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Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show)

Zak Rosen
Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show)
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    The Transcendental Power of Wiggling with Toogie Barcelo

    25/03/2026 | 23 mins.
    On today's episode, Toogie Barcelo shares her unique approach to movement, creativity, and emotional well-being through the power of wiggling!

    Toogie is a ⁠dancer⁠, ⁠choreographer⁠, ⁠movement director⁠, ⁠certified breath & meditation coach⁠, ⁠educator⁠, and emerging ⁠director for film⁠ and ⁠immersive performance⁠. Go to the ⁠Wiggle Room⁠ if you're in LA!  

    -Watch an Impala Wiggle

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    99 Ways to Die (and how to avoid them⁠) with Dr. Ashley Alker

    18/03/2026 | 18 mins.
    Discover practical tips and surprising truths that can help you and your loved ones stay safe and informed with Dr. Ashely Alker, author of ⁠99 Ways to Die: And How to Avoid Them⁠ and an emergency medicine physician on a mission to improve public health. 

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    Pooping with Dr. Kira Newman

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    Why I'm Not Using the Word "Crazy" Anymore (and Why You Should Just Say What You Actually Mean) with Dessa Cosma

    11/03/2026 | 21 mins.
    Dessa Cosma is executive director of Detroit Disability Power. Today she schools Zak on the importance of pride-forward language, especially around disability and shares practical tips on self-correction, evolving language, and fostering respect for disability identity.

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    This is How to Aura Farm Without Being Overly Cringe

    04/03/2026 | 14 mins.
    Natalie and Jacob are sibling youths from Texas.

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    Become a Receiving Station for Overwhelming Transmissions with Dr. Ramzi Fawaz

    25/02/2026 | 14 mins.
    Ramzi Fawaz is an award-winning queer cultural critic,  educator, podcaster, and public speaker. He is a Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and host of the podcast Nerd from the Future which introduces you to the best ideas and insights from the nation's leading humanities professors.

    In June, Ramzi is leading a 5-day workshop at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California callled The Thrill of Groundlessness: Flowing Through Life Without Absolutes. ENROLL HERE!

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About Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show)

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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