Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show)

Jessica Nordell (@jessnordell) is a science and culture journalist. She is the author of the new book The End of Bias: A Beginning. ---This Is How Everyday Sexism Could Stop You From Getting That Promotion---Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST---IG: @bestadviceshow---home: bestadvice.show Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. ---Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Fill out the TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better.https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST or email him a voice-memo at ZAK@bestADVICE.show---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Filmmaker and writer/director Mike Mills discusses the transformative power of his movie 'Come on, Come on' and the importance of loving things. They also analyze a scene from a movie about poop with philosophical undertones. The chapter concludes with a request for advice on jump-starting creativity and overcoming apathy.

Grace Bonney is the author of COLLECTIVE WISDOM: Lessons, Inspiration, and Advice from Women over 50 ---Calling for Robins with Phoebe McIndoe---Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST---IG: @bestadviceshow---home: bestadvice.show Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. ---Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Fill out the TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better.https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST or email him a voice-memo at ZAK@bestADVICE.show---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Gethard is a comedian based out of the great state of New Jersey. He can be seen performing all over the world. He’s the host of the podcast Beautiful/Anonymous and the author of Dad on Pills. ---Check out Zak's other show, Mom and Dad Are Fighting!---Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST---IG: @bestadviceshow---home: bestadvice.show Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. ---Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Fill out the TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better.https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST or email him a voice-memo at ZAK@bestADVICE.show---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aaron Kaczander is a TV writer and producer living in LA---Capturing the Mundane with Tad Davis---Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST---IG: @bestadviceshow---home: bestadvice.show Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. ---Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Fill out the TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better.https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST or email him a voice-memo at ZAK@bestADVICE.show---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Juleyka Lantigua is the Founder/CEO of LWC Studios ---How Are You Feeling About Everything? with Erica Cerulo and Claire Mazur---Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST---IG: @bestadviceshow---home: bestadvice.show Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. ---Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Fill out the TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better.https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST or email him a voice-memo at ZAK@bestADVICE.show---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Imani Mixon is a storyteller from Detroit. ---Hear Imani on Object of Sound talking Detroit Techno---LISTEN TO BATTLE TACTICS FOR YOUR SEXIST WORKPLACE!---Saying No with Aaron Handelsman---Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST---IG: @bestadviceshow---home: bestadvice.show Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. ---Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Fill out the TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better.https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST or email him a voice-memo at ZAK@bestADVICE.show---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. ---Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Fill out the TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better.https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST or email him a voice-memo at ZAK@bestADVICE.show---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abigail Briggs is a sales manager living in Florida---Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST---IG: @bestadviceshow---home: bestadvice.show Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. ---Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Fill out the TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better.https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST or email him a voice-memo at ZAK@bestADVICE.show---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. ---Leave Zak your advice by calling 844-935-BEST---IG: @bestadviceshowhome: bestadvice.show Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. ---Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Fill out the TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better.https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST or email him a voice-memo at ZAK@bestADVICE.show---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices