I Dumped the Love of My Life and Now She Doesn’t Trust Me

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A man asks Eli and Josie how to win back the trust of the woman he broke up with so that he could do some work on himself.

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The Endless Emergency of Poverty

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Seth Godin talks of patient capital, markets that work, and how an infinite increase in income or productivity can change everything.

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8 Myths About Sex Differences

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Agustín Fuentes points out that when it comes to men and women, what “everyone knows” isn’t what science shows.

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A Man, His Fat, and a Hatred of Photos

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How many people hate having their picture taken?

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Fellatio and the End of the World

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Mark Sherman connects the dots of how a beautiful act may have doomed our species.

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The Minivan Manifesto

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Jerry Mahoney thinks it’s about time nature’s most maligned car got a little respect.

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What Happens When We Don’t Teach Our Boys About Sex

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Exploring the mess we are in around male sexuality. How did we get here and what on earth do we do?

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When We Walked Above The Clouds

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John Tinseth reflects on H. Lee Barnes’ emotionally resonant memoir of life as a Green Beret during the Vietnam War.

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“Don’t Screw up the Whiskey”: A Day With Maker’s Mark

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Jonathan Soroff takes a close personal look at the makers of Maker’s Mark bourbon.

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Rob Delaney Wants to Offend You

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Author Mark St. Amant talks to actor, writer, comedian Rob Delaney about what makes something funny, Klondike bars, manhood, and a very naughty word beginning with “C.”

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Tea and Coco

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Every young girl should have a fairy godmother. Mine does. Her name is Miss Coco Peru.

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A Flood of Pseudo-Events: The 800-Pound Bride and the Time Breastfeeding Cover

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Oliver Lee Bateman tries–and fails–to make sense of some of the “trendingest” topics on the Internet.

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Teenage Boys and Virginity Loss

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Ozy Frantz breaks down the numbers in a CDC report on teenage sex. Spoiler alert: reality does not resemble stereotypes very well.

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Are You More Likely to Get Shot in Mexico or Texas?

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Americans fundamentally misunderstand what is going on in Mexico. And they should figure it out.

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All I Really Need to Know About Health I Learned in the Checkout Line

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Oliver Lee Bateman has spent the past two decades skimming the glossy magazines in supermarket checkout lines. Here’s what he thinks he learned from them about staying healthy.

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6 Reasons ‘Why Women Aren’t Crazy’ is Only Part of the Story

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How listening changes everything: Mark Greene seeks a non-gender binary discussion of gas lighting.

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