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Wednesday, August 19, 2026 This is A Tangible Way to Fake It Till You Make It with Evangeline Garreau

Evangeline Garreau is a queer ADHD gemini and a creative project coach who accompanies artists of all kinds on their creative journeys, helping them g...

Wednesday, August 12, 2026 The Art of Shenanigans with Rebecca Garza-Bortman and a Legion of Weird Helpers

Rebecca Garza-Bortman is a designer, musician, writer, & mother living in Berkeley. This episode features WH listeners Julia, Lauren, Erica, Meredith,...

Wednesday, August 5, 2026 The World Is a Laboratory of Story Ideas with Mallary Tenore Tarpley

Mallary Tenore Tarpley is the award-winning author of SLIP and an assistant professor of practice at the University of Texas at Austin’s Moody College...

Wednesday, July 29, 2026 A Weirdly Helpful Travel Guide

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Wednesday, July 22, 2026 A Weirdly Helpful View From Behind the Supermarket Register

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Wednesday, July 15, 2026 Why Do We Say "Um" So Much? with Dr. ⁠Steven D. Cohen⁠

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Wednesday, July 8, 2026 Give All Your Attention To Whatever Is Annoying You with Sharon Mashihi

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Wednesday, July 1, 2026 I Madly Love Anything That Breaks the Thread of Discursive Thought /// Surrealist Games with Laura Hawley

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 Sur...

Wednesday, June 24, 2026 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 --- ...

Friday, June 19, 2026 Get Your Tickets for Weirdly Helpful Live on July 29th in Berkley, Michigan!

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Wednesday, June 17, 2026 Two Prospective Parents Wander in the Desert, Debating the Future

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Wednesday, June 10, 2026 Try This Delightful Dinner Party Maneuver with Dan Heath

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on 8/29/2025

After listening to the morning news podcast I treated myself to this show. My favorites that I use most days are the witchy water maneuvers, writing a letter instead of looking at your phone, touching grass, mind palace for your mind/ 9o’clock rule
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on 8/6/2025

Capsule wardrobe: yes. Minimizing your clothing's impact on your mental space: yes. Ordering things from Amazon: no. Throwing things in the trash as soon as they're stained or need light mending: terrible advice!! Mend before you spend, people, and don't shop on Amazon if you can avoid it at all (which can be done 99% of the time)
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on 2/4/2025

Zak manages to go deep into very helpful every day issues in very practical ways. Which is hard and rare. Thanks for making me feel inspired while giving me concrete steps to evolve.
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