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Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show)

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show)

Zak Rosen

739 episodesEN

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 739 episodes, alongside 6 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 95 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 9 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 2 days ago, with 42 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2021, with 189 episodes published. Published by Zak Rosen.

Episodes
739
Running
2020–2026 · 6y
Median length
6 min
Cadence
Several per week

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

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Pink Monkey at the Honky-Tonk with Laura Hawley

Oct 7, 202616 min

Try It 10 Times: A Playful Way to Unburden Yourself with Whitney Henry-Lester

Sep 30, 202611 min

The Ground Space is Part of Your World Space with Katie Stone

Sep 23, 202615 min

When You Know You're Alone You Make Different Decisions with Margret Glaspy

Sep 16, 202613 min

I'm pretty sure there's a lot more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good looking. A feed drop with That Aged Well!

Sep 9, 20262h 9m

We Should Strategically Half-Ass Way More Things (or May The Bogan Be With You) with Steve Kamb

Sep 2, 202613 min

You Can't Make Anyone Love You + Yet Another Shenanigan!

Aug 26, 202610 min

This is A Tangible Way to Fake It Till You Make It with Evangeline Garreau

Aug 19, 202610 min

The Art of Shenanigans with Rebecca Garza-Bortman and a Legion of Weird Helpers

Aug 12, 202625 min

The World Is a Laboratory of Story Ideas with Mallary Tenore Tarpley

Aug 5, 202615 min

A Weirdly Helpful Travel Guide

Jul 29, 202613 min

A Weirdly Helpful View From Behind the Supermarket Register

Jul 22, 202615 min

Why Do We Say "Um" So Much? with Dr. ⁠Steven D. Cohen⁠

Jul 15, 202616 min

Give All Your Attention To Whatever Is Annoying You with Sharon Mashihi

Jul 8, 202616 min

I Madly Love Anything That Breaks the Thread of Discursive Thought /// Surrealist Games with Laura Hawley

Jul 1, 202612 min

How to Savor Your Summer Trip

Jun 24, 202612 min

Get Your Tickets for Weirdly Helpful Live on July 29th in Berkley, Michigan!

Jun 19, 20261 min

Two Prospective Parents Wander in the Desert, Debating the Future

Jun 17, 202619 min

Try This Delightful Dinner Party Maneuver with Dan Heath

Jun 10, 202617 min

Why Asking Weirder Questions is an Exercise in Accessing Dignity with Megan Saxelby

Jun 3, 202614 min
Zak Rosen