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Try Hope. Believe In People. Rediscover your faith in humanity.

Ever felt the world could use a little more kindness, a bit more trust? Welcome to 'Believe in People,' the podcast where we dive deep into the extraordinary stories of individuals, uncovering the power of human connection, resilience, and the unyielding belief in the goodness within us all. Join us as we explore the moments that restore faith in humanity, one story at a time.

Join hosts Kevin Tibbles, Amy Goldberg for a positive spark of humanity.

IN Conversation with …

  • Believe In People - NEW SEASON 2025

    TRY HOPE

  • Henry 'Wolf' Wolfond

    CHAIRMAN + CEO BAYSHORE CAPITOL, INC. + PILOT + ONE OF THE FEW CANADIANS WHO HAVE MADE IT TO SPACE ON THE BLUE ORIGIN’S NEW SHEPARD ROCKET

  • Caitlin Morrison

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MATTHEW PERRY FOUNDATION OF CANADA

  • Patti Clark

    AWARD WINNING AUTHOR OF THIS WAY UP: SEVEN TOOLS FOR UNLEASHING YOUR CREATIVE SELF AND TRANSFORMING YOUR LIFE + RECOVERY ROAD TRIP: FINDING PURPOSE AND CONNECTION ON THE JOURNEY HOME.

  • Avrum Rosensweig

    FOUNDER OF CANADA’S FIRST JEWISH HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATION VE’AHAVTA + PODCASTER + ACCOMPLISHED ARTIST + WRITER + DAD

  • Kristine DeBell

    ACTOR (MEATBALLS, THE BIG BRAWL, BLOODBROTHERS, WILLIE & PHIL, THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS, NIGHT COURT, EIGHT IS ENOUGH, ET AL)

  • Serena Habib

    RECIPIENT OF THE SHARON JOHNSTON YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH CHAMPION AWARD + FOUNDER OF THE CANADIAN PREMENSTRUAL DISORDERS ASSOCIATION

  • Michael Laughlin + Jarrett Robertson

    MICHAEL - CANADA'S ONLY ABOVE THE KNEE FULL-TIME FIREFIGHTER + CREATOR OF @ LIMB LOSS FITNESS + AUTHOR

    JARRETT - FORMER SEMI-PRO HOCKEY PLAYER + BESTSELLING AUTHOR + MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER + FINANCIAL EXPERT

  • Matthew Butler

    SERVICE USER INVOLVEMENT LEAD @ RENEW + PODCASTER @ BELIEVE IN PEOPLE: ADDICTION, RECOVERY & STIGMA

  • Tab Murphy

    SCREENWRITER + DIRECTOR + PRODUCER; CREDITS INCLUDE: THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, TARZAN, ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE, THUNDERCATS, ETC.

  • Believe In People - NEW SEASON 2024

    TRY HOPE

  • Tim Matheson

    ACTOR + DIRECTOR + PRODUCER + NEW BOOK ‘DAMN GLAD TO MEET YOU: MY SEVEN DECADES IN THE HOLLYWOOD TRENCHES’ - WHERE HE HOLDS NOTHING BACK

  • Azikiwee "Z"

    FOUNDER @ RIZE UP + BAKER + FEATURED ON WORLD EATS BREAD ON NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

  • Tim Caulfield

    PROFESSOR OF HEALTH LAW & SCIENCE POLICY + AUTHOR + SPEAKER + HOST OF A USER’S GUIDE TO CHEATING DEATH

  • Shane Heath

    FOUNDER + CEO @ MUD/WTR + ARTIST

  • Jamie Catto

    MUSICIAN + FILMMAKER + AUTHOR + COACH + WORLD TRAVELLER + RECENT FILM: BECOMING NOBODY

  • Lee Povey

    HIGH-PERFORMANCE LEADERSHIP COACH + ELITE TRACK CYCLING CHAMPION + COACHED AT HIGH LEVELS OF OLYMPIC SPORT

  • Cillian O'Connor

    MAGICIAN + BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT FINALIST + AGT: FANTASY LEAGUE 2024 + AUTISM AWARENESS KEYNOTE SPEAKER

  • David Klein

    CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST SPECIALIZING IN PTSD, MEN'S ISSUES, COMBAT TRAUMA, VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM WAR + AUTHOR   

  • Marilynn Larkin

    MASTERS 75+ WOMEN’S BODYBUILDING CHAMPION + MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER + PERSONAL TRAINER + COACH + POSTURE EXPERT

