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Sisters Rox Anne Guillot (62) and Susan Harrington (60) talk about their rare chronic illness and reminisce on childhood memories.

Adrienne Hurd and mother, Merlyn Hurd, remember Hugh Hurd, Merlyn's husband and Adrienne's father. They reflect on being an interracial family in the early 1960s New York, the challenges they faced as a result, and their relationship.

Sisters-in-law Noelle Kempton (38) and Jennifer Kempton (34) share with each other their experiences of pain, both emotionally and physically. Jennifer talks about her chronic illness and its limitations on her life, and Noelle shares about being a military spouse...

One Small Step partners, Emily Rushing (70) and Fred Bennett (76) discuss the changing landscape of news, media literacy, social issues, and being Christians who value diversity and racial reconciliation.

Facilitator Shira Smillie [no age given] interviews Melanie Thomas (36) and Anthony Thomas (40) about their love story, parenthood, and navigating being in an interracial relationship.

Spouses Ondria Leary (74) and George Leary (77) share a conversation about their relationship, their experiences as an interracial couple, and their family now.

Chris Whitney and Grace Van Houtte are both freshman students at the University of Richmond. Chris is friends with Grace and interviewed her about her disability. Grace has CRPS and openly talks about her experiences of leading a disabled life...

One Small Step partners Jennifer Yox (37) and Pat Keebler (75) have a conversation about titling memoirs, history being written by the victors, and learning to give people the benefit of the doubt.

Melvin Johnson (65) and Darryl Hicks (67) share their common experiences driving trucks, growing up black, and the joy and importance of having conversations with different kinds of people and not making assumptions.

Friends Kirin Makker (49) and Sejal Shah (48) share a conversation about how they met, how their lives overlapped in different ways before meeting, about race and identity, and about living with chronic and invisible illness.

Friends Sheila Wise Rowe (63) and William "Bil" Mooney-McCoy (66) remember their childhoods amidst Boston's efforts to desegregate public schools.

Daryl Chinn is interviewed by his daughter about his Chinese heritage, growing up in Salt Lake City,being bilingual, religion, interracial marriage and raising a family.

One Small Step conversation partners Joe Marra (57) and Landon Reid (50) talk about how important their parents were to their development, the joys of both having a 5 year old and how to make some politics a win-win situation.

One Small Step conversation partners Emmett Hohensee (36) and Dane Winkler (40) discuss illness, losing loved ones over politics, anger, travel and what they've learned recently through their studies and local community spots.

Kate Sanchez (68) and Amol Kulkarni (66) talk about how their diverse childhoods and societal mores have influenced their 38 year old interracial marriages. They reflect on the challenges and benefits of being in an interracial marriage and its impact...

Fumiko McKay (88) talks with her granddaughter, Emiko Schwab (25), about what it was like to move to the US from Japan in the 1950s, her experiences with racism, and some of her memories of raising a family in the...

One Small Step conversation partners Jason Williams (45) and Glen Wong (71) discuss the impact of their upbringing and parents, race, fatherhood, international travel, chronic illness, careers, and interests.

Helene Van Menen [no age given] and her grandchildren Juniper Stulb [no age given] and Scarlett Stub [no age given] discuss Juniper and Scarlett’s father having cancer, their childhood, the COVID-19 pandemic, and their future career paths.

This is an interview I did with my 86-year-old grandmother. She lived in Germany through WWII and had a very interesting life, resulting in some unusual stories. She now lives on an out-of-service farm in Pennsylvania's Amish Country. In this...

Teriyana Morton (28) interviews new friend and StoryCorps conversation partner Katrina "Katt" Jeanne (40) about her experience discovering that the man who raised her was not her biological father, learning about her genetic and ethnic makeup, and getting to know...

Barbara Barefield (67) and her husband, A. Spencer Barefield (64), talk about their 40 year relationship, jazz, the arts, their children, and being an interracial couple.

Michele Pettes (46) interviews her husband, Maron Andrew Pettes (43), about the beginning to their relationship. Maron is black and Michele is white. In the beginning, Michele's parents weren't too happy about their relationship.

Betty Yuen, 85, tells her daughter Lois Yuen, 45, and her son Eddie Yuen, 43, about growing up in Minnesota, being a stewardess, traveling to India alone, and meeting their father, Hoh-Kun (Donald) Yuen.

Dyah "Arin" Hening (36) talks with her friend Michiko Nabila (28) about their shared yet unique experiences as Indonesian immigrants who live in Boise, Idaho.

Deborah Nelson Linck (66) has a conversation with her husband, Daniel Linck (62), about how they met, their marriage, and their family.