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Back in January, a day before a big winter freeze was about to hit Tulsa and dump a foot of snow on us, our home’s furnace stopped working. I didn’t want to spend a week without heat, so I called an HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air…
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Hoosiers. Our kids both play basketball, so we figured it was time to sit them down for this 1986 classic. Gene Hackman plays a new coach with a checkered past who takes over a tiny Indiana high school team and leads them on an unlikely…
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 Cold exposure has gotten a lot of attention the past few years, with people dunking themselves in ice baths for the sake of their health and well-being. But, good news here, exposing yourself to heat by sitting in the sauna or even a…
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When you have a high-responsibility job, your work hours can readily bleed beyond the 9-to-5. You’ve got a lot of tasks that seem urgent and important and an endless number of people who need responding to. This is of course especially…
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Life-threatening health emergencies can happen at any moment. While you should always call 911 and summon professional medical attention for a victim, oftentimes time is of the essence, and paramedics are minutes (or much longer) away.…
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Carson the Magnificent by Bill Zehme. Bill Zehme spent decades working on this biography of Johnny Carson but died before he could finish it. Mike Thomas stepped in to complete it. Zehme’s writing crackles. He has a gift for highlighting…
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 When we fail to make desired progress in life, most of us put the blame on physical and environmental limits. But my guest says that what’s really holding people back is what’s in their heads.Nir Eyal is the author of Beyond Belief: The…
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Several years ago, I picked up a field jacket inspired by field jackets from the 20th century. I needed something for those weeks in the fall and spring when it’s too warm for a proper winter coat but too cold for just a sweatshirt, and…
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Blood Touching Blood by Derrick Jeter. One of my favorite corners of American history to read about is the Indian Wars after the Civil War, particularly the conflict between the US Army and the Comanches and Apaches. Derrick Jeter is a…
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in: Advice, Character, Podcast Brett & Kate McKay • March 3, 2026 When it comes to building a happy and meaningful life, most of us rely on a grab bag of strategies — habits and goals around work, relationships, and…
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Search and rescue (SAR) teams in U.S. national parks respond to lost hikers, injured climbers, stranded boaters, missing children, and backcountry medical emergencies. Their work ranges from relatively simple trail searches to high-angle…
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Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes. The founders of Huckberry gifted me this book over a decade ago, and it sat on my shelf unread until a few weeks back when I finally cracked it open. It’s the first novel I’ve read about Vietnam, and man, it…
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If you’ve moved beyond machines in your strength training journey and are getting under a heavy barbell to do squats, cleans, or presses, you may have wondered if you should get yourself a pair of weightlifting shoes.If you’ve started to…
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 If you’re looking for a way to improve your fitness, boost your mental health, and reconnect with a deeply human activity — all without going to the gym or pounding your knees on a daily run — then rucking may be the practice you’ve…
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Many who are reading this are old enough to remember a time when they wrote long letters to loved ones.Many more can remember that when email was first introduced, people often composed multi-paragraph missives to their friends,…
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Aerobic Exercise Proves Just as Effective as Antidepressants in Large Review. We’ve talked about the mental health benefits of exercise on AoM for years, and I’m fond of saying that if you struggle with depression and aren’t regularly…
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 The awkward silence at work when everyone knows a project is going off the rails.The simmering resentment in a marriage over an issue neither spouse will confront.The dysfunction in a church where certain topics are understood to be…
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If you’re like a lot of men, you’ve probably set some big goals for yourself this year. Lose twenty pounds. Start a side hustle. Finally read Aristotle.When you set those goals for yourself, you likely felt good. Really good. Setting…
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Saunas are awesome, and we’ve previously covered the many mental and physical benefits of spending time in one. If you’ve been thinking about getting more restorative, satisfying heat exposure in your life, today we cover all the…
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Flint and Tinder Reverse Sateen Fatigue Shirt. Years ago, I picked up a vintage military-inspired field jacket from Flint and Tinder that’s become one of my go-to pieces. They discontinued it, but this reverse sateen fatigue shirt…
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