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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
By Lanny Fuller
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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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The Best Movies to Watch High

Pass on all the classic "stoner flicks" like Harold & Kumar, Half Baked and Fast Times at Ridgemont High that you've seen a million times in favor of something more cerebral and trippy. We, and hopefully you, have moved on from those stereotypes to something that'll take advantage of the fact…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Upgrade Your Bedroom With Parachute’s Down Alternative Duvet

Our days are getting shorter and our nights a little colder. It gets even worse because that thing on your bed that you call a comforter is so thin it’s been mistaken for a yoga mat. Point being: it’s time for an upgrade. Luckily, the good people at Parachute have…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
An All-Electric School Bus Is Coming in 2019

As we push forward with electric cars, it's become apparent that cars are merely one of the first steps in electric-powered transportation. As Tesla gets ready to unveil its truck in a few days, we get word from Thomas Built Buses that there's another important electric vehicle on the horizon:…

By Mike Newman
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Advanture Built Chris Burkard an Incredible Van

If you're an avid Cool Material reader, Chris Burkard is probably a name you're familiar with. The adventure photographer has been mentioned numerous times around these parts, as he's amassed a loyal following of some 2 million fans on Instagram. For all the traveling Burkard does, he needs a ride up to…

By Mike Newman
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Steven Soderbergh Released an App That Will Let You Watch Movies in a Whole New Way

With advances in technology, the way we consume entertainment will continue change. Trying to usher in the next change is Steven Soderbergh, who, with the help of HBO, has released MOSAIC, an app that presents a film in an entirely new way. The movie presented, which stars Sharon Stone, Garrett…

By Mike Newman
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