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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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13:38

The Weirdly Helpful Gratitude Hour

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2025/11/26

Weirdly Helpful advice on today's episode comes from Lainey, Margo, Rabbi Yoni and Zak!--- If you have a response to Morty's voice memo, send me something at Zak@weirdlyhelpful.show or call the hotline @ 844-935-2378 --- Become at Weirdly Helpful Supporter @ https://www.patreon.com/weirdlyhelpful --- This episode is brought to you with support from Uncommon Goods. To get 15% off your next gift, go to www.uncommongoods.com/podcast/bestadvice Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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7:16

Make a List of Your Enemies to Articulate Who You're...

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2025/11/19

Emma Martin is a painter and workshop facilitator from Chicago. Check out her work! She was last on the show dishing on indecision. Become a WEIRDLY HELPFUL Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/weirdlyhelpful --- Past episodes referenced in today's episode... Try These Witchy, Water-based Maneuvers to Improve Your Life with Dr. MLE Manifesting Someone To Watch Over You with Cassandra Jenkins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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13:01

What's the Deal with Handshaking in 2025?

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2025/11/12

Lizzie Post is the great-great-granddaughter of Emily Post, and author of Emily Post's Etiquette - The Centennial Edition, and Higher Etiquette, as well as Emily Post’s Wedding Etiquette 6th edition, and The Etiquette Advantage in Business 3rd edition. She is a co-president of the Emily Post Institute focusing on publishing and business development. Lizzie and her cousin Daniel co-host the Awesome Etiquette podcast, a weekly Q&A show that explores the topic of etiquette through the lens of

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12:14

A weirdly helpful way to deal with the negative voice...

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2025/11/05

DR. ELLEN HENDRIKSEN (she/her) is a clinical psychologist who will help you calm your anxiety and be your authentic self. She serves on the faculty at Boston University's Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders (CARD) and is the author of HOW TO BE ENOUGH: Self-Acceptance for Self-Critics and Perfectionists.Tell Zak what YOU ARE FINDING WEIRDLY HELPFUL @ 844 935 2378 Listen to this show ad free by becoming a supporter @ patreon.com/weirdlyhelpful This episode is brought to you with support from

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11:01

The Best Advice Show is Dead. This is Weirdly Helpful!

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2025/10/29

Zak is excited to present Weirdly Helpful, the spiritual successor to The Best Advice Show. On this first episode, Zak talks to artist and therapist, Laura Hawley whose advice from 2020 inspired the new show title. --- This episode is brought to you with support from Uncommon Goods. To get 15% off your next gift, go to www.uncommongoods.com/podcast/bestadvice Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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4:11

This is WEIRDLY HELPFUL!

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2025/10/27

Welcome to Weirdly Helpful. It's like The Best Advice show just weirder. 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! What are you finding weirdly helpful during these trying times? CALL ZAK ON THE WEIRDLY HELPLINE and spill your guts @ 844-935-2378 Learn more about your ad

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34:41

If Ambition Is Making You Unhappy with Courtney Daniels

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2025/10/22

This is an episode of a new podcast I really like called Gen X at Midlife. The show was created by TBAS contributor, Courtney Daniels. In this episode she talks to her longtime friend Tess Hawes about her experience of midlife crisis, Courtney's self-rejecting ambition, Tess' divorce and career pivot, and how to get out of depression. They touch on the book "Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life" by James Hollis, "Mind Your Body" by Nicole Sachs, and Courtney's therapist, Lisa Chen, whom she

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15:23

The True Meaning of Discipline with John Cage and...

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2025/10/15

Today's episode is based on Mason Currey's piece, John Cage on the true meaning of discipline. You should subscribe to Mason's essential newsletter, Subtle Maneuvers. And here's his piece about totally insane, unhinged, helpful strategies. Mason's book, Making Art and Making a Living is available for pre-order here. The John Cage interview excerpts come from The Internet Archive. Hear the whole thing @John Cage interviewed by Jack Hirschman in Los Angeles, 1963. Mason was last on TBAS

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4:04

Dogs and Berries Are Miracles. Why Not Combine Them?

