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One Small Step conversation partners Dolores Sheff (63) and Nancy Jones (70) discuss voting for different parties, but sharing many common interests and opinions around being compassionate towards others, education, money in politics, abortion, gun control, anti-depressants and joy.

Mother and son, Anna and Thomas, unpacked family history and Anna’s journey from growing up in a small, atypical family to creating one of her own and a life of community activism.

During the 8 minutes in which I sat down with my mother to speak about the impact that I’ve had in her life, she told me about some of the most notable moments in her life since she birth me.

Valentina Marin (16) interviews her uncle, Leonardo Villa (54) about his childhood in Colombia and about working at the Twin Towers.

I ask myself to recall the things in my life that profoundly gave way to my self evolution. I cover topics ranging from childhood sexual trauma to coming out, the my diagnosis of acute AIDS at the age of 31.

In all we really just discussed the way we had thought of ourselves and the way we came to be. Also we through in some things we would regret and how we saw things.

Martha Colon describes her childhood, family, lessons learned, and advice she would give to those who need it.

In this interview, conducted on November 19, 2018 over the phone, Payton James (14) in McKinney, Texas, interviews her grandpa, Ed James (82), in Bonita Springs, Florida about his life and upbringing. Mr. James shares stories about his children and...

In this interview, recorded in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey on November 21st, 2018, Taylor Carr (16) interviews her marching band director Ben Fong (66) about his life and career. Taylor asks many emotional questions about Ben's family life and...

My dad is definitely one of the few people that I connect with interpersonally and have deep philosophical conversations with. I wanted him to share part of his story with me and the rest of humanity.

Anna's life story?

Miguel Díaz has lost two of his siblings when he was 4 years old.

My grandmother, Ana Trina Hernandez, and I talk about her adolescence and growing up poor and under the rule of the dictator Trujillo. On top of that, we talk about how she met her husband and her raising her nine...

Jordan Griffith an uncle, veteran, son, Inter, businessman, brother, youth group leader, and friend. Listen as we venture into his hardships and triumphs and many endless lessons.

Interview with Ann Miller for the Great Thanksgiving Listen 2017.

In this interview, conducted in November 2017 in Marlboro, New Jersey, Alex Goldberg interviews his mother about her experiences putting her life into place. Stacy explains why she decided to be a social worker, talks about the time when her...

In this interview we talk about what has happend in Raul's life and what has made him the person he is. Being a parent and a husband also comes up in his life story, and he learns lessons he would...

In this interview, conducted in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, on November 16, 2017, my Uncle Jay and I talk about the hardships and memories of my Dad, his brother. My Uncle retells many stories about my Dad from their childhood...

Christopher, her husband, talks about Leslie partnering with life and then death. Her middle path of love and bravery. Listen to part two, just 10 minutes long, to hear what happens after Leslie dies and crosses over.

Elsie's two daughters and one of her grandchildren interview her on her 89th birthday, and talk about her life in Kentucky and Ohio.