Ripple Effect: Positive Change Around the Sound podcast
WHAT:
Presented by Mirror Stage, Ripple Effect: Positive Change Around the Sound amplifies the stories of local change-makers whose positive impact ripples across Puget Sound. Released monthly, each episode features a local change-maker working to build a better, more inclusive community—telling their story in their own words. Ripple Effect explores how the actions of a single individual ripple outward, shaping collective understanding. Every episode invites listeners to find out what brings our guests to this moment today, what drives and inspires them, and how to get involved.
WHEN:
Episodes drop monthly on the fourth Wednesday
WHERE:
Episodes are available on the Mirror Stage web site, Spotify, and all other major podcast platforms
EPISODES
Episode #11: February 25, 2026: A Path to Leadership with Edgar Longoria
Episode #10: January 28, 2026: Mentorship for Queens with Kechi Amaefule
Episode #9: December 17, 2025: Cultivating Community with Raymond Williams
Episode #8: November 26, 2025: Creative Connection with Philip “Sharp Skills” Jacobs
Episode #7: October 22, 2025: Amplifying Accessibility in the Arts with Elizabeth Ralston
Episode #6: September 25, 2025: Healing Through Story with Makinie Fortino
Episode #5: July 23, 2026: Storytelling to Express the Creator Within with Logic Amen
Episode #4: June 25, 2025: Native Healing Through Homelessness with Nawiishtunmi Nightgun
Episode #3: May 27, 2025: Immigration Advocacy in Washington State with Malou Chávez
Episode #2: April 22, 2025: Seattle Black Panthers: Fight for Justice and Freedom Documentary with Rick DuPree
Episode #1: March 25, 2025: Arts & Cultural Advocacy with Manny Cawaling
ABOUT MIRROR STAGE
Originally founded in 1991, Mirror Stage is a nonprofit multidisciplinary arts company that believes the power of story and art holds the key to bringing people together in imagining and embodying a better future. We challenge assumptions, bias and prejudice, increasing equity and inclusion while encouraging more thoughtful reflection on today’s issues. Mirror Stage nurtures unique artistic voices, centering those who have been most oppressed by society’s inequitable systems and structures. Mirror Stage gets people talking, as well as thinking. Learn more about the history of Mirror Stage.
Mirror Stage gratefully acknowledges the support of 4Culture, ArtsWA, the City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, the EPS Fund, Humanities Washington, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Paul G. Allen Foundation, and the Posner-Wallace Foundation.