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

OCT
18
2016
#244： Ask Frances - Brain Farts, Braggarts, and Civil Political Discussion
Misogyny: 3 Toxicity: 6 31 minutes
Brett McKay losing your train of thought in conversations
OCT
14
2016
#243： Becoming a Barbarian
Misogyny: 7 Toxicity: 11 Hate: 12 59 minutes
Brett McKay tribe management
OCT
11
2016
#242： The Forgotten Virtue of Reverence
Misogyny: 3 Toxicity: 3 Hate: 2 41 minutes
Brett McKay
OCT
9
2016
#241： Easy Ways to Upgrade Your Style With Aaron Marino
Misogyny: 14 Toxicity: 1 Hate: 7 43 minutes
Brett McKay easy style upgrades for men
OCT
5
2016
#240： The Making of Winston Churchill
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 1 Hate: 6 36 minutes
Brett McKay
SEP
29
2016
#239： Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts
Misogyny: 16 Toxicity: 7 Hate: 11 50 minutes
Brett McKay get yourself healthy before you married self-awareness premarital counseling effectiveness
SEP
27
2016
#238： Life in a Secular Age
Misogyny: 1 Hate: 1 47 minutes
Brett McKay
SEP
24
2016
#237： The Rise of the Sufferfests
Misogyny: 3 Hate: 12 30 minutes
Brett McKay obstacle course racing criticisms
SEP
20
2016
#236： What the Generational Cycle Theory Can Tell Us About Our Present Age
Misogyny: 13 Toxicity: 3 Hate: 36 1 hour and 24 minutes
Brett McKay
SEP
16
2016
#235： The Curious Science of War
Misogyny: 3 Toxicity: 14 Hate: 7 36 minutes
Brett McKay military research & innovations
SEP
14
2016
#234： Haggling and Deal Making Advice From a FBI Hostage Negotiator
Misogyny: 2 Toxicity: 13 Hate: 8 52 minutes
Brett McKay
SEP
9
2016
#233： Diet and Nutrition Advice From the Doctor of Gains
Misogyny: 3 Toxicity: 4 Hate: 5 1 hour
Brett McKay pre and post workout nutrition
SEP
6
2016
#232： Become the Chief Financial Officer of Family Inc.
Hate: 1 34 minutes
Brett McKay lifetime labor value education investment lifetime value disability insurance
SEP
1
2016
#231： How the Ghosts of Tradition Inspired Ancient Military Might
Hate: 12 47 minutes
Brett McKay
AUG
30
2016
#230： How to Deal With Aggressive People
Misogyny: 9 Toxicity: 3 35 minutes
Brett McKay desperate aggression ground rules aggression establishing common ground
AUG
26
2016
#229： How Men and Women Socialize Differently
Misogyny: 38 Toxicity: 1 Hate: 32 39 minutes
Brett McKay
AUG
22
2016
#228： What It Takes to Become a Navy SEAL
Misogyny: 3 Toxicity: 2 Hate: 3 39 minutes
Brett McKay
AUG
19
2016
#227： The Art & Science of Loving the Place You Live
Misogyny: 2 Hate: 2 42 minutes
Brett McKay place attachment walk Raleigh buying local
AUG
17
2016
#226： The Success Equation
Hate: 2 34 minutes
Brett McKay Michael Mobison luck and success definition luck and skill luck in investing
AUG
12
2016
#225： The Real Life James Bond
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 6 Hate: 9 51 minutes
Brett McKay