WORLD GONE GOOD

Who's ready for a good party? Join us as we celebrate our 3 year anniversary! This special show features a look back at some of our fave good moments, a look forward at our good upcoming guests for Season 4, and a good story that literally happened next door featuring Steve's 91 year old next door neighbor and her daughter. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll be inspired, uplifted, and have a smile o...

Faith Salie is our most visited good guest and we love having her. A portion of this show originally aired in Ep #61 - our 1 Year Anniversary Show. But we felt like you needed to hear the full, unedited conversation, recorded over two years ago. Prepare for a TALF update, the importance of voting, a discussion of what Steve is wearing, Nancy Pelosi impressions by Faith's daughter, and the turning...

Crystal Carson originally joined us way back for Episode #15, our very first ever Holidays Gone Good. In that episode, you got to hear a portion of her magical holiday story. Now you get to hear the whole thing completely unedited. As we approach our 3rd anniversary, we thought it'd be fun to dive back in and share some of the stories that got left on the cutting room floor. Crystal originally tol...

Wicked's Wendy Worthington originally joined us for Episode #32, Musicals Gone Good. But what you hear in that episode is only a small portion of our full recorded conversation. And since we're headed toward our 3rd anniversary and kick off of Season 4, we thought we'd feature some of our favorite good guests and their complete unedited and uninterrupted recordings. We're starting with Wendy, who...

Wendy Madore is the good force behind Daytime Stars & Strikes, the annual weekend of events to benefit the Autism Society of America and the Jerry verDorn Scholarship Fund, which sends children on the spectrum to theatre camps. Her vision is to raise awareness and funds for individuals living with autism, to ensure all receive opportunities to learn, socialize, establish friendships, receive educa...

Jessi Keenan is proving one person can make a difference with her organization the Orange Cooler Project. This community-based project focuses on communication as much as doing good. Jessi speaks directly with people presently in between homes who live on the street in her neighborhood. She finds out what they need, tries her best to work with city hall, and encourages everyone to work together. A...

Pip Lilly's story could be a musical but he's already been starring in a musical so let's focus on that good part, shall we? For The Love of a Glove was featured back on our Musicals Gone Good episode and that's the same show Pip took the stage for as Jackson 5 patriarch, Joe Jackson. But there's more to his story including a Covid lockdown and a battle with stage 3 cancer - how's that for a twist...

Stop what you are doing and listen to this. Trust us, you'll be glad you did.

BriAnna Garza prioritizes fun and enjoyment over winning at all costs and she believes this applies to life on and off the basketball court. She's been an athlete her entire life and now thru her company Shooters Shoot she's empowering the next generation. This is her good story of taking her best shot and in the process helping develop active thinkers who strive to become the best versions of the...

Time to breathe: Lydia Belton is Dr. Tranquility, a healer, wellness expert, date therapy practitioner, and embodiment of hope. You've seen her on ABC News & The View as well on the pages of Cosmopolitan & Redbook. Her own Dr. Tranquility Talks Conscious Dating & Relationships show is listened to by 2 million plus people every Friday across 13 FM & AM markets nationwide. Look, life hasn't been eas...

Merman Andrew dove into his dream life, under the sea, where he's loving every fin-tastic moment of it. You may have seen him on Netflix's hit show MERPEOPLE or perhaps just swimming in a nearby cove. Wherever, this is the good and inspiring journey of one (mer)person embracing their creativity, as well as their passion, putting fear aside and simply going for it. Who knows, maybe Merman Andrew wi...

What's NOT good about volunteering? THAT is the real question. Four good volunteers - Susan Buus, Laura Grablutz, Brian Heckman, & Betsy Zajko - share their passion for giving back, giving time, and simply giving to others. From building skateboards for foster kids to furnishing homes for victims of domestic abuse to building mini snowmen for hospice care, the sky is literally the limit in what th...

Maria Marshall is the visionary behind Gaia Goddess Lifestyle where their goal is to empower women with healing tools and community to celebrate radical free love. If this all sounds a bit woo-woo, Maria says good. That's who she is and she's happy right where she's at. And where she's at is connecting with others through healers and thought leaders, all leaning into their spirituality and feminin...

