Weirdly Helpful (formerly The Best Advice Show)
by Zak Rosen
Is this your podcast?Zak Rosen is an independent podcast creator known for his engaging storytelling and creative approach to life’s challenges. He has cultivated a reputation for transforming unconventional ideas into practical advice, making him a unique voic…
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Audience Interest
- self-improvement techniques
- mental health strategies
Podcast Focus
- short episodes
- unexpected advice
Publishing Consistency
- weekly episodes
- active for six years
Platform Reach
- available on major platforms
- no specific platforms identified
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Total monthly reach
Estimated from 31 chart positions in 31 markets.
By chart position
- 🇨🇦CA · How To#21M to 3M
- 🇺🇸US · How To#14300K to 1M
- 🇬🇧GB · How To#8030K to 100K
- 🇦🇺AU · How To#9330K to 100K
- 🇸🇪SE · How To#7210K to 30K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
818K to 2.6M🎙 ~2x weekly·711 episodes·Last published yesterday - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
1.6M to 5.1M🇨🇦59%🇺🇸20%🇬🇧2%+28 more - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
655K to 2.0M1.1K real followers tracked across platforms
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From 18 epsHosts
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Recent episodes
How to Savor Your Summer Trip
Jun 24, 2026
12m 55s
Get Your Tickets for Weirdly Helpful Live on July 29th in Berkley, Michigan!
Jun 19, 2026
1m 10s
Two Prospective Parents Wander in the Desert, Debating the Future
Jun 17, 2026
19m 32s
Try This Delightful Dinner Party Maneuver with Dan Heath
Jun 10, 2026
17m 54s
Why Asking Weirder Questions is an Exercise in Accessing Dignity with Megan Saxelby
Jun 3, 2026
14m 34s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/24/26 | How 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 --- 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 | 12m 55s | ||||||
| 6/19/26 | Get 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 CHEESE. It's actually a dinner party ABOUT dinner parties and tickets are available HERE. How to Cut the Cheese is part food show, part podcast performance, part public service you'll partake in while enjoying an incredible 4-course meal at The Rind, which the Detroit Free Press named #3 on their list of the Top 10 New Restaurants & Dining Experiences in 2024 "for its casual approach to upscale dining and its commitment to supporting Michigan's local food economy." --- https://mongersprovisions.com/products/weirdly-helpful-and-audace-creative-present-super-club-the-rind --- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1m 10s | ||||||
| 6/17/26 | Two 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 844-935-2378! SHOP 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 | 19m 32s | ||||||
| 6/10/26 | Try This Delightful Dinner Party Maneuver with Dan Heath✨ | dinner partyinterview+3 | Dan Heath | What It’s Like to Be…Switch+2 | — | dinner partyDan Heath+3 | — | 17m 54s | |
| 6/3/26 | Why Asking Weirder Questions is an Exercise in Accessing Dignity with Megan Saxelby✨ | adolescent parentingcoaching+3 | Megan Saxelby | Wild Feelings | — | adolescent parent coachweird questions+3 | — | 14m 34s | |
| 5/27/26 | How To Make Friends and Find Your People✨ | friendshipcommunity+3 | Rabbi Alana Alpert | Dutch Dutch GooseBest Moms Friends Forever | — | friendscommunity+3 | Rula | 20m 14s | |
| 5/20/26 | Visit the Most Primal, Teenage Part of Yourself with Maggie Lyons✨ | nostalgiateenage experiences+3 | Maggie Lyons | The Comfort Playlist of Teenage Faves™️ | LA | nostalgiateenage music+3 | Rula | 14m 18s | |
| 5/13/26 | Bless the Phone with Ross Simonini✨ | phone usageart+3 | Ross Simonini | The BelieverThe Book of Formation | — | Ross SimoniniThe Believer+5 | — | 20m 06s | |
| 5/6/26 |  Introducing: No Such Thing✨ | podcast previewfriendship+3 | — | No Such ThingApple+2 | — | No Such Thingpodcast+3 | — | 13m 38s | |
| 5/6/26 | Navigating Domestic Administration with Clarity and Kindness✨ | domestic administrationmarriage+3 | ShariEric | Weirdly Helpful | NYC | domestic administrationmarriage+5 | — | 11m 20s | |