  • Pulkit Kumar

    TRANSFORMATIVE SCIENTIST + SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR + CATALYZING SUSTAINABLE CHANGE + ADVANCING MEDICINE & TECHNOLOGY

  • Joseph Edward Schur

    PUBLISHER + CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER @ SPENCER MAGAZINE + SPENCER PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. + SCREENWRITER + DIRECTOR + PRODUCER + ACTOR

  • Melissa Giberson

    WRITER + OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST + ETERNAL OPTIMIST

  • David Hoffman

    CEO + AUTHOR OF RELATIONSHIPS OVER RULES

  • Steve Jones

    SELF DEFENSE EXPERT + WELLNESS PROMOTER + FOCUS SPECIALIST

  • Pamela Harrington

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR @ BRING CHANGE 2 MIND (BC2M)

  • Dalton Brown

    FOUNDER @ DALTON’S GYM + PRO BODYBUILDER + TRAINER TO THE STARS

  • Allan Redford

    PRESIDENT OF BOTH THE LITTLE PEOPLE OF CANADA & ONTARIO + PRESIDENT OF THE DWARF ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OF CANAA (DAAC) + WEALTH ADVISOR + ACTOR

  • Barry Koen-Butt

    CERTIFIED LEADERSHIP TRAINER + KEYNOTE SPEAKER + CHARACTER ACTOR

  • Phyllis Taylor

    THE PRISON LADY + AUTHOR + CERTIFIED LIFE AND MEDIATION COACH

  • Nan Devitt Tremblay

    JOURNALIST + FASHIONTELEVISION’S WOMAN IN PARIS + FILMMAKER

  • Patrick McKenna

    COMEDIAN + ACTOR (RED GREEN SHOW, TRADERS, MURDOCH MYSTERIES) + VOICE WORK

  • Amanda Schilz

    FOUNDER @ SOFA CITY SOUNDS + WRITER + MUSIC SCENE + TTP SURVIVOR

  • Lina Lambert, Amy Rogers, Karen Miller Williams

    HOW DID A GRIEF WRITER + FOOD-CULTURE WRITER + RETIRED NURSE + STORYTELLER WHO WERE RANDOMLY PUT TOGETHER, STAY TOGETHER? YOU ARE ABOUT TO FIND OUT.

  • Jocelyn Wright

    SCREENWRITER + ACTRESS + DRAMATURGE + SINGER-SONGWRITER + POET + COSTUME DESIGNER + CHILDREN’S BOOK AUTHOR

  • Kerrin Black

    INTERNATIONAL PUBLICIST + FOUNDER + CEO @ TALENT FINDERS + ENTREPRENEUR + PHILANTHROPIST

  • Garrick Estick

    PROMINENT DJ + SPECIAL EVENTS + INSPIRER + AN ACCIDENT IN JULY 2021 LEFT GARRICK WITH A SPINAL CORD INJURY

  • Bruce Men's Shed

    “A PLACE TO GO. GUYS TO TALK TO. SOMETHING TO DO. + FIGHTING AGAINST LONELINESS

  • Frank Ferrante

    AWARD WINNING ACTOR + WRITER + DIRECTOR + DISCOVERED BY GROUCHO MARX’S SON, PLAYWRIGHT ARTHUR MARX + FRANK IS ‘GROUCHO’ + OWNER OF GROUCHO MARX PRODUCTIONS, INC.

  • Robert Ward

    AUTHOR + SCREENWRITER + PRODUCER + NOVELIST + JOURNALIST + ACTOR + WRITER ON HILL STREET BLUES + CO-EXEC PRODUCER OF MIAMI VICE

  • Adam Patric Miller

    AUTHOR + ESSAYIST + AWARDED A PUSHCART PRIZE + A NOTABLE ESSAY SELECTION IN THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAY SERIES + TEACHER

  • Pete Bombaci

    FOUNDER + EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR @ GENWELL PROJECTS

  • Dan Hill

    SINGER / SONGWRITER + GRAMMY AWARD WINNER + AUTHOR + LYRICIST + INDUCTED INTO THE CANADIAN SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME 2021

