The Kindness Chronicles

St. Paul native and Sirius XM personality, The Catholic Guy, Lino Rulli joins us. This guy is a lot of fun. Check it out.

KCP crew visit with kindness and character icon, Joe is the founder and president of Youth Frontiers, an organization that has been providing unique character development programs in schools for decades.

The KC Crew review celebrity kindness thru a silly little game. 

The KCP Crew welcomes AUTHENTIC Irishman, John Cosgrove gives us a peek into the Irish community in Minnesota. 

We visit with author, Denise Cesare. After losing her voice in a serious car accident, this professional speech and language pathologist from Brooklyn shares the origin and motivation for her book, Moments in Motion with Love. 

Let’s celebrate the woman behind the man…Patti Brooks. We review the 2026 Winter Olympics with KG, and visit with Kelly Paradise (daughter of 1980 Gold Medal US Olympic Hockey Team Coach, Herb Brooks’s). Joining us in studio is Kelly’s friend (and Kindess Chronicles listener) since kindergarten, Andrea Kangas. So may fun stories. 

The KC Crew visit with an extraordinary group of people who have taken their kindness to the Malawi, Africa. Our guests started their incredible journey into philanthropy as young Girl Scouts and created an organization, GRO (Girls Reaching Out), that provides fresh water wells for villages throughout Malawi. The program has evolved into a powerhouse organization, engaging volunteers from companie...

Happy Valentine’s Day from the Kindness Chronicles crew. We visit with a lovely group of College friends that have managed to spend an unusual amount of time with each other with very little drama. Maybe a little drama. 🤣

Clown Car alert: the entire KC Crew gather, discuss the joy of a successful Minnesota Wild Team and we visit with Shawn Kor from Eagle’s Healing Nest. 

FINALLY, KG has a night off to join the KC Crew for a little conversation 

This week the KCP Crew visit with KARE11 alum and extraordinary storyteller, Mark Daly. 

The KCP Crew welcomes Timothy Mathews. Timothy a writer, Care Minister, and kindness advocate whose work centers on empathy, connection, and the quiet power of everyday compassion. Through storytelling, community leadership, and practical action, Timothy helps individuals and organizations experience kindness as a lived practice rather than an abstract ideal. He is the author of The Night Before P...

Heather Boschke is a marketer, professor and bird lover. Her mission is to spread joy one bird at a time and unlock the wonder of birds in kids of all ages! Her bird love began at age seven, when she had a pet cockatiel named Birdie. She enjoys birding in her backyard and at parks and nature centers around Minnesota to get inspiration for her drawings (which she does with pen and marker). You can...

We attempt a point/counterpoint on the topic of whether Kindness Takes Effort? Newsflash, Mrs. Schwietz wins the debate. 

The KCP Crew looks back on 2025. Highs and Lows and everything in between. Here’s to a happy, healthy and KIND 2026. 

John's dad, Jack, passed away earlier this year. In his memory, we decided to replay our fun chat with him about fatherhood and favorite TV and Movie Dads.

Author Sharon Eubank discusses the importance of small acts of kindness. Check out her book, Doing Small Things with Great Love.

Fun guest ALERT! Dr. Quentin Schultze, author of "You'll Shoot Your Eye Out! Life Lessons for the Movie A Christmas Story joins the KC Crew for this Christmas special 

We visit with Divisional Command Sgt. Major Marc Dempsey (One of 8 in the Country) about his 35-year military career and the role reunions play in the lives of those serving and why we enjoy witnessing them SO MUCH! OxytoSUNDAY.

Our first LIVE podcast. It was taped in the Spring, but we have been saving it to inject a little holiday cheer into the world. 

We discuss everything from the Wild, Vikings, Rice Krispie Turkeys and the role gravy plays in a successful Thanksgiving feast.

We visit with John's cousin, Major Andrew Melander, a Green Beret on Veteran's Day.

We meet with Ben Brown and discuss a growing challenge!

Once again, not our best effort. However, the end of the show offers a special glimpse into the dynamic that exists among the KC Crew when the tape isn't rolling.

Is it possible to discuss politics without being divisive? Hats off to Mike Newcome who is trying his best to run a campaign for Governor dominated with kindness. The fact is, we tried...really hard. It might not be possible. Based on some listener feedback, we have edited out some regretful dialogue and hope that someone like Mike can be an example of the kind of politician the country seems to n...