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| 4/29/26 | Farting for Relief and Walking for Peace in Our Fragmented World✨ | family ritualsmental health+4 | Lucy | SlateCare and Feeding+2 | Miami, FL | fartingrelief+5 | — | 17m 07s | |
| 4/22/26 | How Understanding Your Brain Chemistry Can Change Your Life✨ | brain chemistrymental health+4 | Mike Pesca | The GistNot Even Mad+3 | — | brain chemistrymental health+4 | — | 20m 28s | |
| 4/15/26 | How to Make it Work as a Young Artist✨ | young artistscareer advice+3 | Cara Ryan | — | Florida | young artistcareer+3 | — | 20m 56s | |
| 4/8/26 | Inventing Play & Three Ideas to Curb Self-Mutilation with Laura Hawley✨ | mental healthself-mutilation+3 | Laura Hawley | Bob Newhart's Stop It Sketch | Philadelphia | self-mutilationtherapy+3 | — | 15m 48s | |
| 4/1/26 | Play the Tape All the Way Through with Eric Zimmer + The Battle of Night Guy Vs Morning Guy with Jerry Seinfeld✨ | meaningful livingcomedy+4 | Eric ZimmerJerry Seinfeld | The One You FeedGary Vee Audio Experience+1 | — | Eric ZimmerJerry Seinfeld+4 | — | 19m 57s | |
| 3/25/26 | The Transcendental Power of Wiggling with Toogie Barcelo✨ | movementcreativity+3 | Toogie Barcelo | Wiggle RoomImpala Wiggle+3 | — | wigglingmovement+4 | — | 23m 22s | |
| 3/18/26 | 99 Ways to Die (and how to avoid them) with Dr. Ashley Alker✨ | public healthsafety tips+3 | Dr. Ashley Alker | Weirdly Helpful99 Ways to Die: And How to Avoid Them | — | safetypublic health+3 | — | 18m 07s | |
| 3/11/26 | Why I'm Not Using the Word "Crazy" Anymore (and Why You Should Just Say What You Actually Mean) with Dessa Cosma✨ | disability identitylanguage evolution+3 | Dessa Cosma | Detroit Disability Power | — | disabilitylanguage+3 | — | 21m 19s | |
| 3/4/26 | This is How to Aura Farm Without Being Overly Cringe✨ | aura farmingsiblings+3 | NatalieJacob | Weirdly HelpfulPatreon+1 | Texas | aura farmingsiblings+3 | — | 14m 03s | |
| 2/25/26 | Become a Receiving Station for Overwhelming Transmissions with Dr. Ramzi Fawaz✨ | cultural criticismeducation+3 | Ramzi Fawaz | University of WisconsinEsalen Institute | Big Sur, California | queer cultural criticpodcaster+3 | — | 14m 12s | |
| 2/18/26 | Stop Feeling Guilty About Your Guilty Pleasures with Fabiola Lara✨ | identityguilt+3 | Fabiola Lara | — | ChileFlorida+1 | guilty pleasuresidentity+3 | — | 10m 15s | |
| 2/11/26 | This Insight WILL CHANGE YOUR RELATIONSHIP FOREVER! (For real for real). | Dedeker Winston is a co-host of Mulitamory, relationship coach, writer, and advocate for polyamory and non-traditional relationships. She is the author ofThe Smart Girl's Guide to Polyamory: Everything You Need to Know about Open Relationships, Non-Monogamy, and Alternative Love, published by Skyhorse Press. This episode originally ran in 2023. Shira Heisler is a prolific and longtime contributor to the show. She was last on to share about talking through grief. Her advice from today's episode is from 2020. ---Wanna help Zak continue making this show? Become a Weird Helpful right now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 11m 50s | ||||||
| 2/4/26 | Young Butt Cut Zak Confronts His Childhood Creative Monster with Lauren LoGrasso | Lauren LoGrasso is a multi-passionate creative with experience as a keynote speaker, creative coach and musician. She's the creator and host of Unleash Your Inner Creative. --- Become a Weirdly Helpful Patron and access the show ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 15m 33s | ||||||
| 1/28/26 | Is Whistling Protected By First Amendment Rights? + An Incantation for Restoring Democracy | Audio from pt. 1 of today's episode comes from this YouTube live event presented by No Kings called Eyes on ICE: Document and Record. You can watch the whole thing here. --- No Kings Welcome to the Adopt a Day Labor Corner Campaign We The People Activist Toolkit --- M. Cristina Marras is an audio producer and sound artist living in Sardinia, Italy. She authored the Incantation for Restoring Democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 14m 57s | ||||||
| 1/21/26 | How Much Capacity Do You Have Today? with Bridget Thoreson | 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. --- Listen to WH ad-free by becoming a Patron today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 13m 29s | ||||||
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32 placements across 31 markets.