{"id":188565,"date":"2025-01-07T09:06:50","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T15:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=188565"},"modified":"2026-09-06T17:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T22:18:11","slug":"podcast-1051-mans-search-for-meaning-with-viktor-frankls-grandson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/character\/self-improvement\/podcast-1051-mans-search-for-meaning-with-viktor-frankls-grandson\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast #1,051: Man&#8217;s Search for Meaning, With Viktor Frankl&#8217;s Grandson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I first read <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/40jRNMC\"><em>Man&#8217;s Search for Meaning<\/em><\/a> by the neurologist, psychologist, and philosopher Viktor Frankl in high school, and I have re-read it several times since. It&#8217;s one of the books that&#8217;s had the biggest impact on my life, so it was a real treat to speak with Alexander Vesely, Frankl&#8217;s grandson, about his grandfather&#8217;s ideas and legacy.<\/p>\n<p>Today on the show, I talk to Alexander, who is a documentarian, and like his grandfather, a psychotherapist, about Frankl&#8217;s life, his development of logotherapy, a type of meaning-centered therapy, and how that approach to the psyche was tested during Frankl&#8217;s time in the concentration camps. We discuss why Frankl said that &#8220;everyone has their own Auschwitz,&#8221; how a lack of existential meaning can create depression, the three ways to actualize meaning in your life, whether meaning is something that is objective or subjective, the freedom we have to choose our attitude in all circumstances, including suffering, and more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I first read Man&#8217;s Search for Meaning by the neurologist, psychologist, and philosopher Viktor Frankl in high school, and I have re-read it several times since. It&#8217;s one of the books that&#8217;s had the biggest impact on my life, so it was a real treat to speak with Alexander Vesely, Frankl&#8217;s grandson, about his grandfather&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":194640,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[502,156,42388],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-character","category-podcast","category-self-improvement"],"featured_image_urls":{"large":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1051-538x280.png","medium_large":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1051-768x432.png","aom":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1051-372x230.png","reactor-320":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1051-320x180.png","reactor-640":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1051-640x360.png"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Podcast #1,051: Man&#039;s Search for Meaning, With Viktor Frankl&#039;s Grandson | The Art of Manliness<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/character\/self-improvement\/podcast-1051-mans-search-for-meaning-with-viktor-frankls-grandson\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Podcast #1,051: Man&#039;s Search for Meaning, With Viktor Frankl&#039;s Grandson | The Art of Manliness\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I first read Man&#8217;s Search for Meaning by the neurologist, psychologist, and philosopher Viktor Frankl in high school, and I have re-read it several times since. It&#8217;s one of the books that&#8217;s had the biggest impact on my life, so it was a real treat to speak with Alexander Vesely, Frankl&#8217;s grandson, about his grandfather&#8217;s [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/character\/self-improvement\/podcast-1051-mans-search-for-meaning-with-viktor-frankls-grandson\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Art of Manliness\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/artofmanliness\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-01-07T15:06:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-06T22:18:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1051.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brett &amp; Kate McKay\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@artofmanliness\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@artofmanliness\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Brett &amp; Kate McKay\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beta.artofmanliness.com\\\/character\\\/self-improvement\\\/podcast-1051-mans-search-for-meaning-with-viktor-frankls-grandson\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beta.artofmanliness.com\\\/character\\\/self-improvement\\\/podcast-1051-mans-search-for-meaning-with-viktor-frankls-grandson\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Brett &amp; Kate McKay\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e4ed6cc1b40b6de48739267a953ef2b3\"},\"headline\":\"Podcast #1,051: Man&#8217;s Search for Meaning, With Viktor Frankl&#8217;s Grandson\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-07T15:06:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-06T22:18:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beta.artofmanliness.com\\\/character\\\/self-improvement\\\/podcast-1051-mans-search-for-meaning-with-viktor-frankls-grandson\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":177,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beta.artofmanliness.com\\\/character\\\/self-improvement\\\/podcast-1051-mans-search-for-meaning-with-viktor-frankls-grandson\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beta.artofmanliness.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/1051.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Character\",\"Podcast\",\"Self-Improvement\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2025\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beta.artofmanliness.com\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beta.artofmanliness.com\\\/character\\\/self-improvement\\\/podcast-1051-mans-search-for-meaning-with-viktor-frankls-grandson\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beta.artofmanliness.com\\\/character\\\/self-improvement\\\/podcast-1051-mans-search-for-meaning-with-viktor-frankls-grandson\\\/\",\"name\":\"Podcast #1,051: Man's Search for Meaning, With Viktor Frankl's Grandson | The Art of Manliness\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beta.artofmanliness.com\\\/character\\\/self-improvement\\\/podcast-1051-mans-search-for-meaning-with-viktor-frankls-grandson\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beta.artofmanliness.com\\\/character\\\/self-improvement\\\/podcast-1051-mans-search-for-meaning-with-viktor-frankls-grandson\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beta.artofmanliness.