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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Hosts, guests, and mentioned names generated with spaCy (en_core_web_sm), reconciled against Wikidata.

Episodes

APR
22
2020
#604： The Boring Decadence of Modern Society
Misogyny: 5 Toxicity: 2 Hate: 4 45 minutes
Brett McKay economic stagnation
APR
20
2020
#603： The Physical Keys to Human Resilience
Misogyny: 2 Toxicity: 4 Hate: 5 52 minutes
Brett McKay neural symbols kettlebell throwing and flow state floating experiences
APR
15
2020
#602： The Case for Being Unproductive
Misogyny: 7 Toxicity: 5 Hate: 4 42 minutes
Brett McKay
APR
13
2020
#601： How to Get Jailhouse Strong
Misogyny: 5 Hate: 6 44 minutes
Brett McKay prison workouts and strength training
APR
8
2020
#600： What Board Games Teach Us About Life
Toxicity: 8 Hate: 8 40 minutes
Brett McKay board game renaissance chutes and ladders games spite in games
APR
7
2020
Bonus： How the Stages of Grief Explain What You're Feeling During This Pandemic
Hate: 1 17 minutes
Brett McKay grief stages pandemic anticipatory grief anticipatory grief and dealmaking
APR
6
2020
#599： The Physical Intelligence That Helps You Take Action
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 3 Hate: 6 46 minutes
Brett McKay physical intelligence concepts backpacking and physical intelligence physical intelligence
APR
1
2020
#598： Journeying From the First to the Second Half of Life
Toxicity: 1 50 minutes
Brett McKay complexes personal authority second half of life
MAR
30
2020
#597： A Survival Expert's Guide to Bugging-In
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 1 46 minutes
Brett McKay Creek Stewart water supply food storage food storage challenges
MAR
25
2020
#596： The Mystery, Science, and Life-Changing Power of the Hot Hand
Toxicity: 1 Hate: 2 36 minutes
Brett McKay
MAR
23
2020
#595： Everything You Need to Know About Creating a Home Gym
Misogyny: 1 Hate: 3 50 minutes
Brett McKay
MAR
18
2020
#594： How Churchill (and London) Survived the Blitz of 1940
Misogyny: 9 Hate: 6 47 minutes
Brett McKay
MAR
16
2020
#593： All You Have to Do Is Ask
Toxicity: 1 34 minutes
Brett McKay
MAR
11
2020
#592： Being a Man in the Lousy Modern World
Misogyny: 3 Toxicity: 18 Hate: 7 43 minutes
Brett McKay being a man in the modern world being skilled as a component of manliness
MAR
9
2020
#591： Solve Problems Before They Become Problems
Misogyny: 10 Toxicity: 1 Hate: 3 57 minutes
Brett McKay
MAR
4
2020
#590： The Creation of Sherlock Holmes
Misogyny: 2 Toxicity: 1 Hate: 4 43 minutes
Brett McKay spiritualism and sherlock holmes obsession
MAR
2
2020
#589： How Exercise Helps Us Find Happiness, Hope, Connection, and Courage
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 2 Hate: 4 58 minutes
Brett McKay exercise and mental health endocannabinoids exercise and brain chemicals
FEB
26
2020
#588： The Audacious Command of Alexander the Great
Misogyny: 2 Toxicity: 2 Hate: 26 52 minutes
Brett McKay Alexander's tactics and innovations Tyre campaign Tyre conquest by Alexander
FEB
24
2020
#587： How to Get More Pleasure and Fulfillment Out of Your Reading
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 3 Hate: 1 52 minutes
Brett McKay whim reading and rereading literature rereading books
FEB
19
2020
#586： The Story of the Skiing Soldiers of WWII
Misogyny: 3 Toxicity: 1 Hate: 7 38 minutes
Brett McKay