The Best Advice Show
Zak Rosen
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.
- 20 minutes 28 secondsHow Understanding Your Brain Chemistry Can Change Your Life
Mike Pesca is the creator and host of The Gist, the longest-running daily news podcast in history, moderator of Not Even Mad, a political debate podcast, and host of Funny You Should Mention, a co-production with the Comedy Cellar, where he conducts in-depth interviews with stand up comedians. On today's show we get into how understanding your own neurochemistry can offer new perspectives on mental health and anxiety.
READ: Opinion | The Feel-Good Gene
LISTEN: How to address acute anxiety with Terry Rawls
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LISTEN: You in Mind |Yoni London
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22 April 2026, 12:17 pm - 20 minutes 56 secondsHow to Make it Work as a Young Artist
Cara Ryan is an academic living in Florida.
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Laura Weber Davis originally gave her cover letter advice back in 2023.
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15 April 2026, 7:53 am - 15 minutes 48 secondsInventing Play & Three Ideas to Curb Self-Mutilation with Laura Hawley
Laura Hawley is an artist and therapist from Philadelphia. She's a frequent contributor to the show having first called about howling, then giving away 62 balls!
Bob Newhart's Stop It Sketch from MAD TV.
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8 April 2026, 8:53 am - 19 minutes 57 secondsPlay the Tape All the Way Through with Eric Zimmer + The Battle of Night Guy Vs Morning Guy with Jerry Seinfeld
Eric Zimmer is an author, teacher, speaker, and the creator of The One You Feed podcast—an award-winning show with over 50 million downloads across 800+ conversations exploring meaningful living. His new book is How a Little Becomes a Lot: The Art of Small Changes for a More Meaningful Life.
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Billy Oppenheimer is a writer and research assistant to Ryan Holiday based in Austin, TX. Every Sunday at 6 AM (CT) Billy sends out an email with SIX things he's learned, thought were interesting, or found useful. SUBSCRIBE HERE.
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COMEDIAN - A look at the work of two stand-up comics, Jerry Seinfeld and a lesser-known newcomer, detailing the effort and frustration behind putting together a successful act and career while living a life on the road.
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Hasan Minaj on the Gary Vee Audio Experience
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1 April 2026, 6:56 am - 23 minutes 22 secondsThe Transcendental Power of Wiggling with Toogie Barcelo
On today's episode, Toogie Barcelo shares her unique approach to movement, creativity, and emotional well-being through the power of wiggling!
Toogie is a dancer, choreographer, movement director, certified breath & meditation coach, educator, and emerging director for film and immersive performance. Go to the Wiggle Room if you're in LA!
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Related from the Weirdly Helpful archive: Let Your Voice Break with Abigail Bengson
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25 March 2026, 7:02 am - 18 minutes 7 seconds99 Ways to Die (and how to avoid them) with Dr. Ashley Alker
Discover practical tips and surprising truths that can help you and your loved ones stay safe and informed with Dr. Ashely Alker, author of 99 Ways to Die: And How to Avoid Them and an emergency medicine physician on a mission to improve public health.
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18 March 2026, 7:53 am - 21 minutes 19 secondsWhy I'm Not Using the Word "Crazy" Anymore (and Why You Should Just Say What You Actually Mean) with Dessa Cosma
Dessa Cosma is executive director of Detroit Disability Power. Today she schools Zak on the importance of pride-forward language, especially around disability and shares practical tips on self-correction, evolving language, and fostering respect for disability identity.
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11 March 2026, 6:55 am - 14 minutes 3 secondsThis is How to Aura Farm Without Being Overly Cringe
Natalie and Jacob are sibling youths from Texas.
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4 March 2026, 8:21 am - 14 minutes 12 secondsBecome a Receiving Station for Overwhelming Transmissions with Dr. Ramzi Fawaz
Ramzi Fawaz is an award-winning queer cultural critic, educator, podcaster, and public speaker. He is a Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and host of the podcast Nerd from the Future which introduces you to the best ideas and insights from the nation's leading humanities professors.
In June, Ramzi is leading a 5-day workshop at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California callled The Thrill of Groundlessness: Flowing Through Life Without Absolutes. ENROLL HERE!
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25 February 2026, 8:12 am - 10 minutes 15 secondsStop Feeling Guilty About Your Guilty Pleasures with Fabiola Lara
Fabiola Lara is a Chilean-born, Florida-raised artist! She lives in flux of feeling simultaneously too American to be Chilean and too Chilean to be American, and is constantly navigating her identity as a white Latinx and recent US-citizen.
This episode originally aired in 2022.
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18 February 2026, 5:17 am - 11 minutes 50 secondsThis Insight WILL CHANGE YOUR RELATIONSHIP FOREVER! (For real for real).
Dedeker Winston is a co-host of Mulitamory, relationship coach, writer, and advocate for polyamory and non-traditional relationships. She is the author ofThe Smart Girl's Guide to Polyamory: Everything You Need to Know about Open Relationships, Non-Monogamy, and Alternative Love, published by Skyhorse Press.
This episode originally ran in 2023.
Shira Heisler is a prolific and longtime contributor to the show. She was last on to share about talking through grief.
Her advice from today's episode is from 2020.
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