About The Show

Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show) is a short, weekly infusion of delightful, unexpected and effective 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 flushing your adversary down the toilet (metaphorically)!

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Contributors include Hanif Abdurraqib, Mike Mills, someone who howls like a wolf when they're lonely, Sarah Polley, Katie Crutchfield from Waxahatchee, someone who likes eating popcorn without their hands, Yung Pueblo, Gretchen Rubin,  Merrill Garbus from Tune-Yards, Ann Friedman, adrienne maree brown, Lulu Miller from Radiolab, someone who hums on elevators, Cassandra Jenkins, someone who flushes their psychic trespassers down the toilet, Mark Bittman, someone who started a quarter-cake club with her neighbors, Zak's wife, child, best friends and YOU (tell Zak what you find weirdly helpful at 844-935-2378).  

Zak Rosen is the host and creator of Weirdly Helpful. He also co-hosts Slate's parenting show, Care and Feeding and he co-created and produces Pregnant Pause and How To Survive the End of the World. 

A veteran public radio producer and reporter (Michigan Public! Detroit Public Radio! State of the Re:Union!), he facilitates workshops and consults with museums, high schools, universities, and community organizations on various story-based projects. He's a counselor at Radio Campfire, a live listening event series and a coach at the Detroit Writing Room.