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New friends Drake LeBlanc [no age given] and Maaliyah Papillion [no age given] discuss their creative processes and the importance of sharing their cultural heritage through art.

Lyle Mouton (77) speaks to his friend John Broussard (87) about his childhood memories, his family, and his upbringing.

One Small Step conversation partners Keith Guernsey (71) and Laurel "Laurie" Schunk (80) take an hour to discuss their hobbies, the political evolutions, and their concerns for the future of our country.

Jody Harper (59) interviews her friend Will Haas (91) about his childhood in Mobile, his ancestry, and his career in ship salvaging.

Chiquitta Clemons-Howard (50) talks to her husband Lamar Howard (46) about when they first met, how they fell in love, and what they are most grateful for in life.

Siblings Margaret Rodríguez Callahan [no age given] and Robert “Bo” Rodríguez [no age given] have a conversation about their great-grandmother, Rosa Bernal, who was captured and enslaved in Las Vegas, NM in 1860. They mourn her difficult life while also...

Juliana Aragón Fatula (66) talks to her friend Tracy Harmon (59) about being a corn mother as well as what she’s learned about her ancestry through her genealogy work.

Williams Craft [no age given] interviews his spouse Kathy Burnell (54) about her life, her relationship with her parents, childhood memories, and her education and career trajectory.

Long time friends Estevan Rael-Galvez (54) and Edward "Eddie" Joseph Chacón-Lontín (68) share a conversation about Eddie's family heritage, his mother’s practice of silence in the interest of survival, and his experience understanding and embracing his mixed identity. The two...

Kristen Rael Wakfield (40) and her father Anthony Rael (65) discuss their ancestor Mathias Montaño, a genízaro (captured indigenous person of New Mexico), occupying the same land he once lived on, and the research Kristen is doing to better understand...

Ernest Trujillo (79) shares memories of his great grandfather, José María Mares, a captured “genízaro” from New Mexico, with his grandson Ronald Montez (38).

Jo Corona (34) interviews Melissa Espinoza-Smart (54) about her great, great grandmother, Maria Guadalupe Garcia Lucero and her journey learning more about her indigenous heritage.

Nicholas Porath (30) interviews his grandmother Ruth Ann Ryan (76) about their family genealogy and history.

Michael Gallegos (62) and his mother Katie Gallegos (88) discuss surprises they found when researching their ancestry and the importance of learning where you come from.

Cousins Aaron Taylor (45) and Joseph Moreno (40) share a plática about their family history and Indigenous ancestry, the value of language and culture in education, and the intricacies of mestizo identity in New Mexico.

One Small Step partners Lucy Frend (47) and Steve Harms (61) discuss their family histories, their upbringings, and politics.

Cynthia Hand [no age given] and her birth mother, Suzanne Asha Stone [no age given], share a conversation about finding one another, Cynthia's adoption, and their experiences getting to know each other after they were separated for over 40 years.

Henry Rutledge Laurens [no age given] and James E. Lockemy (72) talk about Henry's ancestors, John Laurens and Henry Laurens, Jr.

Colleagues Thomas S. Tisdale (83) and Anne Mitchell (60) talk about South Carolina's history and their personal projects of tracing family genealogy.

Brothers Steve Clem (68) and Mitch Clem (58) talk about their childhood, family genealogy, and Steve's career in radio broadcasting.

DSW in conversation with MJA, TFR, WCS, PMR PMR Jr and son SDW - Most infamous patient; Amish patients; Driving force for career; Research collaboration; Ancestry; Navy/Marine Corps service; Denny parting questions for the Department

Marian Atkins (65) shares what she knows about her mother's life story with her daughter, Veronica Seymour (35). They discuss how she survived World War II as a child in Japan, what it was like for her to immigrate first...

Spouses, Robin Reshard (56) and Lloyd Reshard (64), sit down for a conversation about how their early relationship unfolded, their similarities and differences, and what they have learned from one another.

Long-lost brothers, John "Douglas" Davila (57) and Peter Couture (62), sit down with Peter's wife, Wilma Norton (59), to share the story of how they found one another and connected as brothers after growing up as only children with different...

Dr. Rachel Sutz Pienta (49) sits down with her mother, Nora Sutz (71), to discuss their family history, to reminisce about their favorite family memories, and to remember family members who have passed away.