
The Best Advice Show
The Best Advice Show is your reminder that there are weird, delightful and effective ways to make life slightly and sometimes profoundly better. In every (very short) episode of the show, a different contributor offers their take on making life more joyful, healthful and livable and it's likely gonna be something you can try today, if you want.
Latest episodes

Nov 1, 2021 • 4min
Rewiring Your Brain with Michaela Ayers
Nourish was founded by Michaela Ayers in reaction to the 2016 presidential election. Realizing that we live in a polarized society where it’s increasingly difficult to engage in conversation across our differences, especially conversations about race and racism, Michaela set out to create a middle ground. “I am of the opinion that even though a conversation may be uncomfortable, it doesn’t mean the experience can’t be beautiful,” says Michaela.The Conversation: How Seeking and Speaking the Truth about Racism Can Radically Transform Individuals and OrganizationsLISTEN TO HUNDREDS OF OTHER PIECES OF THE BEST ADVICE SHOW WHEREVER YOU LISTEN TO PODCASTS.To offer your own advice, call Zak @ 844-935-BESTTBAS on Instagram Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Oct 29, 2021 • 4min
Trick-or-Treating with Jen Rusciano
Jen Rusciano is the Executive Director of the Detroit Food Academy. You can support that amazing organization by following this link. Jen was last on the show giving meditation advice. LISTEN TO HUNDREDS OF OTHER PIECES OF THE BEST ADVICE SHOW WHEREVER YOU LISTEN TO PODCASTS.To offer your own advice, call Zak @ 844-935-BESTFollow us on:TBAS on Instagram Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Oct 27, 2021 • 5min
Finding Structure with Zeke Nicholson
Zeke Nicholson is an actor writer living in Los Angeles.To offer your own advice, call Zak @ 844-935-BESTFollow us on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bestadviceshow/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bestadviceshowTwitter: https://twitter.com/muzachary Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Oct 25, 2021 • 6min
Facing Your Fears with Michael Porter Jr.
Michael Porter Jr. is an NBA player for the Denver Nuggets. He hosts the Curious Mike podcast.Share your favorite shower strategies at 844-935-BEST!--MORNING ZESTING WITH DREW PHILPTAPPING INTO CHILDHOOD WITH LAUREN PASSELL Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Oct 22, 2021 • 3min
Prepping Fruit with Shira Heisler
Shira Heisler is a doctor, wife, friend and advice-guru living with Zak in Detroit.SHOWING UP COMPLETELY WITH SHIRA HEISLERSAYING THE NICE THING WITH SHIRA HEISLER AND EVANGELINE GARREAUSPLITTING WITH SHIRASALTING WITH SHIRACRITIQUING WITH SHIRAEDITING YOUR FRIDGE WITH ZOË KOMARINREPURPOSING FOOD WITH ZOË KOMARINSPOON FEEDING WITH ZOË KOMARINTo offer your own advice, call Zak @ 844-935-BESTFollow us on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bestadviceshow/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bestadviceshowTwitter: https://twitter.com/muzachary Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Oct 20, 2021 • 7min
Picking People's Brains with Dr. Taharee Jackson
Dr. Taharee Jackson is the founder and Tone-Setter-in-Chief of Dr. Taharee Consulting, where she works with various sectors on diversity, equity, belonging, and inclusion issues.Here's a link to her writing on Medium.To offer your own advice, call Zak @ 844-935-BEST Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Oct 18, 2021 • 5min
Aiming at Meh with Brian Selfon
Brian Selfon has worked in criminal justice for nearly twenty years. The Nightworkers is his debut novel.How to hide Self View on ZoomTo offer your own advice, call Zak @ 844-935-BESTInstagram/Facebook/Twitter Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Oct 15, 2021 • 7min
Adding Complexity with Ji Hye Kim
Ji Hye Kim is the chef and owner of MISS KIM in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Food & Wine just named her one of The Best New Chefs in the U.S.GENTLE SALTING WITH JI HYE KIMTo offer your own advice, call Zak @ 844-935-BESTInstagram/Facebook/Twitter Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Oct 13, 2021 • 10min
Facing the Truth with Tamara Lindeman (from The Weather Station)
Tamara Lindeman is a musician from the band, The Weather Station. Their latest album is Ignorance.INVESTIGATING YOUR SHAME WITH HEATHER RADKETo offer your own advice, call Zak @ 844-935-BESTFollow us on:Instagram Facebook Twitter Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Oct 11, 2021 • 7min
Expressing Your Idea with Shirley Woodson
Shirley Woodson is an artist and educator. She's the 2021 Kresge Eminent Artist. Her solo show, Why Do I Delight is up at the Detroit Artists Market through 10/23. You can download or purchase the new Shirley Woodson monograph, here.To offer your own advice, call Zak @ 844-935-BESTTRANSCRIPT: ZAK: Shirley Woodson shares an art studio with her son. It's right off the highway on the west side of Detroit. But once you step inside, it's peaceful and warm. Her work cover the walls and they're stacked in piles on the floor. MS. WOODSON: That's a collage. A recent one I did about my family. ZAK: Ms. Woodson has been in Detroit since 1938 when her parents moved the family from Tennessee. She was just a baby. Today, she's one of Detroit's most celebrated and beloved artists. She makes big, colorful figurative paintings. And she's kind of obsessed with horses. MS. WOODSON : I do a lot of horses with women riders which I've been doing for a long time. But each one is a challenge. ZAK: Today she's gonna work on the front right leg of a burnt orange horse galloping alongside a short haired woman in white. Her work is part of permanent collections at the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. Kresge Arts recently named her their eminent artist of 2021. They wrote...quote "decades of success as an artist, paired with her exceptional and tireless commitment to ensure educational and career opportunities for all artists, have ensured the story of art in Detroit is far more inclusive and honest than it would have been without her efforts. It has also ensured her place as a revered and renowned pillar of Detroit’s creative community." Ms. Woodson's has offered creative advice to students for decades. And perhaps the most foundational art lesson she teaches is this.MS. WOODSON : Well there are no wrong answers in your seeking to express an idea. And there's more than one way to get your idea across. 3 + 3 is 6. 4 + 2 is 6. And 12-6 is 6. ZAK: And since there are no wrong answers. When we're starting out as kids or adult beginners, Ms. Woodson teaches we don't need erasers on our pencils. And we don't throw our work away!MS. WOODSON : Occasionally I would hear a crumple, crumple, crumple of paper. 'Can I have another sheet of paper? I said, 'We're gonna use all of that and remember. We have to keep all your drawing because we want to see the improvement. We can't see the improvement if it's in the waste basket.ZAK: Before we go. I'm gonna leave you with a lesson you can try at home today. MS. WOODSON : You need 5 sheets of...I was gonna say typing. But nobody types anymore. 5 sheets of paper. And draw a circle, free hand. Hold your pencil so that your hand is not touching the paper. And then place the pencil point on the paper and using your shoulder and the whole motion draw the circle and it can be big to take up the whole paper and go arond as many times as it takes you to see the circle come out. Remember it's your hand that's making the motion. And then you do 4 more. Then you can put something inside of those circles. Do not erase. Sign it and date it and put it in a folder. This may be your beginning. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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