Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) podcast

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show)

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  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!

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!

 

#694

A Fun Alternative for Surviving Our Disastrous Times with Austin Kleon

[Austin Kleon] (https://austinkleon.com/about/)  is a writer who draws. He’s the bestselli... more

10 Dec 2025

10 MINS

10:21

10 Dec 2025


#693

Let's Meet at the Corner of Mindfulness and Playfulness

Zak's Weirdly Helpful guru, Laura Hawley, returns to the show to share a transcendent and ... more

03 Dec 2025

13 MINS

13:05

03 Dec 2025


#692

The Weirdly Helpful Gratitude Hour

Weirdly Helpful advice on today's episode comes from [Lainey] (https://weirdlyhelpful.show... more

26 Nov 2025

13 MINS

13:38

26 Nov 2025


#691

Make a List of Your Enemies to Articulate Who You're Not! with Emma Martin

Emma Martin is a painter and workshop facilitator from Chicago.  [Check out her work!] (ht... more

19 Nov 2025

07 MINS

07:16

19 Nov 2025


#690

What's the Deal with Handshaking in 2025?

Lizzie Post is the great-great-granddaughter of Emily Post, and author of  [Emily Post's E... more

12 Nov 2025

13 MINS

13:01

12 Nov 2025


#689

A weirdly helpful way to deal with the negative voice in your head with Dr. Ellen Hendriksen

DR. ELLEN HENDRIKSEN (she/her) is a clinical psychologist who will help you calm your anxi... more

05 Nov 2025

12 MINS

12:14

05 Nov 2025


#688

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

Zak is excited to present Weirdly Helpful, the spiritual successor to The Best Advice Show... more

29 Oct 2025

12 MINS

12:46

29 Oct 2025


#687

This is WEIRDLY HELPFUL!

Welcome to Weirdly Helpful. It's like The Best Advice show just weirder. In each episode a... more

27 Oct 2025

04 MINS

04:11

27 Oct 2025


#686

If Ambition Is Making You Unhappy with Courtney Daniels

This is an episode of a new podcast I really like called [Gen X at Midlife] (https://pod.l... more

22 Oct 2025

34 MINS

34:41

22 Oct 2025


#685

The True Meaning of Discipline with John Cage and Mason Currey

Today's episode is based on Mason Currey's piece, [John Cage on the true meaning of discip... more

15 Oct 2025

16 MINS

16:23

15 Oct 2025


#684

Dogs and Berries Are Miracles. Why Not Combine Them?

Leora is a doctor and dog lover and berry lover. This advice originally aired back in Augu... more

08 Oct 2025

04 MINS

04:04

08 Oct 2025


#683

You Don't Need To Remember Everything with Susannah Goodman

[Susannah Goodman] (detroit_fertile_earth) is an artist and potter and community organizer... more

01 Oct 2025

07 MINS

07:26

01 Oct 2025


#682

Zak interviews his hero Jonathan Goldstein

I originally interviewed Jonathan Goldstein, creator and host of the greatest podcast of a... more

24 Sep 2025

28 MINS

28:40

24 Sep 2025


#681

This Experiment Will Help You Move From Procrastinating to Creating with Malaka Gharib

Malaka Gharib is a writer, journalist, and cartoonist. She is the author of  [I Was Their ... more

17 Sep 2025

07 MINS

07:43

17 Sep 2025