One Small Step: Fran and Andy

Recorded at the Wooster Square Cherry Blossom Festival on 4/28/19 with the One Small Step question set.

One Small Step: Joe

"At this particular point, I'm very positive; I'm not very scared of anything."

One Small Step: Sam

Recorded at the Wooster Square Cherry Blossom Festival on 4/28/19 with the One Small Step question set.

One Small Step: Jeung

"One scene that struck me the most was there was a helicopter leaving Vietnam, and there was a ladder of people."

One Small Step: Sean

Recorded at the Wooster Square Cherry Blossom Festival on 4/28/19 with the One Small Step question set.

John Doe and Jane Doe

[Recorded: Wednesday, March 20, 2024] UVA students John Doe (19) and Jane Doe (20), both from Northern Virginia, recorded a One Small Step conversation as part of their 'Democracy and Public Service course'. They began the conversation by talking about...

Miriam Hossaini and Virginia Anderson

[Recorded: Tuesday, November 1st, 2022] Miriam (22) and Virginia (68) record a virtual One Small Step conversation in Charlottesville, Virginia. Miriam is a fourth-year architecture student at the University of Virginia and Virginia is the editor of the Daily Progress,...

One Small Step: Victor

"Well, I tend to be pretty central in my political views: not too far left not too far right."

Ann Mallek and Gregory Perryman

[Recorded: Friday, March 3, 2023] Ann (72) and Gregory (18) have a One Small Step conversation in Charlottesville, Virginia. Ann is a representative of the White Hall District on the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors. Gregory is an undergraduate student...

Tim Brown and Emily Douglas

[Recorded: Tuesday, October 26, 2021] Tim Brown (UVA '25) and Emily Douglas discuss living in Europe, military service, their parents' influence, and the current American political climate in their One Small Step conversation.

Lauren Vaillancourt and Anika Wadehra

[Recorded Monday, February 26, 2024] UVA students Lauren Vaillancourt (19) from Yorktown, VA, and Anika Wadehra (19) from Loudoun County, VA, recorded a One Small Step conversation as part of their course "Democracy and Public Service." Both students grew up...

Colin Heil and Josie Fischman

[Recorded: Friday, July 21, 2023] This One Small Step conversation was recorded in Charlottesville, Virginia as part of the Sorensen Institute’s summer High School Leaders Program in 2023. Colin Heil (17) is from McLean and Josie Fischman (17) is from...

One Small Step: Chris

"My childhood was filled with every want and need I could ask for, so my view of the world was 'everything and everywhere else was the same', and as I grew older, I realized it wasn't."

Competitive dance and Eating disorders

I will be interviewing my roommate, Emma Kepler, about her experiences with competitive studio dance and with her eating disorders enhanced by the competitive dance culture

Speaking on Seminary with Allison Peterson

Jackson (18) talks to his mom, Allison (59) about her going back to Seminary after taking a break from sitting behind a desk for almost 40 years.

One Small Step: Sam

"I think actually being named Samuel Adams was probably an experience that shaped my politics,"

Zachary Harris and Ben Walling

[Recorded Tuesday, March 19, 2024] UVA students Zachary Harris (22) from Robbinsville, New Jersey, and Ben Walling (21) Chesapeake, Virginia, recorded a One Small Step conversation as part of their course "Lead From Anywhere." These students discussed how the events...

Lost Loves

Love is something uniquely beautiful and captivating, it can give us the world then strip it away from us within seconds.

One Small Step: David M

Recorded at the Wooster Square Cherry Blossom Festival on 4/28/19 with the One Small Step question set.

One Small Step: Robert

"Sometimes my religious beliefs get in the way of my actual thinking about politics."