World Gone Good podcast

TJ Day's passion for books and stories was instilled within her by her grandmother. She, along with her sisters, has taken this passion next level with the Seas the Day Mobile Library. Their mission: To bridge the educational opportunity gap by bringing engaging and accessible literacy—and stem education programs—to low-income students in her area. TJ’s journey is inspirational on so many levels....

What's YOUR Big Ask? We explored this in our first episode of Season 7 with good guests Paul Quinn, Mari Weiss & Jane Lynch, in here in your first good bonus of the new season comes host Steve Silverman, sharing his Big Ask. Enjoy this cutting room floor moment and again, ask yourself, "What's MY Big Ask? And when am I going to take and make it happen?"

Season 7 premieres with a new book that begs the questions: What do you want? And what will it take for you to ask for it? In The Big Ask: Unlock the Possibilities in Your Work, Life & Dreams with Courageous Requests, author Paul Quinn shares powerful lessons and true stories that reveal how learning to ask—boldly and wisely—can unlock extraordinary opportunities. More than a book, The Big Ask is...

Here's your sneak peek at our upcoming slate of good guests for Season 7! From gardening to yoga, books to mobile libraries, we've got you covered beginning with our season premiere episode on Wednesday, October 7th. Enjoy your Season 7 preview and let's get the good times flowing again, yes? YES!

Joe Beech is not—we repeat NOT—an entrepreneur (per him). He also doesn't like titles and—until recently—wasn't even that fond of his own company's name. What Joe IS is someone who has learned the art of staying open to possibility and embracing a good pivot when it comes his way. He's taking his own experiences and sharing them with college and uni students about to make the leap into their own c...

Sandra Griffiths is a retired nurse turned poet and she's putting herself out there with her first book, Becoming Me. In it, she opens her heart with a powerful collection of poems that trace her journey as a mother, daughter and woman finding her voice through life’s storms. Becoming Me is a tender, soulful reminder that even through pain and change, we are always becoming - stronger, softer and...

Rhys Payne sees himself more as a reviewer than a critic. In fact, he sees himself more as a supporter of the arts, theatre specifically, than someone there to point out what he likes and doesn't like. And he's been supporting artists of all kinds and types for a long time through his site Rhys Reviews. We talk the good of not being too hard on ourselves, the importance of sharing—and hearing—othe...

Rhys Payne sees himself more as a reviewer than a critic. In fact, he sees himself more as a supporter of the arts, theatre specifically, than someone there to point out what he likes and doesn't like. And he's been supporting artists of all kinds and types for a long time through his site Rhys Reviews. We talk the good of not being too hard on ourselves, the importance of sharing—and hearing—othe...

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is once again coming this August. This is the place where over 3,800 individual shows—yes—3 thousand, 800 of them—will take place during the full month in what is billed as a global arts celebration. Last year the Fringe—as the locals call it—featured 53,942 performances over 301 venues with participants from 68 countries with 2.6 million in ticket sales. How good is...

Matt Hallas has had a passion for monitoring the health of the Earth and its global citizens via remotely sensed data sources since he first learned of the Landsat program back in high school. As the Manager of the Geospatial Practice at DevGlobal, he works with an incredible group of colleagues and partners all focused on how they can use open data and tools to build strong communities of practic...

How do you make yourself happy when the world demands you to be sad? This is the question a reader wrote in for advice from Carolyn Hax in the May 30th edition of the Washington Post. Her response is too good not to share. Take a moment and give this bonus good a listen. You'll be glad you did.

Taylor Dayne brings her good to our 250th episode. She's a Grammy-nominated, American Music Award-winning vocal powerhouse who has conquered the Top 20 on the Billboard Top 100 chart 17 times, landing 7 times in the Top 10. Taylor's unbelievable career ascent has taken her from sold-out rock concerts to starring on Broadway in Aida to the semi-finals of the Masked Singer. In 2022, an unexpected di...

