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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:

Avoiding Rodent Violence with Susan Reed Jun 15, 2020

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Susan Reed is a Managing Attorney with the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center.

HEAR our episode on avoiding the stupid tax here: https://bestadvice.show/episodes/2020528_stupid-taxing-with-jb/

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Windmilling with Oren Brandvain Jun 12, 2020

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Oren Brandvain has many talents. He lives in Detroit.

Regarding your advice. I’m not particularly interested in platitudes and truisms. I’m after specific, odd, uplifting, effective, real tips from you about how you make it through your days.

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Unplugging with Tawana "Honeycomb" Petty Jun 11, 2020

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Tawana Petty is a mother, social justice organizer, youth advocate, poet and author.

Regarding your advice. I’m not particularly interested in platitudes and truisms. I’m after specific, odd, uplifting, effective, real tips from you about how you make it through your days.

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Self-Talking with Steven Handel Jun 10, 2020

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Steven Handel is an author, blogger, and self-improvement coach. He writes at The Emotion Machine.

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Hastening Slowly with Merrill Garbus (from Tune-Yards) Jun 09, 2020

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Merrill Garbus' band is Tune-Yards. They rock.

Regarding your advice. I’m not particularly interested in platitudes and truisms. I’m after specific, odd, uplifting, effective, real tips from you about how you make it through your days.

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Following Through with Malik Yakini Jun 08, 2020

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Malik Yakini is a Detroiter, musician, father, grandfather and the Executive Director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network.

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Prebaking with Stevie Lane Jun 05, 2020

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Stevie Lane is a producer on the beyond incredible podcast, Heavyweight.

Regarding your advice. I’m not particularly interested in platitudes and truisms. I’m after specific, odd, uplifting, effective, real tips from you about how you make it through your days.

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Widening our POV with Hong Gwi-Seok Jun 04, 2020

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Hong Gwi-Seok is an Iyengar Yoga teacher, poet, writer, care-giver, disability justice activist, community organizer, mother and grandmother.

Regarding your advice. I’m not particularly interested in platitudes and truisms. I’m after specific, odd, uplifting, effective, real tips from you about how you make it through your days.

Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Thanking with Margo Dalal Jun 03, 2020

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Margo Dalal lives in Detroit.

Regarding your advice. I’m not particularly interested in platitudes and truisms. I’m after specific, odd, uplifting, effective, real tips from you about how you make it through your days.

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Pausing with Aaron Mondry Jun 02, 2020

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Aaron Mondry is a Detroit-based journalist who writes about urbanism.

Regarding your advice. I’m not particularly interested in platitudes and truisms. I’m after specific, odd, uplifting, effective, real tips from you about how you make it through your days.

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Susan Reed is a Managing Attorney with the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center.

Oren Brandvain has many talents. He lives in Detroit.

Tawana Petty is a mother, social justice organizer, youth advocate, poet and author.

Steven Handel is an author, blogger, and self-improvement coach. He writes at The Emotion Machine.

Merrill Garbus' band is Tune-Yards. They rock.

Malik Yakini is a Detroiter, musician, father, grandfather and the Executive Director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network.

Stevie Lane is a producer on the beyond incredible podcast, Heavyweight.

Hong Gwi-Seok is an Iyengar Yoga teacher, poet, writer, care-giver, disability justice activist, community organizer, mother and grandmother.

Margo Dalal lives in Detroit.

Aaron Mondry is a Detroit-based journalist who writes about urbanism.

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