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Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show)

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!

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00:08:40

Pleasure Should Be Taken Very Seriously with Danielle...

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2025/04/02

Danielle Bezalel, aka DB, is the Creator, Executive Producer, and Host of Sex Ed with DB, your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Check out How often should I be pooping? Advice from Dr. Kira Newman from the archives.---Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Fill out the first-ever TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know

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00:03:00

This Is How To Stop Apologizing So Much with Ilana BZ

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2025/03/26

Ilana BZ called Zak on the Best Advice Show hotline @ 844-935-BEST. YOU SHOULD TOO! What's your best advice? ---Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Fill out the first-ever TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better.https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow

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00:12:15

Say Kind Things About People Behind Their Backs with...

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2025/03/19

KRISTEN MEINZER is a long-time audio producer and podcast host. She hosts How to Be Fine, Daily Fail, By the Book, Mayo Clinic Health Matters and lately, Dear Prudence.RELATED to today's show: Avoiding the Evil Tongue with Emily BermanComplimenting with Shira---Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Fill out the first-ever TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better.https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Call

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00:04:07

Literally Touch Grass with Adam Milgrom

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2025/03/12

Adam Milgrom is an amateur physicist, profressional entrepreneur, long-time mingler and dad from Michigan. He was last on the show talking about parsing language. How to build speed bumps into your day with Leticia Britos Cavagnaro---Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Fill out the first-ever TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better.https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Call Zak on the advice show hotline

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00:05:23

Host A Friendship Awards Ceremony with Anna Goldfarb

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2025/03/05

Anna Goldfarb is the author of MODERN FRIENDSHIP and a friendship journalist who has reported for outlets including the New York Times, the Atlantic, Time magazine, Vice, The Cut, Vox, and the Washington Post. Called "the New York Times friendship correspondent" by Tim Herrera, the editor of the New York Times Smarter Living section, she's written hundreds of articles that explore the nuances of friendships, relationships, and pop psychology. She lives in Philadelphia. For more, visit

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00:10:53

Assume There's Something Interesting to Learn with...

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2025/02/26

Entrepreneur + Award-Winning Media Midwife Ahri Golden is a podcast series creator, consultant, professor, artist, mother of two, 21 years married, deeply informed by stories and creative response to the world that is unfolding within and around us. Listening with Sterling---Fill out the first-ever TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better and to enter the drawing to win a custom designed shirt by Zak and his daughter @https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Help Zak continue making

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00:03:22

Viscerally Remember Your Past Vacations with Tad Davis

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2025/02/19

Tad Davis is an artist living in Detroit. This episode originally aired in 2023. Rachel Jacobson is always on vacation and so can you! Fill out the first-ever TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better and to enter the drawing to win a custom designed shirt by Zak and his daughter @https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @

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00:08:36

Try These Witchy, Water-based Maneuvers to Improve...

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2025/02/12

Emily Carr/Dr. MLE is a Wellness Witch, a professional poet, amateur Tarot reader, joyous revolutionary arts educator, and fitness coach. Subscribe to her newsletter @ https://soulfloss.substack.com/LISTEN: You Should Buy Mice and Other Transformative Advice from Lucy AndertonFill out the first-ever TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better and to enter the drawing to win a custom designed shirt by Zak and his daughter @https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Help Zak continue making

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00:06:06

Next Time You're Bored Try This with Noa Rosen

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2025/02/05

Noa was last on the show discussing the advantages of peeling grapes with your teeth. Here's Sara Curtis talking about replacing your email refresh habit with something more generative. Fill out the first-ever TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better and to enter the drawing to win a custom designed shirt by Zak and his daughter @https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @

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00:11:04

Crush Your Ego and Open Your Eyes to the Benefits of...

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2025/01/29

THE BEST ADVICE SHOW SURVEY IS HERE! THANKS FOR FILLING IT OUT. https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Jason Silver is the author of Your Grass is Greener. He is a multi-time founder of kids and a multi-time founder of companies. He gets his biggest thrill helping modern employees and their teams unlock a better way to work—surfing is a close second. ---Fill out the first-ever TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better and to enter the drawing to win a custom designed shirt by Zak and

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00:08:11

Leave a Margin with Mary Austin (or How to Stop Being...

