Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show)
Zak Rosen
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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Dec 19, 2021 • 20min
INTRODUCING: The World According to Sound
The World According to Sound is created by Sam Harnett and Chris Hoff. --Every Thursday evening starting in January 2022, Chris and Sam are going to live stream spatialized audio straight to the headphones of people listening together, all around the world.Attendees will be mailed an eye mask and listening instructions for how to tune in to a program made by radio producers, musicians, and sound artists. After each show, we’ll have a live discussion with the people who made the audio.All shows start at 6PM Pacific /9PM Eastern and run approximately 70 minutes. Get tickets for individual shows below, or get a highly discounted season pass for all twelve events.--TBAS listeners can use the code "BESTADVICE" for 25% off tickets and season passes at https://www.theworldaccordingtosound.org/tickets Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dec 17, 2021 • 6min
A Pot of Something with Julia Turshen
Julia Turshen is a New York Times bestselling cookbook author. Her latest cookbook, Simply Julia, a National Bestseller, is available wherever books are sold. She also hosts and produces the IACP-nominated podcast called ‘Keep Calm and Cook On.’ Julia lives in the Hudson Valley with her wife and their pets. She teaches cooking classes most Sunday afternoons.--Call Zak with your advice at 844-935-BEST Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dec 15, 2021 • 10min
Excising Passion from Work with Jeannie Yandel
Jeannie Yandel co-hosts Battle Tactics For Your Sexist Workplace
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Dec 13, 2021 • 4min
Getting Vaccinated with Dr. Mo Connolly
Mo is a pediatrician and Medical Director of Henry Ford Health System's School-Based and Community Health Program. --What's your favorite advice of the year? Let me know at Zak@BestAdvice.SHOW Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dec 10, 2021 • 8min
Ordering Pizza with David Gluckman
David Gluckman eats pizza and other foods outside Denver, Colorado. He stars in this old radio story I made about puberty and dancing.
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Dec 8, 2021 • 6min
Looking Outward with Erika Fur and Andy Nickelhoff
Erika Fur works in education supporting nurturing and de-pathologizing children with learning differences.Andy Nickelhoff is a labor lawyer in Detroit.--To join The Best Advice Show Power Club, email zak at ZAK @ BESTADVICE.SHOW--For more advice on making small (or large) talk, check out Talking to Strangers with Joe Keohane Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dec 6, 2021 • 7min
Avoiding Burnout with Dr. Sharon Grossman
Dr. Sharon Grossman is the founder of the Exhausted to Extraordinary™ Method, a 3-step method to unblock your mind, reshape your thinking, and return the joy to your work in 90 days. As a psychologist, coach, and author of the international bestseller, The 7E Solution to Burnout.--Are you exhausted at work? Wish you could avoid burnout or at least prevent it from repeating?Register for Dr. Sharon Grossman's FREE burnout webinar, The 3 Biggest Burnout Mistakes You Can Easily Avoid, on 12/8/21 @ 1 PM EST---listen to how to do the pot! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dec 3, 2021 • 5min
Pre-Heating the Oven with April Baer
April Baer is the host of Stateside on Michigan Radio.Call Zak with your advice at 844-935-BEST! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dec 1, 2021 • 5min
Giving and Receiving Gifts with Erin Bicknese
Erin Bicknese is a professional home organizer. She was last on the show talking about International Tell Your Crush Day. Hear that episode here.Call me on the advice hotline at 844-935-BEST. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Nov 29, 2021 • 14min
Speaking of Race with Celeste Headlee
CELESTE HEADLEE is an award-winning journalist, professional speaker and the author of Speaking of Race, We Need To Talk and Do Nothing.
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