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
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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
8
2022
Lonesome Dove and Life's Journey Through Uncertainty
Misogyny: 7 Toxicity: 15 Hate: 7 1 hour and 6 minutes
Brett McKay friendship McMurtry's writing style Lonesome Dove unhappy ending
AUG
3
2022
Future-Proof Your Body by Practicing Good Posture
Misogyny: 14 Toxicity: 7 Hate: 13 38 minutes
Brett McKay good posture exercises and benefits
AUG
1
2022
Developing the Warrior Within
Toxicity: 3 Hate: 1 47 minutes
Brett McKay warrior spirit and native american traditions
JUL
27
2022
Physical Benchmarks Every Man Should Meet, At Every Age [REBROADCAST]
Misogyny: 1 Hate: 8 33 minutes
Brett McKay paleo fitness pursuit games MAF test and heart rate monitoring
JUL
25
2022
Routines Are Overrated
Misogyny: 4 Toxicity: 2 43 minutes
Brett McKay
JUL
20
2022
Escape the Safety Trap
Misogyny: 2 Toxicity: 14 Hate: 3 45 minutes
Brett McKay Spencer Corson false authority research and planning phase
JUL
18
2022
What Made JFK So Compelling？
Misogyny: 5 Toxicity: 3 Hate: 6 42 minutes
Brett McKay john v. Kennedy presidency
JUL
13
2022
The Philosophy of Self-Improvement
Hate: 2 46 minutes
Brett McKay Anna Schaffner self-improvement history self-help literature changes Bildung
JUL
11
2022
Life Lessons From the World's Greatest Negotiator
Toxicity: 22 Hate: 9 47 minutes
Brett McKay
JUL
6
2022
Building a Second Brain
Misogyny: 2 Hate: 1 53 minutes
Brett McKay commonplace book history personal information management capture tools and methods
JUL
4
2022
What It's Like to Spend a Year in Space
Misogyny: 2 Toxicity: 6 Hate: 5 44 minutes
Brett McKay land survival training fitness training preparation exercise in space
JUN
29
2022
How to Make a Good Argument
Misogyny: 1 Hate: 1 44 minutes
Brett McKay
JUN
27
2022
The Fascinating Life of America's Forgotten Founding Father
Misogyny: 2 Toxicity: 9 Hate: 6 57 minutes
Brett McKay
JUN
22
2022
How to Develop Greater Self-Awareness
Misogyny: 3 Toxicity: 5 Hate: 1 50 minutes
Brett McKay self-awareness development having someone call out is helpful daily check-in
JUN
20
2022
Chef-Vetted Answers to Your Cooking FAQs
Misogyny: 7 Hate: 4 48 minutes
Brett McKay shopping for ingredients foodborne illness from meat salt
JUN
16
2022
The Secrets to Booking Cheap Flights
Toxicity: 1 57 minutes
Brett McKay cheap flights 24 hour rule mistake fares
JUN
13
2022
How to Turn a Boy Into a Man
Misogyny: 9 Toxicity: 13 Hate: 8 1 hour and 10 minutes
Brett McKay rites of passage initiation primal path asset map community of men
JUN
8
2022
Why We Like Puzzles, and What We Get From Them
Hate: 2 46 minutes
Brett McKay puzzle solving
JUN
6
2022
The Surprising Science Behind Building Stronger Relationships
Misogyny: 3 Toxicity: 3 Hate: 2 45 minutes
Brett McKay time and vulnerability
JUN
1
2022
What Nietzsche Can Teach Us About Joyful Living in a Tech-Saturated World
Toxicity: 11 Hate: 5 46 minutes
Brett McKay digital technology addiction Nietzsche tech-saturated world Nietzschean asceticism and digital information management