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2025/01/22

Mary Austin is a pastor in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She writes Stained Glass in the City on Substack. It's deep and delightful. Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow

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00:23:20

Pack Your Go Bag with adrienne maree brown and Autumn...

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2025/01/16

adrienne maree brown and Autumn Brown are sisters, authors, artists and co-hosts of How to Survive the End of the World. Inspired by wisdom from Octavia Butler's ⁠Parable of the Sower⁠ and a listener's inquiry, Zak and the sisters delve into practical steps for emergency preparedness, the psychological barriers of starting, and the importance of preparing in community. From essential items to include to practicing quick evacuations, this episode is packed with valuable advice for surviving in

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00:06:08

Compare Yourself to Yourself with Billie Lunt

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2025/01/08

Billie Lunt is a Professor, Mentor, and Coach for students aspiring to enter the field of dental hygiene. She helps students to set goals and develop the skills required to achieve them. On the path to becoming a dental hygienist, many students learn just as much about themselves as they do about the field of dentistry.You can find Billie on Instagram @the_happy_flosserShe also has a podcast incase you ever decide you want to go to school to become a dental hygienist.The Happy Flosser RDH Podcast

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00:08:38

How To Fall Asleep

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2024/12/26

The TBAS sleep correspondents featured in today's episode are Courtney Daniels, Jenny Lee, Karen Semone, Lois Langberg and Tiffany Paulsen. Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow

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00:06:21

You Need to Get Rejected A LOT MORE with Alice Draper

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2024/12/11

Alice Draper shares her experience with rejection and how it can lead to greater success, both personally and professionally and then she offers strategies for all of us to build our own rejection resilience muscle. Alice Draper is the founder of Hustling Writers, a podcast guesting agency that has secured clients on hundreds of podcasts, including most of the top 0.5% shows. Her newly-launched podcast, My Rejection Story, features interviews with Neil Patel, Jason VanRuler, and Gay Hendricks. She

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00:08:10

Manifesting Someone To Watch Over You with Cassandra...

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2024/12/04

Zak meets up with one of his favorite songwriters, Cassandra Jenkins, before her show in Amsterdam. They talk about her pre-show ritual, inspired by her friend, Erika Spring. It's something we can all try next time we're in need of some knowing companionship. It's called...The Cosmic Guest List."Like the night sky itself, My Light, My Destroyer is always expanding. Cassandra Jenkins' third full-length, out July 12 via Dead Oceans, cracks open the promise of reaching the edge of the new with a wider

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00:14:31

Be More Ridiculous (or Why a Squirrel Census is a...

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2024/11/27

After a quick update about the future of TBAS with Zak, he welcomes back Rob Walker, who shares intriguing advice on embracing ridiculousness in minute ways. The conversation explores how such absurd activities can bring joy and creativity to daily life. Rob Walker is a journalist covering design, technology, business, the arts, and other subjects. He was last on TBAS walking and talking about Looking Up. He writes the BRANDED column for Fast Company and has contributed to The New York Times,

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00:14:34

Finding Grace Inside Political Chaos with Sarah-Marie...

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2024/11/21

Sarah-Marie Hopf shares advice on how we can cultivate a mindset of goodness, even in the face of overwhelming political frustration. After the recent election, a lot us feel cynical and angry, but Sarah-Marie shares powerful insights on how to shift our perspective. She suggests how we might find goodness in ourselves and others, even when confronted by figures or actions we deeply disagree with. Sarah-Marie reflects on her own evolution, from judgment and anger to embracing nuance, compassion, and

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00:05:06

Turn An Annoying Experience Into One That Can Bring...

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2024/11/13

Matteo Trevino is a relatively slow and not so great driver from San Antonio, Texas.Here's a Honk if You're a Silly Goose bumpersticker from Etsy.Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow

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00:01:49

The Vote is Precious with John Lewis, Susan B....

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2024/11/05

An election-themed rerun from November, 2020. Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow

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