Archive of Men's Journal Magazine Articles

NOVEMBER 2012

Africa's New Poaching Police

To help combat an epidemic of illegal elephant hunting, rangers in the Congo have turned to a team of bloodhounds.

Who Am I and What Should I Smell Like?

One man's life-changing, relationship-straining quest for the perfect scent.

The NFL's Secret Drug Problem

Pain pills are the only thing keeping many football players on the field week after week. What happens when their careers are over – but their addictions aren't?

Gerard Butler's Wild Ride

The world-trekking, ATV-riding, Romanian model-dating Scotsman courts danger at every turn – and never more than when filming 'Chasing Mavericks,' the big-wave surf drama that almost took his life.

OCTOBER 2012

The Next Cousteau

Philippe Cousteau Jr. continues his family's tradition of combining environmentalism and adventure with a new TV series on saving tigers, elephants, and orangutans in Sumatra.

Attack of the Immune System

Chronic inflammation can wage a silent war in your body, causing weight gain, heart disease, and even cancer. Here's how to fight back.

Africa's New Pirate Problem

Last year, pirates hijacked nearly 50 ships off the coast of Benin. The tiny African nation is fighting back – with two dilapidated patrol boats and some help from the U.S. Navy.

Flatlanders: When Country Got Weird

Newly discovered recordings from Texas' 'Flatlanders' capture the brilliance of early outlaw country.

Joel Fuhrman: The Doctor Is Out There

Joel Fuhrman, best-selling author and radical nutritionist (he once cured a heel injury by fasting for 46 days), says all you need to do to live an optimally healthy, disease-free life is eat pounds and pounds of vegetables every day. Can you live with that?

Best New 'Man Versus Wild' Books

Two new books explore the consequences of our assault on the natural world.

Back to the Farm

On small plots of land from Marin County to the Hudson Valley, the next generation of growers are innovating how we farm – without chemicals, subsidies, or big machines.

The Last Great American Watchmaker

Only one person in the U.S. builds wristwatches that make the Swiss jealous, and he does it the old-fashioned way – by hand, using hundreds of moving parts.

Tough Mudder: Mud, Sweat & No Tears

Every weekend, thousands of regular guys wade in mud, crawl under barbed wire, and are electric shocked – all for a good time. Inside Tough Mudder and the growth of the $70 million business of entry-level hardcore.

Dino Costa, the Angriest Man on the Airwaves

SiriusXM radio host Dino Costa could become the next Jim Rome or Rush Limbaugh – if he doesn’t get fired first.

Bryan Cranston, Breaking Big

Bryan Cranston is sane, humble, and has been married for 23 years – but the darkness he taps into as 'Breaking Bad's' chemistry teacher-turned-meth dealer is never far from the surface.

'Homeland's' CIA Connection

It's the most intense, realistic spy show ever (even the president watches it). But does it get the intelligence right?

The Last Word: Bill Maher

HBO's political wit on evil tweets, Ayn Rand, and the creative potential of pot.

The NFL's Ultimate Highlight Reel

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the film company that helped make the NFL.

SEPTEMBER 2012

The Benefits of Occasional Fasting

How intermittent fasting became the hottest way to lose weight, gain definition, and possibly live longer.

Traveling Along Butch Cassidy's Outlaw Trail

A dangerous week in the wild, remote Utah desert, searching for traces of Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch.

The Resurrection of Mike Leach

He was the smartest coach in college football until a scandal at Texas Tech cost him his job. Now he's back and looking to win.

CNN's Rob Marciano, the Storm King

CNN meteorologist Rob Marciano climbs mountains and chases tornadoes. Meet a new breed of weatherman.

Right Stuff, Wrong Time

After the final Space Shuttle flight last July, many astronauts fled NASA – is this the end of U.S. space supremacy?

The Last Word: Charlie Trotter

The renowned Chicago chef on humility, the perfect omelet, and why he's leaving the restaurant business for college

Kevin Powers' Literary Tour of Duty

Veteran Kevin Powers' searing debut novel brings the Iraq War home in compelling detail.

Arab Spring Break

Last year, Chris Jeon, a 21-year-old UCLA math major, left his $9,000-a-month internship at a financial firm in San Francisco in search of "real" experience. He wound up fighting with the rebels in Libya, where things got real fast.

AUGUST 2012

Mark Ruffalo's Good Life Formula

How Hollywood's greenest star found peace.

Plus: The New Whiskey Masters

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