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/1051.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-07T15:06:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-06T22:18:11+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e4ed6cc1b40b6de48739267a953ef2b3\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beta.artofmanliness.com\\\/character\\\/self-improvement\\\/podcast-1051-mans-search-for-meaning-with-viktor-frankls-grandson\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/beta.artofmanliness.com\\\/character\\\/self-improvement\\\/podcast-1051-mans-search-for-meaning-with-viktor-frankls-grandson\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beta.artofmanliness.com\\\/character\\\/self-improvement\\\/podcast-1051-mans-search-for-meaning-with-viktor-frankls-grandson\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beta.artofmanliness.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/1051.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beta.artofmanliness.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/1051.png\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beta.artofmanliness.com\\\/character\\\/self-improvement\\\/podcast-1051-mans-search-for-meaning-with-viktor-frankls-grandson\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Podcast #1,051: Man&#8217;s Search for Meaning, With Viktor Frankl&#8217;s Grandson\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Art of Manliness\",\"description\":\"Men&#039;s Interest and Lifestyle\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.artofmanliness.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e4ed6cc1b40b6de48739267a953ef2b3\",\"name\":\"Brett &amp; Kate McKay\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beta.artofmanliness.com\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Podcast #1,051: Man's Search for Meaning, With Viktor Frankl's Grandson | The Art of Manliness","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/character\/self-improvement\/podcast-1051-mans-search-for-meaning-with-viktor-frankls-grandson\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Podcast #1,051: Man's Search for Meaning, With Viktor Frankl's Grandson | The Art of Manliness","og_description":"I first read Man&#8217;s Search for Meaning by the neurologist, psychologist, and philosopher Viktor Frankl in high school, and I have re-read it several times since. It&#8217;s one of the books that&#8217;s had the biggest impact on my life, so it was a real treat to speak with Alexander Vesely, Frankl&#8217;s grandson, about his grandfather&#8217;s [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/character\/self-improvement\/podcast-1051-mans-search-for-meaning-with-viktor-frankls-grandson\/","og_site_name":"The Art of Manliness","article_publisher":"http:\/\/facebook.com\/artofmanliness","article_published_time":"2025-01-07T15:06:50+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-09-06T22:18:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1051.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Brett &amp; Kate McKay","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@artofmanliness","twitter_site":"@artofmanliness","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Brett &amp; Kate McKay","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/character\/self-improvement\/podcast-1051-mans-search-for-meaning-with-viktor-frankls-grandson\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/character\/self-improvement\/podcast-1051-mans-search-for-meaning-with-viktor-frankls-grandson\/"},"author":{"name":"Brett &amp; Kate McKay","@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e4ed6cc1b40b6de48739267a953ef2b3"},"headline":"Podcast #1,051: Man&#8217;s Search for Meaning, With Viktor Frankl&#8217;s Grandson","datePublished":"2025-01-07T15:06:50+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-06T22:18:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/character\/self-improvement\/podcast-1051-mans-search-for-meaning-with-viktor-frankls-grandson\/"},"wordCount":177,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/character\/self-improvement\/podcast-1051-mans-search-for-meaning-with-viktor-frankls-grandson\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1051.png","articleSection":["Character","Podcast","Self-Improvement"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2025","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/character\/self-improvement\/podcast-1051-mans-search-for-meaning-with-viktor-frankls-grandson\/","url":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/character\/self-improvement\/podcast-1051-mans-search-for-meaning-with-viktor-frankls-grandson\/","name":"Podcast #1,051: Man's Search for Meaning, With Viktor Frankl's Grandson | The Art of Manliness","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/character\/self-improvement\/podcast-1051-mans-search-for-meaning-with-viktor-frankls-grandson\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/character\/self-improvement\/podcast-1051-mans-search-for-meaning-with-viktor-frankls-grandson\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1051.png","datePublished":"2025-01-07T15:06:50+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-06T22:18:11+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e4ed6cc1b40b6de48739267a953ef2b3"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/character\/self-improvement\/podcast-1051-mans-search-for-meaning-with-viktor-frankls-grandson\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/character\/self-improvement\/podcast-1051-mans-search-for-meaning-with-viktor-frankls-grandson\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/character\/self-improvement\/podcast-1051-mans-search-for-meaning-with-viktor-frankls-grandson\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1051.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1051.png","width":1280,"height":720},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/character\/self-improvement\/podcast-1051-mans-search-for-meaning-with-viktor-frankls-grandson\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Podcast #1,051: Man&#8217;s Search for Meaning, With Viktor Frankl&#8217;s Grandson"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/","name":"The Art of Manliness","description":"Men&#039;s Interest and Lifestyle","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e4ed6cc1b40b6de48739267a953ef2b3","name":"Brett &amp; Kate McKay","url":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}