  • Scott Curran

    SOCIAL IMPACT STRATEGY & STRATEGIC COUNSEL @ BEYOND ADVISERS + PHILANTHROPIST

  • Ron Chapman

    AWARD-WINNING FILMMAKER + DIRECTOR + PRODUCER + MUSICIAN + RECORD PRODUCER + ENTREPRENEUR

  • Allison Liss

    FROM THE YOUNGEST NATIONAL SALES MANAGER FOR ONE OF CANADA’S LARGEST RETAIL CHAINS + ENTREPRENEUR TO MEDITATION TEACHING

  • Ziggy Lorenc

    TV + RADIO PERSONALITY + HOST @ ZOOMER RADIO + ACTRESS + WRITER + “DIVA OF ROMANCE”

  • Ben Zambiasi

    INDUCTED INTO THE GEORGIA-FLORIDA GAME HALL OF FAME + CFL’S MOST OUTSTANDING DEFENSIVE PLAYER AWARD + CANADIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME

  • Howard Jay Smith

    AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR + WRITER (WHO’S THE BOSS + DIFF’RENT STROKES)

  • Calvin Schwartz

    JOURNALIST + BROADCASTER + NOVELIST + LONGEVITY PURSUER

  • Lambros Garcia

    YOUNG DANCER OF THE YEAR + 10-YEAR OLD DANCER ON AMERICA’S GOT TALENT

  • Ben Schick

    EXECUTIVE COACH + LEADERSHIP TEAM FACILITATOR + BUSINESS STRATEGIST

  • Mazeiah Andrade

    FOUNDER @ ATHLIKOS LIFESTYLE + SEASON !5 & 16 AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR + ENTREPRENEUR

  • Jayne Pritchard

    NEWS ANCHOR + REGISTERED NUTRITIONAL COUNSELLOR + REIKI MASTER + AUTHOR

  • Samuel Akwo Adelowo

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR @ PEOPLE CONCERN INTERNATIONAL + BUSINESS STRATEGIST

  • Pierre Viens MD

    DOCTOR SPECIALIZING IN AGEING + ASSISTED DYING

  • Steven Sal DeBus

    CO-FOUNDER @ HOLADAY + ENTREPRENEUR + EXPLORING THE MINIMALIST LIFESTYLE

  • Howard Kaplan

    WRITER + @ 21 HE WAS SENT ON A MISSION INTO THE SOVIET UNION TO SMUGGLE A DISSIDENT’S MANUSCRIPT ON MICROFILM TO LONDON.

  • Steven Rosen

    MUSIC JOURNALIST + 50 INTERVIEWS WITH EDDIE VAN HALEN OVER A PERIOD OF 26-YEARS

  • Amy Ferris

    WRITER + AUTHOR + SPEAKER + WARRIOR GODDESS + BADASS

  • Jane Sibbett

    ACTRESS (of FRIENDS fame)+ WRITER + DIRECTOR + PRODUCER + SOURCE CONDUIT

  • Robert Pasin

    CHIEF WAGON OFFICER @ RADIO FLYER

  • Vernon Jackson

    OWNER OF NOBEL BARBER + AUTHOR + SPEAKER

  • Dr. Tim Elmore

    FOUNDER + CEO @ GROWING LEADERS + BEST SELLING AUTHOR

  • Steve Sarowitz

    BILLIONAIRE BUSINESSMAN + ENTREPRENEUR + PHILANTHROPIST

  • Emme Harris

    ASPIRING TV WRITER + DIRECTOR

  • Marc Victor

    AGENT + FORMER ENTERTAINMENT & NEWS EXECUTIVE WITH FOUR EMMYS

  • Claude Silver

    CHIEF HEART OFFICE @ VAYNER MEDIA (GARY VAYNERCHUK) + OPTIMISTIC REBEL

  • Olantunji Oboi Reed

    PRESIDENT + CEO @ EQUITICITY

  • Bob Lo Bue

    AUTHOR + DIRECTOR @ VISIONS THEATRE PLAY

  • Jeff Arch

    STORYTELLER + SCREENWRITER (ACADEMY NOMINATED FOR ‘SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE’) + AUTHOR

  • Krystel Beall

    PHILANTHROPIST + ADVOCATE + MENTOR

  • Brenda Statz

    CO-FOUNDER @ FARMER ANGEL NETWORK

  • Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar

    CO-FOUNDER OF THE HAPPINESS STUDIES ACADEMY

  • Cher Obediah

    AUTHOR + FILMMAKER + SPEAKER + ARTIST

  • Cameron Algie

    IMPROVISER + SPEAKER + COACH + FOUNDER @ PLAY WITH FIRE IMPROV

  • John Miller

    PRESIDENT + CEO @ GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION + AMERICA’S VETDOG

