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The Rise of Prediction Culture

From sports to pop culture, Polymarket is changing how we engage with what happens next.

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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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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 Whiskey in the World, According to Jim Murray

If you don't know Jim Murray, you don't know whiskey. The man behind the uber-influential Whisky Bible selects his favorite bottle every year, and every year it leads to a feeding frenzy at local bottle shops. Well, sharks, get ready, because here's Murray's pick for this year's best whisky. Colonel E.H. Taylor…

By Mike Newman
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‘Dirty John’ Is Your Next Binge-Worthy Podcast

As people and outlets scramble to capitalize on the podcast platform, listeners like us get inundated with lots of junk. For every S-Town, there are a host of incognito infomercials and poorly produced podcasts that aren't worth your time. So you'll understand why we were skeptical when we heard the Los Angeles…

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What to Watch This Weekend: The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

With cable, Netflix, and internet options, finding the best thing to watch during your downtime is difficult. Instead of flipping through menus all weekend and settling on nothing, turn to What to Watch This Weekend, a series in which we give you our pick for the best new show or…

By Mike Newman
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‘Stranger Things’ Season 2 Final Trailer

We're in the home stretch for the return of Stranger Things, which returns to Netflix later this month. To help build anticipation, first there was a Super Bowl teaser commercial, and then there was a Comic Con trailer. That all leads to this, the final trailer for the coming season of Stranger Things, and…

By Mike Newman
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You Can Buy Keith Richards’s NYC Penthouse

If you're ready to graduate from wrecking hotel rooms and want to settle down, you can follow the trajectory of Keith Richards. Richards is selling his Manhattan pad for a cool twelve mill. While you probably down have the change to make such a purchase, you can at least dream…

By Mike Newman
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