WORLD GONE GOOD

Denise Montrose returns to the show so prepare for a moo-ving experience. We catch up about life on the farm including how she's gone from two to ten cows rescued (plus another twenty placed) and how she's grown as a person and a care-giver of animals over the last few years. Denise is one of the most honest guests we've ever had - meaning she wears her heart on her sleeve and at the same time que...

Dr. Marc-David Munk is a Canadian/American emergency physician and healthcare exec who didn't just answer his own true calling, he embraced it. In the last decade, he’s held senior leadership roles at various nontraditional healthcare delivery organizations in the US and abroad. He’s the author of 'Urgent Calls from Distant Places: An Emergency Doctor’s Notes about Life and Death on the Frontiers...

Steph Hockersmith is Pie Lady Books on Instagram and let's just say close to 100,000 followers can't be wrong: Books and pies pair so good together. Steph's life-long love of reading became her own personal baking experiment. It also became a way for her to express - and find - herself. And it also blew up into something she never imagined - a full-time job. With literary agents and publishers kno...

Bad news got you down? Let's fix that right here, right now: Welcome to a very special episode of World Gone Good where we celebrate all the good news a-happenin' from around the globe. From an athlete that's jumping hurdles at 89 years old to the Maui banyan tree sprouting new growth after those devastating fires to good news from our own previous good guests, this is the good news only show that...

Natalie Buchoz is the definition of turning tragedy into triumph: In December of 2007, her life changed forever when a skiing accident resulted in a cervical spinal cord injury. And for every one of us who would have seen this as an ending, she saw this as her new beginning. Natalie shares her incredibly good journey that's equal parts faith as it is determination, strength as it is inspiration. A...

Ayurvedic practitioner Caryn Challman brings a well rounded approach to healing that addresses our minds, bodies and souls. With 30 years experience in pranayama, meditation and yoga practice, it's safe to say we are in good hands. We talk the good of trusting - and listening to - our guts, how - and why - we're never too old to learn something new especially when it comes to ourselves, and how Ay...

Scott & Bobby are Two Gay Grandpas Travel and they're not just seeing the world, they're inspiring the multi-generational gay and straight people with their message of love, commitment, and kindness. What started out as a way to keep in touch with their grandchildren has turned into an internet phenomenon as they quickly approach 100K followers on YouTube. This is the 45 year love story you need r...

Victoria Gaither returns to share her journey as a black skier, where she is breaking down stereotypes and changing the narrative. We talk about her own history, both as a professional journalist and avid skier, and how she's combining them to help others make a connection. And she's doing this not just by skiing but also through her writing about it in her local newspaper in Killington, Vermont....

Adele Wang helps sensitive, perfectionist, high-performing women create happiness and success in an imperfect world (gone good). She is a mentor, healer, stress relief specialist, and keynote speaker. She's also the host of her own podcast, All Things Human. Adele is here to share her thoughts on getting past the 'stuck' by listening to the fire in our bellies, living life with containers, and tru...

Jeffrey V. Noble is a man on a mission to educate, motivate and empower. From uplifting himself from the projects of NYC to traveling the world to study with and learn from spiritual teachers, he's a master healer and trainer who uses Pranic Healing, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and other healing modalities to help people overcome health and emotional challenges. His organization The Noble T...

Emilie Leyes is a brain-training specialist and hypnosis practitioner. This is our first good guest in a trio of episodes focused on getting unstuck thru our mind, our gut, and our soul. Emilie's here to handle the mind section by helping us explore where we find our personal safety, how important it is to get out of our comfort zone thru travel, and how some metaphoric bears in the woods keep get...

Here we go out of the studio and into a parking lot filled with classic cars and the people who love them. We are talking with car buffs and collectors, how they find community thru their cars, and just how much nostalgia plays into all of it. From this group's ring leader, Dirty Pete (that's his name, I can't make this stuff up), to Barracudas and Slug Bugs, rev up with us as we find the good in...

Katherine Roberts is not shy to make change and take leaps in her life. She is the very definition of a self-starter and she’s got her own special recipe - you’ll see why we use that word when you listen - for good. Katherine shares the good of passing down family recipes, reinventing meals as well as yourself, and believing in yourself even when it's the scariest thing to believe in. This is the...