  • Gladys McGarey MD

    MOTHER OF HOLISTIC MEDICINE + VISIONARY + PIONEER + AUTHOR + 102 YEARS OF AGE

  • Greg Godovitz (GODDO)

    LEGENDARY SINGER + SONGWRITER + AUTHOR

  • Anne Serling

    WRITER + BOARD MEMBER OF THE ROD SERLING MEMORIAL FOUNDATION

  • Vick Naresh

    CONTEMPORARY ARTIST + PERSONAL THEMES OF DISPLACEMENT, BELONGING, AND IDENTITY

  • Laura Benedict

    FOUNDER OF THE RED BARN + HUMANITARIAN

  • Dionna Dorsey Calloway

    CEO + CO-FOUNDER W RYAN REYNOLDS + DAVID GRINER @ THE CREATIVE LADDER + DESIGNER

  • Jeff Dowd

    ‘THE DUDE’ FROM THE BIG LEBOWSKI INSPIRED BY THE REAL DUDE, JEFF + PRODUCER + ACTIVIST + WRITER

  • Saroj (Sue) Gandhi

    FOUNDER OF SUE’S PANTRY + CAPE CRUSADER FOR GOOD

  • Marvin & Tanisha Frink

    WAR VETERAN + FAMILY FARMERS + BRIARWOOD CATTLE FARM

  • Billy Hayes

    ‘MIDNIGHT EXPRESS’ WAS INSPIRED BY BILLY HAYES LIFE IN A TURKISH PRISON + WRITER + PRODUCER

  • Brian Cuban

    LAWYER + BEST SELLING AUTHOR + SPEAKER + YES, MARK CUBAN’S BROTHER

  • Joy Miller PhD

    PSYCHOTHERAPIST + FOUNDER OF RESILIENCY AND HAPPINESS

  • Lucy Yu

    CEO + FOUNDER OF YU AND ME BOOKS

  • Jake Groshong

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PLAYING FOR CHANGE + MUSICIAN + THEATRE

  • Dr. Caroline Buzanko

    PSYCHOLOGIST + YODA OF ANXIETY + ADHD SUPERHERO

  • Nick DeCarlo

    ACTIVIST + CO-CHAIR OF SENIORS FOR CLIMATE ACTION NOW

  • Sphenia Jones

    ACTIVIST + RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL SURVIVOR + ARTIST

  • Christa Campsall

    EDUCATOR + AUTHOR + CREATOR OF MY GUIDE INSIDE + SPEAKER

  • Jacqueline Hollows

    AUTHOR, SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR, FOUNDER OF BEYOND RECOVERY

  • Stacey Powells

    WRITER + NAVIGATING BEING HUMAN

  • Eirik Olsen + Mara Gleason-Olsen

    CO-FOUNDERS + DIRECTORS OF ONE SOLUTION GLOBAL

  • Dajohn White

    FOUNDER OF REBELS FOR PEACE

  • Ivalo Arnfjord

    PhD STUDENT + QAMANNGA SILAMMUT

  • David Fishof

    MUSIC PRODUCER + SPORTS AGENT + FOUNDER ROCK ‘N’ ROLL FANTASY CAMP

  • Jack Pransky PhD

    THREE PRINCIPLES AUTHOR + TRAINER + PRACTITIONER

  • Yitzi Weiner

    EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF AUTHORITY MAGAZINE + RABBI + WRITER

  • Gidon Lev + Julie Gray

    HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR + TIK TOK SENSATION MEETS WRITER + EDITOR

  • Cheryl Jensen + Colonel Greg Gadson

    FOUNDER OF VAIL VETERANS PROGRAM MEETS RETIRED COLONEL IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY

  • Coco Love Alcorn

    RECORDING ARTIST + PERFORMER + CREATOR OF WONDERLAND SINGERS

  • Jeffrey Gibbs

    CHANGE MAKER + ENVIRONMENTALIST + ACTIVIST FOR THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

  • Maurrie Sussman

    FOUNDER + PRESIDENT OF SISTERS ON THE FLY

  • Dr. Oleksandr Elkin

    INSPIRER OF THE EDCAMP MOVEMENT IN THE UKRAINE [40,000 STRONG EDUCATORS’ COMMUNITY]

