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Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show)

Zak Rosen

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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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Episodes (735)

I'm pretty sure there's a lot more to life than being really, really, ridiculous...

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Sep 9, 20262:09:56failed

We Should Strategically Half-Ass Way More Things (or May The Bogan Be With You)...

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Sep 2, 202613:59pending

You Can't Make Anyone Love You + Yet Another Shenanigan!

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Aug 26, 202610:13pending

The Art of Shenanigans with Rebecca Garza-Bortman and a Legion of Weird Helpers

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Aug 20, 202625:16pending

This is A Tangible Way to Fake It Till You Make It with Evangeline Garreau

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Aug 19, 202610:30pending

The World Is a Laboratory of Story Ideas with Mallary Tenore Tarpley

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Aug 5, 202615:14pending

A Weirdly Helpful Travel Guide

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Jul 29, 202613:51pending

A Weirdly Helpful View From Behind the Supermarket Register

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Jul 22, 202615:06pending

Why Do We Say "Um" So Much? with Dr. ⁠Steven D. Cohen⁠

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Jul 15, 202616:14pending

Give All Your Attention To Whatever Is Annoying You with Sharon Mashihi

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Jul 8, 202616:34pending

I Madly Love Anything That Breaks the Thread of Discursive Thought /// Surrealis...

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Jul 1, 202612:27pending

How to Savor Your Summer Trip

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Jun 24, 202612:55pending

Get Your Tickets for Weirdly Helpful Live on July 29th in Berkley, Michigan!

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Jun 19, 20261:10pending

Two Prospective Parents Wander in the Desert, Debating the Future

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Jun 17, 202619:32pending

Try This Delightful Dinner Party Maneuver with Dan Heath

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Jun 10, 202617:54pending

Why Asking Weirder Questions is an Exercise in Accessing Dignity with Megan Saxe...

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Jun 3, 202614:34pending

How To Make Friends and Find Your People

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May 27, 202620:14pending

Visit the Most Primal, Teenage Part of Yourself with Maggie Lyons

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May 20, 202614:18pending

Bless the Phone with Ross Simonini

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May 13, 202620:06pending

Introducing: No Such Thing

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May 6, 202613:38pending

Navigating Domestic Administration with Clarity and Kindness

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May 6, 202611:20pending

Farting for Relief and Walking for Peace in Our Fragmented World

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Apr 29, 202617:07failed

How Understanding Your Brain Chemistry Can Change Your Life

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Apr 22, 202620:28failed

How to Make it Work as a Young Artist

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Apr 15, 202620:56failed

Inventing Play & Three Ideas to Curb Self-Mutilation with Laura Hawley

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Apr 8, 202615:48failed

Play the Tape All the Way Through with Eric Zimmer + The Battle of Night Guy Vs...

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Apr 1, 202619:57failed

The Transcendental Power of Wiggling with Toogie Barcelo

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Mar 25, 202623:22failed

99 Ways to Die (and how to avoid them⁠) with Dr. Ashley Alker

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Mar 18, 202618:07completed

Why I'm Not Using the Word "Crazy" Anymore (and Why You Should Just Say What You...

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Mar 11, 202621:19failed

This is How to Aura Farm Without Being Overly Cringe

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Mar 4, 202614:03pending

Become a Receiving Station for Overwhelming Transmissions with Dr. Ramzi Fawaz

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Feb 25, 202614:12pending

Stop Feeling Guilty About Your Guilty Pleasures with Fabiola Lara

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Feb 18, 202610:15pending

This Insight WILL CHANGE YOUR RELATIONSHIP FOREVER! (For real for real).

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Feb 11, 202611:50pending

Young Butt Cut Zak Confronts His Childhood Creative Monster with ⁠Lauren LoGrass...

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Feb 4, 202615:33pending

Is Whistling Protected By First Amendment Rights? + An Incantation for Restoring...

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Jan 28, 202614:57pending

How Much Capacity Do You Have Today? with Bridget Thoreson

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Jan 21, 202613:29pending

Step Into the Slipstream of History and Get Jacked with Dr. Conor Heffernan

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Jan 14, 202612:01pending

"Hey Buddy!" Let's Talk About Why You Feel Doomed with Andy J. Pizza

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Jan 7, 202611:22pending

Resolutions Smesolutions! Ta Ta 2025.

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Dec 31, 202522:26pending

How to Take Control of your News Diet with Rekha Murthy (PLUS: How much does Zak...

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Dec 24, 202517:07pending

Friendship Conflict, Grief Practices, Family Cookbooks, Guilt-Free Gift Giving a...

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Dec 17, 202519:39pending

A Fun Alternative for Surviving Our Disastrous Times with Austin Kleon

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Dec 10, 202510:21pending

Let's Meet at the Corner of Mindfulness and Playfulness

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Dec 3, 202513:05pending

The Weirdly Helpful Gratitude Hour

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Nov 26, 202513:38pending

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

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Nov 19, 20257:16pending

What's the Deal with Handshaking in 2025?

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Nov 12, 202513:01pending

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

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Nov 5, 202512:14pending

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

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Oct 29, 202512:46pending

This is WEIRDLY HELPFUL!

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Oct 27, 20254:11pending

If Ambition Is Making You Unhappy with Courtney Daniels

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Oct 22, 202534:41pending
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