Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show)
Zak Rosen
Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) is a short, weekly infusion of delightful, unexpected and strange ways to make life slightly and sometimes profoundly better. In each episode a different contributor offers an odd experiment, a silly ritual, a curious practice that you’ll find weirdly helpful. Stuff like howling when you're despondent, eating oranges in the shower and metaphorically flushing your adversary down the toilet!
Episodes
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Mar 10, 2022 • 6min
I Can Say No with Imani Mixon
Imani Mixon is a storyteller from Detroit. ---Hear Imani on Object of Sound talking Detroit Techno---LISTEN TO BATTLE TACTICS FOR YOUR SEXIST WORKPLACE!---Saying No with Aaron Handelsman---Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST---IG: @bestadviceshow---home: bestadvice.show Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Mar 8, 2022 • 28min
The Best Advice Show at On Air Fest
The Best Advice Show presented a session at On Air Fest in late February. In it, Zak shares some of his favorite advice from the realms of art and creativity featuring...--Hanif Abdurraqib - author, journalist, poet and host, Object of Sound--Sharon Mashihi - artist and host, Appearances --Jay Acunzo - writer and host, Unthinkable--Sara Brooke Curtis - radio artist and writer--Jay Alison - host, The Moth Radio Hour and founder of Transom.org--Sarah Geis - producer, editor, teacher, Chicagoan, keeper of audio playground--Beth Pickens - therapist and author of Make Your Art No Matter What: Moving Beyond Creative Hurdles--Kidada Williams - history professor and host, Seizing Freedom--Caveh Zahedi - filmmaker and host, 365 Stories I Want To Tell You Before We Both Die Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Mar 3, 2022 • 4min
Avoiding Stir-Craziness with Abigail Briggs
Abigail Briggs is a sales manager living in Florida---Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST---IG: @bestadviceshow---home: bestadvice.show Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Mar 1, 2022 • 9min
Falling Back in Love with Reading with Allie Essary, Rachel Lee and Claire Ceresnie
Today's guests are Allie Essary, Rachel Lee and Clare Ceresnie.---The books discussed in this episode include The Beekeeper's Apprentice, The Wild Robot and Nature's Silence Message.
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Feb 24, 2022 • 5min
Practicing Restraint with Shira Heisler
Shira Heisler is a friend, mother, daughter, doctor and Zak's wife. She's the co-host of Pregnant Pause.
-Shira on Farting-Shira on Fruit Prep-Shira on Salting-Shira on Complimenting-Shira on Critiquing -Shira on Splitting-Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST-IG: @bestadviceshowhome: bestadvice.show Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Feb 22, 2022 • 8min
Nothing is Wasted with Steve Mallory
Steve Mallory is a writer, producer and actor. He wrote The Boss, Superintelligence and a short for The Loony Tunes Show!---Skipping Disdain with Hanif Abdurraqib---Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST---IG: @bestadviceshow---home: bestadvice.show Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Feb 17, 2022 • 6min
6:42 with Nancy and Manny Kalef
Nancy and Manny Kalef are residents of the Meer Apartments at Jewish Senior Life in suburban Detroit.--Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST---IG: @bestadviceshow---home: bestadvice.show Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Feb 15, 2022 • 7min
Touching Feet with Shari and Eric Colton
Eric and Shari Colton live in NYC.---Being Close with Michael Franti---Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST---IG: @bestadviceshow---home: bestadvice.show#valentinesday #relationshipadvice Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Feb 10, 2022 • 8min
A Partial Register of the 927 (or was it 928?) Eternal Truths with Jan Worth-Nelson and Ted Nelson (and Sheldon Kopp)
Jan Worth-Nelson and Ted Nelson are consulting editors with East Village Magazine in Flint, MI---An Eschatological Laundry list: By Sheldon Kopp (1974)---What eternal truths does Kopp miss? Let Zak know at ZAK@BESTADVICE.show---IG: @bestadviceshowhome: bestadvice.show Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Feb 8, 2022 • 5min
Throw that Crappy Bottle of Vermouth Away with Ryan Patch
Ryan Patch co-created the new fiction podcast, City of Ghosts.
---Inventing Cocktails with Kamala Puligandala---Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST---IG: @bestadviceshowhome: bestadvice.show Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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