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!

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) is a education podcast hosted by Zak Rosen, with 733 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Zak Rosen hosts Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show), a education show with 733 episodes published.

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

  Sep 2, 202614 min

  Steve Kamb is the founder of  Nerd Fitness and the author of HOW TO TRY AGAIN.  The book he referances is... Start Ugly: The Unexpected Path to Everyday Creativity by David duChemin -- This episode's archival cousin: Aiming at Meh with Brian Selfon -- What do you find Weirdly Helpful? Call me at 844-935-2378 ⁠⁠THE WEIRDLY HELPFUL MERCH STORE!!!!⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Become a WH Patron and listen to the show ad-free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

  Aug 26, 202610 min

  Listener Clio called the Weirdly Helpline with her shenanigan and you should too @ 844-935-2378. Piper at the Gates of Dawn! | The Wind in the Willows | Full Episode -- Jan Worth-Nelson and Ted Nelson are writers  and editors from Flint, MI. More about Sheldon Kopp's, An Eschatological Laundry List. -- ⁠⁠⁠Become a WH Patron and listen to the show ad-free.⁠ ⁠⁠THE WEIRDLY HELPFUL MERCH STORE!!!!⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

  Aug 19, 202611 min

  Evangeline Garreau is a queer ADHD gemini and a creative project coach who accompanies artists of all kinds on their creative journeys, helping them get unstuck and put in the work to bring their visions into reality. Check out her newslettter, Belly Spark. It's so good. You can work with her too! What do you find Weirdly Helpful? Call me at 844-935-2378 ⁠⁠THE WEIRDLY HELPFUL MERCH STORE!!!!⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Become a WH Patron and listen to the show ad-free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

  Aug 12, 202625 min

  Rebecca Garza-Bortman is a designer, musician, writer, & mother living in Berkeley. This episode features WH listeners Julia, Lauren, Erica, Meredith, another Lauren, Katie and Mike. I never want to stop hearing your shenanigans. Call the Weird Helpline @ 844-935-2378 ⁠⁠Become a WH Patron and listen to the show ad-free. ⁠⁠⁠THE WEIRDLY HELPFUL MERCH STORE IS ALIVE!⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

  Aug 5, 202615 min

  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 of Communication and the McCombs School of Business, where she teaches journalism and writing. This episode was inspired by Mallary's recent piece, Embracing the lost art of people-watching published in Neiman Storyboard. If you liked this episode you'll also like God is in the Details or Why Listening to Strangers on the Train is Fantastic Raw Material for your Storytelling with Craig Finn from The Hold Steady. ---  What do you find Weirdly Helpful? Call me at 844-935-2378 ⁠⁠THE WEIRDLY HELPFUL MERCH STORE!!!!⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Become a WH Patron and listen to the show ad-free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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