WORLD GONE GOOD

The doctors are in: Dr. Mark Sherwood and Dr. Michele Neil-Sherwood are husband and wife, best selling health and wellness authors, motivational speakers, film producers, podcasters, product formulators, and run the Functional Medical Institute in Tulsa, Oklahoma. So if nothing else, based on everything just listed, know this: We are in good hands for this episode. Doctors Mark and Michele share a...

Paige Parsons Roache and Sherri Johnson are two health-focused, powerhouse self-starters, raising their individual families plant-based, all the while maintaining their BFF status with one another. What started as two people who just happened to go to the same gym turned into two women on a mission to educate and inspire through their show Plant-Based in the Burbs. In this oh-so-good episode, Paig...

Abi Murray invites us to a cup of coffee and a nice conversation care of the Chatty Cafe Scheme. This all began on a typical wet and windy UK day when Abi's sister Alex Hoskyn was in a supermarket café with her four month old son, who wasn't great company, and she herself was feeling a bit tired and a bit fed up. Alex looked around the cafe and saw others who looked just as down as she felt hersel...

It's that time of year again, so gather 'round all ye ghosts, ghouls and goblins 'cause we're about to ask the immortal question: what's good about a good scare? We're joined by Michael Bergman, who gets paid to scare people for a living (sign me up for that job) and Stephanie Coggins returning from Cinema Craptaculus podcast, both ready to stir the cauldron of spirits and spooks. We'll explore wh...

Brad Singer sees himself as just another average guy (his words, not ours). Just another average guy who has climbed Mt. Everest and Mt. Kilimanjaro, hiked the Grand Canyon, rim to rim, multiple times and has swam out to Alcatraz Island and back. Did we mention he's not in his 30s? Or his 40s? Or even his 50s? Brad is a good reminder it's never too late, we are never too old, and yes, my good frie...

Anita Harwood needs our help finding a man named Marty who helped her on that fateful day of September 11th, 2001. This is one woman's good journey, traveling from the UK to the United States to attend a Michael Jackson concert, only to find herself in the middle of New York City on the morning when everything changed. It's also the story of kindness, specifically the kindness of one stranger who...

Celebrate 5 years of good times as World Gone Good brings you our first episode from our new digs in London. Yep, that's right, we've jumped the pond to bring you all new guests for Season 6. Our party's got everything you expect from us: a vegan chef, a farm sanctuary, a few random strangers on the street, a trip back in time (literally - we go to Beamish - look it up), a sound journey, and even...

Our new season begins October 8th, direct from our new studio in London. We are embracing the world in the title of our show to bring you all new guests with all new stories to uplift, inspire, and maybe even laugh a bit. Enjoy this short bonus before the new season arrives.

Izumi "Asura" Serra is a healer, a teacher, a singer, and a sound journey-ist (it's a word because I said it's a word). Through her bowls and bells, gongs and drums, and yes, even her own voice, she channels emotion, compassion, and rejuvenation. In this good episode, she shares her life from growing up in Japan to coming to the United States, becoming a teacher of young children, and how it all l...

Mike Matthews had an incredibly close relationship with his Grandma Eileen. So when one of his co-workers needed some support and a sounding board, he gave them her phone number and said, 'Give my grandma a call. Trust me.' And after this co-worker did call Grandma Eileen - and had a great experience - Mike came to the realization that he needed to share her with the world. That's how - and when -...

Keaver Brenai is mentoring with a mic - using her own talent and own journey to help bring up the next generation of creatives surrounding her. She’s a voice-over artist, a singer, an author, and most notably, Keaver is consistently happy right where she is. And when she’s not? She pivots and finds her way back or forward to that happy place we all deserve to live in. We talk about everything good...

Dr. Steven Drabek draws from his four-decade career and personal journey as a cancer survivor and chronic pain patient to offer his unique perspective. He’s board-certified in family medicine and hospice and palliative medicine with an advocacy for better end-of-life care, a passion for hospice and symptom management through assessment and empathetic communication. Dr. Drabek advocates for self-de...

