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The other day, as I was driving my kids to school in our Toyota 4Runner, I noticed a dashboard light ...

Out in the wild, food is usually closer than you think. The challenge isn’t necessarily finding edible ...

Back in January, a day before a big winter freeze was about to hit Tulsa and dump a foot of snow on us, ...

With March Madness getting under way, you may be thinking about what you'd do if you found yourself with the ...

Left to their own devices, shrubs will usually grow okay on their own — but they won’t always grow how ...

When our family moved from Colorado (downhill ski country) to northern Minnesota last summer, we knew ...

Identifying animal scat is one of those outdoor skills that sounds simple until you actually try it. You ...

Over the weekend, much of the United States was hit with a huge winter storm that affected over 200 ...

Making fire from ice sits right at the edge of survival skill and science experiment. It’s one of those ...

When winter settles in, keeping your house warm can feel like a constant battle against drafts, cold floors, ...

Note: This is a rebroadcast. It's a tough job to manage a household. Things need to be regularly fixed, ...

Some of you might be thinking, “Brett, why should I learn how to pick a lock if I don’t plan on ...

Updates: One of our commenters, Brandon Beeson, was kind enough to put this into a Google Doc as a ...

When disaster strikes while you’re away from home — whether it’s a blizzard that strands your car, a ...

In an age when every tap, text, and location ping is tracked, there are times when a little anonymity goes a ...

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

A garage is supposed to be for cars. A workbench. A bike or two. Maybe a garage gym. But most of us end up ...

Over its long history, the whip has been tool for a variety of men. Cowboys in the American West, South ...

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

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