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The Art of Manliness

Being a Man in the Lousy Modern World

The Art of Manliness

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.714.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Note: This is a rebroadcast. It originally aired March 2020. Emerson famously said “society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members.” My guest today says things have gotten a lot worse since Emerson uttered those words over a century and a half ago. His name is Robert Twigger. We last had him on the show to discuss his book Micromastery. Today we discuss a book he wrote 20 years ago called Being a Man in the Lousy Modern World. We begin our conversation discussing how the modern world infantilizes men so they’re easier to control, and whether Robert thinks things have changed since he initially published the book. We then dig into the four factors Robert says need to be in place for a man to feel like a man, and why experiencing these qualities has become harder to do in the present age. We then discuss what Robert did to counter the currents of modern malaise like hiking the Pyrenees mountains and learning a martial art, and whether doing those things actually made him feel manlier. We end our conversation with what men can do to start fighting back against the conspiracy against their manhood.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Brett. It is Labor Day here in the United States. So we're going to take a break and

0:03.0

spend some time with the family and going to grill some burgers. So we're going to rerun episode

0:06.8

number 592, Bean of Man, the Lousy Modern World with Robert Twigger. It's a really fun episode.

0:11.7

Hope you enjoy it. Check it out. We'll see you on Wednesday with a brand new episode.

0:22.3

Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness podcast Emerson. Famously

0:27.0

said, society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. I guess

0:32.1

today says things have gotten a lot worse since Emerson uttered those words over a century and a

0:35.6

half ago. Name is Robert Twigger. We last had him on the show to discuss his book, Micro Mastery.

0:39.9

That's episode number 528 if you want to check that out. Today we discuss a book he wrote 20 years

0:44.8

ago called Bean of Man in the Lousy Modern World. We'll be in a conversation discussing how the

0:50.0

modern world infantilizes men so they're easier to control and whether Robert thinks things have

0:54.0

changed since he initially published the book. We then dig into the four factors Robert says need to be

0:58.3

in place for a man to feel like a man and why experiencing these qualities has become a lot harder

1:02.4

to do in the present age. We then discuss what Robert did to counter the currents of modern malaise

1:06.3

like hiking the piernees mountains and learning to martial art. Whether doing those things actually

1:10.1

made him feel manlier. We enter a conversation with what men can do to start fighting back.

1:14.2

I think it's the conspiracy against their manhood. Out of the shows over check out our show notes at aam.is-twigger.

1:31.9

All right Robert Twigger welcome back to the show. Thanks for having me. Always glad to

1:36.9

to be talking to the art of manliness. Well we had you on the show last year to talk about your

1:43.8

book Micro-Mashtray and that's episode number 528 for those who want to check it out. It's all about

1:48.4

learning new skills by thinking small. It's a really great episode. It's a fan favorite. But we're

1:53.3

going to talk about a book you wrote 20 almost 20 years ago. It's called Bean of Man in the Lousy

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