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One Small Step partners Gregory "Greg" Greenway (71) and Randall "Randy" Cirksena (63) exchange lived experiences and discuss their civil war ancestors, first jobs as bank tellers, and not choosing a race on the StoryCorps paperwork.

One Small Step conversation partners Linda Snyder (71) and Randy Carter (65) discuss the role of government, patriotism, and assumptions people make about them.

One Small Step conversation partners Genie Pratt (74) and Leslie Walsh (57) have a conversation about the travel, people that influenced them, and experiences that shaped their perspectives.

Larry Crawford (68) asks his father Charles W. Crawford [no age given] about growing up on a farm in Arkansas in the 1930s, what influenced him to pursue higher education, and about his career in archiving oral history.

Claire Alvarado (56) speaks with her stepfather, Alphe "Jim" Delahoussaye (85), a retired biologist and lifelong naturalist, on his love for the Atchafalaya River Basin and the recordings he made of residents of the Basin, archived in the Library of...

For this project, I interviewed Dr. Justus Hartzok about his time in Russia working on his doctoral dissertation. During this interview, we discussed his interest in history, his host family, and various obstacles he had to adjust to.

Colleagues and friends Troy Streckenbach (51) and Brandon Yellowbird-Stevens (45) discuss Brandon's work as vice chair for the Oneida nation, the importance of community, communication, fatherhood and identity.

Kathy Purnell (54) interviews colleague Buddy Hannah (74) about his life and work in the arts, particularly his approach to building and celebrating community through this work.

One Small Step partners Marianne Kast (70) and Jason Johnson (50) have a conversation comparing their experiences working in education and with school resource officers. They talk about the importance of voting and not engaging in political discussions online.

My name is Diana Nishimwe a current student at Wiley College and I had the pleasure of interviewing Miss. Calhoun a former member of Marshall Texas city commission! and is also serving as the president of Newtown Neighborhood Association.

John Spriggins and mother Pat Baker share memories of living in South Dallas.

Ramon Rodriguez [no age given] interviews his relative Oscar Salazar Rodriguez [no age given] about their family history and ancestry. Oscar tells stories of El Mulato y Ojinaga, México, reflects on the cultural traits passed down through the family from...

One Small Step partners Emma Mitchell (37) and Andy Ranazzi (60) have a conversation about the state of political discourse, navigating politics and family, and the citizen vs. the citizenry.

One Small Step conversation partners Derek Watt (52) and Kathleen Traphagen (57) connect on having teenagers going off to college, caring for elderly parents, and farming. Derek shares about his values and what troubles him about the way people who...

One Small Step conversation partners Benita Conde (47) and John Marklin (67) exchange their lived experiences. They connect on the parallels in their seemingly disparate political journeys, voting as independents outside of parties that have disappointed them, and John shares...

Jennifer "Jen" Euell (50) interviews her friend and mentor, Diane Sands (75), about her career as an activist, a nonprofit founder, an oral historian, and a Montana State Senator.

Interview with Oma: Christine Henry my grandmother

Interview with Oma: Christine Henry my grandmother

Dad and I are doing a fun interview together. We are learning more about Oral History.

Joseph Francisco Hernandez [(28), (he/him/el)] currently on unceded Ohlone/Yokuts Land shares oral testimony in reflection to the book "The Undocumented Americans" by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio. Joseph is a single child of immigrating parents (Oaxaca & Chiapas), and is a first-generation...

Angela Meyers (41) has a conversation with colleague Chris Sturdevant (49) about Chris's passion for researching and writing about the the Cold War, his interests, and influences that led him to become a librarian and historian.

Meet Niki Giberson, basket weaver, jammer, felter and mayor in this Women's History Month Special!

Steve Desroches (47) and Kristen Becker (45) discuss Becker's career as a stand up comic including touring the South with Jay Bakker, the son of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, as well as her childhood spent in both the North...

Marta Pearson (72) talks with her friend DeAnna Hadley (52) about sympathy, empathy, racism, the pain it causes and the need for African-American stories to be shared. She describes seeing a raw cotton field for the first time, being denied...

One Small Step conversation partners Alexander Bearden (37) and Valerie White (46) talk about their upbringings, political values, and freedom of choice.