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

JUN
10
2024
The Laws of Connection — The Scientific Secrets of Building Stronger Relationships
Misogyny: 3 Toxicity: 8 Hate: 5 50 minutes
Brett McKay shared reality shared reality and interbrain coupling frenemies
JUN
5
2024
Remembering D-Day 80 Years Later
Toxicity: 1 Hate: 7 50 minutes
Brett McKay Exercise Tiger Exercise Tiger reconnaissance When the Sea Came Alive
JUN
3
2024
Why You're So Bad at Giving and Receiving Compliments (And How to Fix That)
Toxicity: 5 Hate: 2 42 minutes
Brett McKay compliments power connection recognition in work secondhand compliments
MAY
29
2024
A Guide to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Misogyny: 2 Toxicity: 2 Hate: 4 53 minutes
Brett McKay
MAY
22
2024
The Shadows Over Men's Hearts and How to Fight Them
Misogyny: 13 Toxicity: 9 Hate: 13 59 minutes
Brett McKay men's angst and shadows rest and renewal same gender spaces for processing information
MAY
20
2024
Patton and the Bulge： Blood, Guts, and Prayer
Misogyny: 2 Toxicity: 11 Hate: 13 47 minutes
Brett McKay patent's spirituality and leadership
MAY
15
2024
Embracing the Strive State
Misogyny: 3 Toxicity: 9 Hate: 4 47 minutes
Brett McKay flow state discoveries strive state strive state
MAY
13
2024
The Dude's Guide to Laundry： How to Save Time, Money, and Your Wardrobe
Misogyny: 15 Toxicity: 6 Hate: 6 48 minutes
Brett McKay Patrick Richardson high efficiency washing machines oxygen bleach cashmere sweaters and laundry instructions
MAY
8
2024
How to Get Better at Anything
Toxicity: 1 Hate: 2 45 minutes
Brett McKay see artistic apprenticeship model copying to learn
MAY
6
2024
Of Strength and Soul — Exploring the Philosophy of Physical Fitness
Misogyny: 2 Toxicity: 25 Hate: 17 57 minutes
Brett McKay Greek philosophy physical fitness virtue soul discipline exercise is noble
MAY
1
2024
The No-BS Secrets of Success
Misogyny: 8 Toxicity: 36 Hate: 7 46 minutes
Brett McKay luck in success firing people happiness matrix
APR
29
2024
How to Eliminate the Two Biggest Sources of Financial Stress
Toxicity: 5 42 minutes
Brett McKay emergency fund paying off mortgage vs investing car buying and financing
APR
24
2024
The Secret World of Bare-Knuckle Boxing
Misogyny: 3 Toxicity: 11 Hate: 11 49 minutes
Brett McKay Bare Knuckles boxing history irish travelers fighting culture Bare Knuckles boxing resurgence
APR
22
2024
Why Your Memory Seems Bad (It’s Not Just Age)
Toxicity: 6 Hate: 1 43 minutes
Brett McKay interference in memory event boundaries and episodic memory
APR
17
2024
Grid-Down Medicine — A Guide for When Help Is NOT on the Way
Misogyny: 1 Hate: 2 48 minutes
Brett McKay medical preparedness for disasters medical asset responsibilities mindset thing
APR
15
2024
Skills Over Pills
Toxicity: 5 Hate: 5 1 hour and 6 minutes
Brett McKay skills over pills uncertainty causes stress twenties uncertainties
APR
10
2024
The Power of Everyday Rituals to Shape and Enhance Our Lives
Misogyny: 3 Toxicity: 1 Hate: 6 45 minutes
Brett McKay Michael Norton ritual vs. habit ritual signature celebrity rituals
APR
8
2024
Walden on Wheels — A Man, a Debt, and an American Adventure
Misogyny: 2 Toxicity: 6 Hate: 5 58 minutes
Brett McKay Ken Ilgunis college debt backcountry rangers' job & wilderness adventures living in a van on campus
APR
3
2024
How to Create a Distraction-Free Phone
Toxicity: 3 50 minutes
Brett McKay attention residue email on the phone podcast is a keeper
APR
1
2024
Want to Be Happy？ Give Yourself Reasons to Admire Yourself
Toxicity: 4 Hate: 2 50 minutes
Brett McKay virtue dimensions of happiness virtue self-signaling theory virtue self-signaling theory