Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show)

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Booking Overview

Weirdly Helpful shares delightfully strange, practical “experiments” for improving everyday life—often through guest contributors who bring their own unusual practices. For PR teams, it’s a light, creativity/wellbeing-adjacent platform where personality-driven experts and makers can reach an engaged audience without heavy topical baggage.

Metrics

Episodes: 726

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.5/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Female

Location: USA

Instagram: 1.8k followers

Contact Information

muzachary@gmail.com

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Host

Dan Heath - The description notes that Dan Heath hosts and is a #1 New York Times bestselling author (or co-author) of six business books, including Switch, Made to Stick, and The Power of Moments.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Creative/wellbeing-adjacent practitioners (authors, creators, and “contributors/gurus”) who can offer an actionable, unusual practice/experiment (e.g., rituals, games, sensory/memory exercises).
Required Achievements:  
Released books or audio projects, Created a recognizable practice/product/community (e.g., serialized audio series), Published tools/collections (e.g., game/ritual books)

Recent Guest Discussions

Sharon Mashihi - Weirdly Helpful Attention Practices Tied To Annoyance; Creative Rediscovery

Laura Hawley - Surrealist Games And Play-based Practices

Tad Davis - Memory Practice: Viscerally Remembering Past Vacations

Ethan Frisch - Creative Snack/roadtrip Practice: Better Car Snacks

Recent Topics

Wellness, Mindfulness, Rituals, Self Improvement, Psychology

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show)
:

Give All Your Attention To Whatever Is Annoying You with Sharon Mashihi

July 08, 2026

Sharon Mashihi is the creator of the serialized audio mindtrip Appearances. Her new project is available on Audible and called 30 Days To Rediscover Your Creativity . If you like today's episode you might like this one about creative appetizers and procrastination. Sharon was last on the show talking about structured walking. --- 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. ...

I Madly Love Anything That Breaks the Thread of Discursive Thought /// Surrealist Games with Laura Hawley

July 01, 2026

Zak's Weirdly Helpful guru, Laura Hawley, returns to play some surrealist games. She was last on the show talking about inventing play. A Book of Surrealist Games --- Come to How to Cut the Cheese: A WH Live Show! 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

How to Savor Your Summer Trip

June 24, 2026

Featured on today's show was... -Treat Yourself to Better Car Snacks with Ethan Frisch -Viscerally Remember Your Past Vacations with Tad Davis --- Join me for HOW TO CUT THE CHEESE, a Weirdly Helpful Live Experiment on 7/29 in Berkley, Michigan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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