{"id":15144,"date":"2011-02-14T21:46:11","date_gmt":"2011-02-15T02:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artofmanliness.com\/?p=15144"},"modified":"2026-10-29T20:38:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T01:38:20","slug":"the-art-of-manliness-podcast-34-the-attributes-of-a-hero-with-dr-frank-farley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/self-improvement\/the-art-of-manliness-podcast-34-the-attributes-of-a-hero-with-dr-frank-farley\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Manliness Podcast #34: The Attributes of a Hero With Dr. Frank Farley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to another episode of The Art of Manliness podcast! Well, we went on a little hiatus with the podcast. I&#8217;ve received several emails and tweets asking what happened to it. With Gus being born and work on the second book, I put the podcast on the backburner. I just didn&#8217;t have enough time for it. 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