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Summer’s Best Watches Under $1,500

Summer calls for lighter materials, brighter colors, and watches that can go from the beach to dinner without missing a beat.

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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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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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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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Aziz Ansari and Eric Wareheim’s Music Video for Kanye West’s ‘Famous’

Anyone who watched Master of None knows of the comedic partnership between Aziz Ansari and Eric Wareheim. Well, the duo, affectionately known as "Big Bud, Lil Bud," have teamed up for another project: a music video for Kanye West's track "Famous." If you know anything about the pair, it should come as…

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Fashion
Asics Snakepack Exclusively at Foot Locker

The latest collaboration between Asics and Foot Locker takes the iconic Gel Lyte III and Gel Lyte V sneakers and clads them in a tough, eye-catching snake skin motif. The two sneakers, both of which are available exclusively at Foot Locker, are guaranteed to be unlike any sneakers in your…

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Made by Tatum Wall Map

Cherice Tatum is an LA-based artist that creates one of a kind pieces for your wall with wood, nails and wire. This National "map" uses mahogany, too many nails to count and a criss-crossed wire pattern to create a full outline of the forty-eight contiguous states that's equal parts mesmerizing…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Google Calendar Goals

For the past decade, Google Calendar has been the go-to way to keep your life from spiraling into chaos. While it has always helped you stay organized, it has never really helped you achieve your goals—unless your goals were to remember meetings. With the launch of Goals, the latest mobile…

By Mike Newman
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Hot Wheels Porsches Customized by Magnus Walker

With dreadlocks that stretch down his back, a beard that reaches all the way to the logos on his tees, tattoos down his arms, a slight British accent and an outlaw attitude, Magnus Walker is the last man you'd expect to be a renowned Porsche builder and tuner. The man…

By Cooper Fleishman
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