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Kiplyn Primus (60) has a conversation with fellow entrepreneur and Atlanta Business League member Yvonne Bryant Johnson (74). Yvonne says she loves her work and is having the time of her life.

Brian Rosa (43) talks with Jeb Backe (26) about Brian's military service and the changes post 9/11.

Aubrey Garcia (33) interviews her grandmother Patricia Williams (88) about the "love blood" in their family, and discuss why relationships in their family are so deep and so strong.

Friends and colleagues Vahisha Hasan (45) and Tamekia Greer (47) discuss creativity, sacred spaces, and the Memphis community.

Bryanna Thomas (22) talks with her grandfather, Mike Ingram (60), about his childhood, his work as a lineman, and his favorite times with his children and grandchildren.

Jennifer Bonds King (38) and her husband, Kevin King (45), speak with their aunt Norma King Gary (89) about her life growing up in Atlanta on "Sweet" Auburn Avenue in the 1940s and '50s.

Kathleen Manning Edelman (51) interviews her relative Dr. Ron Ervin (83) about his life as a minister and counselor.

Kathy Lofton (no age given) speaks with colleague Taylor Stuckert (no age given) on their work with Lead for America’s American Connection Corps and the strengthening of their connection to community through service.

Brenda Reid (64) tells her friend Kiplyn Primus (62) about her life and her career with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Publix Super Markets.

Carolyn O'Neil (66) interviews her friend Hamilton Stockton, Jr. (90) about how he got interested in becoming a clothing retailer and how he eventually opened his own store, H. Stockton, in Atlanta.

Dorothy Garza (63) interviews her friend Sidney Davis (75) about how he beat cancer, what it was like being incarcerated for over 30 years, and the ways in which God influences his daily life.

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.

Twin sisters, Sheila Conway [no age given] and Sharon Malone [no age given] were among the first black students in Memphis, TN integrated into predominately white public schools, known as the Memphis 13. The two recall the violence they faced...

One Small Step conversation partners Christina Vogler (65) and Tawanna Jamison (52) discuss life in the city of Columbus, Georgia, their relationship to the military, and their hopes for the future.

Anna Amesbury Pless Peel (38) has a conversation with her father, Larry [No Name Given] (71), about his maternal grandmother, Anna Laura.

Paul Mott (52), Patty Mott (72), and Bobby Mott (73) share their family history including when Paul was born to an unwed mother. Paul's Aunt Patty and Uncle-In-Law Bobby describe to Paul how loved he was by both his grandparents....

Friends Carolyn Michael-Banks (66) and Menelik Fombi (68) speak about Fombi’s experiences as a member of the “Memphis Thirteen,” a group of Black students that integrated Memphis’s segregated school system at the elementary level.

Gregory White (61) speaks to new acquaintance and conversation partner Kevin Alarcon (25) about working in Decatur, Georgia as the Director of Decatur Parks and Recreation and how he has seen the Decatur community change over the years.

Wives Victoria "Vickie" Berdanis-Dukart (57) and Rosanne Berdanis-Dukart (49) tell the story of their relationship, from how they initially met, to a 5 1/2 year period of not seeing each other, to their eventual marriage and life together.

One Small Step conversation partners Gloria Mattson (69) and Sandy Martin (78) discuss gender and sexual identity, gun control, access to mental health services, racism, illegal immigration, sources of media and news, Donald Trump and the January 6th Insurrection, and...

Judy Robkin (66) interviews her husband Shai Robkin (66) about the early part of their marriage, including living in Israel for several years. They both grew up in Atlanta and have known each other since 2nd grade.

Kiplyn Primus (60) talks with friend and fellow Atlanta Business League member Susan "Sue" J. Ross (70) about her career as a City of Atlanta administrator.

One Small Step conversation partners Karen Dreiling [no age given] and C. Michael Raper (69) meet to discuss how politicians should govern, their thoughts on abortion and vaccines, and their thoughts on the future.

Atiba Mbiwan (62) has a conversation with his son Keenan Mbiwan (37) and his grandson Quatez Mbiwan (18) about Atiba changing his last name to "Mbiwan" in honor of a close friend from Africa who was killed in a car...

Tracy Crump (64) and her husband, Lee Crump (73), discuss their love story, their love for Memphis, and the joy of retirement.