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
25
2021
The Conquering Father Who Made an Empire-Building Son
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 32 Hate: 144 52 minutes
Brett McKay
AUG
23
2021
How Moral Grandstanding Is Ruining Our Public Discourse
Misogyny: 2 Toxicity: 4 Hate: 3 55 minutes
Brett McKay Brandon Wormke moral grandstanding moral grandstanding grandstanding
AUG
18
2021
What a Man With 60,000 Books Can Teach You About Lifelong Learning and Building Your Home Library
Toxicity: 3 Hate: 7 50 minutes
Brett McKay book organization systems thinking American business history
AUG
16
2021
Tips From a Top TED Talker on How to Be Heard
Misogyny: 4 Toxicity: 6 Hate: 1 49 minutes
Brett McKay listening changes over time questions and conversational engagement wishing people well
AUG
11
2021
A Futurist's Guide to Building the Life You Want
Misogyny: 9 Toxicity: 6 Hate: 3 45 minutes
Brett McKay future casting
AUG
9
2021
The Hell-Raising Leader of WWII's Filthy Thirteen
Misogyny: 3 Toxicity: 4 Hate: 10 43 minutes
Brett McKay filthy 13
AUG
4
2021
How to Fight Internet-Induced Numbness
Hate: 3 40 minutes
Brett McKay operant conditioning outrage and social media engagement compassion fatigue
AUG
2
2021
Improve Your Productivity With the Power of Deadlines
Misogyny: 3 43 minutes
Brett McKay
JUL
28
2021
How Doing a Life Review Can Help Your Understand Your Past, Present, and Future
Hate: 1 45 minutes
Brett McKay life review benefits life review process life review benefits
JUL
26
2021
What's Causing the Male Friendship Recession？
Misogyny: 8 Hate: 4 42 minutes
Brett McKay male friendship recession
JUL
21
2021
The Curse of the Self
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 4 Hate: 3 42 minutes
Brett McKay self-awareness self-thoughts interference self-serving attributions
JUL
19
2021
The Strange Science of Sweat
Misogyny: 23 Toxicity: 3 Hate: 12 48 minutes
Brett McKay
JUL
14
2021
Men Without Chests
Toxicity: 3 Hate: 3 46 minutes
Brett McKay men without chest
JUL
12
2021
Think More Strategically
Misogyny: 2 Toxicity: 1 Hate: 4 52 minutes
Brett McKay strategy in personal life strategic intent moon race
JUL
7
2021
The Psychology of Effective Weight Loss
Toxicity: 2 48 minutes
Brett McKay mindset and nutrition diets fail perfectionistic demands
JUL
5
2021
A Guide for the Journey to Your True Calling
Misogyny: 7 Toxicity: 2 Hate: 11 53 minutes
Brett McKay discern your dharma unified action deliberate practice in painting
JUN
30
2021
The Secrets to Making the Perfect Burger
Misogyny: 4 Toxicity: 3 Hate: 3 30 minutes
Brett McKay dry aging beef for burgers dry aging beef
JUN
28
2021
The Surprising Pessimism of America's Founding Fathers
Misogyny: 4 Toxicity: 3 Hate: 6 44 minutes
Brett McKay disillusionment of founders Washington partisanship slavery and Jefferson's contradictions
JUN
23
2021
How to Use Digital Body Language to Build Trust and Connection
Misogyny: 3 38 minutes
Brett McKay exclamation points passive aggression in digital communication emails
JUN
21
2021
The Stranger in the Woods — The Story of the Last True Hermit
Toxicity: 4 Hate: 21 46 minutes
Brett McKay