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  • The Lost Art of Mingling: How to Talk to Anyone, Anywhere

    October 20, 2026 · 42 min

    It's always been intimidating to enter a room where you don't know everyone, or anyone, and to initiate conversation with people at a wedding, holiday party, or work event. But it's never felt more potentially awkward and…

  • Brandon Flowers, Frontman of the Killers, on Family, Faith, and Becoming a Thrasher

    October 13, 2026 · 39 min

    If you’ve been following the Art of Manliness for a while, you know that I typically interview the authors of books on this podcast. But, if you’ve been following the Art of Manliness for a while, you’ll know why I had to make an exception…

  • Silence, Solitude, Stillness: The Spiritual Disciplines We Need in a Noisy World

    October 6, 2026 · 53 min

    We live in a world of pervasive noise. Even when we're alone and our surroundings are quiet, our devices bombard us with an endless stream of inputs — messages, news, opinions, entertainment — and we feel constantly connected. My guest…

  • 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…

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  • 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…

  • Big P vs. Little P Purpose: Why You Don't Need to Find Your One True Calling

    August 4, 2026 · 51 min

    People are told their whole lives how important it is to find their purpose. But many find the search frustrating. They feel there's one true calling or one grand goal they're supposed to be pursuing, but they can't seem to discern what it…

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The Art of Manliness Podcast aims to deepen and improve every area of a man's life, from fitness and philosophy, to relationships and productivity. Engaging and edifying interviews with some of the world's most interesting doers and thinkers drop the fluff and filler to glean guests' very best, potentially life-changing, insights.