The Best Advice Show

Peter Putnam is a father, husband, writer and author of the new book, Talkin' Bout a Revolution: Growing Our Souls in the time of Trump. Peter's wife, Julia, is a TBAS contributor. Hear her advice here.  ---Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Fill out the TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better.https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST or email him a voice-memo at ZAK@bestADVICE.show---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow

Zak heads out into the night to gather some karaoke best practices you featuring Jenny Lee, Cyrah Dardas, Diana Nucera and Abigail Bengson. Zak originally reported this story for NPR's Life Kit podcast. It was was produced by Margaret Cirino with Meghan Keane as supervising editor, and Beth Donovan as executive producer.  ---Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Fill out the TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better.https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST or email him a voice-memo at ZAK@bestADVICE.show---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow

Shira Heisler is a prolific contributor to TBAS. She was last on talking about her memory archive.Samantha “Sam” Woll (1983-2023) tragically died on October 21, 2023 in Detroit, MI. She was the cherished daughter of Drs. Margo and Douglas Woll, dearest sister to Drs. Monica Woll Rosen and brother-in-law Ben, and beloved aunt to Solomon, Gabriel (Gavi), and Mira.Samantha will always be remembered for her tireless activism and for her passion to make the world a better place. She was an angel and there was truly no one kinder. READ MORE ABOUT SAM ---Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Fill out the TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better.https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST or email him a voice-memo at ZAK@bestADVICE.show---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow

Craig Finn is the singer and guitarist of The Hold Steady. His 6th and most recent solo album is ALWAYS BEEN. He's also the host of the podcasts That's How I Remember It and Summer Album/Winter Album  ---Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Fill out the TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better.https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST or email him a voice-memo at ZAK@bestADVICE.show---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow

Dr. Emily Anhalt is the author of the new book, Flex Your Feelings: Train Your Brain to Develop the 7 Traits of Emotional Fitness. She's been on TBAS twice before. Listen to Future You is a Bad Ass and Beyond Gut Checks.  ---Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Fill out the TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better.https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST or email him a voice-memo at ZAK@bestADVICE.show---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow

Paulien Cornelisse is a Dutch writer, comedian, podcaster, columnist and television presenter.If you liked this episode you should try Put Down the Think from January 4th, 2021  ---Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Fill out the TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better.https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST or email him a voice-memo at ZAK@bestADVICE.show---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow

Erica sent in her advice from Cambridge, Massachusetts where she works at a boutique wine shop. She particularly loves working with people that are new to wine, or people that have felt that getting into wine was beyond them in some way. In addition to her moving advice, Erica commented on this recent episode with Kelly Childers.   ---Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Fill out the TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better.https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST or email him a voice-memo at ZAK@bestADVICE.show---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow

Read more Vent Diagrams @ ventdiagrams.com/E.M./Elana Eisen-Markowitz is a xennial educator organizer currently in flux. Until Sept 2020, E.M. worked in NYC public schools - as a social studies teacher, a union chapter leader, a gender & sexuality alliance facilitator, and a “restorative justice coordinator.” For over a decade, she organized with Teachers Unite to help grow the power of workers, students, and parents at school sites to stand against oppression and collaboratively build the communities we imagine for ourselves. And, E.M. is a member of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice.Rachel Schragis is an artist and cultural organizer, born and raised and living still in NYC. She is the co-founder of Look Loud, where her visual strategy work supports community groups using direct action to take control of their own media narratives. A nerd for visual mapping practices, Rachel’s most recently completed poster is Unravelling Antisemitism—a collaboration with Jews for Racial and Economic Justic). She has also worked on the arts and cultural organizing teams for many climate justice organizing projects, including Sunrise Movement, the People’s Climate March, GreenFaith and Build Back Fossil Free. ---Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Fill out the TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better.https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST or email him a voice-memo at ZAK@bestADVICE.show---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow

Kelly Childers called The Best Advice Show from her home in Portland, Oregon. You should call with your advice @ 844 935 BEST ---Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Fill out the TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better.https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST or email him a voice-memo at ZAK@bestADVICE.show---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow

Michael Venutolo-Mantovani is a writer based in Chapel Hill who has contributed to the New York Times, National Geographic, GQ, Wired, and many others. He writes the excellent newsletter, Being a Dad is Hard as F*ck.Practicing Freedom with Amanada Alexander ---Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Fill out the TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better.https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST or email him a voice-memo at ZAK@bestADVICE.show---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow

