Build Upon The Good

Today, it appears our children are surrounded by hate and nastiness. Perhaps it's time to revist a legacy of empathy and goodness by a simple neighbor. Mr. Fred Rogers is needed today more than ever and in today's Legacy Spotlight, we focus on how and why it started, the impact it had on millions of children over generations, and how Congress tried to stop it.

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*special crossover episode of Build Upon The Good and also Good George podcasts

At a 1966 dinner party in NYC, one woman asked a simple question: What if the addictive power of television could be used to teach instead of selling?

Sesame Street changed the world of education and childhood for hundreds of millions of kids. This is the story of how and why it started, the amazing impact it's had on kids and the dangers of trying to dismantle it.

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*originally aired Sept 2025

Guest Felice Zaslow lost her husband Ira on the WTC terror attacks on September 11th. She shares her story, why she wrote her book, and what good she hopes to pass down to the next generations.

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Special thanks for Sean Kelly and the band The Samples for permission to use Streets in the Rain. www.TheSamples.com

*originally released Sept 2020

Kean's fellow Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity brother, Rich Winner, was inside the first building hit on September 11th, 2001. Rich shares his story, how it's impacted him as a father, and what "good" he hopes to pass down.

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Speak thanks to Sean Kelly and the band The Samples for permission to use Streets in the Rain. www.TheSamples.com

Kean shares what's coming to Build Upon The Good as we head into the Fall, including new guest interviews and special legacy segments.

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Thanks to Sean Kelly and the band The Samples for permission to use Streets in the Rain. Visit them at www.theSamples.com

*Originally released July 2023

Kean had the honor of delivering the 2023 Commencement Address to his alma mater graduation (Cambridge, NY high school).

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Special thanks to Sean Kelly and the band The Samples for permission to use Streets in the Rain.

*orginally released in August 2023

Former US Navy SEAL and author Benjamin Milligan shares his story on what led him to become a Navy SEAL and ultimately to research and write his book "By Water Beneath The Walls: The Rise of the Navy SEALs."

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Special thanks to Sean Kelly and the band The Samples for permission to use Streets in the Rain,

Thank you to our sponsor Empire Wine and Empire Too. Visit their Albany, NY locations and at www.EmpireWine.com

*originally released in August 2022

Bonus Episode (Re-Release)

Debbie Lee, Gold Star Mom to fallen US Navy SEAL Marc Lee (KIA-Aug 8th, 2006- Ramadi, Iraq), answers 5 more questions relating to Marc's final lettrer home, the SEAL Brotherhood, the purpose behind AMW, her faith, and what "good" Marc would want to pass on to the next generations.

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Special thanks to Sean Kelly and the band The Samples for permission to use Streets in the Rain. www.TheSamples.com

*episode originally released in August 2022

Debbie Lee is the Gold Star Mom of fallen US Navy SEAL Marc Lee (KIA-Aug 2, 2006- Ramadi, Iraq) and the CEO/Founder of America's Mighty Warriors. Debbie shares how her faith, and Marc's inspiring call to action in his final letter home, led her through some of her darkest days. Having visited Iraq in 2007 and 2010, Debbie is the first Gold Star Mom to visit the combat zone where her son died.

Please consider supporting her organization www.AmericasMightyWarriors.com and please do something good in her son Marc's honor. Never Forgotten.

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Thanks to our sponsor Empire Wine and Empire Too! Please support and visit them at www.EmpireWine.com and visit their Albany, NY locations.

Special thanks to Sean Kelly and the band The Samples for permission to use Streets in the Rain. Support them at www.TheSamples.com

*Episode first released in August 2023

Grief and joy can and do co-exist. That's the powerful message author Casey Mulligan Walsh shares in this very personal and raw episode. Her story, which includes being orphaned as a teenager and then losing her son to a car accident, is heartbreaking and inspiring. Her essay, Still, abour her son Eric's death, published in Split Lip Magazine, was nominated for Best of the Net.

Her work has appeared in The New York Times, HuffPost, Modern Loss, and many others. Casey explores how grief morphs through time, which will be highlighted in the forthcoming Daring to Breathe.

casey and her husband serve as advocates for The Family Heart Foundation, an organization to raise awareness around the genetic cardiovascular disorder that affects her family.

Follow Casey at www.caseymulliganwalsh.com and on FB, IG and other social media.

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Thanks to our sponsor Empire Wine and Empire Too. Support and follow them at www.EmpireWine.com and at their Albany, NY locations.

Special thanks to Sean Kelly and the band The Samples for permission to use Streets in the Rain. Follow them at www.TheSamples.com