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Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show)

Zak Rosen
Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show)
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  • Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show)

    Farting for Relief and Walking for Peace in Our Fragmented World

    2026-04-29 | 17 mins.
    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 walk in Miami, FL. Lucy co-hosts Slate's parenting show with Zak and Elizabeth Newcamp. It's called Care and Feeding. She also hosts the Mamacita Rica and co-authors Best Mom Friends Forever.

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    How Understanding Your Brain Chemistry Can Change Your Life

    2026-04-22 | 20 mins.
    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 podcast, and host of Funny You Should Mention, a co-production with the Comedy Cellar, where he conducts in-depth interviews with stand up comedians. On today's show we get into how understanding your own neurochemistry can offer new perspectives on mental health and anxiety.

    READ: Opinion | The Feel-Good Gene

    LISTEN: How to address acute anxiety with Terry Rawls

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    LISTEN: You in Mind |Yoni London

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    How to Make it Work as a Young Artist

    2026-04-15 | 20 mins.
    Cara Ryan is an academic living in Florida.

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    Laura Weber Davis originally gave her cover letter advice back in 2023.

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

    2026-04-08 | 15 mins.
    Laura Hawley is an artist and therapist from Philadelphia. She's a frequent contributor to the show having first called about howling, then giving away 62 balls!

    Bob Newhart's Stop It Sketch from MAD TV.

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    Call me (Zak) on the Weirdly Helpline @ 844-935-2378 to share what you find weirdly helpful.

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

    2026-04-01 | 19 mins.
    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 800+ conversations exploring meaningful living. His new book is How a Little Becomes a Lot: The Art of Small Changes for a More Meaningful Life.

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    Billy Oppenheimer is a writer and research assistant to Ryan Holiday based in Austin, TX. Every Sunday at 6 AM (CT) Billy sends out an email with SIX things he's learned, thought were interesting, or found useful. SUBSCRIBE HERE. 

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    COMEDIAN - A look at the work of two stand-up comics, Jerry Seinfeld and a lesser-known newcomer, detailing the effort and frustration behind putting together a successful act and career while living a life on the road.

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    Hasan Minaj on the Gary Vee Audio Experience 

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About 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!
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