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The Saturday Evening Post is America's oldest magazine, with issues dating back to 1821. We feature articles on culture, people, health, history, and humor, with a side of short fiction. Get it online or in print.
In the first six months of 2025, victims have lost more than $240 million to cryptocurrency ATM scams. Learn how to protect yourself and your loved ones.
Con Watch: Watch Out for Cryptocurrency ATM Scams | The Saturday Evening Post
If anyone contacts you about depositing large sums of cash into a cryptocurrency ATM, you can be sure it’s a scam.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
In the first six months of 2025, victims have lost more than $240 million to cryptocurrency ATM scams. Learn how to protect yourself and your loved ones.
What do Macy’s, FDR, and football coaches have in common? They all had a hand in shaping how and when Americans shopped in the days between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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Common Threads: The Origins of Black Friday | The Saturday Evening Post
For 100 years, retailers and politicians have made sure that Americans were primed to spend their money in the days after Thanksgiving.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
What do Macy’s, FDR, and football coaches have in common? They all had a hand in shaping how and when Americans shopped in the days between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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The Carson 100 is a time capsule of the way we were. These moments are woven into the fabric of our cultural consciousness.
Johnny Carson’s Centennial Inspires a List of 100 Classic Tonight Show Moments | The Saturday Evening Post
Some serious Johnny Carson fans put together 100 of the talk show host's most memorable moments. Here are ten of our favorites.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The Carson 100 is a time capsule of the way we were. These moments are woven into the fabric of our cultural consciousness.
The first upright vaccuum cleaner made its debut in 1908.
Vintage Ads: Introducing Hoover to Homemakers | The Saturday Evening Post
More than one husband bought a vacuum cleaner as a Christmas present for his wife.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The first upright vaccuum cleaner made its debut in 1908.
This week’s #NewFictionFriday tale is a coming-of-age story set in the 1990s. In “The World of Men,” Marcus discovers something more interesting than hanging out at the mall, but his long-time friend isn’t too happy about it.
The World of Men | The Saturday Evening Post
A teenager’s allegiances shift as he begins to figure out who he really is.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This week’s #NewFictionFriday tale is a coming-of-age story set in the 1990s. In “The World of Men,” Marcus discovers something more interesting than hanging out at the mall, but his long-time friend isn’t too happy about it.
Can you name two well-known women artists whose works appeared in ads that ran in The Saturday Evening Post? Bob Sassone supplies the answers, along with news of smiling, housekeeping, and recipe planning.
News of the Week: Target Smiles, the Housekeeping Olympics, and What to Make for Thanksgiving | The Saturday Evening Post
In the news of the week ending November 21, 2025, are a word of the year, a Christmas song of the week, and recipes for the season.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Can you name two well-known women artists whose works appeared in ads that ran in The Saturday Evening Post? Bob Sassone supplies the answers, along with news of smiling, housekeeping, and recipe planning.
If you’ve ever doubted that Japanese culture is different from ours, consider the real-life industry that is at the center of 𝑹𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑭𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚: casting agencies that provide actors to people who need someone to portray a role in their lives.
Review: Rental Family — Movies for the Rest of Us with Bill Newcott | The Saturday Evening Post
In this crowd-pleasing family drama, Brendan Fraser is an American actor in Japan whose entire career involves dispensing kindness and emotional closure to people he barely knows.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
If you’ve ever doubted that Japanese culture is different from ours, consider the real-life industry that is at the center of 𝑹𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑭𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚: casting agencies that provide actors to people who need someone to portray a role in their lives.
This November, as you sit down to enjoy the meal, take a few moments to remember Sarah Josepha Hale, the Mother of Thanksgiving.
The Mother of Thanksgiving | The Saturday Evening Post
Meet the woman whose unflagging determination helped establish an American tradition.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This November, as you sit down to enjoy the meal, take a few moments to remember Sarah Josepha Hale, the Mother of Thanksgiving.
New cartoon collection: Bear With Us
Cartoons: Bear with Us | The Saturday Evening Post
These cartoons are bearly funny!
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November 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
New cartoon collection: Bear With Us
Today is the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, but Lincoln isn’t the only president associated with Gettysburg.
The Other Gettysburg Address: Eisenhower’s Gettysburg Farm | The Saturday Evening Post
Dwight D. Eisenhower owned a 14-room house in Gettysburg, where he dabbled in farming, entertained world leaders, and occasionally governed the nation.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Today is the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, but Lincoln isn’t the only president associated with Gettysburg.
While there are different kinds of fairy rings, all are the work of fungi, rather than fairies or elves.
Our Better Nature: Magical, Mushroomy Fairy Rings | The Saturday Evening Post
These rings of mushrooms or grass can suddenly appear in your lawn. They may look like the work of mythical creatures, but actually spring up from something much more mundane.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
While there are different kinds of fairy rings, all are the work of fungi, rather than fairies or elves.
She never feuded with co-stars, lavished praise on sister actresses, and happily accepted second billing.
From the Archive: Ingrid Bergman — Superstar in Spite of Herself | The Saturday Evening Post
"To regret anything is useless. Why waste time thinking about it?"
