Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show)
Zak Rosen
Show overview
Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) has been publishing since 2020, and across the 6 years since has built a catalogue of 717 episodes, alongside 6 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 90 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence.
Episodes typically run under ten minutes — most land between 4 min and 8 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. It is catalogued as a EN-language Education show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 20 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2021, with 189 episodes published. Published by Zak Rosen.
From the publisher
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!
Latest Episodes
View all 717 episodesBless the Phone with Ross Simonini
Introducing: No Such Thing
Navigating Domestic Administration with Clarity and Kindness
Farting for Relief and Walking for Peace in Our Fragmented World
How Understanding Your Brain Chemistry Can Change Your Life
How to Make it Work as a Young Artist
Inventing Play & Three Ideas to Curb Self-Mutilation with Laura Hawley
Play the Tape All the Way Through with Eric Zimmer + The Battle of Night Guy Vs Morning Guy with Jerry Seinfeld
Eric Zimmer is an author, teacher, speaker, and the creator of The One You Feed podcast—an award-winning show with over 50 million downloads across 800+ conversations exploring meaningful living. His new book is How a Little Becomes a Lot: The Art of Small Changes for a More Meaningful Life. --- Billy Oppenheimer is a writer and research assistant to Ryan Holiday based in Austin, TX. Every Sunday at 6 AM (CT) Billy sends out an email with SIX things he's learned, thought were interesting, or found useful. SUBSCRIBE HERE. --- COMEDIAN - A look at the work of two stand-up comics, Jerry Seinfeld and a lesser-known newcomer, detailing the effort and frustration behind putting together a successful act and career while living a life on the road. --- Hasan Minaj on the Gary Vee Audio Experience --- Listen to WH ad-free by becoming a patron today @ https://www.patreon.com/weirdlyhelpful Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Transcendental Power of Wiggling with Toogie Barcelo
On today's episode, Toogie Barcelo shares her unique approach to movement, creativity, and emotional well-being through the power of wiggling! Toogie is a dancer, choreographer, movement director, certified breath & meditation coach, educator, and emerging director for film and immersive performance. Go to the Wiggle Room if you're in LA! -Watch an Impala Wiggle --- Related from the Weirdly Helpful archive: Let Your Voice Break with Abigail Bengson --- Become a Weirdly Helpful patron and access the show ad-free today @ https://www.patreon.com/weirdlyhelpful Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
99 Ways to Die (and how to avoid them) with Dr. Ashley Alker
EDiscover practical tips and surprising truths that can help you and your loved ones stay safe and informed with Dr. Ashely Alker, author of 99 Ways to Die: And How to Avoid Them and an emergency medicine physician on a mission to improve public health. --- Pooping with Dr. Kira Newman --- Support Weirdly Helpful and listen to the show ad-free by becoming a Patron today @ https://www.patreon.com/weirdlyhelpful Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Why I'm Not Using the Word "Crazy" Anymore (and Why You Should Just Say What You Actually Mean) with Dessa Cosma
Dessa Cosma is executive director of Detroit Disability Power. Today she schools Zak on the importance of pride-forward language, especially around disability and shares practical tips on self-correction, evolving language, and fostering respect for disability identity. --- SUPPORT WEIRDLY HELPFUL and listen to the show without ads by becoming a Patron today @ https://www.patreon.com/weirdlyhelpful Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This is How to Aura Farm Without Being Overly Cringe
Natalie and Jacob are sibling youths from Texas. --- SUPPORT WEIRDLY HELPFUL and listen to the show without ads by becoming a Patron today @ https://www.patreon.com/weirdlyhelpful Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Become a Receiving Station for Overwhelming Transmissions with Dr. Ramzi Fawaz
Ramzi Fawaz is an award-winning queer cultural critic, educator, podcaster, and public speaker. He is a Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and host of the podcast Nerd from the Future which introduces you to the best ideas and insights from the nation's leading humanities professors. In June, Ramzi is leading a 5-day workshop at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California callled The Thrill of Groundlessness: Flowing Through Life Without Absolutes. ENROLL HERE! --- Listen to Weirdly Helpful ad-free by becoming a patron today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Stop Feeling Guilty About Your Guilty Pleasures with Fabiola Lara
Fabiola Lara is a Chilean-born, Florida-raised artist! She lives in flux of feeling simultaneously too American to be Chilean and too Chilean to be American, and is constantly navigating her identity as a white Latinx and recent US-citizen. This episode originally aired in 2022. SUPPORT WEIRDLY HELPFUL AND LISTEN TO THE SHOW AD-FREE BY BECOMING A PATRON RIGHT @ VERY MOMENT! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This Insight WILL CHANGE YOUR RELATIONSHIP FOREVER! (For real for real).
Dedeker Winston is a co-host of Mulitamory, relationship coach, writer, and advocate for polyamory and non-traditional relationships. She is the author ofThe Smart Girl's Guide to Polyamory: Everything You Need to Know about Open Relationships, Non-Monogamy, and Alternative Love, published by Skyhorse Press. This episode originally ran in 2023. Shira Heisler is a prolific and longtime contributor to the show. She was last on to share about talking through grief. Her advice from today's episode is from 2020. ---Wanna help Zak continue making this show? Become a Weird Helpful right now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Young Butt Cut Zak Confronts His Childhood Creative Monster with Lauren LoGrasso
Lauren LoGrasso is a multi-passionate creative with experience as a keynote speaker, creative coach and musician. She's the creator and host of Unleash Your Inner Creative. --- Become a Weirdly Helpful Patron and access the show ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Is Whistling Protected By First Amendment Rights? + An Incantation for Restoring Democracy
Audio from pt. 1 of today's episode comes from this YouTube live event presented by No Kings called Eyes on ICE: Document and Record. You can watch the whole thing here. --- No Kings Welcome to the Adopt a Day Labor Corner Campaign We The People Activist Toolkit --- M. Cristina Marras is an audio producer and sound artist living in Sardinia, Italy. She authored the Incantation for Restoring Democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How Much Capacity Do You Have Today? with Bridget Thoreson
Bridget Thoreson is an award-winning journalist, executive, and creator of the Career River framework. Check out her Weirdly Helpful episode about floating down the career river. --- Listen to WH ad-free by becoming a Patron today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Step Into the Slipstream of History and Get Jacked with Dr. Conor Heffernan
Conor Heffernan is Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport at Ulster University, UK, and Chair of the British Society of Sports History. His new book is When Fitness Went Global: The Rise of Physical Culture in the 19th Century. Conor has published over fifty peer-reviewed articles and runs a history of fitness website @Physical Culture Study. Find him on Bluesky @PhysCstudy --- The Quest to Pick Up the Lost Lifting Stones of Ireland in GQ --- LISTEN TO WEIRDLY HELPFUL AD-FREE BY BECOMING A PATRON TODAY! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"Hey Buddy!" Let's Talk About Why You Feel Doomed with Andy J. Pizza
EAndy J. Pizza is a New York Times Bestselling author-illustrator of many books for children and adults such as "Invisible Things" and "A Pizza with Everything On It". Pizza is also the creator of the popular podcast Creative Pep Talk. He lives in Columbus, Ohio with his wife and three kids. He was last on the show talking about getting high on your own supply. --- LISTEN TO WEIRDLY HELPFUL AD-FREE BY BECOMING A PATRON TODAY! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices