The Ripple Effect with Jenna Kim Jones
What if one small act of kindness could change everything? The Ripple Effect is a heartfelt new interview series that explores the surprising ways compassion, resilience, and service reverberate through people’s lives. Each episode, Jenna Kim Jones sits down with guests who’ve turned ordinary moments into extraordinary impact.Because when we go out of our way to extend compassion and kindness–even to people who might not be our friends–it inspires others to do the same. With humor, warmth, and a deep sense of curiosity, Jenna uncovers how these stories—of barbers changing more than just their clients’ haircut; of the secret life of leftover hotel soap; of vending machines that dispense just the help someone needs—remind us of something universal: goodness has a way of spreading. The Ripple Effect is more than a podcast. It’s a reminder that YOU can start a ripple that changes everything.
Episodes
What happens when medicine stops asking people to come to it—and starts showing up instead? In this episode of The Ripple Effect, Jenna Kim Jones dives into the Los Angeles Barbershop Blood Pressure Study, an innovative program from Cedars-Sinai built on one essential ingredient: trust.
Cardiologist Dr. Natalie Bello, barber Eric Muhammad, and study participant Marcus Byrd share how a familiar, trusted space became the settin...
After a shooting at an LDS church in Michigan, Dave started a fundraiser not for the most visible victims—but for the shooter’s family. In this episode of The Ripple Effect, Jenna Kim Jones explores what happens when compassion leads instead. What began as a quiet, almost uncomfortable idea turned into a powerful moment of generosity and grace. This conversation looks at faith, forgiveness, and the surprising ways...
What if the thing standing between someone and a fuller life was simply the ability to get up and move when they want to? To go where they want to go? In this episode of The Ripple Effect, Jenna Kim Jones sits down with Nuka Hart, CEO of Free Wheelchair Mission, to talk about the power of movement, dignity, and being seen. From rugged wheelchairs designed for dirt roads to the quiet moments that happen when someone can finally sit ...
In this episode of The Ripple Effect, Jenna Kim Jones dives into Cougs Care—a program that turns football tailgates into service projects. Football season usually means rivalries, trash talk, and a lot of yelling. But BYU Alumni leaders Michael Johanson and Kim Marsh share how fans across the country are collecting food, coats, shoes, and books before kickoff, transforming competition into community. From a massive book drive...
In this episode of The Ripple Effect, Jenna Kim Jones explores how one woman connected the dots between overflowing dumpsters and empty dinner tables. Jasmine shares her journey from making meals out of her own kitchen to founding Goodr—a company that recognizes that hunger and food scarcity isn’t really about not having enough food. It’s about waste, and it’s fixable RIGHT NOW. Along the way, they dig ...
Forget Funyuns and Diet Coke—these bright red vending machines vend kindness and hope. What if you could change someone's life across the world by buying a goat, a beehive, or a backpack — from a vending machine? In this episode of The Ripple Effect, Jenna Kim Jones explores the Light the World Giving Machines—vending machines that do all of that and more. Karl Cheney explains how these small-but-mighty machi...
What happens when life truly falls apart—trees down, homes flooded, whole neighborhoods wiped out? In this episode of The Ripple Effect, Jenna Kim Jones meets the people who run toward the chaos: Team Rubicon. VP of Operations Jeff Byard pulls back the curtain on how this veteran-led volunteer force mobilizes after hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, and floods. Then Operations Associate Jen Nieder shares what really happens wh...
One hotel room. One forgotten bar of soap. One world-changing idea. In the first inaugural episode of The Ripple Effect, comedian Jenna Kim Jones sits down with Clean the World founder Shawn Seipler to unpack the incredible true story of how recycled hotel soap grew from a garage experiment into a global life-saving mission.
Find out more and make your own ripple at CleanTheWorld.org.
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Ripple Effect is your bi-weekly reminder that HEY! It’s not all bad out there! Hosted by comedian Jenna Kim Jones, the show spotlights true stories of everyday people turning simple ideas into serious help—a neighbor rebuilding after disaster, a kid launching a community project, volunteers transforming a moment into a movement. Expect laughs, a few tears, and one clear, doable action you can take after every episode. I...
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