Claudia McMullin saves and protects animals one cup of coffee at a time. Yes, you read that sentence correctly. Claudia brews up something pretty genius with her Hugo Coffee and Fluffy Cow Coffee brands: Every single sale sends $2.50 to dogs and cows and chickens and rescue animals of all kinds. With 400 million cups of coffee being downed daily just here in the United States, well, you do the mat...

One year ago, Kathleen O'Grady and Mari Weiss joined us to talk CHANGE GONE GOOD. Sooooo Steve thought it would be a good idea to bring them back on and see how their big life changes have been treating them. Life is all about taking chances and sometimes even big risks like moving back home, leaving your longtime job, and/or getting a dog. Did everything work out the way they expected? Do they ha...

Lolita Milena is an author, actress and advocate living her life as a paraplegic and letting nothing stand in her way. Born in Siberia, she immigrated to the United States in 2002 as a toddler with her then foster family. The fall of the same year through child abuse, she was left permanently paralyzed. Lolita was adopted by a family which included other siblings with disabilities. But to this day...

Dave Humphreys asks, What Does Star Wars Mean To You? We capitalized every letter in that because that's the title of his very own podcast where he asks that very same question. This is one man's journey to destroy the Death Star or you know find out the impact this 40-plus year old film franchise has had on people, explore the importance of fandom, and discover the good in being a rebel and going...

Hey look - you get a bonus! This counts as a sign! Here's some cutting room floor content from my conversation with my sister Parri Willie about signs, messages from the other side, and what they mean to her. Check out the full episode with Parri, Donna Perkett and Michelle Roe sharing their good signs that went up on Wednesday - one before this one.

Have you ever received a sign from the other side? Wait. Do you BELIEVE in signs from the other side? We are talking angels and spirits here reaching out across the ether with a message. Is it possible? Or do you think it's all just coincidence or people reading more into it than is actually there? Three good guests - Michelle Roe, Donna Perkett, and Parri Willie - join us to share the signs they...

Sara Fenton put on a pair of roller skates during the lockdown and now she's training for the roller derby. Is it really that easy? No, of course not. But you have to start with one step or in this case, one skate (preferably two for balance purposes). This is one person's good story of facing the uncomfortable, working past the fear, and reconnecting with their own personal joy. It's also the sto...

Orazie Cook is the founder of Praline's Backyard Foundation where their mission is simple: To empower and support domestic violence survivors and house their pets. How exactly?, you ask. By understanding that one of the challenges domestic violence survivors may face is finding a safe place to keep their beloved pets during times of transition. Praline's Backyard offers free - YES FREE - temporary...

Jody Boyman is saving the world one meal at a time. Alongside her brother, she co-founded Hungry Planet Foods where they're reducing the amount of conventional meat consumption in an easy, impactful and tasty way. How much are we talking here? 87% emissions savings. 91% water savings. 70% land savings. And did we mention the animal lives savings? That's priceless, amIright? Jody started her career...

Rickie Tice is the co-founder of Samson's Sanctuary but make no mistake about it: This isn't their first foster/rescue/dog loving adventure. And as many times as they tried to move away from it - including another entire career where they won a Grammy, people - the call of the wild or the cuddly and cute always brings them back. We talk the good of rescue, how fostering even for a weekend can make...

Our celebration of Happy Birthday McKenna continues with Colbert Albert, Saratoga Ballantine and Karl T. Wright sharing their good stage time together. We talk the power of connecting and connection, why you should always fully show up, and the thrill of finally performing live before a real in-person audience after this Covid mess. Heather L. Tyler also joins us right in time to share her inspira...

What's good about live theatre? We dive in with the cast of Happy Birthday McKenna to find out the backstage happenings, the onstage process, auditioning, rehearsing, how Covid changed everything and what happens when the power goes completely out on show night. McKenna was my first new show in 19 years and to quote the character of Julie, 'We had a time.' So come have a time with us as the curtai...