Web of Debt” (author site)': https://webofdebt.com/'Turning Point USA (organization site)': https://www.tpusa.com/'Candace Owens (official site)': https://www.candaceowens.com/'WWCR – Worldwide Christian Radio': https://www.wwcr.com/'Patriot Soapbox (referenced livestream destination)': https://patriotsoapbox.com/'CommonLawyer (Brent Winters)': https://commonlawyer.com/'Bible Gateway (Scripture reference tool)': https://www.biblegateway.com/