WORLD GONE GOOD
208 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago - ★★★★★ - 77 ratingsNeed a little inspiration? Host Steve Silverman turns the light on in the darkness and spreads the good. Listen to unique stories from incredible everyday people making the world a little bit better each and every day.
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ANGELA BRIONES GONE GOOD
April 17, 2024 08:00 - 32 minutes - 26.2 MBAngela Briones is the proud host of The Gay Podcast for Everyone - and when she says everyone, she means everyone. Whether you align yourself as gay or straight, we all have room to learn from and grow with one another. And that includes Angela herself who discovered her own bias just by doing her show and that discovery caused her to dive deeper and become more open. We talk about the straight parents raising LGBQT kids she features on her show, how she came out to her own parents and whethe...
TENNESSEE COW RESCUE GONE GOOD
April 10, 2024 08:00 - 36 minutes - 29.2 MBDenise 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 questions her own steps she has made and keeps making in her effort to do more good in the world (wh...
MARC-DAVID MUNK GONE GOOD
April 03, 2024 08:00 - 33 minutes - 27 MBDr. 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 of East Africa,' where he details his body of work with AMREF, the African Medical and Research F...
PIE LADY GONE GOOD
March 27, 2024 08:00 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBSteph 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 knocking on her door to read and feature their author's books, as well as the Today Show booking (se...
NEWS GONE GOOD
March 06, 2024 09:00 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBBad 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 will remind you the world doesn't suck as much as the 24/7 news channels want us to believe. So,...
NATALIE GONE GOOD
February 28, 2024 09:00 - 37 minutes - 29.6 MBNatalie 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. And she is using her voice to help others overcome adversity and help find a cure for paralysis. I...
AYURVEDA GONE GOOD
February 21, 2024 09:00 - 43 minutes - 34.4 MBAyurvedic 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 Ayurveda can bring a roadmap for our own healing. Solve the mystery of DROWN TOWN - Steve's first ...
TWO GAY GRANDPAS GONE GOOD
February 14, 2024 09:00 - 49 minutes - 40 MBScott & 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 right in time for Valentine's Day and it's also a reminder to get out there and see the world - wh...
GAITHER GONE GOOD
February 07, 2024 09:00 - 33 minutes - 26.8 MBVictoria 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. We also discuss why she prefers the cold over the warm in the winter and how ice hotels are still...
ADELE GONE GOOD
January 31, 2024 09:00 - 37 minutes - 30.1 MBAdele 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 trusting our own true feeling - what we feel inside - to be our guide. Need a good new read? Grab ...
NOBLE TOUCH GONE GOOD
January 24, 2024 09:00 - 39 minutes - 31.7 MBJeffrey 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 Touch was founded in 2010 to do just this and more. We talk the good of family, facing our own tru...
BRAIN GONE GOOD
January 17, 2024 09:00 - 43 minutes - 34.9 MBEmilie 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 getting in our way. Emilie also has a crazy good connection to WGG host Steve that blew their minds ...
CARS GONE GOOD
January 10, 2024 09:00 - 32 minutes - 26 MBHere 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 getting behind the wheel and owning a piece of history. Speaking of a good rev, our 2024 revoluti...
KATHERINE GONE GOOD
January 03, 2024 09:00 - 37 minutes - 29.8 MBKatherine 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 first new episode of 2024 and an oh-so-good way to kickstart the new year. Need a new novel to s...
ROB PETERPAUL GONE GOOD
December 27, 2023 09:00 - 42 minutes - 38.5 MBRob 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 resolutions, and how pretty much everything can boil down between the choice between love and fear. It...
4th ANNUAL HOLIDAYS GONE GOOD
December 13, 2023 09:00 - 43 minutes - 34.6 MBMerry 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 filled with laughter and some happy tears, along with snow heaps of inspiration and uplifting conve...
CONNOR'S KINDNESS PROJECT GONE GOOD
December 06, 2023 09:00 - 31 minutes - 25.3 MBAt 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 including compiling self-care baskets for the healthcare workers at Boston area hospitals, held a cloth...
SNOW WINDOWS GONE GOOD
November 29, 2023 09:00 - 34 minutes - 27.8 MBKeri 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 holiday history. Keri and Tom share the joys of working together, the art of doing the art itself,...
PIMPIN' POSITIVITY GONE GOOD
November 22, 2023 09:00 - 37 minutes - 29.8 MBAlethea 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 how preschool children can destroy you with one single sentence to why we all need to be glitter...
GREY GONE GOOD
November 15, 2023 09:00 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBGrey 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 in that community are pushing back against it. Conversations like these aren't always the easiest...
A.C. SLOAN GONE GOOD
November 08, 2023 09:00 - 35 minutes - 28.8 MBAC 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 that time Ann (that's how I know her) named the flight number on the series Lost without anyone ch...
DREW DROEGE GONE GOOD
November 01, 2023 08:00 - 45 minutes - 36.1 MBDrew 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, who his idols are, and why it's important to get a little nervous before taking center stage. Here'...
BONUS GOOD: SPOOKY TIMES
October 30, 2023 08:00 - 4 minutes - 3.81 MBEveryone 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 as the cast of The Wizard of Oz. Woof. You can pre-order Steve's first published cozy mystery DR...
SKIING GONE GOOD
October 25, 2023 08:00 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBJulie 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 be. And this is the uplifting story of good inspiration that every person reading this needs rig...