The excerpt of Laurie Anderson comes from her interview last year on the CBC's Q program.Hear more from Jan and Ted and their rules for living on this episode of TBAS.You Need a Manifesto with Charlotte Burgess-AuburnWho Wants it More with Shira and Zak ---Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Fill out the TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better.https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST or email him a voice-memo at ZAK@bestADVICE.show---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow

Danielle Bezalel, aka DB, is the Creator, Executive Producer, and Host of Sex Ed with DB, your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education—delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Check out How often should I be pooping? Advice from Dr. Kira Newman from the archives. ---Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Fill out the TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better.https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST or email him a voice-memo at ZAK@bestADVICE.show---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow

Ilana BZ called Zak on the Best Advice Show hotline @ 844-935-BEST. YOU SHOULD TOO! What's your best advice?  ---Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Fill out the TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better.https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST or email him a voice-memo at ZAK@bestADVICE.show---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow

KRISTEN MEINZER is a long-time audio producer and podcast host. She hosts How to Be Fine, Daily Fail, By the Book, Mayo Clinic Health Matters and lately, Dear Prudence.RELATED to today's show: Avoiding the Evil Tongue with Emily BermanComplimenting with Shira ---Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Fill out the TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better.https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST or email him a voice-memo at ZAK@bestADVICE.show---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow

Adam Milgrom is an amateur physicist, profressional entrepreneur, long-time mingler and dad from Michigan. He was last on the show talking about parsing language. How to build speed bumps into your day with Leticia Britos Cavagnaro ---Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Fill out the TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better.https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST or email him a voice-memo at ZAK@bestADVICE.show---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow

Anna Goldfarb is the author of MODERN FRIENDSHIP and a friendship journalist who has reported for outlets including the New York Times, the Atlantic, Time magazine, Vice, The Cut, Vox, and the Washington Post. Called "the New York Times friendship correspondent" by Tim Herrera, the editor of the New York Times Smarter Living section, she's written hundreds of articles that explore the nuances of friendships, relationships, and pop psychology. She lives in Philadelphia. For more, visit annagoldfarb.com.Here's a list of friend awards from Anna's book, Modern Friendship.  Jot down the name of whoever in your life comes to mind.Most likely to answer your text messages within an hour:Most likely to answer a phone call:Most likely to make you laugh:Most likely to help you with a work-­related problem:Most likely to try a new restaurant with you:Most likely to support your dreams and life goals:Most likely to let you sleep on their couch:Most likely to celebrate the holidays with you:Most likely to motivate you:Most likely to give you useful health advice:Most likely to give you wise romantic advice:Most likely to give you sound financial advice:Most likely to be in your life in a year:Most likely to confide a secret in you:Most likely to celebrate a professional accomplishment with you:Most likely to give you good TV/movie/music/podcast recommendations:Most likely to sit with you in comfortable silence:Most likely to suggest a good book you’ll enjoy:Most likely to discuss politics with you:Most likely to offer you a long hug when you need one:---More friendship advice from the archives...Normalize Telling Your Friends When They Hurt You with Dr. Marisa G. Franco ---Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Fill out the TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better.https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST or email him a voice-memo at ZAK@bestADVICE.show---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow

​Entrepreneur + Award-Winning Media Midwife Ahri Golden is a podcast series creator, consultant, professor, artist, mother of two, 21 years married, deeply informed by stories and creative response to the world that is unfolding within and around us. Listening with Sterling--- ---Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Fill out the TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better.https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST or email him a voice-memo at ZAK@bestADVICE.show---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow

Tad Davis is an artist living in Detroit. This episode originally aired in 2023. Rachel Jacobson is always on vacation and so can you!  ---Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Fill out the TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better.https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST or email him a voice-memo at ZAK@bestADVICE.show---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow

Emily Carr/Dr. MLE is a Wellness Witch, a professional poet, amateur Tarot reader, joyous revolutionary arts educator, and fitness coach. Subscribe to her newsletter @ https://soulfloss.substack.com/LISTEN: You Should Buy Mice and Other Transformative Advice from Lucy Anderton ---Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Fill out the TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better.https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST or email him a voice-memo at ZAK@bestADVICE.show---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow

Noa was last on the show discussing the advantages of peeling grapes with your teeth. Here's Sara Curtis talking about replacing your email refresh habit with something more generative.  ---Help Zak continue making this show by becoming a Best Advice Show Patron @ https://www.patreon.com/bestadviceshow---Fill out the TBAS listener survey to help Zak get to know you better.https://forms.gle/f1HxJ45Df4V3m2Dg9---Call Zak on the advice show hotline @ 844-935-BEST or email him a voice-memo at ZAK@bestADVICE.show---Share this episode on IG @BestAdviceShow