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**Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show)**

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:

Make Your Memory Archive Pt. 1 with Aaron Kaczander Jun 04, 2024

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Aaron Kaczander is a TV writer and photo archivist from Metro-Detroit living in Los Angeles

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Chart Your Path From Then to Now with Efdot May 30, 2024

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Efdot is a Brooklyn-based visual artist and creative director. His practice extends beyond the studio to encompass collaborations, public murals, drawings, paintings, prints, animations & sculptures.

Efdot's work has been showcased internationally, from North America to Asia, and has been featured in large public sites, galleries and commercial products. Past collaborations include institutions and fellow artists, brands like Nike, Adobe, Apple, and Coca-Cola, and for entities like Hypebeast, the New York Knicks, Chicago Bulls, and the US Olympic Skateboard Team.

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You Should Buy Mice and Other Weird, Transformative Advice from Lucy Anderton May 28, 2024

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Lucy Anderton is a poet living in France.

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Share Your Secrets with Nick van der Kolk May 23, 2024

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Nick is the creator of Love + Radio and The Secrets Hotline which you can call @ 1-929-SECRETS (929-732-7387)

More secret-centric advice from TBAS: Exorcise the Icky with adrienne maree brown

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Begin to Consider That Your Feelings Are Not an Emergency with Erika Wright May 21, 2024

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Erika Wright is a Codependency Counselor who is relentlessly passionate about up-leveling my life and supporting others to do the same. Nothing is more thrilling to me than helping people liberate themselves from the conditioning that perpetuates suffering in their lives. Learn more about her practice here.

People Pleasing with Emily Naylor on The Best Advice Show

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A Death Bed Letter To Yourself with Olivia Shiller May 16, 2024

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Olivia Shiller lives in Brooklyn and runs Two Clocks Jewelry. If you DM her and tell her you heard her advice she'll give you a discount on her jewelry!

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If You Think You're In a Cult, You Probably Are with Elijah Silver May 14, 2024

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Elijah Silver is a queer and trans/nonbinary artist. They create beautiful handmade ceramic Judaica for ritual use and every day life. Find out more here.

ACCESS CULT RECOVERY RESOURCES HERE

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Introducing...Should I Quit? May 09, 2024

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When Eleanor got married, she took her husband’s last name. Now, nineteen years and three kids later, she’s working on a PhD. The PhD feels separate from her family life, something she’s doing just for herself. And so she’s started to wonder: Do I want to get this PhD under my married name? Or would it feel more ‘me’ to get it under my maiden name?

The Real Question is a show that holds space for life’s tough questions. This season, they're looking specifically at questions of quitting. When is it time to quit something, and when should you stick with it?

On today's TBAS, we're featuring an episode of The Real Question where host Vanessa Zoltan and Eleanor explore the power of names and what it means to feel like ‘you’ and be a mother at the same time.

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When Should You Quit? with Vanessa Zoltan May 07, 2024

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Vanessa Zoltan is the host of The Real Question. She has a BA in English Literature and Creative Writing from Washington University in St. Louis, an MS in Nonprofit Management from the University of Pennsylvania, and a MDiv from Harvard Divinity School. She is the CEO and Founder of Not Sorry Productions, which produces the podcasts Harry Potter and the Sacred Text, Twilight in Quarantine, and Hot & Bothered. She also runs pilgrimages and walking tours exploring sacred reading and writing.

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A Meaningful Interaction with Strangers with Joe Keohane and Raven May 02, 2024

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Joe Keohane first saw interaction with strangers as the son of a funeral director. He has since practised talking with strangers as a journalist who has written and edited many types of stories for publications including Esquire, New York magazine, Wired, the Boston Globe and New Republic. He has also been the executive editor of Entrepreneur magazine. The Power of Strangers is his first book.

Raven called The Best Advice Show Hotline to offer her advice at 844-935-BEST

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