ChangeMakers

About ChangeMakers

The ChangeMakers Podcast presented by cityCURRENT shares personal stories and insights from those who are giving back and making a difference so we can learn and do the same. We cover life lessons, business advice, passion, and purpose. Share the ways you're making a difference using #changemakers.

Publisher

cityCURRENT, Jeremy C. Park, Andrew Bartolotta

Category

business · business · government

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Feb 2016

Latest episode

5 Jan 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 119 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   5 Jan 2026

   Experiential Storytelling Through Immersive Experiences with Jee Vahn Knight, CEO of BVO

   In this episode of the ChangeMakers Podcast, host Andrew Bartolotta sits down with Jee Vahn Knight, CEO of Baron Von Opperbean and the River of Time, to explore the intersection of creativity, hospitality, business strategy, and bold civic vision.

2. 

   24 Sept 2025

   How Business Can Be a Catalyst for Global Change with Erik Olson, CEO of Dignity Made

   Host Jeremy C. Park interviews ChangeMaker, Erik Olson, CEO of Dignity Made, about his upbringing in a Scandinavian Lutheran household in rural Minnesota and how his childhood experiences helped shape his values around community and morality. Erik shares his journey from pursuing a business degree to co-founding Dignity Made, which works with communities in the Philippines through various initiatives including education, water filtration, and fair trade coconut farming. Dignity Made offers consumers raw, organic coconut oil that is extracted using their centrifuge method, which preserves more micronutrients than traditional cold-pressed oils. Every 15oz jar of Raw Coconut Oil is hand signed by the person who bottled it, and every jar sold helps transform communities. The interview concludes with Erik discussing Dignity Made’s success in transforming the lives of coconut farmers and their families through ethical business practices and fair trade, while also touching on his personal faith journey and future aspirations for the company.

3. 

   3 Jun 2025

   Courtney Johnson Founder & CEO of Culinary Care on Serving Hope with Every Meal: Nourishing Cancer Patients Through Culinary Care

   Andrew Bartolotta interviews Courtney Johnson, Founder and CEO of Culinary Care, about her organization's mission to provide restaurant-prepared meals and emotional support to cancer patients and their families.

Inside a recent episode

ChangeMakers: Victor Boutros - persevering against powerful systems of injustice

Published 5 Mar 2019 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So share some of those pieces of just when you're walking into a country, how this process unfolds. Well, interestingly, it actually really began here in the U.S. When I was a federal prosecutor, the folks in the Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit would travel around the country and we would meet these federal agents and prosecutors who seem to think a trafficking case would be a really compelling thing to work on, and yet we saw very few cases happening. And we tried to figure out, okay, what's the disconnect? We've got good laws in the books. We've got smart, motivated people. Why are we not seeing more cases? […]

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

459,689

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 76 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

85

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

81

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