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Podcast #1,056: The 80/80 Marriage — A New Model for a Happier, Stronger Relationship

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Podcast #1,039: What’s Behind the Rise of Parent-Child Estrangement?

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Take the D Word Off the Table

A family gathers around the table, each member engrossed in their smartphones as a podcast plays softly in the background. A bowl of snacks sits invitingly, offering a hint of intentional connection amidst the digital focus.

Podcast #1,020: Becoming a Tech Intentional Family

A man and a boy are repairing a bicycle tire outside. Demonstrating the skills of successful fathers, the man carefully explains each step while the boy watches closely, eager to learn.

Some Reasons Why Some Men Are Successful Fathers

Three people, including the great father-in-law, stand under a tree by a lake, with two benches nearby.

How to Be a Great Father-in-Law

A dad is lifting a young child in the air. Both are wearing capes and masks, playing in a room with large windows. He embraces his essential role, making kids awesome through imaginative play.

Podcast #998: Dad’s Essential Role in Making Kids Awesome

A teenage son sitting on a bed wearing headphones, looking thoughtfully out of a window.

Get Your Son Out of His Bedroom

A man with a thoughtful expression holds his chin, contemplating if he's falling in love, while a woman gazes up at him, both dressed in 1940s attire, captured in a classic black and white photograph.

Look Before You Leap: Questions to Ask to Avoid Falling in Love With the Wrong Person

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Podcast #1,054: Familiarity Breeds Contempt (And Other Underappreciated Consequences of Digital Communication)

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Important PSA: The World Is Divided Into Social Initiators and Non-Initiators

Children play on a seesaw in an outdoor park, their joyful laughter echoing as others stand and cheer. A son eagerly awaits his turn, hoping to join the fun.

Your Son Needs to Join a Gang

Podcast #1,052: Stop Saying Um (And Fix the Other Vocal Tics That Are Sabotaging Your Speaking)

Three men in suits are smiling and conversing in a room with patterned wallpaper, their sense of humor evident. One man holds a cigarette, adding to the laid-back atmosphere where nobody seems to take themselves too seriously.

Why We Value a Sense of Humor (And Distrust People Who Take Themselves Too Seriously)

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The Ancient Art of Saying No: Plutarch’s Guide to Breaking Free from People-Pleasing

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Dale Carnegie’s “Damned Fool Things I Have Done”

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A cartoon man laying on the ground after surviving a grenade explosion.

Skill of the Week: Survive a Grenade Explosion

A man is putting a red cloth on the windshield of a stranded car.

Skill of the Week: Survive If Your Car Gets Stranded in the Snow

An illustration of a bald man holding a pipe, demonstrating how to siphon fuel.

Familiarity Breeds Contempt (And Other Underappreciated Consequences of Digital Communication)

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How to Use Leverage Points to Get Unstuck in Work and Life

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Skill of the Week: Survive a Grenade Explosion

An important part of manhood has always been about having the competence to be effective in the world — ...

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Skill of the Week: Survive If Your Car Gets Stranded in the Snow

An important part of manhood has always been about having the competence to be effective in the world — ...

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Skill of the Week: Siphon Fuel

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An illustration of a tent at the perfect campsite.

Skill of the Week: Pick the Perfect Campsite

An important part of manhood has always been about having the competence to be effective in the world — ...

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A green car driving down a hill, seemingly on the verge of plunging off a cliff.

Skill of the Week: Escape a Car Hanging Off a Cliff

An important part of manhood has always been about having the competence to be effective in the world — ...

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A family with two adults and two kids enjoys hiking on a forest trail. The child in the middle wears a blue backpack, while the adult on the right carries the other child.

7 Ways to Help Your Kids Enjoy Hiking

Taking your kids hiking is one of the best ways to get them into nature (and the many benefits ...

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Person standing with hands on hips, facing tall pine trees in a foggy forest, contemplating survival tips.

What to Do If You Get Lost in the Wild

Even in the age of smartphones and GPS, stories of hikers getting lost in the wilderness still regularly ...

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A man is digging a hole in the ground to make a fighting hole.

Skill of the Week: Make a Marine Corps Fighting Hole

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Skill of the Week: Survive a Plunge Down a Waterfall

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A person crouching on the grass is packing camping food into a large blue bag. Various objects are scattered nearby, showcasing their camping skill to keep animals out of their supplies.

Skill of the Week: Keep Animals Out of Your Camping Food

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Illustration showing a fishing hook tied with a knot as part of a step-by-step process. An arrow indicates the direction for threading the line through the knot, ideal for any fisherman mastering their fishing knots.

3 Knots Every Fisherman Should Know

My 10-year-old daughter, Scout, has taken an interest in fishing recently, so I've been taking her to some ...

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Illustration of a hand connecting a wire to the bottom of a light bulb, with a red measurement arrow indicating a gap between components—a true Skill of the Week.

Skill of the Week: Start a Fire With a Water Bottle

An important part of manhood has always been about having the competence to be effective in the world — ...

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A man is attacking an alligator with his foot in order to survive.

Skill of the Week: Survive an Alligator Attack

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A person with a backpack hikes up a trail in a mountainous landscape under a clear sky, enjoying their first backpacking trip.

Take Your First Backpacking Trip This Year

There’s nothing like getting into the great outdoors to refresh your spirit. But not all doses of ...

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Illustration of a man in a hat crawling through quicksand, with a pained expression on his face.

Skill of the Week: Escape From Quicksand

An important part of manhood has always been about having the competence to be effective in the world — ...

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A hand gently touches a tinder bundle, depicted in a black and white sketch.

Skill of the Week: Make a Tinder Bundle

An important part of manhood has always been about having the competence to be effective in the world — ...

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Illustration of a man crawling through a subway vent shaft with caution tape visible, conveying a sense of stealth or escape.

Skill of the Week: Survive a Fall Onto Subway Tracks

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Illustration showing a man using bedsheets to climb out of a window onto a ledge, with another person inside pointing at him.

Skill of the Week: Escape From a Building Using Bedsheets

An important part of manhood has always been about having the competence to be effective in the world — ...

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Skill of the Week: Make a Survival Lean-To

An important part of manhood has always been about having the competence to be effective in the world — ...

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Learn how to make a tip-up for ice fishing.

Skill of the Week: Make an Ice Fishing Tip-Up

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