Searching for Goodness Podcast

We had the pleasure of welcoming musician Kirsten C. Kunkle to the fifteenth episode of season two. Kirsten is a leading Native American soprano in the classical music world. In our conversation, she shares her insights on goodness, environmental issues, and the pursuit of peace. #goodness #searchingforgoodness #environment #youtube #bessyadut #positivechange #peace #musician #singer #soprano #bea...

In this episode, I’m buzzing with excitement to introduce Carrie Diazzz, a passionate beekeeper and founder of Hive and Hanger. We talk about the incredible role bees play in our ecosystem, the environmental challenges they face and how their spirit inspires us to spread goodness in the world. #beekeeper #bees #environment #goodness #searchingforgoodness #youtube #bessyadut #savethebees #pollinato...

We were honored to have actor and stand up comedian Bob Golub as our guest in season two, episode thirteen Conquer With Love. Bob Golub has been in the entertainment industry for over 40 years. He is best known for his role in Goodfellas, Art School Confidential and many more. In this episode, Armin and Bob talk about the meaning of goodness, the environment, father and son relationships as well a...

We had the pleasure of having poet, DJ and stand up comedian Gimel Hooper in our twelfth episode Love Thy Neighbor of season two. Gimel is the co-founder of Da Poetry Lounge located in Los Angeles, California. In this episode, Armin and Gimel talk about the meaning of goodness, environmental issues, the beauty of poetry, love thy neighbor and sense of humor. We hope you enjoy this episode Love Thy...

We had the incredible honor of having American actress Mindy Sterling as our guest in our eleventh episode Finding Joy of season two. Mindy Sterling has been in the entertainment industry for 40 years. She is best known for her role in the Austin Powers Trilogy, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, The Goldbergs and many more. In this episode, Mindy and Bessy talk about the meaning of goodness, the env...

In this episode, we celebrate Children's Day with student, model and animal lover Rumi Blaney. Rumi is Armin Nasseri's cousin. Armin and Rumi talk about goodness, respecting your parents and protecting the animals. Enjoy the 10th episode Finding Innocence. #searchingforgoodness #children #childrensday #animals #rumi #goodness #earth #earthday #environment #love #water #ocean #antarctica #arctic #p...

Searching for Goodness has dropped its ninth episode of the second season titled "Finding Transcendental Meditation." In this episode hosted by Bessy Adut, we had the pleasure of having Transcendental Meditation teacher Emily Fitz Randolph. Emily is the co-director of the Los Angeles TM Program: Santa Monica/West LA & Los Feliz Regional Director, West Coast & Mountain States. Transcendenta...

We’re excited to share two original songs made just for Searching for Goodness by SelfControl: “Warriors Of Goodness" (Intro) and “Goodness Will Win” (Outro/Credits). This marks a big moment for our show’s theme music! Hear the story behind the collaboration in Season 2, Episode 8. These are the only times we’ll feature the full songs.  So enjoy, and stay tuned! “This is the Sound of Goodness.” Av...

Searching for Goodness has dropped its seventh episode of the second season titled "Finding Coincidences." In this episode hosted by Bessy Adut, we had the honor of having writer and stand up comedian Wendy Liebman as our guest. This is one of our most proudly presented episodes. Wendy has been doing stand up comedy for 40 years. Bessy and Wendy talk about many coincidences along with goodness, pe...

Check out this sixth episode with model and actress Eugenia Kuzmina. Eugenia and host Bessy Adut talk about the meaning of goodness, environmental issues, science, spirituality and unity. #goodness #environment #science #spirituality #birds #climatecrisis #world #connection #bessyadut #actress #model #eugeniakuzmina #goodnesswillwin #unity

Searching for Goodness has dropped its fifth episode of the second season titled "Finding Courage." In this episode hosted by Bessy Adut, we had the incredible honor of having LAFD Captain Erik Scott as our guest. Captain Scott shares his stories about serving the public as a firefighter for over 2 decades. Bessy and Captain Scott talk about the aftermath of the wildfires particularly with both th...

Searching for Goodness has dropped its fourth episode of the second season titled "Goodness Is A Way Of Life." Armin Nasseri hosts this episode with writer and comedian Dana Olita as they talk about the importance of laughter, goodness as well as dealing with evil in the world, the climate crisis and also staying resilient. #goodness #friendship #climatecrisis #environment #world #dei #resilience...

