Odds & Ends: May 15, 2026
Hondo by Louis L’Amour. We’re fans of Louis L’Amour round these parts. Guy was prolific. Hondo is my favorite…
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Podcast #1,117: How Constraints Help You Focus, Create, and Finish
Back in 2019, David Epstein joined me to talk about his book Range and why generalists often thrive in a…
The Male Urge to Own a Globe
Several weeks ago, I was seized by an inexplicable urge to buy a globe for my home office. Don’t know where it…
Be Your Own Butler | The Art of Manliness
Discipline is essential to every success in life. It establishes the stable, well-ordered ground that allows an…
Stuck on a Graduation Gift? Give an Art of Manliness Book
It’s graduation season, which means you may be looking for a good gift for a young man heading into a new stage…
Odds & Ends: May 8, 2026
The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster. Kate recently wrote a great piece on Dying Breed, pulling out seven insights…
Mix Up Your Workout With Myo-Reps
I haven’t touched a barbell much since January. I’ve been in a leaning out/hypertrophy/mobility-focused season…
Podcast #1,116: Why Screen Time Leaves You Exhausted — And How to Reverse Its…
in: Health, Health & Fitness Brett & Kate McKay • May 5, 2026 You hear a lot today about…
The Subscription Audit: How a Forgotten $9.99 Charge Could Make You $50,000
How many streaming services are you paying for right now? If you had to write the number down from memory, could…
The Philosophy Textbook Every Man Should Own
If you’ve been following AoM long enough, you know I like philosophy. I’ve written about philosophy on the site…
How to Use an Elevator Like a Gentleman
There are few places in modern life where we’re forced into such close quarters with strangers as the humble…
Podcast #1,115: A Map for Finding Direction and Purpose in Life (Again and Again)
While we often think of life as linear, my guest’s own life, along with a decade of research, has taught him…
90s Dad Novels: 10 That Still Rip
Growing up in the 80s and 90s, if my dad wasn’t watching In the Heat of the Night on our wood-paneled…
Famous Men Who Rode Motorcycles
Few things have captured the passion, the sometimes obsession, of men like the motorcycle. There’s no mystery as…
Odds & Ends: April 24, 2026
1984 by George Orwell. My 15-year-old son, Gus, has been digging into dystopian literature lately. He…
Homemade Yogurt: Cheaper, Better, and Easier Than You Think
In the last decade, the emerging science of gut health has made fermented foods wildly popular. Kombucha,…
Podcast #1,114: Become an Automatic Millionaire
in: Career & Wealth, Podcast, Wealth Brett & Kate McKay • April 21, 2026 Building…
What Your Dashboard Warning Lights Actually Mean
The other day, as I was driving my kids to school in our Toyota 4Runner, I noticed a dashboard light indicator…
The Insanely Difficult Standards of History’s Hardest P.E. Program
In most modern high schools, P.E. is a complete blow-off class — something to take when you don’t play a sport,…
Odds & Ends: April 17, 2025
Pandora. This was my music player of choice when it launched in the late 2000s. Like a lot of people, I slowly…