Wednesday, June 24, 2026How to Savor Your Summer Trip
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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Friday, June 19, 2026Get Your Tickets for Weirdly Helpful Live on July 29th in Berkley, Michigan!
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...
Wednesday, June 17, 2026Two Prospective Parents Wander in the Desert, Debating the Future
Today, in honor of Father's Day, a pod blast from the pod past...episode 1 of Pregnant Pause with Zak and Shira
Meantime, send me your shenanigans at...
Wednesday, June 10, 2026Try This Delightful Dinner Party Maneuver with Dan Heath
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, ...
Wednesday, June 3, 2026Why Asking Weirder Questions is an Exercise in Accessing Dignity with Megan Saxelby
Megan Saxelby is an early adolescent parent coach and founder of Wild Feelings.
Jesse Thorn hosts Bullseye and The Turnaround.
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Wednesday, May 27, 2026How To Make Friends and Find Your People
Rabbi Alana Alpert advocates for bubbe adoption and spiritual engagement in Detroit.
ADOPT A GRANDPARENT!
Elizabeth Newcamp writes at Dutch Dutch Go...
Wednesday, May 20, 2026Visit the Most Primal, Teenage Part of Yourself with Maggie Lyons
Maggie Lyons is a creative producer living in LA. Read her essay The Comfort Playlist of Teenage Faves™️.
Listen to her nostalgia playlist here.
A...
Wednesday, May 13, 2026Bless the Phone with Ross Simonini
Ross Simonini is an interdisciplinary artist and writer. Read his essays Bless The Phone here and Through the Fire here. Check out his essential inter...
Wednesday, May 6, 2026Introducing: No Such Thing
I'm excited to share a preview of a new podcast I think you’d enjoy: No
Such Thing. It's a show where three best friends and journalists settle
their ...
Wednesday, May 6, 2026Navigating Domestic Administration with Clarity and Kindness
Shari and Eric are married with children in NYC. They were last on the show talking about touching feet during marital discord.
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Wednesday, April 29, 2026Farting for Relief and Walking for Peace in Our Fragmented World
On today's episode, a family's post-dinner ritual and later Zak tells the improbable tale of Peace Pilgrim.
Lucy, Gino and Avery fart walk in Miami, ...
Wednesday, April 22, 2026How Understanding Your Brain Chemistry Can Change Your Life
Mike Pesca is the creator and host of The Gist, the longest-running daily news podcast in history, moderator of Not Even Mad, a political debate podc...