Sarah Cleaver has entered her Done Dimming Era. Yep, that's what she's named it. She's done feeling stuck, playing small, and living her life via a steady routine. And so she took a lil' leap—we are talking under $50 per month lil' leap—where the entire world opened up to her—LITERALLY (yes, we know that was a lot of hyphens to get through—calm down). Now she's showing other 50+ women specifically...

Josh and Carly Berg suffered the greatest loss a parent can go through, the loss of their child. At 6 years old, their daughter Ellie passed away in a freak accident, simply playing in their backyard. These conversations are never easy and we've had them and explored them on World Gone Good previously. They remain important because it's what we do as human beings after, that's where the good can b...

Tess Rafferty defines creativity: A writer, producer, author, brand storyteller and media innovator, she's also an expat having jumped over the pond from Los Angeles to London. We took the good of sharing our personal stories—which she did at Slideshow's May 3rd UK premiere, experiencing grief and how to move through it, why musicals and plays are better without an intermission, and so much more g...

Savia Rocks is a singer/songwriter, poet, photographer, podcast producer/host who loves people on every level, especially those who share their story with her. Her podcast Us People is all about that. It's where people can share their truth, honest and real, the good, bad and ugly. Us People highlights the underserved voices that need a place to amplify themselves and in turn provides a place for...

Sequin Kay is all about art and life reflecting one another. As an artist with over 15 years of experience, she specializes in contemporary works that blend pointillism with themes of identity and emotion. Kay's art focuses on storytelling through precise techniques, exploring the interconnectedness of the divine and wounded feminine, creating artworks that foster deep connection and personal refl...

Champale Anderson put some sandwiches out on a table in front of her house to help some of the kids in her neighborhood and now, 10 years later, through Champ's Teardrops, she continues to support, uplift and inspire her community. Family isn't always blood-related, it can be the person next door or right down the block. And sometimes the simplest of ideas and gestures just require one person sayi...

Sometimes Chloe Angyal simply asks, 'Why not?' As in why not write a marriage proposal in the form of a blog to a man she sees deliver a speech on TV that inspires her? As long as she's writing stuff, why not give writing romance novels a try? And hey, why not get a doctorate in rom-coms for that matter? Spoiler Alert: She's now married to that man she proposed to via a blog posting, she's written...

Sometimes Chloe Angyal simply asks, 'Why not?' As in why not write a marriage proposal in the form of a blog to a man she sees deliver a speech on TV that inspires her? As long as she's writing stuff, why not give writing romance novels a try? And hey, why not get a doctorate in rom-coms for that matter? Spoiler Alert: She's now married to that man she proposed to via a blog posting, she's written...

Doug Page loves books. So much so he built his own site to share his love of them, Books by Page (how perfectly did that work out?). He's here to share the good of stories and storytellers, reporting the news versus offering your own personal commentary, and whether he's pro or con when it comes to audio books. Doug spent his career bringing the news to the people. Now he's spending his time bring...

Gabriela Nguyen helps people break their overreliance on cell phones and social media to venture offline and become self-empowered again. With over 40% of American social media users ages 18 - 22 feeling addicted and 50% of British teens reporting the same signs, she has her work cut out for her. And she's doing is all through her company, Appstinence, and its 5 D process: decrease, deactivate, de...

Champale Anderson put some sandwiches out on a table in front of her house to help some of the kids in her neighborhood and now, 10 years later, through Champ's Teardrops, she continues to support, uplift and inspire her community. Family isn't always blood-related, it can be the person next door or right down the block. And sometimes the simplest of ideas and gestures just require one person sayi...

Jeffrey Deskovic's life changed forever when he was convicted of a murder he did not commit at just 17 years old. He maintained his innocence for the next 16 years and then, with the help of the Innocence Project, the real person responsible was finally caught and Jeff was released from prison. Now you may be asking yourself, 'Hey, how is this a GOOD story?' The answer is found in what Jeff did af...