Well, I finally decided to start an Art of Manliness podcast. Many of you have requested that we crank something out so you can get your daily dose of manliness during your commute or while you’re exercising. Now please keep in mind that I have zero experience with podcasting. So this first go of it is a little rough. Please bear with me these first few episodes as I get my podcasting legs under me.
Here’s what I have planned for the AoM podcasts:
- The podcasts are going to be pretty short; no longer than 30 minutes.
- I’m going to shoot for once a week on Tuesday.
- It’s not going to be just me blabbering for 15 minutes about manly stuff. Instead I’m going to be interviewing authors, experts, and personalities that AoM readers would be interested in hearing from.We’ll discuss issues and topics of interest to men.
- I also plan on doing a bi-weekly series called “Man Stories.” I’ll bring on a regular AoM reader and simply ask him what manliness means to him, which men have influenced his perception of manliness, and when he felt like he became a man. Think NPR’s “This I Believe,” except for manliness. Should be interesting.
So that’s the general plan, and I’ll just play it by ear and see how it goes and what kind of response I get. Now let’s get this thing started.
For the inaugural episode of the podcast, we talked with Marcus Brotherton, author of We Who Are Alive and Remain: Untold Stories From the Band of Brothers. For his book, Marcus interviewed surviving members of the 101st Airborne Division’s Easy Company who fought in WWII. The men of Easy Company were the subject of HBO’s mini-series Band of Brothers. In our interview, Marcus shares his insights about the men who fought in WWII and what lessons men today can take from the Band of Brothers.
Make sure to check out Marcus’ book, We Who Are Alive and Remain. It’s filled with great stories from a great group of men.
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Love the episode Your so manly even your sentences doesn’t have periods
great first podcast Brett! I think this is going to be a big hit, looking forward to next week!
Signing up for it now. This’ll make good listening to during lunch time.
Thanks so much for starting the podcast. Can’t wait to listen to the first episode!
Great podcast! Can’t wait for the next one. Do you take ideas for potential topics to cover?
Sure Shane. Of course, the realization of that topic will be dependent on whether we can find someone willing to be interviewed about it….
Great Job Brett! Great content for the first episode. Looking forward to more of this new medium to the AoM.
Brett, this podcast is so nice. It would be just perfect if you could speak just a little slower, since I get lost in the stream of words and I don’t have time to think about the concepts being explained (I’m not a native English speaker). But anyways, great idea.
Brett, you’ve done it again. The podcast idea is one more added value for the AoM. Enjoyed the first one, and look forward to the next. I liked the authors attitude, like at the end when he said something to the effect of “it’s time to turn off the video games…put our pants on, and start acting like a man!” I’m sure there will be many who can relate.
Thank you!
Brett,
Great interview! I really enjoy listening to WW2 stories, Thanks!
I just send you a message via the contact box about an interview topic that I think “real men” would like
Keep up the great work!
Thank you! This article is very interesting!
Brett,
I recently stumbled upon AoM and have been enjoying the posts. The podcast sounds like a good idea. I recommend interviewing Robert Lewis, the founder of Men’s Fraternity. A very interesting fellow with a unique perspective on manhood.
Thanks!
Sure could use a good pair of dressy boots about now… Nearly a decade in Boy Scouts and 2 years of ROTC have left me so far with 3 pairs of “knockabout” boots-boots I can wear, but that obviously show signs of hundreds of miles of use. I’ve been looking for a dress boot for some time now, but don’t have the cash at the moment… If I ever have a spare $400 sitting around, I may pick up these boots, though it’s likely I’ll opt for something in the $100 range.
Great idea for the podcast. I love the interviews and things you post up already, I think they will make for excellent listening.
Congratulations Brett. Keep the good times rolling!
Nice job Brett, two thumbs up and looking for episode #2.
Great show,Brett. AoM is moving up! How did you manage to get Marcus Brotherton?
Great Job!! I loved the quote near the end for advice. We could all take that advice to heart.
I just finished listening to the podcast and I loved it, great job Brett. We can definitely learn a lot of lessons from these men. While I’m not an American, but a Mexican, World War II doesn’t affect me the same way as many Americans, but at the same time I can really conect to the experience these men have simply because most of them entered the service in the various branches of the armed forces to fight for what they belived and that’s an other lesson we can get out of them.
Oh, and by the way, yesterday I thought that Art of Manliness should have a podcast and what a surprise I got today.
Thanks Brett, really enjoyed this weeks episode, look forward to the weeks to come.
Looking forward to those great podcasts!! God bless you.
Art Gonzalez
http://www.QuantumKnights.com
Congrats and thank you for the podcast. It was very interesting
Thanks for interviewing Marcus Brotherton for your first podcast. In these brief 15 minutes, Marcus succinctly expressed what makes the men of Easy Company such heroes and examples for us all. Great job. As far a manly men? Well, my dad was a member of Easy Co. and he was about as manly a man I have ever encountered!
susan finn thank you clancy
Great, Brett!
I want to cgratulate you on the first one and let you know that it is truly an experience to listen to any one of these men still able to relate stories ot their lives to us. I was fortunate to hear some from my father in law, Popeye Wynn. Keep up the good work.
Carlton
Great podcast, Brett. Exceeded my expectations. I can’t wait for the next one.
Ironically it was video games that got me interested in WWII. Other than the Holocaust I had never read much about the history of WWII until I played “Medal of Honor: Frontline.” Sure, it’s your basic escapist action game, and the history was a bit thin, but it triggered an enthusiasm for WWII history that I never had before. It led me to asking my grandfather about his experiences in the war, and for that I’ll always be thankful towards MOH. The new-found patriotism has eventually led to my enlistment in the Air Force.
Love the backing track
What is the name of the intro song? That sounds awsome.