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

AUG
2
2023
The Most Insightful Personality Test
Misogyny: 9 Toxicity: 8 Hate: 85 49 minutes
Brett McKay color code personality test personality development Hartman personality profile development
JUL
31
2023
Why We Fight
Misogyny: 6 Toxicity: 2 Hate: 12 45 minutes
Brett McKay Mike Martin status competition evolution status and testosterone escalation mechanism
JUL
26
2023
Finally Learn to Say No
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 4 Hate: 2 43 minutes
Brett McKay saying no anxiety saying no walnut trees
JUL
24
2023
Set Your Future Self Up for Success
Misogyny: 3 Toxicity: 13 Hate: 2 49 minutes
Brett McKay mental time travel component missing our flight packing clothes for mental time travel trip
JUL
19
2023
The Fourth Turning — How History's Crisis Period Could Unfold
Misogyny: 7 Hate: 7 50 minutes
Brett McKay fourth turning parallels
JUL
17
2023
Here's What It Could Look Like to Put the Trades Back in School
Hate: 2 41 minutes
Brett McKay teaching carpentry construction and manufacturing needs CTEX programming changes
JUL
12
2023
The Science of Getting Psyched Up
Misogyny: 3 42 minutes
Brett McKay Trish Talks and anger in performance
JUL
10
2023
Thick Desires, Political Atheism, and Living an Anti-Mimetic Life
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 5 Hate: 2 43 minutes
Brett McKay political atheism
JUL
5
2023
Master Microtransitions to Improve the Happiness, Success, and Flow of Your Life
Misogyny: 6 Toxicity: 22 Hate: 3 53 minutes
Brett McKay microtransitions micro transitions reset phase
JUL
3
2023
Would You Have Been a Patriot or a Loyalist？
Misogyny: 2 Toxicity: 9 Hate: 3 46 minutes
Brett McKay
JUN
28
2023
How to Read a Tree
Misogyny: 1 Hate: 2 40 minutes
Brett McKay
JUN
26
2023
Stop Being a Complainer
Misogyny: 7 Toxicity: 7 Hate: 4 41 minutes
Brett McKay complaining definition and benefits complaining complaining for power
JUN
21
2023
Become a Morning Workout Person
Misogyny: 18 Toxicity: 22 Hate: 3 52 minutes
Brett McKay morning workout edge morning workout benefits morning workout rules
JUN
14
2023
How Emerson Can Help You Become a Stoic Nonconformist
Misogyny: 2 Toxicity: 1 Hate: 3 46 minutes
Brett McKay Mark Matusik self-reliance compensation journal writing
JUN
12
2023
The Rise and Fall of the Golden Age of Action Heroes
Misogyny: 3 Toxicity: 12 Hate: 7 48 minutes
Brett McKay Chuck Norris martial arts career Sidekicks Steven Seagal backstory
JUN
7
2023
How to Survive Any Worst Case Scenario
Misogyny: 4 52 minutes
Brett McKay
JUN
5
2023
Magician's Secrets for Becoming More Commanding, Convincing, And Charismatic
Misogyny: 3 Toxicity: 13 Hate: 2 53 minutes
Brett McKay layered commands
MAY
31
2023
The Myths and Truths Around Suicide
Misogyny: 1 Hate: 4 49 minutes
Brett McKay
MAY
29
2023
The Essential Guide to Getting Promoted
Toxicity: 1 42 minutes
Brett McKay promotion benefits meetings and communication study and best practices for promotion
MAY
24
2023
The Heroic Exploits of WWII’s Pacific Paratroopers
Hate: 4 53 minutes
Brett McKay