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2025/10/08

Leora is a doctor and dog lover and berry lover. This advice originally aired back in August of 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:26

You Don't Need To Remember Everything with Susannah...

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2025/10/01

Susannah Goodman is an artist and potter and community organizer in Detroit.--- Leftovering with Susannah Goodman Noticing with Susannah Goodman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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28:40

Zak interviews his hero Jonathan Goldstein

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2025/09/24

I originally interviewed Jonathan Goldstein, creator and host of the greatest podcast of all time, Heavyweight, back in 2017 for Transom.org. I'm playing it here to celebrate Heavyweight's grand return. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:43

This Experiment Will Help You Move From...

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2025/09/17

Malaka Gharib is a writer, journalist, and cartoonist. She is the author of I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir, winner of an Arab American Book Award and named one of the best books of the year by NPR, The Washington Post, Kirkus Reviews, and the New York Public Library. By day, she works on NPR’s science desk, covering the topic of global health and development. Her comics, zines, and writing have been published in NPR, Catapult, The Seventh Wave Magazine, The Nib, The Believer, and The

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7:28

Don't Wish Your Life Away with Lilly Turmelle

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2025/09/10

Lilly Turmelle is a Maine-based creative and lifelong explorer. After calling many different countries home, she now lives on the Maine coast with her partner and their two-year-old son, embracing a simple life by the sea.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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11:50

Tweenage Advice on Fear, Boredom, Crushes, Stress,...

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2025/09/03

Naja, Sebastian, Asia, Jessica, Lenzia and Zora were just finishing 8th grade when this episode aired in 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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27:11

It's About How You Listen, How You Interpret, How You...

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2025/08/27

This is a conversation from the divine podcast, Rumble Strip. It features Jay Allison about the recent attack on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Recently, Congress passed a rescission bill that eliminates $9 billion in previously allocated funding, including $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which effectively defunds public media, which includes NPR, PBS and member stations around the country. This is a conversation about what that means and what we stand to

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14:25

When There Might Not Be a Solution with Dr. Chioke...

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2025/08/20

Dr. Chioke I'Anson is the visionary force behind the establishment of the VPM + ICA Community Media Center, an innovative collaboration between Virginia Public Media and the Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU. He's also the founder of RESONATE Podcast FestivalCongress has voted to rescind public media's funding. Help preserve independent journalism and community programming across America by adopting a station. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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8:21

How To Plant a Garden with Limited Space and Time...

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2025/08/13

Alice Bagley is a farmer, biker and time banker based in Detroit. She was last on the show. Don't miss her episode from 5 years ago on the joyus virtues of throwing seeds!Courtney Daniels is a filmamker and author based in LA. Her new podcast is called Gen X at Midlife, where she talks to people about their experience of life after 50. Subscribe wherever you listen to TBAS! She was last on the show discussing the importance of a good cry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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8:48

Begin Your Day with Discomfort

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2025/08/06

Teresa Gretsen and Naomi Kreitman are friends based in Amsterdam who love to swim. READ THIS COLD WATER SWIMMING GUIDE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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00:09:44

Two Strategies to Look at Your Phone Less and the...

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2025/07/30

Daphne Silbiger is a playwright, musician, and collage artist based in Brooklyn currently teaching at The School of Making Thinking.You can see all the course offerings @ The School of Making Thinking @ https://www.theschoolofmakingthinking.com/ ---Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Fill out the TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better.https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Call Zak on the advice show

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00:06:59

Never Change Your Clothes with Anne Kadet

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) ·

2025/07/23

What advice from this show do you use in your life? Call Zak and let him know at 844-935-BEST. Thanks!---CAFÉ ANNE is a weekly newsletter with a focus on New York City that takes a fresh look at the everyday, delights in the absurd and profiles unusual folks who do things their way.It is created and written by Brooklyn journalist Anne Kadet, former NYC business and trends columnist for the Wall Street Journal and NYC startups columnist for Crains’ New York Business. ---Help Zak continue making this

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