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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 partners Marianne Kast (70) and Jason Johnson (50) have a conversation comparing their experiences working in education and with school resource officers. They talk about the importance of voting and not engaging in political discussions online.

Adrian Tirtanadi (38) and friend Sara Farooqi (37) discuss their journeys of disconnection and reconnection to Christianity and Islam respectively.

My father talked about some of the things that are most important to him. Some of these things are family, work and respect.

One Small Step conversation partners Luisa Avila (22) and Elise Howell (30) talk about their different backgrounds, the important role mentors have played in their lives, and how their political views have evolved over time.

my name is cassie saeteurn, age 17 and i am interviewing my mom who is mahn hin saeteurn. this is a story on how she came from laos to the u.s and her escape from the vietnam war.

In this interview, conducted in November 2017, Katelyn Stankowski (15) interviews her dad Paul Stankowski (47) about his time on the PGA Tour and his life growing up. Paul Stankowski shares stories of his past and his experiences with golf....

In this interview, Gissell Flores and her aunt, Gabriela Pinedo, talk about some of the lessons life has taught them. Her aunt shares a profound religious experience she had with her younger child, Jacob. She gives teenagers an advice that...

Steve Allen, raised in California, but moved to Vancouver, WA talks about his experience being an EMT and police officer.

One Small Step conversation partners Randy White (65) and Ryan Jacobsen (42) talk about the importance of community engagement and their commitment to both urban and rural Fresno.

Yo Azama: 2020-11-23 19:21:14 Yo Azama (51) talks to his friend and mentor, Ann Jordan (63), about her mother Tei Dacus (97) who moved to the US to pursue her dream in 1950's and began her career as an educator.

At 16 years of age, my mom, Sohpie Ricordel, had a decision made by her father, Daniel, that changed her life. My grandfather was a school teacher and principal who made difficult decisions for his students and his family. If...

Mother, Lisa D'Ambrosio (55), and Daughter, Dominique Troy (31), speak about faith and family.

I weave my life into the greater story of 1934 to the present, the Great Depression, rural America, the child games we played, while man I would marry fire bombed Tokyo,the second world war, repression of the 1950s,west coast jitters...

We talked about life, love, and the pursuit of happiness

In this interview, Ava Willis (16) and Rowan Hutchinson (16) talk in Live Oak, CA. They discussed a favorite memory of Rowan and computers, as well as how Ava feels she will die, and how she wants to be buried.

This interview talks about Sally Drake's life and her story through a series of questions asked by her granddaughter.

Korean American Christian girl from Orange County grows up and finds herself working in Skid Row

I interviewed my grandmother on Thanksgiving, and listened to her as she talked to me about her motherhood, faith and childhood

Ellen Sears (75) and colleague Wayne Boatwright (61) discuss religion, death, addiction, and meritocracy.

Religion was important to her. She thinks that everything is good and people should remember her as a happy, peppy woman.

Jill talks about her mother, Sylvia, who recently passed away. She shares memories of Sylvia's early childhood, marriage, and family life, and the valuable legacy she left to her family and posterityl

In this interview, conducted on December 15th, 2023, in Santa Monica, California, Andrew Bernknopf (60) talks with his son, Leo Bernknopf (15) about how his Jewish religion and faith in God has shaped his perspective of the world. He shares...

A Bridge of Hope; Peter and Claire look back on their life together that began when Claire met Peter when she he was 6 and she 16 and how they reconnected 20 years later when Claire was a violist in...

Elijah and I were talking about family relationships and our experiences with them. I interviewed him about his loved one which whom was his grandma and he talked about their bond together.