The Art of Manliness


Show info


Episodes

1,163

Total time

910 hours and 7 minutes

Oldest episode

April 03, 2014

Most recent

October 06, 2026

Avg. length

46 minutes

Avg. words/min

187

Avg. word count

8,804

Avg. sentences

570.2

Avg. harmful content per episode

Misogyny

3.8

sentences flagged

Toxicity

4.9

sentences flagged

Hate speech

5.7

sentences flagged


Topics & people

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Topics
situational awareness friendship online great books OODA loop books boundaries communication complaining decision-making fitness gratitude practice journaling making friends manliness networking sleep storytelling virtue ethics 2000-meter row for time Caldera Lab skincare products
Hosts
Brett McKay (1,163)
Guests
Mark Torino (2) Admiral Stavridis (1) Adrian Camilleri (1) Amantha Ember (1) Andrew Branca (1) Anna Schaffner (1) Barry Strauss (1) Brandon Wormke (1) Brian Burrow (1) Bryce Hoffman (1) Cal Newport (1) Carl Truman (1) Charles Duhigg (1) Charles Ryan (1) Chris Bailey (1) Creek Stewart (1) David Branchflower (1) Dimitris Zigalatis (1) Emily Manugian (1) Eric Weiner (1)
Mentioned
Brad (106) Aristotle (73) Greeks (53) Plato (47) Teddy Roosevelt (43) Kate (42) Winston Churchill (41) George Washington (39) Steve Jobs (36) Abraham Lincoln (35) Theodore Roosevelt (30) Warren Buffett (30) Kierkegaard (29) Shakespeare (27) Huckberry (26) William James (26) Benjamin Franklin (25) Henry David Thoreau (24) Eisenhower (22) Jack London (22) Michael Jordan (22) Stephen Covey (21) Dwight Eisenhower (20) Ernest Hemingway (20) John Wayne (20)
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Episodes

OCT
6
2026
Silence, Solitude, Stillness： The Spiritual Disciplines We Need in a Noisy World
Toxicity: 1 Hate: 12 59 minutes
Brett McKay
SEP
29
2026
Why Modern Convenience Feels So Inconvenient
Hate: 1 59 minutes
Brett McKay
SEP
22
2026
The One-Skill-a-Year Plan for a More Interesting Life
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 4 Hate: 2 59 minutes
Brett McKay
SEP
15
2026
The 3-Step System for Simplifying Your Work and Life
Toxicity: 15 Hate: 4 52 minutes
Brett McKay simplify your work and life AI complexity slop
SEP
8
2026
If I Don’t Return： A General's Wartime Journal for His Sons
Misogyny: 2 Toxicity: 3 Hate: 4 54 minutes
Brett McKay friendship neighborhood chalkboard practice dating and marriage advice
SEP
1
2026
To Change Yourself, Change Your Situation
Misogyny: 2 Toxicity: 1 Hate: 5 1 hour and 2 minutes
Brett McKay situations and success Bob Bowman coaching Phelps willpower and emotion connection
AUG
25
2026
The Lost Virtue of Thumos (And Why Men Need It)
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 5 Hate: 19 59 minutes
Brett McKay thumos in marines thumos and anger protection thumos in ancient philosophy and fitness
AUG
11
2026
The Joy of Touching Grass (and Knobs, Buttons, and Boarding Passes)
Toxicity: 1 58 minutes
Brett McKay gratification occupy moment tiny health
AUG
4
2026
Big P vs. Little P Purpose： Why You Don't Need to Find Your One True Calling
Hate: 10 57 minutes
Brett McKay purpose anxiety purpose anchors joy of childhood
JUL
28
2026
Restless, Rooted — What the Odyssey Reveals About Americans' Divided Souls
Misogyny: 2 Toxicity: 1 Hate: 10 59 minutes
Brett McKay Patrick Deneen Christopher Nolan Odyssey movie Odyssean journeys & American roots restlessness of Americans
JUL
21
2026
The Secret Skills of Master Negotiators
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 26 Hate: 7 1 hour and 7 minutes
Brett McKay reciprocity building managing emotions during negotiation
JUL
14
2026
The Art of Easy Discipline
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 6 Hate: 10 59 minutes
Brett McKay Shopify and Wayfair for backyard project easy discipline eating bitterness
JUL
7
2026
Beyond Midlife Myths： Why Middle Age Can Be Your Prime Time
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 4 Hate: 12 56 minutes
Brett McKay lifespan research midlife crisis midlife crisis research
JUN
30
2026
George Washington — The Man Behind the Monument
Misogyny: 4 Hate: 25 1 hour and 21 minutes
Brett McKay
JUN
23
2026
The Retirement Trap： Should You Really Stop Working at 65？
Hate: 5 40 minutes
Brett McKay factory meals hard stop retirement teenage years and presence
JUN
16
2026
Belonging Without Conforming： The Path From Pseudo Self to Solid Self
Hate: 5 1 hour and 6 minutes
Brett McKay Shopify and Wayfair for business home projects rites of passage rite of passage recognition
JUN
9
2026
How to Try Again
Misogyny: 2 Toxicity: 2 Hate: 2 1 hour and 2 minutes
Brett McKay acceptance and reality assessment starting ugly shower principle
JUN
2
2026
Built to Walk — How Modern Shoes and Weak Feet Are Holding You Back
Misogyny: 11 Toxicity: 8 Hate: 13 1 hour and 5 minutes
Brett McKay Melissa McDowell feet and walking benefits walking speed walking patterns
MAY
19
2026
Inside With the Old Breed： A Conversation With Eugene Sledge’s Son
Toxicity: 8 Hate: 37 1 hour and 6 minutes
Brett McKay combat experience in the Pacific Peleliu invasion and battle coral fighting
MAY
12
2026
How Constraints Help You Focus, Create, and Finish
Toxicity: 1 Hate: 7 52 minutes
Brett McKay Wayfair upgrades outdoor space Gusto pixar constraints toy story