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

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9
2020
#642： Finding Money and Meaning in the Blue Collar Trades
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 1 Hate: 1 37 minutes
Brett McKay blue collar entrepreneurship blue collar work meanings blue collar work meaningful future
SEP
7
2020
#450： How to Make Time For What Really Matters Every Day [RE-BROADCAST]
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 1 52 minutes
Brett McKay make time highlight framework infinity pools
SEP
2
2020
#641： How Eisenhower Led — A Conversation with Ike's Granddaughter
Hate: 6 1 hour and 2 minutes
Brett McKay Eisenhower's leadership style Eisenhower Civil Rights Actions small gestures he made
AUG
31
2020
#640： Weird and Wonderful Ways to Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable
Misogyny: 7 Toxicity: 12 Hate: 4 45 minutes
Brett McKay anti-bucket list cognitive behavioral therapy anxiety in climbing
AUG
26
2020
#639： Why You Should Learn the Lost Art of Rhetoric
Misogyny: 2 Toxicity: 31 Hate: 4 57 minutes
Brett McKay rhetoric goals pivot in argument rhetorical virtue development
AUG
24
2020
#638： How Changing Your Breathing Can Change Your Life
Toxicity: 6 Hate: 5 46 minutes
Brett McKay breathing problems & exercises mouth breathing mouth breathing benefits
AUG
19
2020
#637： What Poker Can Teach You About Luck, Skill, and Mastering Yourself
Misogyny: 2 Toxicity: 6 Hate: 10 53 minutes
Brett McKay luck and skill in poker philosophy of poker poker lessons
AUG
17
2020
#636： Why You Overeat and What to Do About It
Misogyny: 3 Hate: 4 57 minutes
Brett McKay variety neuroscience eating buffet effect leptin and weight loss resistance
AUG
12
2020
#635： The Existentialist's Survival Guide
Toxicity: 9 Hate: 5 47 minutes
Brett McKay existential philosophy journey existential angst despair and depression
AUG
10
2020
#634： How to Design Conversations That Matter
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 3 Hate: 2 48 minutes
Brett McKay being thoughtful about conversational invitations physical safety analogy Slack channels and dialogue design
AUG
5
2020
#633： The World and Vision of Lakota Medicine Man Black Elk
Misogyny: 3 Toxicity: 9 Hate: 51 56 minutes
Brett McKay Sundance ritual and Little Bighorn battle ghost dance movement ghost dance
AUG
3
2020
#632： How the Internet Makes Our Minds Shallow
Hate: 1 54 minutes
Brett McKay
JUL
29
2020
#631： How to Prevent and Survive a Home Invasion
Misogyny: 4 Toxicity: 6 Hate: 3 46 minutes
Brett McKay
JUL
27
2020
#630： The Strategy Paradox
Misogyny: 1 Hate: 1 38 minutes
Brett McKay forecasting future business outcomes strategic flexibility & uncertainty management strategic flexibility
JUL
22
2020
#629： Why We Swim
Misogyny: 3 Hate: 4 42 minutes
Brett McKay swimming benefits and culture swimming conversation
JUL
20
2020
#628： The Rise of Secular Religion and the New Puritanism
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 7 Hate: 26 1 hour and 14 minutes
Brett McKay classic liberalism identity politics group analysis revolution fascism
JUL
15
2020
#627： How to Deal With Jerks, Bullies, Tyrants, and Trolls
Misogyny: 9 Toxicity: 152 Hate: 19 38 minutes
Brett McKay
JUL
13
2020
#626： How to Declutter Every Aspect of Your Work Life
Misogyny: 1 41 minutes
Brett McKay Scott Sonenshine joy at work digital clutter activity clutter
JUL
8
2020
#625： The Code of the Warrior
Toxicity: 2 Hate: 3 58 minutes
Brett McKay warrior codes ethics
JUL
6
2020
#624： The Crazy, Forgotten Story of America's First Fitness Influencer
Misogyny: 7 Toxicity: 16 Hate: 11 47 minutes
Brett McKay McFadden health protocols Bruce McFadden and eugenics experiments