Search Interviews

One Small Step partners Doug Lyon (58) and David Burke (52) discuss the merits of liberal and conservative approaches to different issues and share stories of how their backgrounds have shaped their beliefs.

One Small Step conversation partners Beth Watkins (56) and Phil Johnston (45) discuss their backgrounds, their roles as parents, the nuances of social issues, and their shared experience working with children.

One Small Step conversation partners Joanne Goodwin (58 ) and Colton Cossitt (23) discuss their differences and similarities in their views on capitalism, government programs, environmentalism and guns.

One Small Step Partners Amada Matei (48) and Joseph "Joey" Ernst (40) discuss their backgrounds, livelihoods, interests, and political identities. They reflect on their shared value of curiosity and consider past experiences connecting across political differences.

One Small Step partners Jim Candelaria (62) and Armida Huerta (56) share a conversation about their family histories and the roots of their political beliefs.

One Small Step conversation partners Jack Llewellyn (58) and Robert Bogner (90) talk about family life, cancer among family members, the importance of work, fatherhood and love of the common man.

One Small Step conversation partners Sidny Zink (70) and Pamela Moreno (66) talk about their upbringings, political values and the meaning of patriotism.

One Small Step conversation partners Warren Brown (55) and Melissa Reitman (57) explore some of their political differences, explore the meaning they find in raising children and trade notes on the difficulties of public interaction in their professions.

One Small Step partners Holly Hott (53) and AJ Begay (42) talk about AJ's Native culture, Holly's commitment to training women in firearm use, and their shared desire to protect the people they care about most.

One Small Step conversation partners Suzanne "Sue" Aubrey (66) and Kymberly "Kym" Dakin (66) talk about their families, writing books, health and healthcare, and how their own Democrat side of the aisle frustrates them.

One Small Step partners Pearl Casias (79) and Terri Oliger (51) share a conversation about their lives growing up, the importance of self-reliance, and playing the role of matriarch in their extended families.

One Small Step partners Michael Zalewski (22) and Ron Lusher (60) have a conversation about their different perspectives coming from two different generations and their commonalities.

One Small Step conversation partners Donna Gulec (63) and Emily Thorn (42) discuss their differing views on how the COVID-19 pandemic affected them, and their shared experience of marrying a non-white person of another culture.

One Small Step conversation partners Scott Mathis (78) and Laura [No Name Given] (45) talk about the meaning of conservative and liberal, and explore life histories.

One Small Step conversation partners Juliette Landphair (56) and Sipi Gupta (43) discuss watching family members struggle, resilience, and the value of higher education.

One Small Step partners Rachel Medina (33) and Clark Craig (56) discuss their experiences being elected officials in small municipalities, how their backgrounds and upbringings have shaped their political values, and the importance of education.

One Small Step partners Tiffany Gray (43) and Chuck McAfee (81) share a conversation about their backgrounds and political beliefs. They also talk about friends they have in common and their families homesteading in the region.

One Small Step partners Johanna Winkler (41) and Sharon Craig (51) talk about motherhood and the similarities and differences of their experiences as mothers.

One Small Step partners and longtime Wichita residents Kimberly Koenck (45) and Mack Moore (73) explore their generational perspectives, contrast their political values, and reflect on the importance of humanizing others across political differences.

Kelly Phillips (54) and her One Small Step partner Alec Sabatini (29) discuss varying topics like global warming, gun control, media consumption, and politics.

One Small Step conversation partners Chaitna Sinha (44) and Shalako Powers (44), talk about their family histories, the paradoxes and hypocrisies of political beliefs and about the pressures and concerns of raising daughters in these times.

One Small Step conversation partners Helena "Ena" Hunt (75) and John Coppers (53) have a conversation about the Healthcare system in the United States and the struggles they have overcome.

One Small Step conversation partners Laurie Meininger (65) and Pete Montaño (68), talk about travel, family life, voting rights, gun control and gun ownership and the tension between individual freedom and personal responsibility.

One Small Step conversation partners Janine Getler (62) and Mary Holderman (43) discuss each of their efforts towards helping people who need housing, boundaries with family and politics, and their ties to unions.

One Small Step conversation partners Phil Bailey (71) and Susan Sheremeta (55) talk about heritage, time in jail, the role of the government, and family.