Carroll Hopkins and MA Schaub

MA Schaub and Carroll "Reid" Hopkins talk about the importance of conversation in the midst of division, their changing views through the years and hoping to do their parts.

MA talks about being adopted and her relationships to her adoptive parents. She talks about their passing.

Reid talks about growing up and raising his children.

MA talks about her hope with our country and fear of people not talking to each other. Reid and MA talk about nostalgia and feeling like "products" for the media.

Reid and MA talks about the influence of news media upon their views. Reid talks about being in the Army Reserve during Afghanistan and news that was shared.

MA talks about moments during her father's illness and 9/11 and her choice to move away from the 24/7 news cycle. Reid and MA wish news was conveyed in the media in a more professional and less biased way.

Reid and MA talks about the loss of their fathers to cancer.

MA talks about her career path and employment history.

MA talks about people wanting freedom and her belief we could get along if we talk to each other. Reid reflects upon his changing views, openness to learn and how he sees things now he would not have been able to recognize in earlier years. MA considers our leaders and the affects of money and power.