Zak Rosen

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 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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Zak Rosen

Episodes

Know your Weakness with Rebecca Lavoie 12.04.2022 7:52

Rebecca Lavoie oversees the team that makes New Hampshire Public Radio podcasts. She's also the host of her own hit podcast, Crime Writers On…, on which she moderates a panel discussing other podcasts, pop culture, true crime, and journalism, as well as the host of the Netflix podcast, You Can't Make This Up. --- Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST --- IG: @bestadviceshow home: bestadvic...

H.A.L.T. with Jocelyn Mackenzie 07.04.2022 7:28

Jocelyn Mackenzie is a Brooklyn-based musician, maker, and medium. A singer, songwriter, songwriting coach, artist, stylist, intuitive, and psychic, she recently released her debut solo album PUSH on Righteous Babe Records. --- Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST or email him at ZAK@bestadvice.show --- IG: @bestadviceshow home: bestadvice.show Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on Augus...

Your Body is Speaking to You with Dr. Serena Sterling 05.04.2022 8:40

Dr. Serena Sterling is a clinical psychologist and life-coach. --- ****EDITOR'S NOTE: Since this episode was published, I became aware that the author mentioned, Louise Hay, had a sordid history inside the AIDS epidemic. To learn more, check out "How Louise Hay’s Spiritual Pseudoscience Harmed a Generation of Gay Men." TBAS does not endorse Hay or her work. --- You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay...

A Portal to Learning with Jessica Nordell 31.03.2022 6:08

Jessica Nordell (@jessnordell) is a science and culture journalist. She is the author of the new book The End of Bias: A Beginning. --- This Is How Everyday Sexism Could Stop You From Getting That Promotion --- Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST --- IG: @bestadviceshow --- home: bestadvice.show Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more infor...

Loving Anything with Mike Mills 29.03.2022 9:07

Mike Mills is a filmmaker and the writer/director of C'mon C'mon. --- In this episode Mike references Patti Smith, Arthur Rimbaud, Charles Pierre Baudelaire, Eric Satie, Édouard Manet, The Clash, IDLES. --- The movie Zak talks about is Me and You and Everyone We Know by Miranda July. --- Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST--- IG: @bestadviceshowhome: bestadvice.show Our GDPR privacy poli...

Self-Worth Beyond Production with Grace Bonney 24.03.2022 7:09

Grace Bonney is the author of COLLECTIVE WISDOM: Lessons, Inspiration, and Advice from Women over 50 --- Calling for Robins with Phoebe McIndoe --- Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST --- IG: @bestadviceshow --- home: bestadvice.show Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. --- Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Be...

Dad on Pills with Chris Gethard 22.03.2022 32:06

Chris Gethard is a comedian based out of the great state of New Jersey. He can be seen performing all over the world. He’s the host of the podcast Beautiful/Anonymous and the author of Dad on Pills. --- Check out Zak's other show, Mom and Dad Are Fighting! --- Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST --- IG: @bestadviceshow --- home: bestadvice.show Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on Augu...

Archiving Comfort with Aaron Kaczander 17.03.2022 6:16

Aaron Kaczander is a TV writer and producer living in LA --- Capturing the Mundane with Tad Davis --- Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST --- IG: @bestadviceshow --- home: bestadvice.show Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. --- Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.co...

Redistribution of Power at Work with Juleyka Lantigua 15.03.2022 8:21

Juleyka Lantigua is the Founder/CEO of LWC Studios --- How Are You Feeling About Everything? with Erica Cerulo and Claire Mazur --- Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST --- IG: @bestadviceshow --- home: bestadvice.show Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. --- Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show P...

I Can Say No with Imani Mixon 10.03.2022 6:02

Imani Mixon is a storyteller from Detroit. --- Hear Imani on Object of Sound talking Detroit Techno --- LISTEN TO BATTLE TACTICS FOR YOUR SEXIST WORKPLACE! --- Saying No with Aaron Handelsman --- Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST --- IG: @bestadviceshow --- home: bestadvice.show Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. --- Hel...

The Best Advice Show at On Air Fest 08.03.2022 27:37

The Best Advice Show presented a session at On Air Fest in late February. In it, Zak shares some of his favorite advice from the realms of art and creativity featuring... -- Hanif Abdurraqib - author, journalist, poet and host, Object of Sound -- Sharon Mashihi - artist and host, Appearances -- Jay Acunzo - writer and host, Unthinkable -- Sara Brooke Curtis - radio artist and writer -- Jay Alison...

Avoiding Stir-Craziness with Abigail Briggs 03.03.2022 3:47

Abigail Briggs is a sales manager living in Florida --- Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST --- IG: @bestadviceshow --- home: bestadvice.show Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. --- Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow --- Fill out the TBAS listene...