  • Linda Groocock

    DOLPHIN RESCUER + SEMI-RETIRED REGISTERED VETERINARY TECHNICIAN

  • O’Keiya Dinnall

    O’KEIYA FOUNDER + PRESIDENT @ MY SISTERS

  • Elaine Goldsmith Thomas

    FILM PRODUCER + PRODUCING PARTNER WITH JENNIFER LOPEZ (NUYORICAN PROD) HALLE BERRY (606 FILMS) + ANIMAL LOVER

  • Bryan Robinson PhD

    AUTHOR + JOURNALIST + PSYCHOTHERAPIST + RESILIENCY EXPERT

  • Daphne Fuller

    FOUNDER OF BLACK MINDS IN MEDITATION

  • SHEletta Brundidge

    MEDIA PERSONALITY + AUTISM ADVOCATE + BOSS LADY

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Meet Your Hosts
Kevin & Amy

Kevin Tibbles is an award-winning NBC correspondent. He appeared on all NBC News and MSNBC platforms, including NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, TODAY and NBCNews.com.

Prior to joining the Chicago bureau, Tibbles was a foreign correspondent for NBC News based in London.

Tibbles’ foreign and domestic news experience includes reporting from war zones in Iraq, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Rwanda, Kosovo and beyond.

He was on the streets of London for the funeral of Princess Diana, on a rooftop in Baghdad during numerous coalition bombing runs; and in the flooded wards of New Orleans for hurricanes Katrina and Rita. He was stationed in Chicago’s Grant Park for the historic 2008 election of Barack Obama and brings viewers a unique and personable insight into world events as they affect everyday lives.

Tibbles has won four Emmy awards, a Peabody award, the National Headliner Award, the Overseas Press Club Award, and an award from the National Association of Black Journalists.

He was a part of NBC’s network team at the Olympic Games in Torino, Beijing, Vancouver, London and Sochi.  His work from Iceland, Thailand, Panama, Dubai and beyond was featured on TODAY and he has covered a varied and colorful group of newsmakers that includes Nelson and Winnie Mandela, Tony Blair, David Petraeus, Mikhail Gorbachev; and the father of 911 hijacker Muhammad Atta, who was tracked down in Cairo in the immediate aftermath of the attack.

Tibbles created the series "Meeting America" on "Meet the Press,” and "America’s Correspondent" and "We The People" for Nightly News.

Before joining NBC News, Tibbles was a national correspondent for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) where his coverage experience included Germany following the fall of the Berlin Wall and the first Gulf War.

Tibbles recently retired from news after 42 years, so he could pursue other interests - spreading hope is one of them.

Amy Goldberg is a creative entrepreneur, successful producer in feature film & television, trailblazer in wellness, a sought-after international speaker, business creative, and author. She has successfully leveraged her work in multi-sectors to fuel her insatiable entrepreneurial spirit.

Goldberg has influenced policy and attitudes, and led transformational change within government, start-ups, military, education, entertainment, social enterprise, lifestyle, community, and non-profit sectors.

She was awarded Trailblazer of The Year by Women Who Influence, Entrepreneur of the Year three-time nominee by RBC & Women of Influence, Speaker of the Year nominee by H.U.B. Inc, and received the highest commendation from 3 consecutive Commanding Officers of the Department of National Defence. 

She is the author of Be Your Truth, and Know, Really, and an advisor and subject matter expert to government, company founders, CEO’s and C-Suite executives. She works with fortune ranked companies, rock stars, personalities, athletes, and professionals.

Apart from her success as a producer in film and television, Goldberg’s proud to have been able to contribute and support to the mental health and well-being of others by creating and producing a 13-Part series; I AM NOT OKAY. Raw conversations about mental wellbeing, addictions, anxiety, burnout, and depression with industry leaders from sports, media, the arts, healthcare, and business. She brought Spinning into Canada and piloted the first Joints in Motion Marathon Training Program for the Arthritis Society in Ontario, that now raises millions in arthritis research.

Goldberg is a writer and regular contributor to Thrive Global, Authority Magazine, Medium, and Voyage LA Magazine.

Despite everything Goldberg has done so far in her life, one thing remains constant - through her work, she is committed to inspiring others. Goldberg challenges thinking, inspires change, and moves people and businesses into action where transformation can truly take place.

Goldberg believes in people.

Story Submissions

We're reaching out and connecting with our global community to share stories and ways in which people are contributing for the common good. Those that are demonstrating kind gestures, accomplishing great feats, creating human connection, starting new initiatives, having extraordinary experiences, and demonstrating their support for humankind.

If this is you, we welcome you to submit your story to be considered as a guest on our BELIEVE IN PEOPLE podcast.

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