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What are you most curious about, and how long people stay focused on one idea.

Vivek Somasundaram [no age given] interviews his father, Thayumanasamy Somasundaram (62), about his childhood and upbringing in India. Thayumanasamy talks about his family, his educational background, and his decision to pursue a career in science.

Friends Robert "Rob" Norman (66) and Mark Rentschlar (58) share a conversation about writing, reading, medicine, and the value of stories.

Veda Robbins (54) and her mother Vernetta Henson (74) talk about food, family, and careers. They reflect on the difference between finding a passion and being a curious hummingbird.

Kristina von Hoffmann (32) talks with her companion Jeremy Topper (31) about companionship, how they relate to one another, both romantically and otherwise, and how people can relate to other people in the same way as those other people relate...

Gerald Risk (53) speaks with his father Don Risk (82) about his early life and upbringing, the many jobs he's worked through his life, and his undergraduate years. Together, the reflect on Don's life and the things he is most...

Samuel "Sam" Wiedman (18) reflects on The Dalton School's motto "Go Forth Unafraid." Sam considers intellectual curiosity and what it means to move forward without fear in the context of Helen Parkhurst's founding vision for The Dalton School. He refers...

Barry Gordon (82) talks with his children Allegra (42) and Jeremy Gordon (36) about stories from childhood, science experiments, and his unique path from physics to the psychology of encounter groups and psychics in the 1970s, and into a career...

Friends and fellow retired educators Barbara Dinan (82) and Nina Ruskey (70) talk about their friendship, families, careers, and legacies.

One Small Step conversation partners Amy Tingle (54) and Trish Aylward (61) talk about art, community building, loss, baking, and cats.