Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show)

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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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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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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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

Meditation with Jen Kimchiano

Shower Belly with Lauren Passell

Morning Joy Practice with Brandi Stanley

Don't Wish Your Life Away with Lilly Turmelle

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Rekha Murthy is a podcast strategist with more than 25 years of experience in podcasting, public radio, and other digital media.

SOURCES MENTIONED:

-On Tyranny by Tim Snyder

-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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