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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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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

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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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

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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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Samsung’s New Frame TV Blends into Any Art Gallery

Samsung's newest line of televisions is focusing primarily on design, and no where is this better seen than with The Frame. It's a Samsung TV when on, but switches to a high-res picture frame when "Art Mode" is selected. In Art Mode, the user can choose between 100 images in…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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This Autonomous House Is Zombie Proof

Ukrainian startup PassivDom (Passive House Ukraine) has developed a line of autonomous, self-learning, mobile houses using 3D-printing techniques and advanced materials. Dubbed modulOne, each of the autonomous houses is designed and built to be fully functional off grid with solar panels, batteries, heating, water storage, purification and independent sewage. Whether…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
Batch Puts a Twist on the Classic White Button-Down

The white button-down is a classic piece that should be in every man's closet in multiples. That said, it's high time someone brought a little personality to the wardrobe staple. Batch has taken the business casual shirt and given it just a bit of a twist. They've outfitted it with a…

By Mike Newman
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Forget Corned Beef and Cabbage; Eat This on St. Patrick’s Day

Without fail, St. Patrick’s Day brings dozens of Debbie Downers out of the woodwork to tell you all about how corned beef and cabbage isn’t traditionally Irish and it’s inaccurate to have as dinner’s centerpiece. And while our title can certainly be interpreted that way, we’d like to aim this…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Topo Designs Tech Pants

Topo Designs might be best known for their bright, color-blocked bags and packs, but their apparel is also top notch. The Topo Designs Tech Pants were developed by Topo to be "the perfect outdoor hiking, backpacking or traveling pants." It's a bold claim, but it's also one they delivered on.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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