Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show)

Jen Rusciano is a regular contributor to The Best Advice Show. Hear her episode on meditation here.  --- Wanna help Zak continue making this show? Become a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow --- Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow --- Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow --- Fill out the...

Kiana Love is the founder of Be Wild Woman, a chakra teacher and healer. Kiana is passionate about empowering women to feel at home in their bodies, safe, nurtured and loved. Her passion stems from her personal journey healing from shame and trauma; from sexual violence, painful cycles, cysts, grief, and depression. She invites women to realign with nature and awaken to joy. She draws from her jou...

Amelia Hruby is a writer, educator and podcaster with a PhD in philosophy. Over the past decade, she’s been a university professor, a community organizer, and a radio DJ. Now, she is the founder and executive producer of Softer Sounds, a feminist podcast studio that supports women and nonbinary small business owners in creating purposeful, powerful podcasts. She’s also the host of Off the Grid, a...

Elizabeth Newcamp is one of Zak's co-hosts on Slate's parenting show, Mom and Dad Are Fighting. She's a traveling mother of three boys who chronicles her misadventures at Dutch, Dutch, Goose. ---Support TBAS by becoming a patron!!!! - https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Call Zak with your advice @ 844-935-BEST---IG: @bestadviceshow & @muzacharyTWITTER: @muzacharybestadvice.show --- Help Zak c...

Daniel Estrin is NPR's international correspondent in Jerusalem. Since joining NPR in 2017, he has reported from Israel, Gaza, the West Bank, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates. He has chronicled the Trump Administration's policies that have shaped the region, and told stories of everyday life for Israelis and Palestinians. He has also uncovered tales of ancient manuscripts, secret...

Once seen as the “face of failure” in the New York Times, Suneel Gupta understands that the road to success is not always smooth. Suneel learned from his mistakes and went on to become a founding CEO of RISE, a breakthrough wellness company named App of the Year by Apple. Now a bestselling author, renowned speaker, Harvard Medical School visiting scholar, and host of a global Documentary Series, S...

Once seen as the “face of failure” in the New York Times, Suneel Gupta understands that the road to success is not always smooth. Suneel learned from his mistakes and went on to become a founding CEO of RISE, a breakthrough wellness company named App of the Year by Apple. Now a bestselling author, renowned speaker, Harvard Medical School visiting scholar, and host of a global Documentary Series, S...

Hi Advice Listener, Zak here. I've got a podcast rec. for you today. We all want our friends to be happy… but how far would you go to help? Tiny Huge Decisions follows two best friends, Mohsin and Dalia, as they make a relationship altering choice – will she be the gestational surrogate for Mohsin and his husband? Mohsin grew up in a devout Muslim family where being gay was inconceivable. He could...

Zandra Zuraw is the founder of Slow Style Home and host of the Slow Style Home Podcast.  ---Support TBAS by becoming a patron. - https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Call Zak with your advice @ 844-935-BEST---IG: @bestadviceshow & @muzacharyTWITTER: @muzacharybestadvice.show --- Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow --...

Emily Naylor is a radio producer based in London, England.  ---Support TBAS by becoming a patron!!!! - https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Call Zak with your advice @ 844-935-BEST---IG: @bestadviceshow & @muzacharyTWITTER: @muzacharybestadvice.show --- Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow --- Fill out the TBAS listen...

Nina Jackson is the most recent contributor to our on-going series of Shower Advice. You can be next! Call Zak with your shower advice @ 844-935-BEST ---Support TBAS by becoming a patron!!!! - https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---IG: @bestadviceshow & @muzacharyTWITTER: @muzacharybestadvice.show --- Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon....

Stephanie Butnick is host of Unorthodox, the universe's leading Jewish podcast, produced by Tablet Magazine. She's also Tablet's deputy editor and co-founder of its podcast network, Tablet Studios.  ---Support TBAS by becoming a patron!!!! - https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Call Zak with your advice @ 844-935-BEST---IG: @bestadviceshow & @muzacharyTWITTER: @muzacharybestadvice.show     ​ -...

Natalia Mehlman Petrzela is a historian of contemporary American politics and culture. She is the author of CLASSROOM WARS: Language, Sex, and the Making of Modern Political Culture (Oxford University Press, 2015), and FIT NATION: The Gains and Pains of America’s Exercise Obsession (University of Chicago Press, 2023). She is co-producer and host of the acclaimed podcast WELCOME TO YOUR FANTASY, fr...

