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Band of Brothers Still Sets the Bar for War on Television

Twenty-plus years on, nothing has topped it. But eight other series come close, and here's exactly what's in each one before you press play.

GuideMarriageMarcus Vale23 Sept 20265 min

Anniversary Traditions Worth Keeping Every Single Year

Dinner and a card isn't a tradition. Build rituals that stack up, survive the bad years, and still mean something at twenty.

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GuideMusicDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Classic Rock Albums That Hold Up From Track One to the End

Turn off shuffle, give a record forty-five minutes of your actual attention, and find out which ones were built to be heard whole.

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The American Biopics Actually Worth Your Saturday Night

Thirteen real lives on film, with runtimes, ratings, the content concerns named plainly, and which ones the kids can actually sit through.

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How many days a week are you actually training?

StorySportsSam Ortiz23 Sept 20266 min

Losing Well Is a Skill and These Men Mastered It

A conceded putt, a borrowed bolt, and a kicker who stood in front of 30,000 people. What the great losers teach that trophy cases never will.

StoryMusicWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Johnny Cash Never Served Time in Prison

The straight version: the pills that nearly killed him, the gospel records nobody bought, and the four months between June's funeral and his own.

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GuideMovies & TVMarcus Vale23 Sept 20265 min

Old Movies Grandparents and Grandkids Can Actually Finish

A working plan for the couch: which classics hold a seven-year-old, which ones need a warning first, and the fifteen-minute trick that beats black-and-white resistance.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

StorySportsMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Nine Fights That Explain Boxing From Joe Louis to Muhammad Ali

Four decades of heavyweights, middleweights and one undefeated bricklayer, and the film worth watching tonight to understand all of it.

GuideMusicWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

How to Get Into Bluegrass and Actually Start Playing It

Five instruments, one 1945 band that started the whole thing, and a listening order that takes you from Bill Monroe to Billy Strings without getting lost.

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StoryMovies & TVMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Eight Classics and the Production Disasters Behind Them

The shark didn't work, the Tin Man nearly died, and the snow was fire extinguisher foam. What went wrong on set often made the movie.

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StorySportsMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Olympic Moments That Still Get Grown Men Every Time

A cartwheel in Sydney, a father climbing out of the stands in Barcelona, and a 29-foot jump nobody saw coming. The list that never gets old.

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StoryMusicJosh Halloran23 Sept 20265 min

The Stories Behind the Hymns You Sing Without Thinking

A telegram reading "Saved alone," a slave ship captain, and a father who lost everything in two days. The hymnal is full of people having the worst week of their lives.