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
17
2022
What Happened to the Idea of Self-Control？
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 1 Hate: 3 42 minutes
Brett McKay control your environment
OCT
12
2022
What People Get Wrong About Walden
Toxicity: 3 Hate: 9 52 minutes
Brett McKay bathing practices Thoreau's influence and ideas
OCT
10
2022
When to Quit
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 1 Hate: 3 51 minutes
Brett McKay
OCT
5
2022
The Vagabond Travel Ethos
Misogyny: 1 Hate: 3 45 minutes
Brett McKay vagabonding ethos
OCT
3
2022
Can Virtue Be Taught？
Toxicity: 1 Hate: 9 42 minutes
Brett McKay virtue and moral philosophy virtue teaching failure teaching virtue to kids
SEP
28
2022
The Cues That Make You Charismatic
Misogyny: 8 Toxicity: 4 Hate: 2 45 minutes
Brett McKay contemptuous people cues leaning cues
SEP
26
2022
Jack London's Literary Code [Rebroadcast]
Misogyny: 11 Toxicity: 22 Hate: 22 1 hour and 6 minutes
Brett McKay
SEP
21
2022
Data-Backed Answers to Personal Finance Controversies
Toxicity: 6 Hate: 2 46 minutes
Brett McKay saving is for the poor saving for the poor income and savings
SEP
19
2022
The Power of Ritual
Misogyny: 1 Hate: 4 44 minutes
Brett McKay Dimitris Zigalatis painful rituals ritual
SEP
14
2022
The 7 Types of Work Jerks (And How to Deal With Them)
Misogyny: 9 Toxicity: 56 Hate: 7 52 minutes
Brett McKay kiss up kick downer behavior credit stealing
SEP
12
2022
A World War II Story of Survival, Love, and Redemption
Misogyny: 6 Toxicity: 3 Hate: 13 44 minutes
Brett McKay
SEP
7
2022
The Power of Unwavering Focus
Misogyny: 3 Toxicity: 2 Hate: 3 58 minutes
Brett McKay focus finite life distraction
SEP
5
2022
The Character Traits That Drive Optimal Performance [REBROADCAST]
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 5 Hate: 4 46 minutes
Brett McKay attributes of optimal performance grit attributes perseverance practices
AUG
31
2022
Grappling With Life's ＂Wild Problems＂
Misogyny: 3 Toxicity: 3 Hate: 6 42 minutes
Brett McKay wild problems parenting flourishing life
AUG
29
2022
How to Read Minds and Detect Deception
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 1 Hate: 4 44 minutes
Brett McKay detecting deception language signals and pronoun use words
AUG
24
2022
The Bicycle as Freedom and Flight
Toxicity: 2 Hate: 1 31 minutes
Brett McKay
AUG
22
2022
The Groundhog Day Roadmap for Changing Your Life
43 minutes
Brett McKay groundhog day condition journaling
AUG
17
2022
Where You Should Live When You Could Live Anywhere
Misogyny: 3 Toxicity: 2 Hate: 2 46 minutes
Brett McKay anywarist careers recognition in a community geographic arbitrage
AUG
15
2022
From Novice to Advanced — The Weightlifter's Journey
Misogyny: 3 Toxicity: 3 Hate: 3 56 minutes
Brett McKay accumulated stress and adaptation for advanced lifters
AUG
10
2022
Tactics and Mindset Shifts for Making the Most of Life
Misogyny: 14 Toxicity: 24 Hate: 8 54 minutes
Brett McKay Someday is Today thinking in minutes