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Anne, 44, talks with her friend Nancy, 63, about her family’s immigration from Taiwan to the United States and her interests in her family’s history.

Deborah Taub (57) and her sister Cynthia Weinman (56) had a conversation with their aunt, Erna Rubinfeld (78), and first cousin, Stuart Rubinfeld (49), to remember their first cousin (and Erna’s nephew), Victor Wald, who died on September 11, 2001...

One Small Step partners Kian Williams (20) and Kyle Miller (23) talk about hunting and care for the environment, special needs, marijuana and other substances, and getting more young people in office.

A woman interviews her mother-in-law about her life. One theme that crops up is the storytellers’ difficulty coping with increasing memory loss.

Gary interviews his grandmother Irene about her life.

John tells his children about immigrating to the USA from China in the early 1940’s, adapting to American life, and becoming an American citizen.

Liane “Lee” Russell (87) talks to her friend Cindy Kendrick (53) about her life and scientific accomplishments.

Alexa Chiappetta (30) shares a conversation with her husband Lenny Kramer (33). They discuss their upbringings, and tell the story of how they first met.

Dan interviews his mother Janet about her childhood, immigrating to the United States from Italy and settling in Chicago.

John Daigle Jr. interviews his father, John Daigle Sr., about his father and childhood, his own children and family and his thoughts about morality, his Catholic faith and war.

One Small Step conversation partners Jerlena Griffin-Desta (61) and Franceen Levy (76) talked about how coming to the Bay Area influenced their perspectives and how complex and confining political labels and descriptions can be.

Paulette Isaac Napper [no age given] talks with her daughter Tomeka Napper (45) about leaving a record for her grandson so he knows about her life growing up in the south during the 1960s, family traditions, Jim Crow, and black...

Facilitator Jackie Sojico, 23, interviews Barbara Altman, 67, about her father, Harold Alton Corbin.

Barbara D. Martinez (76) talks with her daughter Renee Martinez (49) about her life.

Shalom Daniel Seltzer, 62, by his children, Lucia and Gabriel Borrello about his childhood and the leaving of New Orleans after Katrina.

Dag Sandbakken (69) talks with his wife Kathryn "Kathy" Sanders (63) about his life and experiences as he approaches his 70th birthday.

Herbert interviews his brother Lee about singing with doo wop groups in Memphis in the 1950s and 60s.

Judith "Judy" Bentley (63) and One Small Step partner Laura Mayo (68) relate over their frustrations with US institutions and the polarization of US politics.

Frank "Jim" Fields Jr. (90) and his son, Frank Fields III (65), talk about their family and their connection to Brooklyn, New York.

Siblings Cassandria Hansbrough (65), Russell Baxter (72), and Barbara White (63) discuss their upbringing and the abundance in which they lived with their family, never lacking, and unaware of what they didn’t have.

John A. Johnson (69) speaks with his son Jonathan Johnson (33) and his daughter Keilah Johnson (32) about his life growing up in the South.

Jan Johnston (85) talks to daughter Jackie Johnston (44) about the day that Pearl Harbor was bombed and how life changed after that - she was 15 years old. She also remembers her Japanese friend Keiko who was taken away...

Friends Sharon Ann Downs (53) and Rikki Turner (36) share a conversation remembering Sharon’s father, Archie “Bud” Beaty.