Bratmicae here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.

So this idea of craftsmanship and the archetype of the craft and I think is something very

attractive to people. It resonates with us on a visceral level almost. There's something

about building things with our hands from scratch that just is satisfying and there's

something that we're drawn to. We'd rather buy something that we know was made by hand

by a craftsman than some manufactured mass produced good. But why is that? Why is it we

have that attraction to building things? Why is it that we are attracted to this idea

of the craftsman? Well our guest today has written a book exploring that idea. He's an

actual craftsman, he makes furniture. He also founded a furniture making school in Maine.

His name is Peter Korn and he wrote a book called Why We Make Things and Why It Matters.

The Education of a Craftsmanship. Fascinating book on a fascinating topic and today on

the podcast we're going to discuss what's this drive in us that gives us satisfaction

to build things with our hands. And then we're also going to talk about what craftsmanship

is, the ethic of craftsmanship can teach us about living a good life. A fantastic discussion

really fascinating, delve deep into some deep topics. I think you're really going to like

this so without further ado, Peter Korn on Why We Make Things and Why It Matters.

Peter Korn, welcome to the show. Thank you, Brett. Thank you very much. So you are a furniture

maker who happens to write. Can you tell us how you got started into furniture making?

Because this whole, I think this idea, when you started at least, there really weren't

a lot of independent furniture makers. So how did you get into that? Well I was fortunate

enough to go to a Quaker High School and fill it off your Germantown Friends School,

which I think was a great education and then go to the University of Pennsylvania where

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