Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show)

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Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) episodes

July 22 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 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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16 min
July 15 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 leadership potential.
Express yourself better with Toastmasters
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17 min
July 08 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 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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17 min
July 01 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
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13 min
June 24 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
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Join me for HOW TO CUT THE CHEESE, a Weirdly Helpful Live Experiment on 7/29 in Berkley, Michigan

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13 min
June 19 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 actually a dinner party ABOUT dinner parties and tickets are available HERE.
How to Cut the Cheese is part food show, part podcast performance, part public service you'll partake in while enjoying an incredible 4-course meal at The Rind, which the Detroit Free Press named #3 on their list of the Top 10 New Restaurants & Dining Experiences in 2024 "for its casual approach to upscale dining and its commitment to supporting Michigan's local food economy."

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2 min
June 17 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
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20 min
June 10 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. He's also the #1 New York Times bestselling author (or co-author) of six beloved business books, including Switch, Made to Stick, and The Power of Moments.
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18 min
June 03 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.
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15 min
May 27 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 Friends Forever.
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21 min

About Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show)

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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…