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The Ripple Effect with Jenna Kim Jones

The Ripple Effect with Jenna Kim Jones

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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.

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Episodes
  • What Happens When Tailgates Get Nice? Cougs Care with Michael Johanson and Kim Walsh
    Jan 6 2026

    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 Walsh 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 Texas to unexpected friendships between rival fan bases, this conversation proves that kindness travels just as well as a football team.

    Find out more and make your own ripple from BYU’s Cougs Care.

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    49 mins
  • Is Hunger Actually Solveable… Today? With Jasmine Crowe-Houston of Goodr
    Dec 23 2025

    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 into dignity, choice, climate impact, and why solving big problems sometimes starts with a very small sandwich.

    Find out more and make your own ripple at Goodr.co.

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    36 mins
  • Vending Machines…with Chickens? That Change Lives?! The Giving Machines with Karl Cheney, Fran Lowder, and Steve Lowder
    Dec 9 2025

    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 machines now appear in 126 cities across 21 countries, and volunteers Steve and Fran Lowder, share the remarkable stories behind them.

    These aren’t vending machines—they’re ripple machines.

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    46 mins
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