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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:

Abiding with Jay Allison May 04, 2020

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Jay Allison is an independent journalist and leader in public broadcasting. He produces The Moth Radio Hour and has created dozens of documentary programs and series.

So much of this show is going to originate with your hard-earned advice. To contribute please call me (Zak) at 844-935-BEST. Leave your name and your advice, followed by your email address in case I have any follow-up questions.

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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Pasta Watering with Jack Roskopp May 01, 2020

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Friday on TBAS will henceforth be known as Food Friday! Today, Jack Roskopp who cooks instagram @jackroskopp22 has some vital info for us.

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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Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST or email him a voice-memo at ZAK@bestADVICE.show
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Land-Lining with Sarah Larson Apr 30, 2020

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Today's advice is based on Sarah Larson's wonderful essay from the New Yorker, In Praise of Phone Calls.

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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Detaching with Hanif Abdurraqib Apr 29, 2020

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As National Poetry Month draws to a close, I'm excited to share a vital message from the poet, writer, critic and baker, Hanif Abdurraqib .

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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Looking Up with Amanda LeClaire Apr 28, 2020

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Amanda LeClaire is the host of CultureShift on WDET.

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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Showing up Completely with Shira Heisler Apr 27, 2020

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Shira pulls no punches. That's why she captured my heart.

You can hear Shira all over the serialized podcast, Pregnant Pause with Zak and Shira, in which she and I weigh the pros and cons of procreation.

So much of this show is going to originate with your hard-earned advice. To contribute please call me (Zak) @ 844-935-BEST. Leave your name and your advice, followed by your email address in case I have any follow-up questions.

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.

If you're finding this show valuable and/or fun, please consider sharing it with a friend or family member who's on your wavelength. THANKS.

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

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Morning Zesting with Drew Philp Apr 24, 2020

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Drew Philp is the author of A $500 House in Detroit: Rebuilding An Abandoned Home and an American City. His morning ritual was inspired by this article from Men's Health.

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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Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow

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Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST or email him a voice-memo at ZAK@bestADVICE.show
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Surviving in Isolation with Rebecca Kenna Apr 23, 2020

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Today's episode is based on Rebecca's essay, What Prison Taught Me About Life on Lockdown from the Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma. Special thanks to Chris Wood for engineering Rebecca's end of the interview.

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.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow

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Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST or email him a voice-memo at ZAK@bestADVICE.show
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Scheduling Joy with Nate Mullen Apr 22, 2020

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Nate Mullen is an artist and educator from Detroit, MI.

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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Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow

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Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST or email him a voice-memo at ZAK@bestADVICE.show
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Working Hard with Lainey Apr 21, 2020

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Working hard is worth it. 6 year-old Lainey will tell you why.

If you have precocious kids like Laney in your life, I'd love to hear from them! (With you permission of course). So much of this show is going to originate with listeners' hard-earned advice. To contribute please call me (Zak) at 844-935-BEST. Leave your name and your advice, followed by your email address in case I have any follow-up questions.

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

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Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow

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Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST or email him a voice-memo at ZAK@bestADVICE.show
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Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show)

Jay Allison is an independent journalist and leader in public broadcasting. He produces The Moth Radio Hour and has created dozens of documentary programs and series.

Friday on TBAS will henceforth be known as Food Friday! Today, Jack Roskopp who cooks instagram @jackroskopp22 has some vital info for us.

Today's advice is based on Sarah Larson's wonderful essay from the New Yorker, In Praise of Phone Calls.

As National Poetry Month draws to a close, I'm excited to share a vital message from the poet, writer, critic and baker, Hanif Abdurraqib .

Amanda LeClaire is the host of CultureShift on WDET.

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