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Every morning in America, a lot of men stand in front of their bathroom mirror, lather up with shaving cream, and scrape their face clean with a razor. Probably a multi-blade cartridge razor. If they’re old-school, a safety razor. If…
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in: Character, Podcast, Self-Improvement Brett & Kate McKay • August 11, 2026 Remember the old hotel ice machines? The kind where you’d slide your bucket under the chute and hear the avalanche of cubes crashing into it?…
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The comedian Sinbad had a bit where he talks about how much he hates standing in line behind people at McDonald’s. The fact that folks would be hemming and hawing about what to order left Sinbad shaking his head in frustration: “People…
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In The Safety Trap by security expert Spencer Coursen, he describes a case where a wealthy client of his kept the key fobs for his luxury vehicles near the front door. A thief was able to quietly enter this man’s home, grab a fob, and…
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Left of Bang: How the Marine Corps’ Combat Hunter Program Can Save Your Life. I had Patrick Van Horne on the podcast way back in 2014 to discuss this book, which he co-authored with Jason Riley. Left of Bang lays out the Marine Corps’…
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in: Character, Podcast, Self-Improvement Brett & Kate McKay • August 4, 2026People are told their whole lives how important it is to find their purpose. But many find the search frustrating. They feel there’s one true…
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I’ve been lifting weights consistently for over 15 years now, and in that time I’ve learned that no matter how dialed-in my training is, every now and then I hit a stretch where the wheels fall off. I get busy with work and family stuff,…
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The Friends of Eddie Coyle. This week I watched this 1973 crime film during my Zone 2 cardio, and man, it’s awesome. Robert Mitchum, in one of the best performances of his career, plays Eddie Coyle, an aging, small-time Boston gunrunner…
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Things are hard out there in the money game. It seems like every month the cost of stuff goes up, making it harder to get ahead, let alone keep your head above financial water. It can make a fella feel hopeless.One way to counter a sense…
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in: Character, Manhood, Podcast Brett & Kate McKay • July 28, 2026 With the release of Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of the Odyssey, it seems like everyone’s been talking about a 3,000-year-old epic again. But my guest…
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Over on Dying Breed, we’ve been doing a book club where we’re reading Lonesome Dove.If you haven’t read Lonesome Dove, the basic plot is that two former Texas Rangers — Woodrow Call and Augustus McCrae — lead a cattle drive from the Rio…
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OAS Saguaro swim shorts. I needed a new pair of swim trunks this summer. I’ve always loved Western motifs, and reading Lonesome Dove with the Dying Breed book club has put cowboys particularly on my brain lately, so when I came across…
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 When most people think of negotiation, they picture big, high-stakes moments: haggling over the price of a house, negotiating a starting salary, or hammering out the terms of a business deal. But negotiation is also something we do…
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When we think of summer, we tend to think of warm, languid, blue-skied days. Pool parties and backyard BBQs. Beach balls and popsicles. Sunshine and smiles.And it can indeed be an idyllic season. If you live somewhere that’s very cold…
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Way back in 2008, we proclaimed that every man should carry a pocketknife. If you haven’t made one part of your EDC yet, having perhaps remained unconvinced of its utility, below we list the many ways a pocketknife can come in handy on a…
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At 91, He’s Hiking the Appalachian Trail. Again. In 2017, Dale “Grey Beard” Sanders became the oldest person to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail at age 82. His friend M.J. “Nimblewill Nomad” Eberhart took the record in 2021 at 83 (Sanders…
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in: Character, Podcast, Self-Improvement Brett & Kate McKay • July 14, 2026 Most people assume that if a goal is hard to achieve, getting there has to feel hard too. We tend to believe that extraordinary results require…
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You’ve been on the volunteer committee at church for three weeks when the texts start.It’s 9:47 PM on a Tuesday, and your phone lights up with a wall of text from Linda. She’s furious about the budget vote. Except the budget passed the…
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There are a lot of tasks that go into keeping your household running and your home ship-shape.I keep a weekly maintenance list of these recurring chores and use the Todoist app to stay on top of them. I’ve made my Todoist home…
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No hair transplants, pills or toupees. These men are embracing baldness. While plenty of guys are flying to Turkey for hair transplants, rubbing minoxidil into their scalps every night, or taking finasteride, this WSJ piece profiles men…
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