Issue 115

Travel

For World-Class Skiing Without Crowds, Skip St. Moritz and Head to Sun Valley

This indie owned Idaho resort gets around 200 in. of snow every year and remains mostly crowd-free, thanks to its remote location. Like St. Moritz, Sun Valley includes a bustling town, but Ketchum, Idaho, feels more Old-West cool than see-and-be-seen glitz.

First Look: Bentonville’s New Ozarks-Inspired Hotel

Northwest Arkansas’s buzzy new digs bring the outdoors in.

Culture

The 100 Best TV Episodes of the Century - The Ringer

This list includes the heavy hitters you'd expect - like Mad Men, Succession, The Sopranos - but I got more out of the ones I didn't expect...and the memories they evoke from unique times in our life. Trying to recreate stunts your friends saw on Jackass. Watching MTV & The OC as an early 2000s teenager. Pre-gaming with Jersey Shore on in the background during college. And some masterful moments in the television craft, like the biker gang episode of True Detective, are worth revisiting.

Business & Money

The Boss Who Gave His Employees a $240 Million Gift - WSJ

When Graham Walker sold his family’s Louisiana company, he made sure his 540 employees got a cut.

Philosophy

Everyone is numbing out - Catherine Shannon

The dark side of ironic detachment and possible antidotes for our apathetic world.

Live a Disciplined Life, Spontaneously - Naval's Archive

To most people, these ideas feel like opposites. You’re either the kind of person who wakes up at 5 AM, works out, and checks off tasks or you’re the kind who follows your curiosity, lets the day unfold, and resists structure because it feels like a cage. But the truth is: real freedom lives at the intersection of both.

Music

2025 Good Country – GC

"What is good country?" To wrap up the year, GC writers were asked to consider that titular question instead of simply picking their favorite song or artist of 2025. Leaving the prompt as open-ended as possible, asking our folks to focus in on the music that stuck with them, whatever the reason. Most are albums and songs, but some are artists, books, soundtracks, live shows, or other more intangible moments.

2025: Another Year of Ed’s Picks – Good Country

Reflecting on another 12 months’ worth of the many varieties of Good Country, here's Atlanta native and country + bluegrass fan Ed Helms' (aka Andy from the office) top picks from 2025 - playlist included!

Golf

Our favorite golf memories from 2025

A good walk enjoyed. Golf Digest's writers wax poetic on the best golf memories of 2025.