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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)

The True Meaning of Discipline with John Cage and Mason Currey

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Oct 15, 202516:23pending

Dogs and Berries Are Miracles. Why Not Combine Them?

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Oct 8, 20254:04pending

You Don't Need To Remember Everything with Susannah Goodman

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Oct 1, 20257:26pending

Zak interviews his hero Jonathan Goldstein

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Sep 24, 202528:40pending

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

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Sep 17, 20257:43pending

Don't Wish Your Life Away with Lilly Turmelle

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Sep 10, 20257:28pending

Tweenage Advice on Fear, Boredom, Crushes, Stress, Grief and Soup Dumplings

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Sep 3, 202511:50pending

It's About How You Listen, How You Interpret, How You Care with Jay Allison and...

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Aug 27, 202527:11pending

When There Might Not Be a Solution with Dr. Chioke I'Anson⁠

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Aug 20, 202514:25pending

How To Plant a Garden with Limited Space and Time with Alice Bagley

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Aug 13, 20258:21pending

Begin Your Day with Discomfort

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Aug 6, 20258:48pending

Two Strategies to Look at Your Phone Less and the World Around You More with Dap...

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Jul 30, 202511:44pending

Never Change Your Clothes with Anne Kadet

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Jul 23, 20257:44pending

Become the Animal You Are with Morrison Gong

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Jul 16, 20259:30pending

Do the Show YOU Want to Do with Phil Rosenthal

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Jul 9, 20256:52pending

This Maneuver Will Get You To Drink More Water with Karen A. Chase

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Jul 2, 20256:20pending

Put Your Energy Into What Makes the Fire, Not What Puts it Out with Malissa O'Do...

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Jun 25, 20256:47pending

To Respond or React, That is the Question with Peter Putnam

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Jun 18, 202510:05pending

How To Bring the House Down at Karaoke with Zak Rosen

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Jun 11, 202527:53pending

Talking Through Your Grief with Shira Heisler and Sam Woll

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Jun 4, 20255:17pending

God is in the Details or Why Listening to Strangers on the Train is Fantastic Ra...

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May 28, 20258:39pending

Curb Your Catastrophizing with Dr. Emily Anhalt

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May 21, 202511:44pending

A Mind Palace for Your Ideas & The Nine O'Clock Rule with Paulien Cornelisse

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May 14, 202510:59pending

Create an Oasis in Your New Home with Erica Reisman

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May 7, 20254:36pending

This is How to Hold Two Opposing Views at Once with Vent Diagrams

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Apr 30, 20257:41pending

Deflating Rage, Making Beds and Remembering Your Gifts with Kelly Childers

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Apr 23, 20255:45pending

The Profound Benefits of Solo Travel with Michael Venutolo-Mantovani

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Apr 16, 20256:25pending

Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed's 3 Rules to Live By

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Apr 9, 20256:33pending

Pleasure Should Be Taken Very Seriously with Danielle Bezalel

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Apr 2, 20259:25pending

This Is How To Stop Apologizing So Much with Ilana BZ

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Mar 26, 20253:45pending

Say Kind Things About People Behind Their Backs with Kristen Meinzer

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Mar 19, 202513:00pending

Literally Touch Grass with Adam Milgrom

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Mar 12, 20254:52pending

Host A Friendship Awards Ceremony with Anna Goldfarb

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Mar 5, 20256:08pending

Assume There's Something Interesting to Learn with Ahri Golden

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Feb 26, 202511:38pending

Viscerally Remember Your Past Vacations with Tad Davis

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Feb 19, 20254:07pending

Try These Witchy, Water-based Maneuvers to Improve Your Life with Dr. MLE

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Feb 12, 20259:21pending

Next Time You're Bored Try This with Noa Rosen

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Feb 5, 20256:51pending

Crush Your Ego and Open Your Eyes to the Benefits of Feedback with Jason Silver

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Jan 29, 202511:49pending

Leave a Margin with Mary Austin (or How to Stop Being Late to Everything)

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Jan 22, 20258:56pending

Pack Your Go Bag with adrienne maree brown and Autumn Brown

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Jan 16, 202524:05pending

Compare Yourself to Yourself with Billie Lunt

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Jan 8, 20256:53pending

How To Fall Asleep

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Dec 26, 20249:23pending

You Need to Get Rejected A LOT MORE with Alice Draper

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Dec 11, 20247:06pending

Manifesting Someone To Watch Over You with Cassandra Jenkins

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Dec 4, 20248:55pending

Be More Ridiculous (or Why a Squirrel Census is a Guide for Life) with Rob Walke...

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Nov 27, 202415:16pending

Finding Grace Inside Political Chaos with Sarah-Marie Hopf

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Nov 21, 202415:19pending

Turn An Annoying Experience Into One That Can Bring You a Little Bit of Joy with...

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Nov 13, 20245:51pending

The Vote is Precious with John Lewis, Susan B. Anthony, Barack Obama, Alan Moore...

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Nov 5, 20242:34pending

Why Asking For Advice Can Be a Gift To Remember with Shreya Sharma

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Oct 30, 20246:45pending

Flipped Out with Murf Meyer, Chris Gethard and Matt Mayer

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Oct 23, 202414:40pending
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