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

JAN
12
2022
The New Science of Narcissism
Misogyny: 2 Toxicity: 9 Hate: 3 50 minutes
Brett McKay vulnerable narcissism narcissism psychotherapy challenges narcissism and leadership
JAN
10
2022
The Code of the Warrior
Toxicity: 1 Hate: 3 59 minutes
Brett McKay warrior codes Code of the Warrior course moral injury in war
JAN
5
2022
Become a Focused Monotasker
Misogyny: 1 Hate: 1 48 minutes
Brett McKay task switching errors multitasking effectiveness reading
JAN
3
2022
Fat Loss Made Simple
Misogyny: 7 Toxicity: 1 Hate: 4 59 minutes
Brett McKay losing weight roadblocks health and longevity vanilla goals
DEC
29
2021
The Tiny Habits That Change Everything
Misogyny: 2 Toxicity: 1 Hate: 1 44 minutes
Brett McKay tiny habits change everything behavior design model behavior model
DEC
27
2021
Begin the New Year by Reflecting on These 3 Life-Changing Questions [Rebroadcast]
Misogyny: 2 Toxicity: 4 Hate: 1 51 minutes
Brett McKay Nikon therapy self-reflection reflecting on giving and receiving
DEC
22
2021
The Real (Decidedly-Less-Sentimental-Yet-Still-Wonderful) Story of WWI's Christmas Truce
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 7 Hate: 18 38 minutes
Brett McKay
DEC
20
2021
C.S. Lewis on Building Men With Chests
Misogyny: 2 Toxicity: 1 Hate: 12 42 minutes
Brett McKay cs lewis oxford experience
DEC
15
2021
Prototype Your Way to a Better Life
Misogyny: 6 Toxicity: 13 Hate: 3 43 minutes
Brett McKay design thinking dashboard and good time journal design thinking tools
DEC
13
2021
The Perils and Powers of Cowardice
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 18 Hate: 8 49 minutes
Brett McKay cowardice history cowardice psychology trends military punishment for cowardice
DEC
8
2021
Prepare Now to Have Your Best Year Ever
Toxicity: 2 50 minutes
Brett McKay goal setting mindset limiting beliefs reviewing past before setting goals
DEC
6
2021
How Testosterone Makes Men, Men
Misogyny: 74 Toxicity: 28 Hate: 37 1 hour and 3 minutes
Brett McKay testosterone effects testosterone sex differences culture and biology interaction
DEC
1
2021
Cormac McCarthy, The Road, and Carrying the Fire
Misogyny: 3 Toxicity: 3 Hate: 3 52 minutes
Brett McKay The Road and Cormac McCarthy M McCarthy Santa Fe Institute God and existential questioning in The Road
NOV
29
2021
To Drink or Not to Drink
Misogyny: 2 Toxicity: 4 Hate: 4 47 minutes
Brett McKay alcohol effects on brain
NOV
24
2021
The Quest for a Moral Life
Misogyny: 6 Toxicity: 6 Hate: 3 48 minutes
Brett McKay character formation commitment making vocation vs career
NOV
22
2021
The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather
Misogyny: 5 Toxicity: 3 Hate: 3 46 minutes
Brett McKay
NOV
17
2021
How to Achieve Cognitive Dominance
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 3 Hate: 1 41 minutes
Brett McKay fear of freak out fear and cognitive dominance fear and decision-making processes
NOV
15
2021
How the Desire for Status Explains (Pretty Much) Everything
Misogyny: 10 Toxicity: 11 Hate: 17 49 minutes
Brett McKay status detection system social media status game cousins' enforcement of status games
NOV
10
2021
Why Do the Navy’s Frogmen Fight on Land？
Misogyny: 1 Hate: 9 47 minutes
Brett McKay hell week navy seals transformation
NOV
8
2021
A Surprising Theory on Why We Get Fat
Misogyny: 15 Toxicity: 12 Hate: 5 1 hour and 9 minutes
Brett McKay set point physiology food addiction neuroscience vitamin fortification and obesity