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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!

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I Can Say No with Imani Mixon Mar 10, 2022

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Imani Mixon is a storyteller from Detroit.

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Hear Imani on Object of Sound talking Detroit Techno

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LISTEN TO BATTLE TACTICS FOR YOUR SEXIST WORKPLACE!

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Saying No with Aaron Handelsman

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The Best Advice Show at On Air Fest Mar 08, 2022

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The Best Advice Show presented a session at On Air Fest in late February. In it, Zak shares some of his favorite advice from the realms of art and creativity featuring...

Hanif Abdurraqib - author, journalist, poet and host, Object of Sound

Sharon Mashihi - artist and host, Appearances

Jay Acunzo - writer and host, Unthinkable

Sara Brooke Curtis - radio artist and writer

Jay Alison - host, The Moth Radio Hour and founder of Transom.org

Sarah Geis - producer, editor, teacher, Chicagoan, keeper of audio playground

Beth Pickens - therapist and author of Make Your Art No Matter What: Moving Beyond Creative Hurdles

Kidada Williams - history professor and host, Seizing Freedom

Caveh Zahedi - filmmaker and host, 365 Stories I Want To Tell You Before We Both Die

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Avoiding Stir-Craziness with Abigail Briggs Mar 03, 2022

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Abigail Briggs is a sales manager living in Florida

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Falling Back in Love with Reading with Allie Essary, Rachel Lee and Claire Ceresnie Mar 01, 2022

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Today's guests are Allie Essary, Rachel Lee and Clare Ceresnie.

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The books discussed in this episode include The Beekeeper's Apprentice, The Wild Robot and Nature's Silence Message.

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Practicing Restraint with Shira Heisler Feb 24, 2022

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Shira Heisler is a friend, mother, daughter, doctor and Zak's wife. She's the co-host of Pregnant Pause.

Shira on Farting

Shira on Fruit Prep

Shira on Salting

Shira on Complimenting

Shira on Critiquing

Shira on Splitting

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Nothing is Wasted with Steve Mallory Feb 22, 2022

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Steve Mallory is a writer, producer and actor. He wrote The Boss, Superintelligence and a short for The Loony Tunes Show!

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Skipping Disdain with Hanif Abdurraqib

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6:42 with Nancy and Manny Kalef Feb 17, 2022

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Nancy and Manny Kalef are residents of the Meer Apartments at Jewish Senior Life in suburban Detroit.

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Touching Feet with Shari and Eric Colton Feb 15, 2022

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Eric and Shari Colton live in NYC.

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Being Close with Michael Franti

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#valentinesday #relationshipadvice

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A Partial Register of the 927 (or was it 928?) Eternal Truths with Jan Worth-Nelson and Ted Nelson (and Sheldon Kopp) Feb 10, 2022

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Jan Worth-Nelson and Ted Nelson are consulting editors with East Village Magazine in Flint, MI

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An Eschatological Laundry list: By Sheldon Kopp (1974)

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Throw that Crappy Bottle of Vermouth Away with Ryan Patch Feb 08, 2022

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Ryan Patch co-created the new fiction podcast, City of Ghosts.

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Inventing Cocktails with Kamala Puligandala

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Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show)

Imani Mixon is a storyteller from Detroit.

Hear Imani on Object of Sound talking Detroit Techno

The Best Advice Show presented a session at On Air Fest in late February. In it, Zak shares some of his favorite advice from the realms of art and creativity featuring...

Abigail Briggs is a sales manager living in Florida

Today's guests are Allie Essary, Rachel Lee and Clare Ceresnie.

The books discussed in this episode include The Beekeeper's Apprentice, The Wild Robot and Nature's Silence Message.

Shira Heisler is a friend, mother, daughter, doctor and Zak's wife. She's the co-host of Pregnant Pause.

Steve Mallory is a writer, producer and actor. He wrote The Boss, Superintelligence and a short for The Loony Tunes Show!

Skipping Disdain with Hanif Abdurraqib

Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST

Nancy and Manny Kalef are residents of the Meer Apartments at Jewish Senior Life in suburban Detroit.

Eric and Shari Colton live in NYC.

Jan Worth-Nelson and Ted Nelson are consulting editors with East Village Magazine in Flint, MI

An Eschatological Laundry list: By Sheldon Kopp (1974)

Ryan Patch co-created the new fiction podcast, City of Ghosts.

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