Laura Wright and Susan Lupone Stonis
Recorded
November 12, 2022
Archived
November 12, 2022
51:12 minutes
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Id:
ddv002185
Description
One Small Step conversation partners and new friends Laura Wright (65) and Susan Lupone Stonis (59) discover how much they have in common, talk over their religious differences, and the need for kindness in the world.Subject Log / Time Code
Laura shares about her experiences in genetic counseling and Laura (L) and Susan (S) discuss putting oneself in other people's shoes.
S shares about leaving her hometown bubble as an educator and working with underserved schools as a literacy coach.
(next tape) L describes the complexity of determining the most influential person in her life, and influencing her children.
S speaks her values, including wanting "us as a country to take care of each other." S and L agree on being kind, and feeling embarrassed to live in this country at times.
L describes how her atheism informs her values. She shares about her religious upbringing, feeling ostracized by family, and being comfortable with "I don't know."
S and L share with each other discuss the merits of having a religious education, and how they introduced their own children to religion.
L and S find common ground on the kind of love involved in supporting dying loved ones.
Participants
- Laura Wright
- Susan Lupone Stonis