Christy Grant invites you to boot up and get your two step on with Kickin' Country SB. Did you know country line dancing is back in a big way in 2025? Christy did - and does - as a dance instructor herself, this is one of her life-long passions. She's learned that in a world dominated by digital interactions, people are actually craving face-to-face social experiences. Country line dancing classes...

Jessica Cruz has a passion for compassion and inclusivity. Over the past decade in the vegan industry, she's focused on making plant-based living approachable, fun, and empowering for everyone—regardless of their background or level of curiosity. As the Founder and CEO of Vegan Street Fair, she's collaborated with incredible vendors, sponsors, and attendees nationwide to build a vibrant event that...

Jessica Cruz has a passion for compassion and inclusivity. Over the past decade in the vegan industry, she's focused on making plant-based living approachable, fun, and empowering for everyone—regardless of their background or level of curiosity. As the Founder and CEO of Vegan Street Fair, she's collaborated with incredible vendors, sponsors, and attendees nationwide to build a vibrant event that...

Ravinder Taylor has spent the past 30 years researching and analyzing self-help modalities. She believes life educates our minds to expect less, thereby limiting us. But she also believes we can make changes, thru practice, and live a more fulfilled life. Ravinder is the author of Mind Training: The Science of Self-Empowerment and she joins us to discuss living consciously, choosing wisely, and lo...

Do-Over Divas is a fun, irreverent podcast where three fearless midlife mavericks share unfiltered stories of reinvention and prove your most badass chapter might be the one you never planned. Jill Shea, Libby Silverman and Corie Vickers flip the script with sass, humor, and zero apologies through candid conversations and interviews with women who’ve faced similar transitions, career pivots, hot f...

Peter Godard is a queer leadership coach who nurtures people to thrive in life and leadership. His work is an expression of two passions: the joy and possibility of queer magic & liberation for all people. In addition to his queer coaching practice, Peter is a co-creator of Social Identity Coaching Lab. Peter’s coaching is warm, compassionate, and joyful. He is well suited to working with clients...

Danielle Hanosh wants us all to take a LEAP in the best way possible. Her organization LEAP stands for Leaders for Ethics, Animals, and the Planet. Their mission: to transform today’s youth into the humane leaders of tomorrow who advocate for and work towards an equitable future for all living beings and the planet. LEAP is a revolutionary humane education program providing high school students ac...

Lindsay Gould is the burning bright force behind and owner of Candle Bar 111 in Santa Barbara, CA and she's the definition of creative. This episode is another adventure outside the studio as we met up face-to-face and over coffee to talk the plusses and minuses of following our dreams, living the business owner life, and embracing failure as anything but failing. We had the pleasure of taking a c...

Mark Skipper continues the good conversation all about Faces of Rebellion, his artistic mission to lend his voice to the climate crisis at hand. We talk everything from community-building rallies and protests to how he sees himself as an artist in this world to the people who have inspired him to make the change he wants to see. We learned so much speaking with Mark and here's one of the most impo...

Mark Skipper is equal parts talented artist and climate activist. And just how is he bridging those two passions together? Through his project, Faces of Rebellion, where he sits down with people making a difference in the world to not just sketch and draw them, but also to connect with them and share their stories. Literally, he combines their likeness with their mission, all on one glorious singl...

Christina Shadle is a functional nutritional therapy practitioner (say that five times fast) aaaand she likes herself some wine (who doesn't?). But she also found that over time (literal time, we are talking aging, people), her tolerance and ability to bounce back from a few glasses of her favorite cocktail wasn't what it used to be. So she created her course, WELLNESS FOR WINOS, where the goal is...

Meet the Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage, a group of environmentalists who are proving age is just a number as they dive deep to and make a difference. Mary Grauerholz and Trish Corey join us to talk the good of making a difference right in your own backyard. Formed in 2017, OLAUG has been cleaning up ponds on Cape Cod from Falmouth to Chatham ever since. Gathering small teams of all-women s...

Beth Amodio is President/CEO of One Warm Coat, the organization on a mission to provide free coats to children and adults in need while promoting volunteerism and environmental sustainability. One Warm Coat is all about community: they create awareness of the vital need, this awareness brings volunteers, coat donations and monetary donations, they then pass the donations to nonprofit partners acro...