The Art of Manliness

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• Why Modern Convenience Feels So Inconvenient

  September 29, 2026 · 53 min

  Modern life is filled with conveniences designed to make things easier. We can order dinner without leaving the couch, check ourselves out at the grocery store, communicate instantly with anyone, and stream nearly every movie and song ever…

• The One-Skill-a-Year Plan for a More Interesting Life

  September 22, 2026 · 54 min

  We all have things we’ve always wanted to know how to do, but have never gotten around to learning. Speak a foreign language. Play an instrument. Write a book. Take up surfing. Maybe you’ve even started one of these pursuits a few times…

• The 3-Step System for Simplifying Your Work and Life

  September 15, 2026 · 46 min

  When people are faced with problems and complexity, our instinct is to add instead of subtract. As a result, we have a tendency to make our work and our lives more and more complex, and less and less effective and fulfilling. Even when…

• If I Don’t Return: A General's Wartime Journal for His Sons

  September 8, 2026 · 48 min

  When Mark Hertling learned he was deploying for Operation Desert Storm, he decided to start a journal. Back then, Mark was an Army major and cavalry officer with two young sons. His unit would be out in front of the main force, and during…

• To Change Yourself, Change Your Situation

  September 1, 2026 · 56 min

  Professor of psychology Angela Duckworth is famous for her work on grit — the combination of passion and perseverance that leads to high achievement. But she’s come to an increasing appreciation for the fact that success isn't just a…

• The Lost Virtue of Thumos (And Why Men Need It)

  August 25, 2026 · 53 min

  The ancient Greeks believed the human soul had three parts: reason, appetite, and something called thumos. Thumos is difficult to translate into English. It encompasses anger, noble spiritedness, pride, ambition, a sense of honor, and the…

• The Secrets of Supercommunicators

  August 18, 2026 · 45 min

  Note: This is a rebroadcast. Have you ever known one of those people who seemed to be able to connect with anyone? The kind of person who had the ability to make others feel understood and smoothly navigate even the trickiest of…

• The Joy of Touching Grass (and Knobs, Buttons, and Boarding Passes)

  August 11, 2026 · 52 min

  Remember the old hotel ice machines? The kind where you'd slide your bucket under the chute and hear the avalanche of cubes crashing into it? There was something so fun and strangely gratifying about that thing. Or think about breaking an…