{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The Art of Manliness","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com","author_name":"Brett &amp; Kate McKay","author_url":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/author\/admin\/","title":"Podcast #1,104: Ecclesiastes on Enjoying Our Weirdly Unsatisfying Lives | The Art of Manliness","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"zonNt5XWyB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/advice\/podcast-1104-ecclesiastes-on-enjoying-our-weirdly-unsatisfying-lives\/\">Podcast #1,104: Ecclesiastes on Enjoying Our Weirdly Unsatisfying Lives<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/advice\/podcast-1104-ecclesiastes-on-enjoying-our-weirdly-unsatisfying-lives\/embed\/#?secret=zonNt5XWyB\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Podcast #1,104: Ecclesiastes on Enjoying Our Weirdly Unsatisfying Lives&#8221; &#8212; The Art of Manliness\" data-secret=\"zonNt5XWyB\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/eine-4.jpg","thumbnail_width":538,"thumbnail_height":280,"description":"&nbsp; Of all the books in the Bible, Ecclesiastes is arguably the most philosophical. Dark, experiential, existential, and unsparingly honest about the human condition, it wrestles with work, money, ambition, pleasure, time, and death \u2014 and it does so in a way that feels uncannily modern. Whether you approach it as sacred scripture or simply [&hellip;]"}