Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show)

James Lowrie writes music at the intersection of pop, classical, and experimental music traditions. As a composer he both celebrates and interrogates genre conventions, putting commonly found musical material under the microscope. The resultant music can best be described as psychedelic-modernist easy listening. --- Always Beginning with Norene Cashen ---Support TBAS by becoming a patron!!!! - htt...

Emily McElwreath is equipped with over seventeen years of experience as an adviser, independent curator and art educator; she also boasts a background in sales. Thanks to her time as Director of Communications and Education at the Brant Foundation Art Study Center, Emily demonstrates the unique ability to understand the art world from both the point of view of the artist and the audience. This ski...

Saadia Khan is a Pakistani American immigrant, human rights activist & social entrepreneur. She is also the founder and host of an award-winning weekly podcast, Immigrantly, and the co-producer and co-host of Invisible Hate podcast, which focuses on hate crimes committed against minorities. She holds a Master's in Human Rights from Columbia University. She has worked with UN Women, and other UN en...

Michael Kaye is the Director of Brand Marketing & Communications at Archer & OkCupid. ---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 --...

Tricia Huffman is a podcast host, speaker, Manager of Integrity to Grammy Award-winning artists, and founder of Your Joyologist. While living out her first dream as a touring sound engineer, she saw that everyone, includng the people we think “have it all,” often don’t feel fulfilled and fight doubts, worries, and compare them- selves to others daily. With her unique background and knowledge in se...

Rabbi Yoni Dahlen is a rabbi and educator at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield, Michigan. Committed to a mission of lifelong Jewish learning, Rabbi Dahlen seeks to deepen connection to Jewish life, prayer, study, and social and moral obligation through diverse educational and experiential engagement. Ready to take the next step in your Jewish journey or wondering what that next step is? Con...

Tiffany Paulsen (@thetiffanypaulsen) is a screenwriter, producer and director. Her most recent film, About Fate. Ann Friedman (@AnnFreidman) is the co-author Big Friendship and creator of the excellent The Ann Freidman Weekly newsletter. Sign up here. ---Support TBAS by becoming a patron!!!! - https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Call Zak with your advice @ 844-935-BEST---IG: @bestadviceshow &...

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, the author most recently of the Lonely Dad Conversations, and the figurehead of a canceled television show that was actually more like a religious cult. ---Support TBAS by becoming a patron!!!! - https://www.patreon.com/bestadvicesh...

Michael Porter Jr. is an NBA player for the Denver Nuggets.  Share your favorite shower strategies at 844-935-BEST! -- MORNING ZESTING WITH DREW PHILP TAPPING INTO CHILDHOOD WITH LAUREN PASSELL --- Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow --- Fill out the TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better. https://forms....

Lesa Edwards is a Job Search Strategist and  Coach. ---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 listener surve...

What lessons from childhood are you still trying to make sense of? Zak comes across a decades old photo that leads him to literally relive a middle school rite of passage.  Other Men Need Help is executive produced, hosted, and written by Mark Pagán.  This episode was produced by Zak Rosen, with production help from Caitlin Mae Burke and Shaneez Tyndall. Ben Goldberg, Caitlin Mae Burke, and Rebecc...

Brian Koppelman is the co-creator/Showrunner of Billions on Showtime. He wrote and/or co-wrote Rounders, Ocean's Thirteen, Solitary Man and directed Solitary Man. He hosts The Moment. ---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...

Alo Johnston (he/him) is a Latino trans man and licensed marriage and family therapist. He graduated with a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University Los Angeles. It was there that he received specific, unique training in LGBTQ affirmative psychotherapy. He continued his training at the Los Angeles LGBT Center and completed his training with the Los Angeles Gender Center. He n...

The podcast Black People Love Paramore is exactly what you think it is. Each episode, pop-culture and media expert Sequoia Holmes brings on comedians and pop-culture critics (Justin Richmond, Sydnee Washington, Jewel Wicker) to investigate the seemingly random, underrepresented interests of different niches of Black people. It’s always so funny that I often forget that I’m listening in on what usu...

Dr. Nina Polyné is a California licensed clinical psychologist with over a decade of experience, at some of the nation’s most prestigious and advanced hospital settings. She enjoys teaching psychology students and medical providers; she was honored with the role of Assistant Clinical Professor at University of California San Diego, in the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Nina co-host of Baggage Drop...

Dr. Jessica Stern is Co-host of Baggage Drop from Wondermind. She became a clinical psychologist out of a desire to help people overcome their struggles and reach their full potential. Her particular interests led her to specialize in working with people who are coping with depression, anxiety, trauma, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults, and addiction, among other mental hea...

Ryan Howes, PhD, is a a clinical psychologist and writer in Pasadena, California, working primarily with men from a psychodynamic/relational approach. He's a co-host of the new show, Baggage Drop. ---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...

Jacqueline Raposo is an interviewer, podcast producer, food writer and the author of The Me, Without: A Year Exploring Habit, Healing, and Happiness. ---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 Bes...

Terry Rawls is the president of Strategic Transitions Group. ---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 liste...

Ryan Holiday is one of the world's bestselling living philosophers. His most recent book is The Daily Dad: 366 Meditations on Parenting, Love, and Raising Great Kids. His books, like Discipline is Destiny – an instant New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller, The Obstacle Is the Way, Ego Is the Enemy, The Daily Stoic, and the #1 New York Times bestseller Stillness Is the Key a...

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 ---Support TBAS by becoming a patron!!!! - https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Call Za...

Tad Davis is an artist and kickball third-baseman living in Detroit.  Your Summer Vacation with Susie Wise ---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....

John Wall Barger’s poems and critical writing have appeared in American Poetry Review, Kenyon Review Online, Zyzzyva, Rattle, The Cincinnati Review, The Hopkins Review, The Iowa Review, Poetry Ireland Review, and Best of the Best Canadian Poetry. His poem, “Smog Mother,” was co-winner of The Malahat Review’s 2017 Long Poem Prize. His fifth collection of poems, Resurrection Fail (Spuyten Duvyil Pre...

Kyunghee Kim is a Korean American writer, poet, storyteller, and life coach in the Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor area, Michigan. Her book is See Us Bloom. You can subscribe to  Kyunghee's  newsletter, Late Bloomers Club here - https://latebloomersclub.substack.com/ ---Support TBAS by becoming a patron!!!! - https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Call Zak with your advice @ 844-935-BEST---IG: @bestadvi...

Kevin Kelly helped launch and edit Wired magazine. He has written for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, among many other publications. His previous books include What Technology Wants and The Inevitable, a New York Times bestseller. He is known for his technological optimism. Currently he is a Senior Maverick at Wired and lives in Pacifica, California. His new book is Excellent Advic...