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One Small Step conversation partners David Press (60) and Francisco Alanis (34) talk about their frustrations with the current political climate, the influence of their families, and hopes for the future.

One Small Step conversation partners Patricia Powell (38) and Moira Lynch (52) discuss their upbringings, race, neurodiversity, faith, and the power of difference.

Cassie Mosher (34) talks with her grandmother, Rose Marie Peterson (96), about her childhood, raising four children as a single mom, and lessons she has learned along the way.

Friends Dr. Cecil Webster (38) and Dr. Dowin Boatright (39) talk about their memories of Morehouse College and Baylor College of Medicine, racism in medical education, and being Black doctors at Ivy League institutions.

Jacques Andre Istel [no age given] tells his wife Felicia Istel's [no age given] about his French education and upbringing, his journey to America and all the unexpected turns of events that occurred once he arrived.

Naomi Love (27) interviews her new friend Susan Canaday Henry (48) about getting over her arachnophobia, her career, her relationship with art, her childhood, and the life lessons that she has learned along the way.

One Small Step conversation partners Hank Price [no age given] and Evelyn Mantilla [no age given] have a conversation about their political views and life experiences, finding common ground despite different backgrounds.

One Small Step conversation partners Kota "Dakota" [No Name Given] (40) and Diana [No Name Given] (60) talk about public school versus homeschool education, access to healthcare, and toeing the line between conservativism and liberalism.

One Small Step partners Janet [No Name Given] (37) and Betsy Haddad (55) discuss pressure to have children, the affects of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth's behavioral health, and navigating drug use as a parent.

Wanda Barfield (59) talks with her father, William Barfield (83), about his Navy career and being a dad.

Sisters Lynne Trotta (60) and Mary Ollila (56) share a conversation with their father, John LaFontaine (86), about John’s upbringing in Connecticut, their family, the different places they lived, and how John ended up moving to Wilmington, North Carolina.

One Small Step conversation partners Sidny Zink (70) and Pamela Moreno (66) talk about their upbringings, political values and the meaning of patriotism.

Friends Al-nisa Petty (33) and Ezra Vallecillo (33) share their thoughts on the meaning of home, community, and personal growth.

Michael Gillette (52) and Jodi Gillette (52) talk about Michael's career as a medical ethicist and as the first Jewish mayor of Lynchburg, VA. They remember stories about raising their daughters, Rachel and Rebecca. Michael says "intellectual sparring" is a...

Kiplyn Primus (62) interviews her fellow Atlanta Business League member Michael Hubert Ross (65) about his life as a businessman and entrepreneur in Atlanta as well as about his involvement with the Atlanta Business League.

Danielle Simonne Lucas (33) talks with her father, Robert A Moales (81), about his childhood, his military service and education as well as being a dad.

One Small Step partners, Will Melton (37) and Marlene Bicchieri [no age given] discuss their personal experiences, foreign policy, family planning and various other topics.

One Small Step partners Thomas "Tom" Tjomstol (75) and Madeleine "Maddy" Frey (42) have a conversation about their lives, their backgrounds, and some of the things they have in common.

One Small Step partners Kenneth Sharrock (60) and Leslie Kaplan (56) talk about religion, ancestry, and the guiding influences of their political beliefs.

One Small Step partners Ken Hoeppner (79) and Karina Ckless (53) talk about their political values, who influenced their viewpoints, and their transition to living in rural Vermont.

Kimberly Kelling (63) sits down with her father, Lloyd S. "Bud" Kelling (90), to ask him about his childhood memories at Camp Crockett (also known as Kamp Karney), to learn more about what it was like for him to discover...

Meredith Davis (47) interviews her parents, Carol Martin (70) and James "Jim" Martin (75), about their marriage and life together as they mark their 50th wedding anniversary.

StoryCorps Facilitator Kiplyn Primus (62) has a conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Ogbar (54) about his book, America's Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy.

Jocelyn Bessett Gorlin (56) is interviewed by her friend Liz McDonough (64) about her childhood in Connecticut, her relationship with her parents and four siblings and how she decided to become a nurse. She also discusses how she met her...

One Small Step conversation partners Christopher Nisch (36) and Linda Collins (74) talk about the need for compromise in government, the importance of putting themselves in another person’s shoes, and how the current political divides and anger in 2021 compare...