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

DEC
9
2025
Why You Don’t Follow Through on Your Health Goals — and How to Fix It
Misogyny: 5 Toxicity: 16 Hate: 9 53 minutes
Brett McKay Amantha Ember temptation bundling relational hijackers environmental hijackers
DEC
2
2025
Masculinity as Confident Competence
Misogyny: 13 Toxicity: 5 Hate: 12 53 minutes
Brett McKay confident competence skills military career expecting Young Man to be competent
NOV
25
2025
A Butler’s Guide to Managing Your Household
Misogyny: 20 Hate: 7 52 minutes
Brett McKay butler's book calendar of home maintenance home maintenance routine
NOV
18
2025
How the World Wars Shaped J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis
Misogyny: 4 Toxicity: 21 Hate: 30 59 minutes
Brett McKay Joseph LeConte World War I influence in Tolkien's writing Learning in Wartime World War II influence on Tolkien and Lewis
NOV
11
2025
Family Culture and the Sibling Effect — What Really Shapes Who You Become
Misogyny: 16 Toxicity: 2 Hate: 11 44 minutes
Brett McKay birth order effects birth order and IQ effects
NOV
4
2025
Hercules at the Crossroads — Choosing the Hard Path That Leads to a Good Life
Misogyny: 4 Toxicity: 8 Hate: 13 1 hour
Brett McKay Hercules crossroads mythology reappraisal of stress as challenge control orientation
OCT
28
2025
Make Friends With Death to Live a Better Life
Misogyny: 8 Toxicity: 30 Hate: 17 55 minutes
Brett McKay death practices in 19th-century America contemplating death memento mori art
OCT
21
2025
Chasing the White Whale — Into the Depths of Moby-Dick
Misogyny: 7 Toxicity: 45 Hate: 29 53 minutes
Brett McKay Mark Chirino Mark Torino Moby Dick revisited Moby Dick narrative structure Sotology chapter themes
OCT
14
2025
The 6 Practices of the Ultimate Morning Routine
Misogyny: 1 Hate: 3 47 minutes
Brett McKay personal development practices
OCT
7
2025
The Classical Code of Manhood
Misogyny: 1 Hate: 7 59 minutes
Brett McKay
SEP
30
2025
Why You Need the Good Stress of Socializing
Toxicity: 15 Hate: 4 52 minutes
Brett McKay social biome benefits friendship emerging adulthood friendships
SEP
23
2025
Build Muscle Without the B.S. — A Straightforward Guide to Size and Strength
Misogyny: 3 Toxicity: 8 Hate: 1 1 hour and 5 minutes
Brett McKay Paul Horn starting strength program starting strength program novice program training
SEP
16
2025
The Preparation — An Adventure-Driven, Skill-Building Alternative to College for Young Men
Misogyny: 1 Hate: 3 51 minutes
Brett McKay college these days AI and automation changing careers mimetic desire
SEP
8
2025
Overdiagnosed — How Our Obsession with Medical Testing and Labels Is Making Us Sicker
Misogyny: 1 Hate: 1 1 hour
Brett McKay MRI scans and diagnostic tests clinical acumen of a doctor Lyme disease overdiagnosis
SEP
2
2025
Good Anger — Harnessing a Misunderstood Emotion
Misogyny: 4 Toxicity: 3 Hate: 5 50 minutes
Brett McKay anger suppression quiet quitting phenomenon transference at work
AUG
26
2025
The Code They Killed For — Honor, Manhood, and the American Gunfighter
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 4 Hate: 8 51 minutes
Brett McKay Brian Burrow Southern honor culture honor code in the South gambling challenges honor
AUG
19
2025
Aristotle’s Art of Self-Persuasion — How to Use Ancient Rhetoric to Change Your Life
Misogyny: 5 Toxicity: 19 Hate: 6 51 minutes
Brett McKay
AUG
12
2025
How to Make a Big Decision (Faster!)
Misogyny: 3 Toxicity: 2 Hate: 1 51 minutes
Brett McKay values and decision-making exercises
AUG
5
2025
Rooted Living in a Shallow Age — A Shepherd’s Guide to the Good Life
Misogyny: 8 Toxicity: 6 Hate: 13 44 minutes
Brett McKay shepherd's life in Lake District fell shepherding sheep farming culture
JUL
29
2025
From Plane Crashes to Terrorist Attacks — Who Survives, and Why
Misogyny: 5 Hate: 3 1 hour
Brett McKay beverly hills supper club fire