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One Small Step conversation partners Alicia Murie (40) and Roberta Pescow (62) have a conversation about their backgrounds, faith, values, and desire to make the world more compassionate. They find common ground in prioritizing family and helping others despite their...

One Small Step conversation partners Susan Bolinger (58) and Jonathan Webster (35) have a conversation about their backgrounds and beliefs, touching on topics like education, politics, guns, and biases. They find common ground despite differences.

Laurent Sanchez (34) talks to her husband, James Barnes (32), about their first year of marriage, meeting family in Colombia, and future family plans.

I, Ari Kaswan (16), interviewed my neighbor Jeanette Bass (50) about 9/11. We talked about her experience during and after the attacks with how it affected the United States in a broad amount of ways, including security, racism, and day...

Owner of May Kaidee Thai Vegan Restaurant, Sommay "May" Jaijong (51), and her friend, Niramon "Mon" Zucker (59), reflect on their careers, Thai food, and the importance of sharing Thai culture with the world.

Sebastian Chavez (24) talks to his grandmother Carmen Alean [no age given] about their Peruvian heritage, their memories of food and cooking, and their involvement in the Queens Night Market community.

Ai Choo Kong (“Lovely Pearl”), age 84, interviewed by her daughter, Lin Min Kong (“Bright Forrest”), age 52, about her life growing up in Malaysia, including enduring the Japanese occupation, emigrating to the US, and living in rural North Carolina....

Business partners Bryan Chunton [no age given] and Pei Shan Wei [no age given] talk about their path to opening their Isan restaurant on Little Thailand Way in Queens, New York. They talk about the lessons they learned from their...

Steve Desroches (48) talks to Stephen Larkin (53) about their shared alma mater Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts and their friendship and lives since graduating.

En está entrevista estuvimos hablando sobre la historia de inmigración de Maria nova (20, Honduras) y como fue el proceso de adaptación en este nuevo país con la barrera de idioma y el cambio cultural

One Small Step conversation partners Christina Musson-Rendon (41) and Greg Hagopian (42) reflect on 9/11, their parents' influence on their education and careers, and their political views.

I asked my grandpa questions regarding who he eats with, where he eats, his relationship with food, his culture, traditions, and personal history in relation to food.

Michael Scheferman shares his feelings and experiences about 9/11

One Small Step conversation partners Julia Torres Barden (61) and Shelli Fowler (62) discuss formative moments in their political identities, the precarious nature of the current political moment, and what constitutes an effective strategy for social change.

Personal experiences on 911, thoughts and feelings about actions taken against terrorism

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.

After living through a pandemic since March 2020, five people share their unique experiences and how the COVID-19 outbreak has affected their lifestyle, mental health, physical health, views, etc. Recorded August 16, 2020

Yifei Lou traveled to America to study pastry making at the Culinary Institute of America. But then her time here was changed by covid and wild fires and protests, andfor us we were able to see America in these times...

Me asking my mother a few questions

Stanley Diep (18) talks with his friend, Justin Capriotti (18) about our childhood and also how things are going in the current pandemic.

Tatev Yeghiazaryan (in Brooklyn) speaks with her mom, Karine Arshakyan (in NJ) on mother's day about Karine's life in Armenia during the Soviet era and after its collapse; her emigration and bringing of family to the U.S. and the insightful...

Susan Amussen (65) interviews her mother Diane Amussen (89) about her community organizing and activism roots.

Interview with dad about growing up, religion, and his favorite memories of me and our family.

This interview took place in Bayside, New York, on December 1st, 2019. In it, Ami Farrell asks her mother, Setsu Sakaguchi, about the challenges she has faced in life and what she has learned from them. As an immigrant from...

This interview was done for the "Great Thanksgiving Listen 2019" on November 30, 2019 with my sister. Since she was not able to make it to Thanksgiving due to personal reasons, I interviewed her while she was in New York....