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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...
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The World Is a Laboratory of Story Ideas with Mallary Tenore Tarpley
Mallary Tenore Tarpley is the award-winning author of SLIP and an assistant professor of practice at the University of Texas at Austin’s Moody College...
A Weirdly Helpful Travel Guide
Annie Sim is the CEO (Chief Eating Officer) of The Table Less Traveled
Evan Stern is the host of Vanishing Postcards
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A Weirdly Helpful View From Behind the Supermarket Register
Ann Larson is the author of Cleanup on Aisle Five: Essential Work, Poverty Wages, and the View from Behind the Supermarket Register.
Her...
Why Do We Say "Um" So Much? with Dr. Steven D. Cohen
Steven D. Cohen is an award-winning professor, author, and coach who empowers you and your team to communicate with influence, inspire your audience,...
Give All Your Attention To Whatever Is Annoying You with Sharon Mashihi
Sharon Mashihi is the creator of the serialized audio mindtrip Appearances. Her new project is available on Audible and called 30 Days To Rediscover Y...
I Madly Love Anything That Breaks the Thread of Discursive Thought /// Surrealist Games with Laura Hawley
Zak's Weirdly Helpful guru, Laura Hawley, returns to play some surrealist games. She was last on the show talking about inventing play.
A...
How to Savor Your Summer Trip
Featured on today's show was...
-Treat Yourself to Better Car Snacks with Ethan Frisch
-Viscerally Remember Your Past Vacati...
Get Your Tickets for Weirdly Helpful Live on July 29th in Berkley, Michigan!
I want you to be the first to know about WEIRDLY HELPFUL live this summer on 7/29. It's a live show/dinner party and we're calling it...HOW TO CUT THE...
Two Prospective Parents Wander in the Desert, Debating the Future
Today, in honor of Father's Day, a pod blast from the pod past...episode 1 of Pregnant Pause with Zak and Shira
Meantime, send me your sh...
Try This Delightful Dinner Party Maneuver with Dan Heath
Dan Heath hosts What It’s Like to Be… In every episode, he interviews someone from a different profession: a mystery novelist, a couples therapist,...
Why Asking Weirder Questions is an Exercise in Accessing Dignity with Megan Saxelby
Megan Saxelby is an early adolescent parent coach and founder of Wild Feelings.
Jesse Thorn hosts Bullseye and The Turnaround.
How To Make Friends and Find Your People
Rabbi Alana Alpert advocates for bubbe adoption and spiritual engagement in Detroit.
ADOPT A GRANDPARENT!
Elizabeth Newcamp...
Visit the Most Primal, Teenage Part of Yourself with Maggie Lyons
Maggie Lyons is a creative producer living in LA. Read her essay The Comfort Playlist of Teenage Faves™️.
Listen to her nostalgia playli...
Bless the Phone with Ross Simonini
Ross Simonini is an interdisciplinary artist and writer. Read his essays Bless The Phone here and Through the Fire here. Check out his essential inter...
Introducing: No Such Thing
I'm excited to share a preview of a new podcast I think you’d enjoy: No
Such Thing. It's a show where three best friends and journalists settle<...
Navigating Domestic Administration with Clarity and Kindness
Shari and Eric are married with children in NYC. They were last on the show talking about touching feet during marital discord.
More on...
Farting for Relief and Walking for Peace in Our Fragmented World
On today's episode, a family's post-dinner ritual and later Zak tells the improbable tale of Peace Pilgrim.
Lucy, Gino and Avery fart wal...
How Understanding Your Brain Chemistry Can Change Your Life
Mike Pesca is the creator and host of The Gist, the longest-running daily news podcast in history, moderator of Not Even Mad, a political debate podc...
How to Make it Work as a Young Artist
Cara Ryan is an academic living in Florida.
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Laura Weber Davis originally gave her cover letter advice back in 2023.
Inventing Play & Three Ideas to Curb Self-Mutilation with Laura Hawley
Laura Hawley is an artist and therapist from Philadelphia. She's a frequent contributor to the show having first called about howling, then giving awa...
Play the Tape All the Way Through with Eric Zimmer + The Battle of Night Guy Vs Morning Guy with Jerry Seinfeld
Eric Zimmer is an author, teacher, speaker, and the creator of The One You Feed podcast—an award-winning show with over 50 million downloads across 80...
The Transcendental Power of Wiggling with Toogie Barcelo
On today's episode, Toogie Barcelo shares her unique approach to movement, creativity, and emotional well-being through the power of wiggling!
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99 Ways to Die (and how to avoid them) with Dr. Ashley Alker
Discover practical tips and surprising truths that can help you and your loved ones stay safe and informed with Dr. Ashely Alker, author of 99 Ways t...
Why I'm Not Using the Word "Crazy" Anymore (and Why You Should Just Say What You Actually Mean) with Dessa Cosma
Dessa Cosma is executive director of Detroit Disability Power. Today she schools Zak on the importance of pride-forward language, especially around di...
This is How to Aura Farm Without Being Overly Cringe
Natalie and Jacob are sibling youths from Texas.
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Become a Receiving Station for Overwhelming Transmissions with Dr. Ramzi Fawaz
Ramzi Fawaz is an award-winning queer cultural critic, educator, podcaster, and public speaker. He is a Professor of English at the University of Wis...
Stop Feeling Guilty About Your Guilty Pleasures with Fabiola Lara
Fabiola Lara is a Chilean-born, Florida-raised artist! She lives in flux of feeling simultaneously too American to be Chilean and too Chilean to be Am...
This Insight WILL CHANGE YOUR RELATIONSHIP FOREVER! (For real for real).
Dedeker Winston is a co-host of Mulitamory, relationship coach, writer, and advocate for polyamory and non-traditional relationships. She is the autho...
Young Butt Cut Zak Confronts His Childhood Creative Monster with Lauren LoGrasso
Lauren LoGrasso is a multi-passionate creative with experience as a keynote speaker, creative coach and musician. She's the creator and host of Unleas...
Is Whistling Protected By First Amendment Rights? + An Incantation for Restoring Democracy
Audio from pt. 1 of today's episode comes from this YouTube live event presented by No Kings called Eyes on ICE: Document and Record. You can watch th...
How Much Capacity Do You Have Today? with Bridget Thoreson
Bridget Thoreson is an award-winning journalist, executive, and creator of the Career River framework. Check out her Weirdly Helpful episode about fl...
Step Into the Slipstream of History and Get Jacked with Dr. Conor Heffernan
Conor Heffernan is Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport at Ulster University, UK, and Chair of the British Society of Sports History. His new book is Wh...
"Hey Buddy!" Let's Talk About Why You Feel Doomed with Andy J. Pizza
Andy J. Pizza is a New York Times Bestselling author-illustrator of many books for children and adults such as "Invisible Things" and "A Pizza with Ev...
Resolutions Smesolutions! Ta Ta 2025.
Happiest and healthiest of New Years to you and yours! Thank you for listening. Love, z
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How to Take Control of your News Diet with Rekha Murthy (PLUS: How much does Zak earn from Weirdly Helpful?)
Rekha Murthy is a podcast strategist with more than 25 years of experience in podcasting, public radio, and other digital media.
SOURCES...
Friendship Conflict, Grief Practices, Family Cookbooks, Guilt-Free Gift Giving and more with Zak on Michigan Public!
Zak went on Michigan Public's daily show Stateside to share some weirdly helpful end of year rituals and practices. He shares that segment today.
A Fun Alternative for Surviving Our Disastrous Times with Austin Kleon
Austin Kleon is a writer who draws. He’s the bestselling author of Steal Like An Artist and other books
- Austin's essay on Meeker's work...
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 fun gift-giving practice.
Hear Laura on howling...
The Weirdly Helpful Gratitude Hour
Weirdly Helpful advice on today's episode comes from Lainey, Margo, Rabbi Yoni and Zak!
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If you have a response to Morty'...
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! She was last on the show dishing on indecision.
Beco...