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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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- 4 days ago13 min
When You Know You're Alone You Make Different Decisions with Margret Glaspy
Margaret Glaspy is a New York-based singer/songwriter. Her newest album, I Am Both, is essential. She might be coming to a town near you. --- Become a WH Patron and listen to the show ad-free. What do you find Weirdly Helpful? Call me at 844-935-2378 THE WEIRDLY HELPFUL MERCH STORE!!!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 1 weeks ago2h 9m
I'm pretty sure there's a lot more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good looking. A feed drop with That Aged Well!
I love Zoolander so much. If you do too, you're gonna love today's episode which comes from the podcast That Aged Well. Come join hosts Erika and Paul as they re-experience this wild ride of a movie, filled with male models, assassins, and, of course, orange mocha frappuccinos! More about the show: Feel conflicted about the movies you loved as a kid? Paul and Erika guide you through all that beloved garbage we watched...after all, nostalgia is more fun when you aren't the only one embarrassed by it. Come dive into yesterday's pop culture today. An 80s kid? A 90s kid? A horror aficionado? A musical singalonger? That Aged Well has got a little something for all on their website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 2 weeks ago13 min
We Should Strategically Half-Ass Way More Things (or May The Bogan Be With You) with Steve Kamb
Steve Kamb is the founder of Nerd Fitness and the author of HOW TO TRY AGAIN. The book he referances is... Start Ugly: The Unexpected Path to Everyday Creativity by David duChemin -- This episode's archival cousin: Aiming at Meh with Brian Selfon -- What do you find Weirdly Helpful? Call me at 844-935-2378 THE WEIRDLY HELPFUL MERCH STORE!!!! Become a WH Patron and listen to the show ad-free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 3 weeks ago10 min
You Can't Make Anyone Love You + Yet Another Shenanigan!
Listener Clio called the Weirdly Helpline with her shenanigan and you should too @ 844-935-2378. Piper at the Gates of Dawn! | The Wind in the Willows | Full Episode -- Jan Worth-Nelson and Ted Nelson are writers and editors from Flint, MI. More about Sheldon Kopp's, An Eschatological Laundry List. -- Become a WH Patron and listen to the show ad-free. THE WEIRDLY HELPFUL MERCH STORE!!!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Aug 19, 202610 min
This is A Tangible Way to Fake It Till You Make It with Evangeline Garreau
Evangeline Garreau is a queer ADHD gemini and a creative project coach who accompanies artists of all kinds on their creative journeys, helping them get unstuck and put in the work to bring their visions into reality. Check out her newslettter, Belly Spark. It's so good. You can work with her too! What do you find Weirdly Helpful? Call me at 844-935-2378 THE WEIRDLY HELPFUL MERCH STORE!!!! Become a WH Patron and listen to the show ad-free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Aug 12, 202625 min
The Art of Shenanigans with Rebecca Garza-Bortman and a Legion of Weird Helpers
Rebecca Garza-Bortman is a designer, musician, writer, & mother living in Berkeley. This episode features WH listeners Julia, Lauren, Erica, Meredith, another Lauren, Katie and Mike. I never want to stop hearing your shenanigans. Call the Weird Helpline @ 844-935-2378 Become a WH Patron and listen to the show ad-free. THE WEIRDLY HELPFUL MERCH STORE IS ALIVE! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Aug 5, 202615 min
The World Is a Laboratory of Story Ideas with Mallary Tenore Tarpley
Mallary Tenore Tarpley is the award-winning author of SLIP and an assistant professor of practice at the University of Texas at Austin’s Moody College of Communication and the McCombs School of Business, where she teaches journalism and writing. This episode was inspired by Mallary's recent piece, Embracing the lost art of people-watching published in Neiman Storyboard. If you liked this episode you'll also like God is in the Details or Why Listening to Strangers on the Train is Fantastic Raw Material for your Storytelling with Craig Finn from The Hold Steady. --- What do you find Weirdly Helpful? Call me at 844-935-2378 THE WEIRDLY HELPFUL MERCH STORE!!!! Become a WH Patron and listen to the show ad-free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Jul 29, 202613 min
A Weirdly Helpful Travel Guide
Annie Sim is the CEO (Chief Eating Officer) of The Table Less Traveled Evan Stern is the host of Vanishing Postcards --- Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/weirdlyhelpful Call Zak on the hotline @ 844-935-2378 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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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