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November 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
She never feuded with co-stars, lavished praise on sister actresses, and happily accepted second billing.
With so many forms of digital entertainment and edification at our fingertips, are people still reading books? How many have you read this year?
Poll: How Many Books Did You Read This Year? | The Saturday Evening Post
“If you are going to get anywhere in life, you have to read a lot of books.” —Roald Dahl
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November 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
With so many forms of digital entertainment and edification at our fingertips, are people still reading books? How many have you read this year?
How matcha went from a traditional beverage to the world's green gold.
From Cultural Tradition to Viral Beverage: The Evolution of Matcha | The Saturday Evening Post
It is hard to escape matcha — whether it is in the menus of local cafés, in the hands of social media influencers, or on recipe blogs. While matcha may seem like a recent discovery, its origins and cu...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
How matcha went from a traditional beverage to the world's green gold.
If you love a good food trail, following the Keweenaw Pasty Trail is a fun and filling way to explore Northern Michigan.
Follow the Pasty Trail — Michigan’s Most Delicious Road Trip | The Saturday Evening Post
The pasty once fueled 19th-century miners through grueling shifts underground. Today, they’re a beloved symbol of Yooper pride and unarguably the region’s best-known food.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
If you love a good food trail, following the Keweenaw Pasty Trail is a fun and filling way to explore Northern Michigan.
Fences normally separate people, but in Robert Gordon Spencer’s short story “The Gate Between Yards,” a fence brings two fellow travelers together. Read this week’s sweet #NewFictionFriday story.
The Gate Between Yards | The Saturday Evening Post
The fence needed repairing; so did they.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Fences normally separate people, but in Robert Gordon Spencer’s short story “The Gate Between Yards,” a fence brings two fellow travelers together. Read this week’s sweet #NewFictionFriday story.
Bob Sassone has the news you need if you’re into Christmas trees, football, soap operas, bread, and any number of items that made it into the News of the Week.
News of the Week: A 75-Foot Tree, Six-Man Football, and 60 Years of Days of Our Lives | The Saturday Evening Post
In the news for the week ending November 14, 2025, are big trees, even more football, and some great homemade bread recipes.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Bob Sassone has the news you need if you’re into Christmas trees, football, soap operas, bread, and any number of items that made it into the News of the Week.
No, “lukewarm” isn’t a reference to an Apostle. It’s the last, fossilized remnant of an otherwise obsolete word. Learn more about it in our latest In a Word column.
In a Word: Lukewarm: Who Is Luke, and How Warm Is He? | The Saturday Evening Post
A fossil that thrives within a living language.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
No, “lukewarm” isn’t a reference to an Apostle. It’s the last, fossilized remnant of an otherwise obsolete word. Learn more about it in our latest In a Word column.
Sydney Sweeney continues to forge her reputation as one of the screen’s most versatile and resourceful actors.
Review: Christy — Movies for the Rest of Us with Bill Newcott | The Saturday Evening Post
Sydney Sweeney’s knockout performance in Christy traces the fighter’s career from its earliest rounds to her ascension to the top of her sport and, as in the case of all athletes, inevitable decline.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Sydney Sweeney continues to forge her reputation as one of the screen’s most versatile and resourceful actors.
How do you know you're being conned? Johnathan Walton shares a few "tells" to look out for.
How to Spot a Con Artist | The Saturday Evening Post
Here are the red flags everyone needs to know to avoid being scammed.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
How do you know you're being conned? Johnathan Walton shares a few "tells" to look out for.
New cartoon collection: TV Troubles
Cartoons: TV Troubles | The Saturday Evening Post
These TV ’toons are too funny!
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November 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
New cartoon collection: TV Troubles
“These tales of preposterous juvenile achievement are depraved because they are monstrous lies.”
From the Archive: Filling or Killing Children’s Imaginations | The Saturday Evening Post
The Post editors believed escapist stories were too powerful for youngsters.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
“These tales of preposterous juvenile achievement are depraved because they are monstrous lies.”
Tributes to the military have long been portrayed on covers of The Saturday Evening Post, from situations serious to humorous. Here are some of our favorites. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/collections/...
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Tributes to the military have long been portrayed on covers of The Saturday Evening Post, from situations serious to humorous. Here are some of our favorites. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/collections/...
We honor all of our veterans today, including generations of American women who served but went unrecognized as veterans in their lifetime.
Women’s Work: Honoring All Who Served, from the Hello Girls to Today’s Women Veterans | The Saturday Evening Post
Generations of American women have shown what it means to serve their country.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
We honor all of our veterans today, including generations of American women who served but went unrecognized as veterans in their lifetime.
Ira Hayes’s multilayered patriotism and profoundly telling American story deserves our commemoration.
Considering History: The Heroic, Tragic, Very American Ballad of Ira Hayes | The Saturday Evening Post
On this Veterans Day, no figure more clearly offers an inclusive vision of American history and identity than does Ira Hayes.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Ira Hayes’s multilayered patriotism and profoundly telling American story deserves our commemoration.