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Ross Smith (52) and his partner, Aaron Knight (50), talk about becoming foster parents. They also discuss some of the challenges and highlights they have faced through the fostering and adoption experience.

Friends, Dixie Fletcher (72) and Carolyn Head (65) share their experiences coming out to their husbands and children, talk about how their lives have changed since they started dating women, and what its like to raise children.

Michael Diaz-Rivera (23) interviews his mother, Linda Diaz-Rivera-Cleveland (46) about her life, focusing on her experience as a mother.

Siblings Barbara Espinoza (30), Rebeca Beliard (34), and Jaime Espinoza (28) remember moving from Mexico to Michigan as children. They also talk about their happiest and saddest moments, biggest influences, and hopes for the future.

Neiger Green Patrick (37) interviews her grandmother Nancy Mae Green (98) about Nancy's life and about her husband and her starting the Greater New Light Missionary Baptist Church 50 years ago.

Malik Brooks (14) and his teacher Matthew Coons (28) talk about music, school and violence in the community.

Claire interviews Emma Lou about growing up in Chestnut, Alabama. Emma Lou remembers from childhood about her mother, great-grandmother and her brother, Jim.

Ruby Loera (26) and her friend Israel Saucedo (26) talk about their families, their academic interests, and early trauma in their lives.

Tony Maldonado (29) talks with his wife, Oneida Cantú-Maldonado (27) about some of his most difficult times and the lessons he's learned of the years. They reflect on their marriage and mutual growth through difficult times and tell each other...

Karen Marie Mason (54) talks with her friend, Kiplyn Primus (56), about growing up in Brooklyn, New York, and her education journey, which includes getting kicked out of an Ohio boarding school and leaving Syracuse University 6 credits short of...

Chuck Corra (29) and Nicolas Cadena (26) speak about the ways their backgrounds have informed their political views, and share their thoughts on community dynamics and the way personal context is needed to understand the identity that drives community attitudes.

Friends Jared Jacoug Maher (32) and Vanessa Martinez (34) talk about the news and culture podcast they host with some of their friends, the Denver Diatribe, and how and why they each came to it.

Anna DeShawn (31) talks with her friend and fellow board member Chris Smith (52) about growing up in Chicago in different generations. The two also talk about coming out and what it means for them to be black and queer...

Selwyn Bernandez (24) talks with his mentor, Liandra Tonge (27) about his experiences in, and transitioning out of foster care. Selwyn remembers those who have been helpful to him in his journey, including Liandra. They also reflect together on their...

Sister Gladia Bell (89), Lue Hicks (78), and Willie B. Kennedy (88) talk about their childhood memories, their wonderful parents and their life growing up in the South

Tiffany Harris (32) talks with her friend Rachel Gildiner (36) about identifying as a "Jew of color", what she wants for and from the world, and the work she does building relationships and representing her community.

Physical therapists, Sarah Blanton (50) and Nancy Lehrer (49), interview their patient, Ulysess Elijah (59), who talks about his life after a life-changing spinal cord injury.

Marvin Oliver (86) tells his granddaughter, Lauren Oliver (30), about growing up in Macon, GA after the depression, how he met his wife, Anita Pearl Oliver. He recalls moving from GA to Overland Park, Kansas to open his restaurant, Bonanza....

Troy Beckham (59) talks with his son, Darius Beckham (23), about growing up in Dayton, Ohio, and the importance of prioritizing family and education.

Siblings Charles Pickett (25) and Mercedes Pickett (29) have a conversation about their community activism in the West Side of Chicago, some of the experiences that influenced their community involvement, and the vision of their nonprofit Earth's Remedies.

Friends LaRome Armstrong (54) and Curtis Pierce (48) engage in conversation about LaRome's many faces: as an artist in dance, drama, music, film, and writing, as a strong black man growing up in Texas, and as an activist in the...

Michael Ortiz Hill (59) talks to his daughter Nicole Lockwood (37) about his life, being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and fond memories of Nicole's childhood.

Jessica "Rene" Davis (39) talks with her friend Akua Jackson (42) about her upbringing in Delaware and her decision to enlist in the army. She shares memories of basic training, Advanced Individual Training (AIT), and combat, as well as some...

Stella Okech (22) speaks with her conversation partner Salome Mwangi (50) about her childhood memories, her activism in the refugee community and the many ways she and Salome are tied together.

Anthony Robinson (58) talks with his friend, Mike Ware (65), about his wrongful conviction and time in prison, his exoneration, and pursuing law after his release.