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.

  • 11 minutes 4 seconds
    Crush Your Ego and Open Your Eyes to the Benefits of Feedback with Jason Silver

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    Jason Silver is the author of Your Grass is Greener. He is a multi-time founder of kids and a multi-time founder of companies. He gets his biggest thrill helping modern employees and their teams unlock a better way to work—surfing is a close second. 

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    29 January 2025, 9:00 am
  • 8 minutes 11 seconds
    Leave a Margin with Mary Austin (or How to Stop Being Late to Everything)

    Mary Austin is a pastor in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She writes Stained Glass in the City on Substack. It's deep and delightful. 

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    22 January 2025, 9:00 am
  • 23 minutes 20 seconds
    Pack Your Go Bag with adrienne maree brown and Autumn Brown

    adrienne maree brown and Autumn Brown are sisters, authors, artists and co-hosts of How to Survive the End of the World. Inspired by wisdom from Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower and a listener's inquiry, Zak and the sisters delve into practical steps for emergency preparedness, the psychological barriers of starting, and the importance of preparing in community. From essential items to include to practicing quick evacuations, this episode is packed with valuable advice for surviving in unpredictable situations.

    The excerpt of Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler was read by Lucie Putnam

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    YK Hong: Liberatory strategy + Tech justice

    Go Bag Essentials

    Tactical Hope and the OODA Loop from How to Survive the End of the World

     

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    16 January 2025, 8:38 am
  • 6 minutes 8 seconds
    Compare Yourself to Yourself with Billie Lunt

    Billie Lunt is a Professor, Mentor, and Coach for students aspiring to enter the field of dental hygiene. She helps students to set goals and develop the skills required to achieve them. On the path to becoming a dental hygienist, many students learn just as much about themselves as they do about the field of dentistry.

    You can find Billie on Instagram @the_happy_flosser

    She also has a podcast incase you ever decide you want to go to school to become a dental hygienist.

    The Happy Flosser RDH Podcast for dental hygiene students.

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    Check out What It's Like to Be - https://www.whatitsliketobe.com/

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    8 January 2025, 7:47 am
  • 8 minutes 38 seconds
    How To Fall Asleep

    The TBAS sleep correspondents featured in today's episode are Courtney Daniels, Jenny Lee, Karen Semone, Lois Langberg and Tiffany Paulsen.  

     

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    26 December 2024, 9:00 am
  • 6 minutes 21 seconds
    You Need to Get Rejected A LOT MORE with Alice Draper

    Alice Draper shares her experience with rejection and how it can lead to greater success, both personally and professionally and then she offers strategies for all of us to build our own rejection resilience muscle. 

    Alice Draper is the founder of Hustling Writers, a podcast guesting agency that has secured clients on hundreds of podcasts, including most of the top 0.5% shows. Her newly-launched podcast, My Rejection Story, features interviews with Neil Patel, Jason VanRuler, and Gay Hendricks. She has written for HuffPost, Refinery29, Business Insider, and more.  


     

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    11 December 2024, 9:00 am
  • 8 minutes 10 seconds
    Manifesting Someone To Watch Over You with Cassandra Jenkins

    Zak meets up with one of his favorite songwriters, Cassandra Jenkins, before her show in Amsterdam. They talk about her pre-show ritual, inspired by her friend, Erika Spring. It's something we can all try next time we're in need of some knowing companionship. It's called...The Cosmic Guest List.

    "Like the night sky itself, My Light, My Destroyer is always expanding. Cassandra Jenkins' third full-length, out July 12 via Dead Oceans, cracks open the promise of reaching the edge of the new with a wider sonic palette than ever before– encompassing guitar-driven indie rock, new age, sophistipop, and jazz. At the center of it all is Jenkins' curiosity towards the quarks and quasars that make up her universe, as she blends field recordings with poetic lyricism that is at turns allusive, humorous, devastating and confessional– an alchemical gesture that further deepens the richness of My Light, My Destroyer's 13 songs." -cassandrajenkins.com/

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    4 December 2024, 12:00 pm
  • 14 minutes 31 seconds
    Be More Ridiculous (or Why a Squirrel Census is a Guide for Life) with Rob Walker

    After a quick update about the future of TBAS with Zak, he welcomes back Rob Walker, who shares intriguing advice on embracing ridiculousness in minute ways. The conversation explores how such absurd activities can bring joy and creativity to daily life. 

    Rob Walker is a journalist covering design, technology, business, the arts, and other subjects. He was last on TBAS walking and talking about Looking Up. He writes the BRANDED column for Fast Company and has contributed to The New York Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Atlantic, NewYorker.Com, Design Observer, The Organist, and many others. His latest book is The Art of Noticing (Knopf). He is on the faculty of the Products of Design MFA program at the School of Visual Arts.

    Read Rob's piece about the Squirrel Census on his Substack. - https://robwalker.substack.com/

    The Vox piece which inspired Rob, The unexpected joy of the Squirrel Census.

    https://www.thesquirrelcensus.com/

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    27 November 2024, 9:00 am
  • 14 minutes 34 seconds
    Finding Grace Inside Political Chaos with Sarah-Marie Hopf

    Sarah-Marie Hopf shares advice on how we can cultivate a mindset of goodness, even in the face of overwhelming political frustration. After the recent election, a lot us feel cynical and angry, but Sarah-Marie shares powerful insights on how to shift our perspective. She suggests how we might find goodness in ourselves and others, even when confronted by figures or actions we deeply disagree with. Sarah-Marie reflects on her own evolution, from judgment and anger to embracing nuance, compassion, and the possibility of positive change. This episode is a must-listen for anyone seeking to respond with more grace and clarity in today’s polarized world.

    Sarah-Marie is a developmental coach, facilitator, and mindfulness teacher working to help unlock our full humanity in how we live, lead, and relate in service to a more beautiful and just future. She’s German/American and currently lives in Asheville, NC. You can learn more about her work @ https://www.sarahmariehopf.com/

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    21 November 2024, 8:46 am
  • 5 minutes 6 seconds
    Turn An Annoying Experience Into One That Can Bring You a Little Bit of Joy with Matteo Treviño

    Matteo Trevino is a relatively slow and not so great driver from San Antonio, Texas.

    Here's a Honk if You're a Silly Goose bumpersticker from Etsy.

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    13 November 2024, 9:44 am
  • 1 minute 49 seconds
    The Vote is Precious with John Lewis, Susan B. Anthony, Barack Obama, Alan Moore and My Daughter

    An election-themed rerun from November, 2020. 

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    5 November 2024, 5:00 am
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