To be free

This interview is with my aunt Vatsana Suttlemyre from Laos. We talked about her journey to America and her life after she moved to Bountiful.

The Change in this World

Since 1948 so much has changed... families have grown apart and so have communities. So much anger and distance is depicted on television that people believe that is the way that life is supposed to be. I’m earlier times and...

Shirley Lowe and her great nephew Andrew Cook talk about growing up in the Great Depression

In this interview, conducted on November 22nd 2018 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Andrew Cook (17) interviews his great aunt, Shirley Lowe (80) about her childhood during the Great Depression and how the world has progressed. She also talks about the technological...

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Fred Schein and Kathleen Haynie
December 4, 2023 OSS Hub

One Small Step conversation partners Fred Schein (82) and Kathleen Haynie (79) discuss their origins and discover where their views diverge.

What it means to be American

In this interview, conducted in December, 2017 in Wellesley, Massachusetts, Aditya Acharya (15) interviews his mother Kalpana Acharya (36) about what she thinks it means to be an American. Ms. Acharya shares how she associates the identity trait of being...

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Shabir Kabiri and Alex Kolker

Friends and coworkers Alex Kolker (27) interviews Shabir Kabiri (29) about his experience attending university in the United States, the differences between Afghan and American culture, and what the American dream means to him.

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Rita Blank and Barbara Goldstein

Friends and colleagues, Rita Blank (71) and Barbara Goldstein (63), reflect on how being children of Holocaust survivors has affected their lives and perspectives and discuss their work at the Holocaust Education Resource Council.

Progress and Paradox: Our childhoods

My Grandmother and I discuss all of our experiences growing up and how that shaped who we are today

Hablando Con Abuela

In a conversation with my grandmother, we spoke about coming to the United States and the Hardships of leaving her home country of Cuba. She spoke about her experiences coming to a new country and the difficult decision of moving...

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Regina Holloway and Lillian Holloway

Lillian Holloway (40) speaks with her sister Regina Holloway (42) as a birthday gift for Regina about how much they mean to each other, what freedom means, and how going to Cuba changed their lives.

Ambassador Dr. Sharron J. Brown"How I found the power of my voice"

In this interview, conducted on June 15, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. LC Myles Jr. (73) interviews his wife Ambassador Dr. Sharron J. Brown (51) about her childhood in the city of Memphis and her journey though Human Trafficking. She...

A grandfather shares memories of life in the Delta.

Recorded in Oxford, MS, on November 25, Andrew Atchley asks his grandfather, Randall Atchley, about his life in Rolling Fork, MS. He recalls growing up and the adventure he had. Randall also tells of the freedom a small community can...

Prospects of future defense attorney, saeed valdes and Johan Acevedo

Interviewing a future defense attorney, and asking him the big questions we all want to know.

The great thanksgiving listen: Rita Ganopolsky talks about her life

From her childhood in Ukraine to today, Rita has gone through a lot. She discusses it in this interview

Hardy’s New Car

An eighty five year old senior named Hardy Hassenfuss tells his friend, Jaxon Dunn, about the day he bought a car after accidentally sneaking out of his Assisted living facility.

Purvi Jain and her mom Puja Agrawal talk about their family history.

In this interview, conduction in September 2020 in Burlingame, California, Purvi Jain (14) interviews her mom Puja Agrawal (45) about their family history. Puja talks about her childhood and expands on her safe neighborhood, school/friends, and expectations/dreams as a child....

My grandparents becoming citizens.

In this interview, I learned what it meant for my grandparents to migrate from Cuba to the United States in January 1970.

America. How should we take initiative.

Mustafa Dabaja interviews his brother Rami Dabaja on what he thinks of America and how we should move forward. Together they address the problems we have as a society and how we should fix them.