Ann Larson is the author of Cleanup on Aisle Five: Essential Work, Poverty Wages, and the View from Behind the Supermarket Register.

Her writing on education, debt, and low-wage work has appeared in The New Republic, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Fast Company, and The Nation, among other publications. She is coauthor of Can’t Pay Won’t Pay: The Case for Economic Disobedience and Debt Abolition and is a fellow with the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. 

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Steven D. Cohen is an award-winning professor, author, and coach who empowers you and your team to communicate with influence, inspire your audience, and achieve your leadership potential.

Express yourself better with Toastmasters

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Sharon Mashihi is the creator of the serialized audio mindtrip Appearances. Her new project is available on Audible and called 30 Days To Rediscover Your Creativity .

If you like today's episode you might like this one about creative appetizers and procrastination.

Sharon was last on the show talking about structured walking.

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Zak's Weirdly Helpful guru, Laura Hawley, returns to play some surrealist games. She was last on the show talking about inventing play.

A Book of Surrealist Games

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Featured on today's show was...

-Treat Yourself to Better Car Snacks with Ethan Frisch

-Viscerally Remember Your Past Vacations with Tad Davis

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I want you to be the first to know about WEIRDLY HELPFUL live this summer on 7/29. It's a live show/dinner party and we're calling it...HOW TO CUT THE CHEESE. It's actually a dinner party ABOUT dinner parties and tickets are available HERE.

How to Cut the Cheese is part food show, part podcast performance, part public service you'll partake in while enjoying an incredible 4-course meal at The Rind, which the Detroit Free Press named #3 on their list of the Top 10 New Restaurants & Dining Experiences in 2024 "for its casual approach to upscale dining and its commitment to supporting Michigan's local food economy."

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Today, in honor of Father's Day, a pod blast from the pod past...episode 1 of Pregnant Pause with Zak and Shira

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Dan Heath hosts ⁠What It’s Like to Be…⁠ In every episode, he interviews someone from a different profession: a mystery novelist, a couples therapist, a rancher, and more. He's also the #1 New York Times bestselling author (or co-author) of six beloved business books, including Switch, Made to Stick, and The Power of Moments.

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Megan Saxelby is an early adolescent parent coach and founder of Wild Feelings.

Jesse Thorn hosts Bullseye and The Turnaround.

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Rabbi Alana Alpert advocates for bubbe adoption and spiritual engagement in Detroit.

ADOPT A GRANDPARENT!

Elizabeth Newcamp writes at Dutch Dutch Goose and Best Moms Friends Forever.

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Maggie Lyons is a creative producer living in LA. Read her essay The Comfort Playlist of Teenage Faves™️.

Listen to her nostalgia playlist here.

Aaron's advice originally aired back in 2022.

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