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.
- 14 minutes 57 secondsIs Whistling Protected By First Amendment Rights? + An Incantation for Restoring Democracy
Audio from pt. 1 of today's episode comes from this YouTube live event presented by No Kings called Eyes on ICE: Document and Record. You can watch the whole thing here.
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M. Cristina Marras is an audio producer and sound artist living in Sardinia, Italy. She authored the Incantation for Restoring Democracy.
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28 January 2026, 7:14 am - 13 minutes 29 secondsHow Much Capacity Do You Have Today? with Bridget Thoreson
Bridget Thoreson is an award-winning journalist, executive, and creator of the Career River framework. Check out her Weirdly Helpful episode about floating down the career river.
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21 January 2026, 8:13 am - 12 minutes 1 secondStep Into the Slipstream of History and Get Jacked with Dr. Conor Heffernan
Conor Heffernan is Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport at Ulster University, UK, and Chair of the British Society of Sports History. His new book is When Fitness Went Global: The Rise of Physical Culture in the 19th Century. Conor has published over fifty peer-reviewed articles and runs a history of fitness website @Physical Culture Study. Find him on Bluesky @PhysCstudy
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The Quest to Pick Up the Lost Lifting Stones of Ireland in GQ
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14 January 2026, 1:35 pm - 11 minutes 22 seconds"Hey Buddy!" Let's Talk About Why You Feel Doomed with Andy J. Pizza
Andy J. Pizza is a New York Times Bestselling author-illustrator of many books for children and adults such as "Invisible Things" and "A Pizza with Everything On It". Pizza is also the creator of the popular podcast Creative Pep Talk. He lives in Columbus, Ohio with his wife and three kids. He was last on the show talking about getting high on your own supply.
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7 January 2026, 3:26 pm - 22 minutes 26 secondsResolutions Smesolutions! Ta Ta 2025.
Happiest and healthiest of New Years to you and yours! Thank you for listening. Love, z
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Todays episode features morsels from the following Weirdly Helpers...
Compare Yourself to Yourself with Billie Lundt
You Don't Need to Feel Good to Get Going with Brad Stalburg
Do The Hard Thing First with Tiffany Paulsen
Drive-By Huggers with Brian Passell
Shower Belly with Lauren Passell
Morning Joy Practice with Brandi Stanley
Don't Wish Your Life Away with Lilly Turmelle
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31 December 2025, 6:41 am - 17 minutes 7 secondsHow to Take Control of your News Diet with Rekha Murthy (PLUS: How much does Zak earn from Weirdly Helpful?)
Rekha Murthy is a podcast strategist with more than 25 years of experience in podcasting, public radio, and other digital media.
SOURCES MENTIONED:
-You Need a Manifesto: How to Craft Your Convictions and Put Them to Work by Charlotte Burgress-Auburn
-The.Ink by Anand Giridharadas
-Letters from an American by Heather Cox Richardson
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24 December 2025, 10:30 am - 19 minutes 39 secondsFriendship Conflict, Grief Practices, Family Cookbooks, Guilt-Free Gift Giving and more with Zak on Michigan Public!
Zak went on Michigan Public's daily show Stateside to share some weirdly helpful end of year rituals and practices. He shares that segment today.
Stateside covers what you need (and want) to know about Michigan. You hear stories from people across the state—from policymakers in Lansing, to entrepreneurs in Detroit, to artists in Grand Rapids. Tune in every day for in-depth conversations that matter to Michigan. Stateside is hosted by April Baer and produced by Mike Blank and Ronia Cabansag
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17 December 2025, 8:00 am - 10 minutes 21 secondsA Fun Alternative for Surviving Our Disastrous Times with Austin Kleon
Austin Kleon is a writer who draws. He’s the bestselling author of Steal Like An Artist and other books
- Austin's essay on Meeker's work, The Comedy of Survival.
Ann Friedman (@AnnFreidman) is the co-author Big Friendship and creator of the excellent The Ann Freidman Weekly newsletter. Sign up here.
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10 December 2025, 8:17 am - 13 minutes 5 secondsLet's Meet at the Corner of Mindfulness and Playfulness
Zak's Weirdly Helpful guru, Laura Hawley, returns to the show to share a transcendent and fun gift-giving practice.
Hear Laura on howling and bus art.
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3 December 2025, 8:09 am - 13 minutes 38 secondsThe Weirdly Helpful Gratitude Hour
Weirdly Helpful advice on today's episode comes from Lainey, Margo, Rabbi Yoni and Zak!
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26 November 2025, 8:01 am - 7 minutes 16 secondsMake a List of Your Enemies to Articulate Who You're Not! with Emma Martin
Emma Martin is a painter and workshop facilitator from Chicago. Check out her work! She was last on the show dishing on indecision.
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Past episodes referenced in today's episode...
Try These Witchy, Water-based Maneuvers to Improve Your Life with Dr. MLE
Manifesting Someone To Watch Over You with Cassandra Jenkins
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