Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show)

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A Weirdly Helpful View From Behind the Supermarket Register
2026-07-22 | 15 mins.
Ann Larson is the author of Cleanup on Aisle Five: Essential Work, Poverty Wages, and the View from Behind the Supermarket Register.

Her writing on education, debt, and low-wage work has appeared in The New Republic, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Fast Company, and The Nation, among other publications. She is coauthor of Can’t Pay Won’t Pay: The Case for Economic Disobedience and Debt Abolition and is a fellow with the Economic Hardship Reporting Project.

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Why Do We Say "Um" So Much? with Dr. ⁠Steven D. Cohen⁠
2026-07-15 | 16 mins.
Steven D. Cohen is an award-winning professor, author, and coach who empowers you and your team to communicate with influence, inspire your audience, and achieve your leadership potential.

Express yourself better with Toastmasters

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Give All Your Attention To Whatever Is Annoying You with Sharon Mashihi
2026-07-08 | 16 mins.
Sharon Mashihi is the creator of the serialized audio mindtrip Appearances. Her new project is available on Audible and called 30 Days To Rediscover Your Creativity .

If you like today's episode you might like this one about creative appetizers and procrastination.

Sharon was last on the show talking about structured walking.

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I Madly Love Anything That Breaks the Thread of Discursive Thought /// Surrealist Games with Laura Hawley
2026-07-01 | 12 mins.
Zak's Weirdly Helpful guru, Laura Hawley, returns to play some surrealist games. She was last on the show talking about inventing play.

A Book of Surrealist Games

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How to Savor Your Summer Trip
2026-06-24 | 12 mins.
Featured on today's show was...

-Treat Yourself to Better Car Snacks with Ethan Frisch

-Viscerally Remember Your Past Vacations with Tad Davis

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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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