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India Tougne (47) interviews her mother Valerie Whiteside (74) about growing up in the north suburbs of Chicago. Valerie was born one of 5 girls to Alfred and Margret Chernals.

Maya Stein (45) and her friend Sherry Richert Belul (52) celebrate the life of Maya's father, David Stein, who passed away three months earlier. Maya remembers her father's loving, enthusiastic personality and she reflects on how posting online about her...

American Legion colleagues Bob Miller (63) and Troy Hibbard (39), as well as conversation partner Chris Brookes (74), share stories of the Lake Geneva veterans of World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War, including of a local...

Mary Hammond (64) and her husband, Kevin Kuroda (63), reminisce about the time they flew to France to retrieve Kevin's late Uncle Robert's class ring which would have them build a family bond with a stranger and retrace Robert's military...

Paul interviewed his dad about his years in the military.

One Small Step partners John Ellis (43) and Kara Silva (51) discuss their shared love of the mind-expanding view travel provides. They reflect upon their difference religious views but shared sense of the importance of family and connection with other...

Valentina Marin (16) interviews her uncle, Leonardo Villa (54) about his childhood in Colombia and about working at the Twin Towers.

One Small Step conservation partners Mark Heithaus (39) and Jean Morgan (70) have a conversation about religion and their experiences traveling abroad.

Ann Glass [no age given] and her two house guests Odile Boubakeur (33) of France and Imane Lahrir (34) of Morocco to discuss how they all met and what their experience living and traveling together has been like.

One Small Step conversation partners Hannah Mitchell [no age given] and Arlene El-Amin [no age given] discuss growing up in Montreal and Chicago. They also discuss their Unitarian and Muslim beliefs and the ways that their beliefs are similar.

Grant Anderson (13) talks with his mother, KaraLee Anderson (37) about moving to France and her experience there during the late 90s.

One Small Step conversation partners Michael Lyons (71) and David Hoffman [no age given] talk about their careers, the importance of family, and the difficulty of talking about politics in the current era of political divisiveness.

One Small Step partners Tom Compton (80) and Liv MacKenzie (50) talk about their differing beliefs on gun control, their shared interests, and their shared belief that politicians should focus more on understanding one another.

Abigail Lind [no age given] interviews her mentors, Sara Brummel [no age given] and Ruth Barnes [no age given], about their career, life, and journey through dance and the arts.

Abraham Brawer (83) talks with his daughter and son-in-law Lynnette Brawer (47) and Todd Paler (47) about life in Nazi Occupied Europe, his journey to Israel where he worked on kibbutzes and served in the military,his immigration to South America...

Louis Segale (89) talks with his friend Monica Rizzo (48) about his life in San Francisco before WWII and his experiences during the War and the Battle of the Bulge.

One Small Step conversation partners Danelle [No Name Given] (43) and Ann Hawley (45) discuss their shared experiences as educators and the roles that faith, family, and travel play in their lives.

Kayla Hafidi (33) interviews her father, Jerome Smith (73), about his life, focusing on his time growing up in a segregated Atlanta and his time in the military as a member of the Army Security Agency.

Sisters Jan Roeser (61) and Joanne Johnson (84) talk about their favorite shared family memories including trips to Belize and France.

Mary Ann Olding (78) is interviewed by her niece Ann Acheson (59) about her growing up in rural Ohio, what lead her to historical preservation as a career and the ways in which her Catholic farm family shaped her independent...

One Small Step conversation partners Joe Marra (57) and Landon Reid (50) talk about how important their parents were to their development, the joys of both having a 5 year old and how to make some politics a win-win situation.

Kathryn Grady (51) interviews her mother, K. Jane Duncan (80), about her childhood, her travels, her teaching career, her experience raising two children as single mother, and how her attitude toward traditional gender roles has changed throughout the course of...

John Raguin (51) talks with his father, Michel Raguin (81), about when Michel came to live in the US from France, about his life once he arrived, and about different technological advances he has seen in his lifetime.

Catherine Keyes-Guichard (53) talks with Daniel Fine (70) about growing up in Northern California and her memories of being restless, rebellious, and searching. She also discusses moving to Europe 30 years ago, marrying a French man, making her home in...

One Small Step participants Donna Pate [no age given] and Brent Ottaway [no age given] discuss their travels, how their politics have changed over time, and how illness has affected them, their families, and their political views.