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

Hosting, letter writing, and going out on real dates are often seen as old-fashioned

practices that no longer need it in an age when guests can book an Airbnb instead of

crashing at your pad. You can communicate instantly as via email or text, or your next

girlfriend is just a tender swipe away. But my guest today argues that the

refinement of civilization requires that we still continue these supposedly old-fashioned

practices. His name is Mitchell Capacchiun and he's the author of the Lost Arcs of

Civilization and today on the show we discuss what Homer, guy with the alien in the

Odyssey, can teach us about being a good host while writing letters by hand will always

be emailed and why you might consider resurrecting the forgotten art of courtship.

Great podcast after the show, check out the show notes at aam.is slash civilization

where you can find links to resources we mentioned throughout the show so you can

delve deeper into this topic.

Mitchell Capacchiun, welcome to the show. Well thank you very much. I appreciate the

invitation to talk about subjects that are on my mind, subjects that appear in my teaching

and subjects that I write about because I find them very important, very timely and

very, very rich in wisdom. Well I agree. So you've written several books, but one book

that I came across of yours that I'd like to focus on today is the book The Lost

Arts of Modern Civilization. Sure.

And in this book you make the case for reviving what a lot of people today would think of

as old-fashioned practices like writing letters by hand or courtship. Sure.

So I'm curious why do you think people stand to benefit and by people on this instance

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