Host A Friendship Awards Ceremony with Anna Goldfarb

Host A Friendship Awards Ceremony with Anna Goldfarb

Author: Zak Rosen March 5, 2025 Duration: 6:08
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosted by Zak Rosen, Weirdly Helpful (which you might remember as The Best Advice Show) operates on a simple, charming premise: the most effective strategies for getting through the day aren't always the most obvious ones. This is a weekly, compact podcast built on the idea that a slight shift in perspective or a deliberately odd action can recalibrate your mood or solve a stubborn problem. Each episode features a different guest contributor sharing one specific, curious tactic they personally use. You won't get lengthy lectures or clinical self-help here. Instead, you'll hear about tangible, often playful experiments and rituals-think of it as a friendly, audio-based swap meet for life hacks that are delightfully left of center. The practices discussed are genuinely unconventional, yet presented with such warmth and clarity that their utility becomes undeniable. It’s that moment of surprised recognition when something seemingly bizarre, like vocalizing frustration in a primal way or transforming a daily routine into a small sensory celebration, clicks into place as profoundly sensible. The podcast lives in the intersection of Education, Fitness, and Mental Health precisely because improving daily life touches all those facets. Rosen curates these conversations to be short bursts of inspiration, leaving you with a single, actionable idea to sit with and perhaps try for yourself, wondering why you hadn't thought of it before. The cumulative effect of listening is a gentle expansion of what you consider helpful, finding value and a bit of magic in the wonderfully strange.
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