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Our Favorite Finds From Bespoke Post’s Fourth of July Sale

Up to 50% off. These are the pieces we'd grab before they're gone.

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The Golf Round That Built a Bourbon Empire
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The Rise of Prediction Culture
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Your One-Bag Weekend Getaway Packing Guide

Cover all the bases with versatile selections for your EDC, your outdoor kit, and some R&R afterwards.

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Bring the Soundtrack With You This Summer

The best outdoor portable speakers for beach trips, lake weekends, backyard hangs, and every adventure that calls for a little music.

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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
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The Color Combos I’m Wearing a Lot Right Now
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Travel
Your One-Bag Weekend Getaway Packing Guide

Cover all the bases with versatile selections for your EDC, your outdoor kit, and some R&R afterwards.

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What We're Buying
Bring the Soundtrack With You This Summer

The best outdoor portable speakers for beach trips, lake weekends, backyard hangs, and every adventure that calls for a little music.

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Lifestyle
The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music

Streaming made music infinite. Which made discovery harder. Here’s how we’re finding our way back.

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The Color Combos I’m Wearing a Lot Right Now

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Feeling the Burn

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The Handsome Fan’s Style Guide to the NBA Finals

The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle
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The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle

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Hypershell X Review: The Future of Hiking Has Legs

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The Story You’ll Tell When Someone Compliments Your Shirt

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G-SHOCK’s 10-Year Pursuit of Perfection: The Fine Metallic Series Delivers Unseen Innovation

50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50
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50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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150 Years of Bulova: The Watch Documentary You Didn’t Know You Needed

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I Went Down a Nixon Watch Rabbit Hole. Here Are the 4 Most Surprising Details I Found

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SHTF Survival Delivers Tactical Gear Monthly

Monthly subscription boxes are a great way to discover new gear, but despite being stylish, no amount of watches, shirts, or wallets will save you in a survival situation. That's where SHTF Survival and their monthly cache of new survival gear comes in. Each month, you'll get gear like fire…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Home
The Waist Bowl Is a Bowl That’s Easy to Carry

Fill a bowl with chili, cereal, or homemade ramen and you'll quickly realize that transporting it from the stove, microwave, or kitchen counter to the table is easier said than done. The best method we've found is sticking your thumb in and cradling the bottom, but this still results in…

By Mike Newman
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Holiday
The 14 Best Travel Gifts You Can Give This Holiday

For the guy who’s flying in for Christmas before catching a red-eye overseas, consider something from this list. Everything below was hand-selected with the traveler in mind, the guy who probably bought your gift with airline miles. If you have someone like that on your list, hop to it and…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Misc
‘Extraordinary Records’ Is an Ode to Great Album Art

The album jacket was the first thing we thought of when the digital era began. Without a hard copy of a record, where would we get the artist-defining visuals? Luckily—and maybe partially because of this—vinyl is experiencing a renaissance. Tachen's latest is a celebration of great album art, of the…

By Mike Newman
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Transportation
Thor Trucks Electric Semi

Thor Trucks describes itself as "a Los Angeles-based Transportation Lab creating and deploying solutions to fleet owners." But what does that really mean? They Frankenstein-ed together an electric semi-trailer prototype that's just as impressive as the Tesla Electric Semi Truck, and they're expected to beat Tesla to market by a…

By Cooper Fleishman
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