The Art of Manliness

We've all heard the phrase "Nice guys finish last," right? Why is that? Why do the men whose women friends tell him he'll make a great catch never have a date come Friday night? Or why does the guy who never rocks the boat at work never get the promotion? To answer these questions we talked to Dr. Robert Glover, author of the book No More Mr. Nice Guy: A Proven Plan For Getting What You Want In Lo...

Welcome back to another episode of the Art of Manliness podcast. In this edition, we talk to Robert Davis about the history of masculinity in America and Freemasonry's influence on American men. Robert is the Executive Secretary of the Guthrie, Oklahoma Scottish Rite and the author of the book Understanding American Manhood: Freemasonry's Enduring Path to the Mature Masculine. See Privacy Policy a...

Welcome back to the podcast! In this week's episode we talk to actor Rich Sommer who plays ad man Harry Crane on AMC's hit drama Mad Men. We discuss Mad Men's take on mid-century masculinity, how starring in the show has influenced Rich's perception of manliness, and of course, we talk the dapper style of the men at Sterling Cooper. Tune in! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Cali...

Welcome back to the Art of Manliness Podcast! In this week's episode we talk to author Matthew Mayo. Matt has recently written a book called Cowboys, Mountain Men, and Grizzly Bears: Fifty of the Grittiest Moments in the History of the Wild West. We discuss Hugh Glass and his 350 mile crawl of revenge to kill the men who left him for dead, lawman Bass Reeves, the first African-American U.S. Marsha...

Welcome back to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast! In this week's episode we talk to Scott Farrell, director of Chivalry Today. We discuss the history of chivalry and how modern men can apply the code of chivalry in their lives today. Enjoy! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Welcome back to another episode of The Art of Manliness Podcast! In this week's edition we talk to J.D. Roth, founder of the personal finance blog, Get Rich Slowly. Money Magazine named Get Rich Slowly the most inspiring money site on the net and one of the top 25 personal finance blogs, as well. J.D. has a new book coming out this spring called Your Money: The Missing Manual and you can pre-order...

Welcome back to another edition of the Art of Manliness podcast. This week we return to our series called Man Stories where we interview a different gentleman and ask him what it means to be a man. This week our guest is Kasper from London, England. Thanks, Kasper! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Welcome back to the Art of Manliness Podcast! In this week's episode we interview Dr. Gary Cross, author of the book Men to Boys: The Making of Modern Immaturity. We discuss the history behind the trend of men putting off responsibilities like family and career longer and longer and instead indulge themselves in the same pastimes and consumer goods as 17-year-olds. See Privacy Policy at https://ar...

Welcome back to the Art of Manliness Podcast! In this episode we return to our series called "Man Stories" where every other week we interview a different gentleman and ask him what it means to be a man. This week our guest is Liam Strain from Chicago. Thanks Liam! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Welcome back to the Art of Manliness podcast. This week we bring you a special holiday edition of the Art of Manliness podcast with a very special guest: Santa Claus! Or at least a guy who works as Santa. Santa Dave (or Dave Davis) is a professional Santa Clause that lives in Ohio. He's a member of the Amalgamated Order of Real Bearded Santas and also does story telling. You can find out more abou...

Welcome back to another episode of The Art of Manliness Podcast! In this edition we talk to Ben Thompson, author of the new book, Badass: A Relentless Onslaught of the Toughest Warlords, Vikings, Samurai, Pirates, Gunfighters, and Military Commanders to Ever Live. He's also the owner and founder of the popular website, badassofthweek.com. We talk about some of the badasses from history that Ben hi...

Welcome back to another episode of The Art of Manliness podcast! We took a short break because of the Thanksgiving holiday, but we're back with another edition of Man Stories. In this episode we talk to Carlos Infante of Mexico City, Mexico and ask him what it means to be a man. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-m...

Welcome back to another edition of The Art of Manliness podcast! In this episode we talk to Wayne Levine. Wayne is the founder of BetterMen.org where he offers mentoring for men and facilitates men's retreats and groups. He's the author of the book, Hold on To Your N.U.Ts: The Relationship Manual for Men. You can find out more about Wayne's work by visiting bettermen.org. See Privacy Policy at htt...

Welcome back to another edition of the Art of Manliness podcast. In this week's episode we return to our series called "Man Stories" where we interview a different gentleman every other week and ask him what it means to be a man. This time our guest is Robert Disque from Ogden, UT. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sel...

Welcome back to another edition of the Art of Manliness podcast. In this week's episode we talk to Walker Lamond, author of the newly released book Rules for My Unborn Son. Walker is a writer and television producer that lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife and newborn boy. You can buy Walker's book at Amazon.com and make sure to check out his blog that inspired the book, 1001 Rules for My Unbo...

Welcome back to another episode of The Art of Manliness podcast. This week we return to our series called "Man Stories" where we interview a regular man and ask him what manliness means to him. Our guest this week is Zeke Smith. Zeke is an American living in England while his wife pursues her masters at the University of Manchester. Thanks Zeke for talking with us! Editor's Note: I had some proble...

Welcome back to another episode of the Art of Manliness podcast. In this edition, we talk the history of beards with Allan Peterkin, author of 1000 Beards: The Cultural History of Facial Hair. Find out why popes are beardless, what psychologists have said your beard unconsciously says about you, and why politicians don't have beards anymore. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Cali...

Welcome back to another edition of the Art of Manliness podcast. In this episode we return to our series called "Man Stories" where we interview a different man every other week and ask him what it mean for him to be a man. Our guest this week is Dan Kern. Dan hails from Winnipeg, Canada and he works as a voice actor for a living. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Priv...

In this week's episode, we talk to Mark Sisson, author of The Primal Blueprint. Mark argues that what we know about health and fitness is wrong and that we should actually be taking our cues from cavemen. We discuss how men can start living the primal lifestyle today and begin the path towards better health. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://a...

Welcome back to another edition of the Art of Manliness podcast! Today, I'm going to start a new series on the show called "Man Stories." Every other week, I'm going to bring on a different gentleman who reads the blog and ask him a few questions about what manliness means to him and the men who have had an influence on his perception of manliness. I'm looking forward to this series. It will be in...

In the inaugural episode of the Art of Manliness podcast we talk to Marcus Brotherton, author of We Who Are Alive and Remain: Untold Stories From the Band of Brothers. Marcus shares his insights about the men who fought in the 101st Airborne Division during World War II and what lessons men today can take from the Band of Brothers. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Pri...