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[Recorded Tuesday, September 12, 2023] Anna (19) from Douglasville, Georgia, and Kate (18) from Somerville, Massachusetts participated in this One Small Step conversation as part of their Public Service Pathways 1-credit UNST course at UVA. Anna discusses finding leadership and...

New friends Gabby Jones (23) and Marcus Muhich (61) get to know each other through talking about food, family, and travel.

Brycen interviews his mother, Laura, on a cool October evening. They discuss family, memories, and growing up.

Walt Culbertson (85), retired aquatics coach of 40 years at John Muir High School in Pasadena, California, talks with his son Torey Culbertson (52) about learning to swim and how he got into water polo.

Lillian Hawksworth and Audrey Foster, two swimmers, going into the depths of life growing up and toxicity in the world of high-school swimming.

Husband and wife Dean Burns (56) and Cesslie Joy Pharr (50) discuss their love story, their travel adventures, and their hopes for the future.

Freshman student Benjamin Peihe (14) at Canton High School interviews his friend and fellow student Ximena Murillo Islas (15). They talk about things like friendship, family, and life experiences.

Colleagues Valerie Johnson (60) and Becca Werginz (26) chat about their favorite teachers and school memories.

Laura Manley talks to her swim coach of eight years, Stan Valacer, about his time at West Point and experiences coaching.

Peg Williams (97) recounts her life story to her daughter Rhea Bohlin (73) who wanted to have a record of the family stories she has heard all her life.

Friends Brenda Teals (82) and Patty Jo Austin (80) share and recall memories of their lives and time in Moses Lake, Washington. They also talk about their experiences as educators and their involvement in the Columbia Basin Allied Arts and...

Rosalyn Schragg [no age given] interviews her friend Leanna Hayes [no age given] about Rosalyn’s journey from Rotherham, England to Soap Lake, Washington State. They also discuss Rosalyn’s marriage, children, career, and home.

In this interview, you will learn about happy and sad things my dad, Trey Mueller, has experienced in his life time. You will also hear about his biggest accomplishments and people who helped him get to where he is now.

Siblings, Lindsey Dumas-Bell (47), Eviann "Evie" Dumas (42), and xocean dumas (41), share a conversation about their family's adventures, including a tumultuous whitewater rafting excursion, parasailing in the Bahamas, and running into celebrities in San Francisco.

Nan Gleason (82) was interviewed by her friend Kathy A O'Malley (82) about raising her daughter that had a cognitive disability and passed away in 2021.

Me and my step sister relived her time in high school as part of the swim team. Alyssa goes on to tell a very interesting interpretation of her story.

Linsey Hughes interviews Kevin Middleton about his earliest and fondest memories of the Buffalo River and surrounding area

Friends and neighbors Gail McGill (67) and Leta Spatz [no age given] share the story of how their husbands' deaths brought them together.

Jennifer Richardson Jones interviews her mother, Helen Younger Martin, about growing up in Gilbert, Arkansas, about a mile from the Buffalo River.

Mr. Bennett tell us how was his childhood on the Boy Scouts and how that made him learn how to swim.

In this interview, my father, Thomas Wrigley speaks about his journey while partaking in an IronMan triathlon and the trails and tribulations he went through during it.

Siblings, Lorrie Keating Heinemann (60) and Robert Keating (61), interview their sister, Patricia "Pat" Keating (78), about her early life, her work, her hobbies, and how she learned to navigate life as a blind person. They also share some favorite...

In this interview, conducted on November 29, 2021, Cassidy Gillay interviews her younger sister, Kelsie Gillay, 13, about her experiences growing up and how her parents divorce affected her. Kelsie shares her experiences with school, parenting styles, friends, future aspirations,...

Josephine Pollock talked about her childhood memories. She also talked about family heritage. She also talked about what she wanted people to remember her by. Lastly, she talked about life lessons that you should use.

Gail Triplitt Newman (70) interviews her mother, Isabel Andrews Triplitt (98), about growing up during the Great Depression in Columbus, GA and how Isabel's life changed as she married, had children, and moved to new cities.