Falling Back in Love with Reading with Allie Essary, Rachel Lee and Claire Ceresnie 01.03.2022 8:36

Today's guests are Allie Essary, Rachel Lee and Clare Ceresnie. --- The books discussed in this episode include The Beekeeper's Apprentice, The Wild Robot and Nature's Silence Message. --- Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST --- IG: @bestadviceshow home: bestadvice.show Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. --- Help Zak conti...

Practicing Restraint with Shira Heisler 24.02.2022 4:57

Shira Heisler is a friend, mother, daughter, doctor and Zak's wife. She's the co-host of Pregnant Pause. - Shira on Farting - Shira on Fruit Prep - Shira on Salting - Shira on Complimenting - Shira on Critiquing - Shira on Splitting - Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST - IG: @bestadviceshow home: bestadvice.show Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/priv...

Nothing is Wasted with Steve Mallory 22.02.2022 7:56

Steve Mallory is a writer, producer and actor. He wrote The Boss, Superintelligence and a short for The Loony Tunes Show! --- Skipping Disdain with Hanif Abdurraqib --- Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST --- IG: @bestadviceshow --- home: bestadvice.show Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. --- Help Zak continue making this...

6:42 with Nancy and Manny Kalef 17.02.2022 5:40

Nancy and Manny Kalef are residents of the Meer Apartments at Jewish Senior Life in suburban Detroit. -- Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST --- IG: @bestadviceshow --- home: bestadvice.show Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. --- Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon...

Touching Feet with Shari and Eric Colton 15.02.2022 6:32

Eric and Shari Colton live in NYC. --- Being Close with Michael Franti --- Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST --- IG: @bestadviceshow --- home: bestadvice.show #valentinesday #relationshipadvice Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. --- Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.pa...

A Partial Register of the 927 (or was it 928?) Eternal Truths with Jan Worth-Nelson and Ted Nelson (and Sheldon Kopp) 10.02.2022 8:08

Jan Worth-Nelson and Ted Nelson are consulting editors with East Village Magazine in Flint, MI --- An Eschatological Laundry list: By Sheldon Kopp (1974) --- What eternal truths does Kopp miss? Let Zak know at ZAK@BESTADVICE.show --- IG: @bestadviceshow home: bestadvice.show Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. --- Help Zak continue m...

Throw that Crappy Bottle of Vermouth Away with Ryan Patch 08.02.2022 4:56

Ryan Patch co-created the new fiction podcast, City of Ghosts. --- Inventing Cocktails with Kamala Puligandala --- Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST --- IG: @bestadviceshow home: bestadvice.show Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. --- Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.p...

Future You is a Badass with Dr. Emily Anhalt 03.02.2022 6:40

Dr. Emily Anhalt is a clinical psychologist, Emotional Fitness expert, international speaker, author, and the Co-Founder and Chief Clinical Officer of Coa: Your Gym for Mental Health --- Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST --- IG: @bestadviceshow home: bestadvice.show Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. --- Help Zak continu...

Imagining You've Been Stuck on a Spaceship with Lucy Anderton 01.02.2022 9:38

Lucy Anderton is a poet living in France. You can read her work here, here and here. -- Send me your advice at 844 - 935 - BEST or email me a voice memo at ZAK@bestadvice.show. -- IG: @bestadviceshow home: bestadvice.show Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. --- Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron...

Temperature Check with Dan Churchill 28.01.2022 5:39

Dan Churchill, M.S., CEO and Co-Founder at impact-driven Australian restaurant Charley St, International Celebrity Chef, Best-Selling Cookbook Author, Podcaster, and TV Host of Surfing the Menu (Discovery Network) and Feast with Friends (Scripps Network), and has just launched a new plant-based food product — Charley St Chorizo and Bolognese. --- Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST ---...

Questioning Promotions with Liza Wyles 26.01.2022 8:17

Liza Wyles is a writer/producer/mother. --- Directional Thinking with Megan Hellerer --- Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST --- IG: @bestadviceshow home: bestadvice.show Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. --- Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow...

Exorcising Anger with Jennifer Brandel 24.01.2022 7:40

Jennifer Brandel is a serial entrepreneur and systems change worker. She's the founder of Curious City, Hearken, Civic Exchange Chicago, Zebras Unite and Election SOS. --- What do you do to safely release your anger? Lemme know @ 844-935-BEST or ZAK@bestadvice.show --- Finding Catharsis with Megan Stielstra --- IG: @bestadviceshow home: bestadvice.show Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August...

The Good Knife with Conor Barnes 21.01.2022 4:13

Conor Barnes write the blog, ideopunk. Check out his expansive list of 100 tips for a better life. --- Emphasizing Your Quirks with Conor Barnes --- Give Zak your advice @ 844-935-BEST Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. --- Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadvices...