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

MAR
27
2024
Tips From a Hostage Negotiator on Handling Difficult Conversations
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 1 47 minutes
Brett McKay empathy in negotiations
MAR
25
2024
Lessons in Action, Agency, and Purpose From Buying a Ghost Town
Toxicity: 3 Hate: 1 45 minutes
Brett McKay
MAR
20
2024
Get More Done With the Power of Timeboxing
Hate: 1 50 minutes
Brett McKay Mark Zalsanders time boxing benefits time boxing vs. blocking timeboxing problems
MAR
13
2024
The 3 Musical Geniuses Behind the Most Popular Jazz Album of All Time
Misogyny: 2 Toxicity: 6 Hate: 6 55 minutes
Brett McKay
MAR
11
2024
A Butler's Guide to Managing Your Household
Misogyny: 16 Hate: 4 49 minutes
Brett McKay household management history butler's book butler's book maintenance
MAR
6
2024
Down With Pseudo-Productivity： Why We Need to Transform the Way We Work
Misogyny: 7 Toxicity: 1 Hate: 2 1 hour
Brett McKay pseudo-productivity slow productivity transparency about workloads
MAR
4
2024
The 5 Factors for Crafting Simple (Read： Effective!) Messages
Misogyny: 2 Toxicity: 4 Hate: 1 48 minutes
Brett McKay dangerous overly complicated parking signs benefits of selling a power drill
FEB
28
2024
The Misconceptions of HIIT (And the Role It Can Play in Your Fitness Routine)
Misogyny: 5 50 minutes
Brett McKay HIIT misconceptions age and HIIT HIIT workouts
FEB
26
2024
The Making of a Stoic Emperor
Misogyny: 4 Toxicity: 5 Hate: 2 51 minutes
Brett McKay
FEB
21
2024
The Secrets of Supercommunicators
Misogyny: 7 Toxicity: 6 Hate: 1 44 minutes
Brett McKay emotional conversations
FEB
14
2024
Busting the Myths of Marriage — Why Getting Hitched Still Matters
Misogyny: 19 Hate: 14 47 minutes
Brett McKay
FEB
12
2024
Chasing Shackleton — Re-creating the World’s Greatest Journey of Survival
Toxicity: 3 Hate: 3 45 minutes
Brett McKay shackleton rescue mission recruiting for expedition
FEB
7
2024
Night Visions — Understand and Get More Out of Your Dreams
Misogyny: 1 Hate: 1 42 minutes
Brett McKay dream journaling and analysis
FEB
5
2024
Shakespeare on How Leaders Rise, Rule, and Fall
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 7 Hate: 3 51 minutes
Brett McKay
JAN
31
2024
Launch a Million-Dollar Business This Weekend
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 2 Hate: 2 50 minutes
Brett McKay starting and asking freedom number now vs. how
JAN
29
2024
The Case for Minding Your Own Business
Misogyny: 5 Toxicity: 3 Hate: 2 41 minutes
Brett McKay moral enforcement boundaries morality enforcement moralizers moral outrage moralism rootedness
JAN
24
2024
The Mundanity of Excellence
Misogyny: 5 41 minutes
Brett McKay find something you like excel at something innate abilities
JAN
22
2024
A Guide to Protecting Yourself Against Unexpected Violence
Misogyny: 3 Toxicity: 8 Hate: 4 55 minutes
Brett McKay getting a gun pointed at him decision-making under pressure controls and expectations
JAN
17
2024
Come Alive Again by Having More Fun
Misogyny: 3 Toxicity: 4 Hate: 2 49 minutes
Brett McKay
JAN
15
2024
An Insider's Guide to the Rise of the American Mafia
Misogyny: 1 Toxicity: 6 Hate: 28 1 hour and 1 minute
Brett McKay