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Estimated from 35 chart positions in 35 markets.
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- 🇺🇸US · How To#9300K to 1M
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Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
815K to 2.5M🎙 ~2x weekly·711 episodes·Last published 2d ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
1.6M to 5.1M🇨🇦59%🇺🇸20%🇰🇪6%+32 more - Active Followers
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652K to 2.0M
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Why Asking Weirder Questions is an Exercise in Accessing Dignity with Megan Saxelby
Jun 3, 2026
14m 34s
How To Make Friends and Find Your People
May 27, 2026
20m 14s
Visit the Most Primal, Teenage Part of Yourself with Maggie Lyons
May 20, 2026
14m 18s
Bless the Phone with Ross Simonini
May 13, 2026
20m 06s
Introducing: No Such Thing
May 6, 2026
13m 38s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/3/26 | Why 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. --- 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 | 14m 34s | ||||||
| 5/27/26 | How 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 Goose and Best Moms Friends Forever. -- Support the show and listen to Weirdly Helpful without ads by becoming a Patron today! -- Thanks to Rula for supporting today's show. Learn more @ https://www.rula.com/weirdlyhelpful Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 20m 14s | ||||||
| 5/20/26 | Visit 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. Aaron's advice originally aired back in 2022. -- Support the show and listen to Weirdly Helpful without ads by becoming a Patron today! -- Thanks to Rula for supporting today's show. Learn more @ https://www.rula.com/weirdlyhelpful Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 14m 18s | ||||||
| 5/13/26 | Bless 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 interviews with so many modern masters at The Believer! Noa on using our phone less. Dapne on using our phone less. Rabbi Yoni on the bathroom blessing. -- BECOME A WEIRD HELPER AND LISTEN TO THE SHOW AD-FREE! GET YOUR WEIRDLY HELPFUL MERCH HERE! -- Ross has held solo presentations of his work at the Sharjah Biennial (UAE), Francois Ghebaly (NYC), anonymous gallery (NYC), Et Al (SF), SHRINE (LA), suns.works (Zurich), Shoot the Lobster (LU), and Human Resources (LA). His novel, The Book of Formation (2018, Melville House) chronicles the rise of a fictional philosophical movement. His essays appear in the New York Times, McSweeneys, ArtReview and The Paris Review. He releases music under his own name and has released music as a member of the bands, NewVillager and Trespassers William. He has performed at Performa, Andy Warhol Museum, and the Brooklyn Museum. As a professor, he has taught seminars on experimental process, writing, art, sound, and dialogue at Columbia University, CA College of the Arts, and UCLA. He served as an editor at The Believer for a decade and has created audio programs for SFMOMA, KCRW, and ArtReview. He ran ALICIA, a gallery & performance space on his property in Altadena before the fire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 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 | |
| 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 | |
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| 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 | ||||||
| 1/14/26 | Step Into the Slipstream of History and Get Jacked with Dr. Conor Heffernan | Conor Heffernan is Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport at Ulster University, UK, and Chair of the British Society of Sports History. His new book is When Fitness Went Global: The Rise of Physical Culture in the 19th Century. Conor has published over fifty peer-reviewed articles and runs a history of fitness website @Physical Culture Study. Find him on Bluesky @PhysCstudy --- The Quest to Pick Up the Lost Lifting Stones of Ireland in GQ --- LISTEN TO WEIRDLY HELPFUL AD-FREE BY BECOMING A PATRON TODAY! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 12m 01s | ||||||
| 1/7/26 | "Hey Buddy!" Let's Talk About Why You Feel Doomed with Andy J. Pizza | Andy J. Pizza is a New York Times Bestselling author-illustrator of many books for children and adults such as "Invisible Things" and "A Pizza with Everything On It". Pizza is also the creator of the popular podcast Creative Pep Talk. He lives in Columbus, Ohio with his wife and three kids. He was last on the show talking about getting high on your own supply. --- LISTEN TO WEIRDLY HELPFUL AD-FREE BY BECOMING A PATRON TODAY! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 11m 22s | ||||||
| 12/31/25 | Resolutions Smesolutions! Ta Ta 2025. | Happiest and healthiest of New Years to you and yours! Thank you for listening. Love, z SUPPORT WEIRDLY HELPFUL BY BECOMING A PATRON RIGHT NOW. Todays episode features morsels from the following Weirdly Helpers... Compare Yourself to Yourself with Billie Lundt You Don't Need to Feel Good to Get Going with Brad Stalburg Do The Hard Thing First with Tiffany Paulsen Drive-By Huggers with Brian Passell Meditation with Jen Kimchiano Shower Belly with Lauren Passell Morning Joy Practice with Brandi Stanley Don't Wish Your Life Away with Lilly Turmelle --- This episode is supported by Schedule 35. Get 15% off all orders with code BESTADVICE at Schedule35.co - That’s 15% off at Schedule35.co and use code BESTADVICE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 22m 26s | ||||||
| 12/24/25 | How to Take Control of your News Diet with Rekha Murthy (PLUS: How much does Zak earn from Weirdly Helpful?) | Rekha Murthy is a podcast strategist with more than 25 years of experience in podcasting, public radio, and other digital media. SOURCES MENTIONED: -On Tyranny by Tim Snyder -You Need a Manifesto: How to Craft Your Convictions and Put Them to Work by Charlotte Burgress-Auburn -The.Ink by Anand Giridharadas -Letters from an American by Heather Cox Richardson --- Support Weirdly Helpful by coming a patron today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 17m 07s | ||||||
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Chart Positions
37 placements across 35 markets.
Chart Positions
37 placements across 35 markets.