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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Jan 10, 2022 • 8min
Recalibrating with Lulu Miller
Lulu Miller is the author of the book, Why Fish Don't Exist, a co-creator of Invisibilia and co-host of Radiolab.---To offer your own advice, call Zak @ 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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Jan 7, 2022 • 5min
Making Life Juicier with Noa
Noa eats fruit from her home in Detroit, MI.---Morning Zesting with Drew Philp---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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Jan 5, 2022 • 8min
From A to C with Mark Pagán
Mark Pagán hosts Other Men Need Help. He's an award-winning filmmaker, audio producer, writer, educator, and graying b-boy.---More improv/life lessons can be heard in the TBAS episode - Following the Follower with Andy Eninger---Call Zak on the advice hotline @ 844-935-BEST Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jan 3, 2022 • 8min
How Are You Feeling About Everything? with Erica Cerulo and Claire Mazur
Erica Cerulo and Claire Mazur founded Of a Kind, host the A Thing or Two podcast and wrote Work Wife: Work Wife: The Power of Female Friendship to Drive Successful Businesses.--Finding Your Michigan Star with Erica Cerulo and Claire Mazur--What advice do you have for me!? Call me @ 844-935-BEST Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dec 30, 2021 • 28min
22 practices for a delicious, joyful, hopeful, quiet, humble, supportive, uncomfortable and garlicky 2022
Today's episode features advice from...Mark Bittman, Kelly Travis, Sylva Florence,Phoebe McIndoe, Beth Pickens, Meiko Krishok, Ronald Young Jr., Dave Leins,Brenden Murphy, Emily Naylor, Lindsey Maddin, Josh Ruben,Grethen Rubin, Marlee Grace,Merrill Garbus (Tune-Yards), Nichole Christian, Alex Elle, Sua Im, Mia Birdsong, Janice Fialka-Feldman, Jacqueline Raposo, Drew Philp---Call Zak on the hotline with your advice! 844-935-BEST---HAPPY/HEALTHY/RESTFUL NEW YEAR TO YOU! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dec 19, 2021 • 20min
INTRODUCING: The World According to Sound
The World According to Sound is created by Sam Harnett and Chris Hoff. --Every Thursday evening starting in January 2022, Chris and Sam are going to live stream spatialized audio straight to the headphones of people listening together, all around the world.Attendees will be mailed an eye mask and listening instructions for how to tune in to a program made by radio producers, musicians, and sound artists. After each show, we’ll have a live discussion with the people who made the audio.All shows start at 6PM Pacific /9PM Eastern and run approximately 70 minutes. Get tickets for individual shows below, or get a highly discounted season pass for all twelve events.--TBAS listeners can use the code "BESTADVICE" for 25% off tickets and season passes at https://www.theworldaccordingtosound.org/tickets Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dec 17, 2021 • 6min
A Pot of Something with Julia Turshen
Julia Turshen is a New York Times bestselling cookbook author. Her latest cookbook, Simply Julia, a National Bestseller, is available wherever books are sold. She also hosts and produces the IACP-nominated podcast called ‘Keep Calm and Cook On.’ Julia lives in the Hudson Valley with her wife and their pets. She teaches cooking classes most Sunday afternoons.--Call Zak with your advice at 844-935-BEST Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dec 15, 2021 • 10min
Excising Passion from Work with Jeannie Yandel
Jeannie Yandel co-hosts Battle Tactics For Your Sexist Workplace
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Dec 13, 2021 • 4min
Getting Vaccinated with Dr. Mo Connolly
Mo is a pediatrician and Medical Director of Henry Ford Health System's School-Based and Community Health Program. --What's your favorite advice of the year? Let me know at Zak@BestAdvice.SHOW Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dec 10, 2021 • 8min
Ordering Pizza with David Gluckman
David Gluckman eats pizza and other foods outside Denver, Colorado. He stars in this old radio story I made about puberty and dancing.
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