Richard Strausz is a retired math teacher living in Metro Detroit.  --- Zak interviews Jake Gyllenhaal, Greta Caruso and Dan Santat about their new book, The Secret Society of Aunts and Uncles ---Support TBAS by becoming a patron!!!! - https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Call Zak with your advice @ 844-935-BEST---IG: @bestadviceshow & @muzacharyTWITTER: @muzacharybestadvice.show --- Help Zak...

Claudia Rincon is a marthoner  in NYC New York City running in support of diversity, women's safety, and body positivity. Steve Magness is a world-renowned expert on performance. He is the author of the new book Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and The Surprising Science of Real Toughness. He is the coauthor of Peak Performance. The Passion Paradox, and the author of The Science of Runn...

Kyle Norris has worked in public radio as a host, reporter and producer for 20 years. He spent 10 of those years at Michigan Radio and has additionally worked for KNKX and KUOW in Seattle. He currently teaches audio storytelling at KUOW’s RadioActive youth media program. Norris was recently the field producer for Wondery’s true crime podcast, “Suspect”; senior producer for the “Battle Tactics for...

Devin Andrade is part of the amazing team at Tink Media, a digital content producer and co-founder of Two Market Girls, a plant-based lifestyle brand. As a digital producer, she creates a variety of content and strategies to support the brands she works with. Devin is currently helping create a micro-credential course for accessibility in podcasting at Seneca College in Toronto, Canada. ---Support...

Zoë Komarin is a chef, artist and food curator living in LA. Subscribe to Zoë's Nap Snacks! --- DEEP CLEAN YOUR DISHWASHER ---Support TBAS by becoming a patron!!!! - https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Call Zak with your advice @ 844-935-BEST---IG: @bestadviceshow & @muzacharyTWITTER: @muzacharybestadvice.show --- Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ http...

Eliana Goldstein is a Millennial Success Coach working with individuals to create success in their careers and lives. If you’re here, you can probably relate to feelings, experiences and challenges I had as I navigated my life in my 20s and 30s. If you're unhappy, burnt out and feel like you’ve reached your boiling point and you just want someone or something to help you make a real change, I’ve b...

Micah Frank is a producer at Broadway Video. He's worked on The Other Two and Schmigadoon! ---Support TBAS by becoming a patron!!!! - https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Call Zak with your advice @ 844-935-BEST---IG: @bestadviceshow & @muzacharyTWITTER: @muzacharybestadvice.show --- Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadvicesh...

This episode originally aired on 6/29/20 David Leins is a Podcast Coordinator and Producer at WDET. He also oversees the StoryMakers program. Leins joined WDET after working at the Arab American National Museum. ---Support TBAS by becoming a patron!!!! - https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Call Zak with your advice @ 844-935-BEST---IG: @bestadviceshow & @muzacharyTWITTER: @muzacharybestadvice...

Rabbi Alana Alpert is the rabbi at Congregation T'Chiyah and until recently served as both  rabbi and as the Founding Director of Detroit Jews for Justice. Adapting powerful models from across the country, DJJ engages the Metro Detroit Jewish community on issues like water access, health care, workers rights and police brutality. She is proud that DJJ is thriving under new leadership and is enjoyi...

Briana Lyn is a Country Pop Singer Songwriter & session vocalist based in Los Angeles, California. Her vocal styles cross over to pop, country, jazz and classic-Disney-style show tunes. She’s often compared to a young Dolly Parton, Jodie Benson (the Little Mermaid), and Amy Grant among others. BREATHING with Terry Rawls  ---Support TBAS by becoming a patron!!!! - https://www.patreon.com/bestadvice...

Artist, singer, actor, ritual builder, Abigail Bengson, is one-half of The Bengsons ---Support TBAS by becoming a patron!!!! - https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Call Zak with your advice @ 844-935-BEST---IG: @bestadviceshow & @muzacharyTWITTER: @muzacharybestadvice.show --- Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow ---...

A songwriter and performer, Shaun Bengson is one-half of The Bengsons.  Let Your Voice Break with Abigail Bengson. ---Support TBAS by becoming a patron!!!! - https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Call Zak with your advice @ 844-935-BEST---IG: @bestadviceshow & @muzacharyTWITTER: @muzacharybestadvice.show --- Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www....