Rob Peterpaul, host of the Art of Kindness, joins us to close out 2023 in a good - and kind - way. The Art of Kindness is a positively star-studded podcast that converses with and celebrates artists from all areas of the entertainment industry who are using their platform to make the world a better place. We're just two Jersey boys talking Jersey Boys the musical, the good of making new year resol...

Merry it up: Our good guests Jaci Pund, Katherine Roberts, Donna Perkett, and Keri & Tom from Snow Windows are all here to bring some shiny(ness) and some bright(ness) to your holidays. We are talking everything that's good this season from sausage bread to remodeling Santa's wardrobe to kidney transplants (yes you read that correctly). This is an annual tradition here at World Gone Good that's fi...

At just 12 years old, Connor Wright decided the world needed more kindness and so Connor's Kindness Project was born. Connor along with his nana, Sharon Marrama, started creating Covid Care Packages filled with activities and comfort items and delivered them to children in their community that were sick or in isolation from Covid. From there, Connor and Sharon worked on a few other projects includ...

Keri and Tom from Snow Windows join us to spread some holiday cheer. It all started back in 2007 when one Christmas Eve Tom decided to surprise her with a snow scene on their kitchen window. Tom has always been artistic and thought of a new way to use regular snow spray to decorate. He sprayed it onto the window and brushed an image of a little house into the spray. And the rest, as they say, is h...

Alethea Crimmins is Pimpin' Positivity on a daily basis, right from her car, into the hearts and minds of over 1.5 million friends and fans on Tik Tok. Now you might think she's always been this strong and confident but it turns out she's human just like the rest of us and she grew into her true light. We talk everything that's good from loving your own self just as you are, right where you are to...

Grey James is a good target. That's the title Grey has chosen in light of what is going on in Grey's community. And just what is going on? Well, the same thing that's happening across the United States: An assault on books, history, sex education, and in this case, LGBQT+ equality and rights. Grey shares his journey as an artist, how he strives to bring his community together, and why some people...

AC Sloan is the author of Suffer! Yes - with an exclamation point. Fear not, you will not suffer with or without an exclamation point reading her delicious novel nor will this happen listening to our oh so good conversation. Warning: Two writers on the podcast at the same time. Eeeek. No - Hurray exclamation point! We talk the good of being creative, putting yourself out there, and what happened t...

Drew Droege invites us aboard Titanique, the smash hit off-Broadway parody of Titanic featuring the music of the one and only Celine Dion. Drew's career spans everything from Reno 911 to Bob's Burgers to Hot In Cleveland to his original videos re-imagining and saluting Chloe Sevigny, he's always careful not to cross the line to get a laugh. He shares what it's like growing up in a funny family, wh...

Everyone deserves one good scare on Halloween or so the movie of the same title tells us. Good guest Angelique Perrin returns on All Hallow's Eve to share her idea of what makes a frighteningly good time. From favorite scary movie to most memorable costume to the always fun question, 'Do you believe in ghosts?,' enjoy this creepy fun bonus. And yes those are host Steve Silverman's dogs dressed up...

Julie McGuire's life took a tumble, so she got back up and didn't just walk forward, she skied forward up and down and over mountains way beyond any she had ever imagined. This is the figurative and literal journey of someone making the choice to actively start over and begin anew. This is also the story of one person finding themselves and realizing they are more than they ever thought they could...

Angelique Perrin uses her voice not just to make a living but also to uplift those around her including the next generation of personalities and podcasters. She's the creator of Podcast Bootcamp which, in association with KCRW Radio in Los Angeles, brings the medium to the underserved artists. We talk about how she got discovered while waitressing, her Dark Shadows connection, what the lockdown di...

Rebecca OBrien took the bus to and from her cancer treatments and did the most logical next thing: She wrote a show about it, 'Getting There,' performed it in the Hollywood Fringe Festival, and won the top award for Best One Person Show. And that's how we say a big F U to cancer, people. Rebecca shares her journey - literally, it was a journey - and how it changed her perspective on the world and...