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Kristina Jones (52) talks with student, Nisreen Abo-Sido (19), about her passion for botany and science. They examine what it means to be a Wellesley science student.

KL interviews TL about her community & community service, her sense of home, and the love of nature, plants, and animals they both share as mother and daughter.

George II interviews his father George I about his life, military service, happiness, beliefs, struggles.

Raven Norris (20) and her father Jerry Norris (53) talk about his other daughter Daniella, who passed away from a drug overdose, and explore how her death has affected both their lives.

Kayeloni Scott (30) hears from her colleague Mary Jane Miles (80) about her upbringing, her travels and her struggles with abuse and alcoholism.

Husband and wife Stephen DeAngelo (41) and Evelyn DeAngelo (41) discuss Evelyn's upbringing in Louisiana and how the two met and decided to marry.

Siblings Emily Garcia (23) and Ricky Garcia (26) discuss the destructive effects alcoholism has had on their family and Ricky's struggles with sobriety.

Lorriane Marais (69) speaks with her son Jake Marais (41) about her experiences as an activist under apartheid in South Africa and her hopes for healing and and end to racial injustice in America.

One Small Step conversation partners David Cooper (69) and Andrew Allen (21) have an intergenerational talk about their faith, their careers, social support and political views.

Sally Dishman (23) interviews her coworker Jeremy Pruitt (38) about topics ranging from his feelings on garden gnomes to his experience being on the board of Eden Village at the Gathering Tree in Springfield, Missouri.

One Small Step partners Anna Isler (23) and Susan "Sue" Kurzman (68) discuss living in Richmond, volunteering at animal shelters, and how they define patriotism.

One Small Step partners James Sweeney (69) and Wally Long (63) discuss their community work, their mutual belief that the right to vote is "sacred," and why face-to-face conversations are so important.

Jenn Simmons (39) interviews her friend, colleague, and mentor, Howard Cavner (68), about his childhood in the Ozarks region of Missouri, his relationship with his grandmother, the pride he has for his daughter, and the most important lessons that he...

Sammye Walton (45) interviews her friend, Chris Gates (35), about his creation of and continued passion for MainSprings, a nonprofit organization focused on breaking the cycle of poverty and creating a sustainable future for communities in East Africa.

Harriet Mantzer (67) talks with her friend, Gail Greener (59) about her time as a hospice nurse, caring for cancer patients, and delivering babies. She shares about being a rancher and the death of her seventeen-year-old daughter.

Friends Kim Hahn (28) and Heather Kinderthain (45) discuss some of life's harder moments, including the death of Kim's mom and Heather's experience overcoming addiction.

One Small Step participants Donna Pate [no age given] and Brent Ottaway [no age given] discuss their travels, how their politics have changed over time, and how illness has affected them, their families, and their political views.

Carlos Moore (49) talks with new friend and StoryCorps facilitator Mia Raquel (24) about what triggered him to start learning about his family and the research he's done using the Bible as a resource in the past 10 years to...

Dr. John Cooperwood (52) interviews his friend and colleague Dr. Seth Ablordeppey (68) on his research and development of a pain management medication that is free of opioids.

Spouses Connie Roop [no age given] and Peter Roop (72) discuss being together for fifty years, Peter being from Memphis Tennessee, his involvement in the Civil Rights Movement, their travels across the seven continents, and their two children.

One Small Step conversation partners Leslie Hoyt (66) and Emily Hatch (34) discuss their differing political beliefs, feelings around motherhood, and find common ground around experiences of loss and grief.

Jason Lauritsen (51) shares a conversation with his friend George Wilder (79) about botany, herbaria, the environmental impact that humans have on the planet, studying plant anatomy and morphology, and about seeing beauty, pattern, and symmetry in nature.

Kathleen O'Dell (68) interviews her long-time friend David L. Harrison (85) about his journey as a writer and where he finds inspiration for his award-winning children's books.

Maureen Lewiston (66) interviews her friend Elle Harris (30) about her experiences working as a packer for the U.S. National Park Service.

Tina Fucile (61) shares a conversation with her son, Stephen Fucile [no age given], about addiction, incarceration, grace, and the Prison Entrepreneurship Program.