ANGELIQUE GONE GOOD
October 18, 2023 09:00 - 39 minutes - 31.7 MBAngelique 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 did to her emotionally, and why her goal is to be a big sister to as many up and comers as possible...
REBECCA GONE GOOD
October 11, 2023 08:00 - 31 minutes - 25.2 MBRebecca 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 the fellow humans inhabiting it with her. She's equal parts hilarious and introspective and her s...
3 YEARS GONE GOOD
October 04, 2023 08:00 - 37 minutes - 30 MBWho'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 on your face the entire time. Getting their good on with us in this awesome new episode: Faith Sal...
FAITH (UNEDITED!) GONE GOOD
September 13, 2023 08:00 - 59 minutes - 47.4 MBFaith 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 of tables as Faith commandeers the mic away from Steve and puts him in the good hot seat. Our 3rd...
CRYSTAL (UNEDITED!) GONE GOOD
September 06, 2023 08:00 - 29 minutes - 23.8 MBCrystal 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 told this story to host Steve Silverman over 30 years ago and it stuck with him. So let's all get ou...
WENDY (UNEDITED!) GONE GOOD
August 30, 2023 08:00 - 57 minutes - 46.3 MBWicked'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 was a cast member of the Broadway touring company of the Wizard Of Oz themed musical, Wicked. Ste...
STARS & STRIKES GONE GOOD
August 23, 2023 09:00 - 37 minutes - 30.2 MBWendy 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 educational and employment opportunities, and live their best life without barriers and in a safe envi...
ORANGE COOLER PROJECT GONE GOOD
August 02, 2023 08:00 - 37 minutes - 30 MBJessi 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. And it all started with one orange cooler filled with ice water on a hot day. We also discuss her ...
PIP GONE GOOD
July 26, 2023 08:00 - 32 minutes - 26.2 MBPip 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 you didn't see coming? This is one person's journey to finding himself, embracing his truth, and...
BONUS GOOD: MIC DROP MOMENT
July 24, 2023 21:24 - 5 minutes - 4.3 MBStop what you are doing and listen to this. Trust us, you'll be glad you did.
HOOPS GONE GOOD
July 19, 2023 09:00 - 45 minutes - 36.1 MBBriAnna 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 themselves thru her Elite Retreats, online courses and weekly newsletter that explores shot developm...
TRANQUILITY GONE GOOD
July 12, 2023 08:00 - 30 minutes - 24.4 MBTime 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 easy these last few years. It's more important now to focus on the present and our own happiness. Th...
MERMAN GONE GOOD
July 05, 2023 08:00 - 30 minutes - 24 MBMerman 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 will inspire you to take the plunge into whatever you've been dreaming about. Get ready for one of ...
VOLUNTEERING GONE GOOD
June 28, 2023 08:00 - 42 minutes - 33.8 MBWhat'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 these good people have done and keep doing for their community. World Gone Good strives to uplift a...
GAIA GONE GOOD
June 21, 2023 09:00 - 39 minutes - 35.7 MBMaria 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 feminine gifts. We talk the good talk of everything from being broken open to being brave enough to take...
COFFEE GONE GOOD
June 14, 2023 09:00 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBClaudia 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 math to think of all the good that can be done. She's here to share her continuing good journey, how...
BONUS GOOD: SUPPORT
June 13, 2023 14:38 - 2 minutes - 2.34 MBSteve invites you to check out patreon.com/worldgonegood where you can subscribe to our brand new complimentary site with the same goal as our show: To inspire, uplift and bring more good to the world. We'll be featuring previous and upcoming guests, good new videos, recipes, previews, sneak peeks and all kinds of new and more good. We'd love your support as we continue to bring you this here good podcast. Thanks for checking it out.
CHANGE GONE GOOD 2.0
June 07, 2023 08:00 - 43 minutes - 35.1 MBOne 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 have any regrets? Did they all get back together to do a play? All these questions and more will be...
LOLITA GONE GOOD
May 31, 2023 08:00 - 28 minutes - 22.8 MBLolita 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, she continues to stand by the motto she created as a child: 'Just because you have a disability...
STAR WARS GONE GOOD
May 24, 2023 09:00 - 34 minutes - 27.2 MBDave 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 against the establishment. This is Dave's third visit with us and dare we say our favorite one y...
BONUS GOOD: MORE SIGNS
May 19, 2023 14:00 - 5 minutes - 4.54 MBHey 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.
SIGNS GONE GOOD
May 17, 2023 08:00 - 32 minutes - 25.6 MBHave 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 each received, what it meant to them, and by doing so, you get to judge for yourself (and we all ...
ROLLER DERBY GONE GOOD
May 10, 2023 09:00 - 31 minutes - 25.2 MBSara 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 story of being a bad ass in the rink with a half-shaved head and at the same time embracing your inn...
PRALINE'S BACKYARD GONE GOOD
May 03, 2023 09:00 - 28 minutes - 22.7 MBOrazie 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 housing for survivor’s pets via pet boarding facilities and pet fosters throughout the United St...
HUNGRY PLANET GONE GOOD
April 26, 2023 09:00 - 33 minutes - 27 MBJody 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 as a world traveling photographer for the likes of Life Magazine so she's made it her mission to...
SAMSON'S SANCTUARY GONE GOOD
April 19, 2023 09:00 - 30 minutes - 24.2 MBRickie 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 all the difference, and how we met in a parking lot where they tried to pawn off the cutest pit ...