Check out this episode with actress, dancer and stand up comedian Lennon Hobson. Lennon and host Bessy Adut talk about the meaning of goodness, friendship, environmental issues and laughter.   #goodness #love #friendship #environment #laughter #comedian #fairy #lennonhobson #bessyadut #goodnesswillwin

Check out the second episode of our second season with fashion designer Gordana Gehlhausen. In this episode, Gordana, a contestant from season six of Project Runway, talks about how fashion contributes to goodness along with loving yourself and the importance of prayer and meditation. Also, Bessy pays tribute to the late filmmaker David Lynch as well as speaking about the aftermath of the Los Ange...

Check out the first episode of our second season with comedian and actress Sarah J. Halstead. In this episode, Sarah talks about goodness, peace, evil in our society, friendship and the importance of laughter. Hosted by Bessy Adut.   #goodness #peace #comedy #love #friendship #laughter

Check out our season finale with sports photographer and host of Legends of Sport podcast Andrew D. Bernstein as we talk about goodness, Antarctica, global warming, climate change, birds, science, spirituality, music and of course sports. Furthermore, we talk about The Mamba Mentality: How I Play, which is an autobiographical book by the late Kobe Bryant. Photographs and afterword by Andrew D. Ber...

Please check out our 23rd episode with GRAMMY nominated artist, songwriter and actress Cheri Moon. Cheri & Bessy talk about topics such as Goodness, Antarctica, Science and Spirituality, Climate Change & Global Warming, A.I. , Music & The Arts, Birds, and a tour at Cheri's home where we meet her two birds. It has been a pleasure to learn more about Cheri and her work as well.  In this...

In episode 22, we interviewed violinist, stylist and animal rights activist Sheena Gao. Armin, Bessy and Sheena talk about global warming, climate change, science, spirituality, veganism, artificial intelligence and birds. We are excited to share this episode on 2024 Thanksgiving Day. As an animal rights activist, Sheena's talks about veganism and environmental factors really make us reconsider ou...

In episode 21, as one of our all time favorites as Searching for Goodness team, we filmed an interview with Isis and Bessy sitting on top of a tree at Griffith Park! That's been a very original idea by our creative team and the interview has been a pleasure. We talked about so many interesting topics and we haven't noticed how 54 minutes passed.  Some of our philosophical topics include but not li...

Check out our twentieth episode Finding Knowledge with biologist Dr. Rodolfo Werner, who is from Patagonia. Dr. Werner talks about about life in Antarctica along with the climate crisis and the ecosystem. #krillfishing #climatechange #antarctica #antarcticpeninsula #penguins #icemelting #whales #albatross #wildliferesearchfund #antarcticstations #mcmurdostations #wernerherzog #peaceandscience #goo...

Check out the nineteenth episode "Finding Grace" with owner and CEO of Catsnippers Christine Harte. In this episode we talk about the concerns of animal population. This is a very important subject and has to do with #goodness considering how animal population is handled by some places in the world and it would be considered as #animalrights Christine also talks about how her organization takes th...

Check out the eighteenth episode "Finding Creative Freedom" with artist and art teacher Arina Sleutsker. In this episode, we are introducing Arina who is an immigrant artist from Russia. Currently, she is happily married with a beautiful, smart daughter who is in science. She continues to make new art pieces as well as teaching art classes.    We talk about hardships of moving to the United States...

Check out our seventeenth episode Finding Balance with musician/martial artist/filmmaker/soap maker Manny Padilla. Manny and Armin talk about different topics such as martial arts, music, filmmaking as well as goodness, science, spirituality, climate change, global warming and the arts. Manny also shares his secret recipe on making soap.   Hosted by Armin Nasseri Created and Directed by Bessy Adut...

Check out our sixteenth episode Finding Higher Consciousness with actress/educator Debra De Liso. Debra and Bessy talk about different topics such as Debra's upcoming film "Small Town." They also speak about goodness, science, spirituality, climate change, global warming and the arts. Created and Directed by Bessy Adut. #goodness #science #spirituality #birds #music #arts #artist #debradeliso #sma...

Check out our fifteenth episode Finding Harmony with musician and producer Todd Garner. Todd is the co-founder of Stone Cold Records. Todd was a back up singer for Lenny Kravitz during the "Circus" world tour. Todd was also a member of the band "The Seventh Hour" before forming the soulful singing duo "Pullman Porters" and his current group "Aventurine." Todd shares his thoughts on goodness, artif...