Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show)

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

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 Dav

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

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 -

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

Rebecca Garza-Bortman is a designer, musician, writer, & mother living in Berkeley. This episode features WH listeners Julia, Lauren, Erica, Meredith, another Lauren, Kat

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

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 i

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 of Communication an

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 --- Help Zak continue making this show by becoming

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 writing on education, debt, and

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, and achieve your lea

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 Your Creativity . If

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 Book of Surrealist Games ---

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 Vacations with Tad Davis --- Join me for HOW TO

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 CHEESE. It's actual

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 shenanigans at 844-935-2378! SHOP

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, a rancher, and more.

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. --- What do you find Weirdly Helpful? C

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 writes at Dutch Dutch Goose and Best Moms Fr

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 playlist here. Aaron's advice origin

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 interviews with so many m

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 their dumb arguments — and

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 SPOA - Lucy Anderton on graphi