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Ben Paynter

@bpaynter

Features Director at National Geographic
Men's Health & FastCo alum
James Beard Award winner & 3x nominee

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Life update: After several amazing years at Fast Company with a team that I so respect and admire, I'm now sporting my newsie cap as features editor at Men's Health Mag. Excited to join a great crew sharing important stories. Please pitch away!

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Oops. It's been 2+ years since I last tweeted. But I've returned with news that Anna Peele has written a total literary banger about Steve-O becoming... Older Steve-O. menshealth.com/entertainment/…

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Reading @KenTremendous’s new book and it’s a *perfectly* funny/thoughtful guide for dealing with Bad Place behaviors. Sneak peak here: menshealth.com/health/a389735…

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“Pay attention. Look at the detail. Look at the fucking detail, man.” Jeff Bridges had a rough couple of years too. But you should hear the way he can riff about, um, fractals!?! One of many great things in this story by PAPPADEMAS menshealth.com/health/a402742…

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“It becomes normal if you keep doing it… Everything does.” Yair Rosenberg on the warnings of a great if short-lived comedy in Deep Shtetl newsletters.theatlantic.com/deep-shtetl/62…

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ICYMI: “Of course, what constitutes a ‘healthy’ lifestyle is debatable, especially as weight loss companies drown their products in euphemism.”—this deep dive by Spenser Mestel remains a must-read. menshealth.com/fitness/a38913…

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That time when extremists tried to steal the vibe of Gronk's favorite sunglasses, but the action-sports brand that made them was like, No way, brah. (Great story by Max Ufberg) menshealth.com/style/a3851784…

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Wednesday vibes. "Belushi, in briefs and his cowboy hat, toasted the foot of a Cuban cigar with a torch lighter." (From the archives by PAPPADEMAS) menshealth.com/entertainment/…

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Still an udderly great read. "It was a transfusion of, well, not blood exactly but a synthetic product made of cow's blood." —Bill Gifford for Men's Health (from the archives). menshealth.com/health/a322416…

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TFW, your meditation app tells you to remain calm. Then cuts off all contact and double charges you. Is this the FINAL TEST?

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"When a red light turns green, all the drivers accelerating collectively whoosh like one big beast exhaling." —@CODanSchwartz in his incredible story about the most dangerous road in America. Also: Beware the whoosh. It is everywhere. bicycling.com/culture/a41119…

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It's Super Bowl time, which means the 'Food Lube' factories are in overdrive. And I'm still hoping we can make this term a thing. menshealth.com/nutrition/a339…

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We are in an “endless slide through nonstick limbo” and the only solution is more butter. apple.news/AVJWE5PZWTW-Oc…

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Throwback to that time (not too long ago) when Tyler James Williams visited Men's Health Mag and shared how he nearly died of a disease he didn't know he had. And then transformed himself. menshealth.com/fitness/a42158…