“We had a shuffle board tournament party and we invited John Lennon”

Scott Sklar grew up in Manhattan as the son of Rick Sklar, who ran ABC Radio in New York. His childhood was something special, as he was constantly in the presence of popular culture icons and attended some of the...

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Janine Getler and Mary Holderman

One Small Step conversation partners Janine Getler (62) and Mary Holderman (43) discuss each of their efforts towards helping people who need housing, boundaries with family and politics, and their ties to unions.

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Puwana Pragthuangsuk and Sopon Kosalanan

Sopon Kosalanan (43) พูดคุยกับเพื่อนและคู่ใจ, Puwana Pragthuangsuk (38), เกี่ยวกับโครงการชุมชนลิตเติ้ลไทยแลนด์ในนิวยอร์ก ธุรกิจร้านอาหารของพวกเขา และชุมชนชาวไทยในนิวยอร์ก. [Sopon Kosalanan (43) talks with his partner, Puwana Pragthuangsuk (38), about Little Thailand Way initiatives, their restaurants, and the Thai community in New York.]

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Marsha Valentine, Melissa Valentine, and Melaina Valentine

Marsha (62) Valentine shares her experiences with daughters Melissa Valentine (33) and Melaina Valentine (27), from her childhood in Manhattan, New York to her decision to move her husband and family to Baltimore County, Maryland in 1989. Note: This recording...

Corinne Hoexter + New York Magazine Publishing in the 1950’s

Vivien Hoexter (59) interviews her mother Corinne Hoexter (92) about Corinne's adventures working in publishing in New York City in the early 1950's.

Covid-19: Maria Trajtenberg

Jackie Neale interviews her undergraduate photography student, Maria Trajtenberg while we are conducting interviews and taking photographs for our storytelling project, The Corona Collective. Maria is living in TriBeCa New York City through the pandemic, and talks about how she...

“The ultimate meaning:” A Classics Publisher

It's a go-to book series, an encyclopedia of Jewish, Catholic, Protestant and Islamic thinkers: Paulist Press' "Classics of Western Spirituality." And it was started under the leadership of Paulist Fr. Kevin Lynch. In this interview, Fr. Kevin, age 93, talks...

“It was a better use of my life.”

Father Frank DeSiano calls himself a "lifer." He entered the Paulist junior seminary as a teenager. That was more than 45 years ago. He's a noted leader in evangelization or sharing of the Catholic faith. Father Frank has been the...

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Pnomwan Wager and Lawrence Wager

Spouses, Pnomwan Wager (66) and Lawrence Wager (75), discuss Pnomwan’s immigration to the United States, Lawrence’s deployment in Thailand, and their children, as they together recount their love story.

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Andrew Langer and Zak Young

One Small Step partners Andrew Langer (52) and Zak Young (48) discuss growing up in highly-integrated communities, preparing to be empty-nesters, and their hopes and fears for our country's future.