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History of 1960s

One Small Step conversation partners Harry Baldwin (73) and Margaret Nuckols-Currance (73) have a conversation about having political conversations with family, how being a Christian is hard work, and the deeps care it takes to have conversations across difference.

Interview with my favorite teacher

One Small Step conversation partners Patrick "Pat" Harkin (66) and Natalie Nicholson (62) talk about isolation during COVID-19, Black Lives Matter, and how they're actually not so different.

grandma talks about what inspired her to be a teacher and how my dad was as a kid.

Edward "Ed" Strabel (78) is interviewed by his wife, Glynn Strabel (71), particularly surrounding his service in the Vietnam War.

Spouses, Neil Rambana (52) and Elizabeth Ricci (46), reflect on the role “the American Dream” has played in their lives, discuss the work they do as immigration attorneys, and look forward to their daughters’ future.

This interview, conducted on November 26, 2017 in Vestavia, Alabama, Katherine Ratliff (17) interviews her grandmother Deborah about her life as a child in Tuscumbia and about her and her family growing up and settling here in Birmingham.

This interview was about Watergate, the Kent State Incident, the Oil Crisis, and Jonestown.

In 1981 an influx of Cambodian and Laotian refugee children landed in Dallas speaking no English. John Gallagher, a teacher at Fannin Elementary School in Dallas, decided he would do what he could to help the students and their families....

One Small Step conversation partners Ben Himmelfarb (32) and Michael "Mike" Mailey (36) discuss how their upbringings shaped their political convictions and their hopes for collective healing.

The interview was recorded on October 25 in Mint Hill, North Carolina. I(Colby) has learned a couple more things about my Mom and how she was brought up as a child. My mother’s name is Leslie Ryan, and she has...

Justin Clark’s instructor, Master Opal Harbert, shares her story. She explains how she got up to this point, how she progressed, and her tactics on teaching kids in need.

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I started off by asking my mom a series of questions about her life as a teacher, then slowly moved down the timeline all the way to when she was a baby. I finished the interview by asking her some...

In this interview, conducted in November 2022 in Tucson, Arizona, Amalia Matchett (16) interviews her closest confidant and mother Heather Matchett (50) about her childhood growing up in New York and her search for answers about their family heritage. Ms....

An interview inquiring about the interviewee's decision to pursue a career in education, how he handled stress, and lessons he learned. The interview ends with his life's most memorable memory.

Today Micha Garrett (18) began the interview with my grandma Pamela Bell (71) and she told me a bunch of stuff that I don't know about.

Ben [No name given] (31) interviews Lorraine Mary Caposole (65) about her passion for playing and teaching piano.

Husband and wife duo Steven Hennig (58) and Adele Messner Hennig (58) discuss their life together, their influences, and the lessons they learned along the way.

Colleen Weeks (52) interviews her father, Bill Peyton (79) about his time in the Air Force, his experiences teaching, and how his medical training helped him save her life.

In this interview, conducted on November 25th, 2017 in Pleasanton, California, Vikrant Goel interviews his grandmother Meera Yog abou her life in both India and the United States. Meera shares stories about her childhood, memories of her parents, attending a...

Jennifer thanks her Latin teacher from 40 years ago

This interview is conducted by a student, Jonah Schifano. The interviewee is one of his teachers, Timothy Ustruck. This interview is about how race is viewed in Nicolet High School.