Odds & Ends: April 17, 2025
Pandora. This was my music player of choice when it launched in the late 2000s. Like a lot of people, I slowly…
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A Field Guide to Common Edible Plants
Out in the wild, food is usually closer than you think. The challenge isn’t necessarily finding edible plants,…
Podcast #1,113: Truths Your Therapist Won’t Tell You About How to Get Your…
in: Behavior, Character, Podcast Brett & Kate McKay • April 14, 2026 When people visit a…
I Did Red Light Therapy for 3 Months So You Didn’t Have To
A few years ago, red light therapy started showing up everywhere I looked, and it’s still getting a lot of…
How to Whistle With Your Fingers
Ever since I was a kid, I’ve wanted to know how to give a commanding whistle with my fingers in my mouth. You…
Odds & Ends: April 10, 2026
The Past Life of Cardboard Millionaires. Twelve-year-old me was convinced my baseball card collection was going…
A Monk’s Method for Falling Asleep Fast
Thomas Merton was a Trappist monk, writer, and one of the most influential spiritual voices of the 20th century…
7 Reasons You Should Listen to the AoM Podcast
When I first started the AoM podcast nearly 18 years ago, many people didn’t even know what a podcast was. This…
Podcast #1,112: You’ve Been Pooping Wrong — Here’s How to Do It Better
Pooping. Everybody does it, but a lot of people are embarrassed to talk about it. That’s a shame, my guest…
The 4 Horsemen of the Marriage Apocalypse (and How to Rein Them In)
The psychologist John Gottman famously spent decades watching couples fight in his Love Lab at the University of…
What to Carry In Your Wallet
Your wallet is an essential part of your EDC. It carries your identification and your means of payment. In the…
Odds & Ends: April 3, 2025
Lost and Gone Forever by Guster. If ever there was a band made for college radio, it was Guster. I don’t know…
6 Tips for Breaking in a Fitted Baseball Cap
A good fitted baseball cap should feel like it was made just for you. You don’t want it awkwardly perched on top…
Podcast #1,111: The Mystery of Courage
Courage is one of our most prized and celebrated virtues. But once you really start exploring it, the nature of…
The SEEDS Framework for Boosting Testosterone Naturally
I’ve been writing about testosterone on this site for over a decade because testosterone is an important part of…
The 5BX HIIT Workout: A Short but Effective Fitness Program
In our podcast episode with Dr. Martin Gibala about high-intensity interval training, he mentioned a…
Odds & Ends: March 27, 2026
in: Odds & Ends Brett & Kate McKay • March 27, 2026The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody…
The 5 Most Common Watch Complications (And Which Ones You Need)
In the world of watches, the word complication doesn’t mean something has gone wrong. It simply refers to any…
Podcast #1,110: The Mental Skills for Becoming an Everyday Genius
We tend to think of genius as something you’re born with — a rare trait possessed by the Einsteins and Teslas…
An Average Joe’s Guide to HVAC
Back in January, a day before a big winter freeze was about to hit Tulsa and dump a foot of snow on us, our…