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One Small Step conversation partners Susan B. (58) and Jonathan Webster (35) have a conversation about their backgrounds and beliefs, touching on topics like education, politics, guns, and biases. They find common ground despite differences.

One Small Step conversation partners George Ozburn (46) and Conor Miles (34) talk about growing up in Fresno, their families, and their political views.

One Small Step conversation partners Sarah Valentine (42) and Marcel Woodruff (40) talk about their families, faith journeys, and hopes for Fresno as a place of thriving.

One Small Step partners James Waugh (63) and Pamela Rosa Scott Vickers (74) reflect on their experiences growing up in Oklahoma.

One Small Step conversation partners Dean Sieck (78) and Amy Sabath (49) talk about their political backgrounds and religion.

One Small Step conversation partners LaQuesha Wiley (34) and John Espinosa (25) talk about their families, what it means to be a "moderate," vaccine hesitancy, and how COVID-19 has brought communities together

One Small Step conversation partners Eric Marsh (54) and Michelle Taylor (35) have a respectful conversation regarding their upbringing, immigration, and abortion issues.

One Small Step conversation partners Janet Smith (63) and Ricky Martin (67) discuss about politics.

One Small Step partners Loman Martin (38) and Reid Belew (29) discuss their small-town and religious upbringings, their families, women's rights, racism, and their life experiences.

One Small Step conversation partners Rev. Kristin McAtee (53) and Dr. Marc Dreyer (75) met for the first time virtually for a conversation. In it, they discuss what brought them to a career in the church, what the phrase "defunding...

Meeting for the first time online to participate in StoryCorps' One Small Step Initiative, Anna Beth Clark (32) and Stephen Vekovius (50) find common ground talking about being triathletes from Shreveport, Louisiana.

In their One Small Step conversation, Rachel Rectenwald (42) and Steve Whyte [no age given] talk about how they see the role of politicians, as well as how they responded to the Black Lives Matter protests this summer.

One Small Step conversation partners Julia Torres Barden (61) and Shelli Fowler (62) discuss formative moments in their political identities, the precarious nature of the current political moment, and what constitutes an effective strategy for social change.

One Small Step Partners Kimberly Vinson (58) and Heidi Hendricks (59) have a conversation about the impacts that their disabilities on their lives.

James Harold (60) and his One Small Step partner Montgomery Mewers (53) discuss living in various parts of the United States, the weaknesses of the current American political system, and impactful childhood experiences and relationships that inform their politics.

One Small Step partners Gregory "Greg" Greenway (71) and Randall "Randy" Cirksena (63) exchange lived experiences and discuss their civil war ancestors, first jobs as bank tellers, and not choosing a race on the StoryCorps paperwork.

One Small Step partners Herb Albert (71) and Karl Kimball (61) sit down for a conversation about the political divide in our country and the obstacles of racial discrimination.

One Small Step conversation partners Catherine "Kit" Petersen (70) and Teresa "Terry" Fife (68) met for the first time in-person in Oklahoma City to discuss their upbringings, their frustration with the two major parties and their relationships with faith.

One Small Step participants Julaine Hunter (49) and Rhonda Jones (52) talk about the ways their childhoods shaped their politics, how COVID has affected them, and the recent loss of Julaine's daughter.

One Small Step partners Donald Rogus (76) and Denise Davis (69) have a conversation about their passion for art and poetry.

One Small Step conversation partners Beth Ankerholz (70) and Jeffrey Valdez (64) reflect upon arriving at a similar place in their lives, despite having taken very different paths. They discuss their changing political views, changing religious views, connection to nature...

One Small Step partners Valerie McCloud (62) and Halley Cole (28) discuss the level of discord and intolerance in the country, the diversity in their friend groups growing up, and Black Lives Matter.

One Small Step Conversation partners Lisa Alvarado (31) and Stephen Tootle (47) talk about the roles of their families in shaping their political beliefs, the impact of their loved ones, and meaning of “abolition”.

One Small Step partners Richard "Wray" White (69) and Margaret "Peggy" Williams (71) discuss their backgrounds, their shared experience of parenthood, mental health, news media, and the challenge of connecting with others across political difference.

One Small Step partners Betsy Randolph (69) and Mary Driebe (56) have a conversation about spirituality and social justice.