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One Small Step conversation partners Marisa Saenz (50) and Lisa Schuette (58) discuss major influences, religion, political values, and environmental concerns.

One Small Step partners Megan Feeney (40) and Patricia "Patty" Owens (68) discuss the role religion plays in their lives, the influential people they have known, and issues that concern them.

One Small Step partners James Sweeney (69) and Wally Long (63) discuss their community work, their mutual belief that the right to vote is "sacred," and why face-to-face conversations are so important.

Teresa Meade (73) discusses with her niece Sarah Dohrmann (49) the leaked SCOTUS report on Roe v. Wade, her experience having an abortion after being kidnapped and raped, and her work as a professor.

One Small Step partners Vanessa Schoon Smith (45) and Heather Brownlie (50) discuss the assumptions people make about them, political extremism drowning out moderatism, social media encouraging divisiveness, and their hopes for the future.

Lorraine Kelly (93) tells granddaughter Elyse Leannais (32) about growing up on Chicago's South Side, enjoying a happy marriage, and raising a family.

One Small Step partners Gretchen Wallisch (38) and Thomas Ketchum (59) sit down for a conversation about Roe v. Wade and libertarianism.

Colleagues DeBorah Boneta (55) and Adam Soltani (38) talk about their respective choice to convert to Islam, the challenges they've faced along the way, and their words of advice to someone looking o find their faith.

One Small Step partners Jill Kaufman (49) and Michael Medrano (47) speak about their work, their views on religion and marriage, and what they like to do in their spare time.

One Small Step conversation partners Tara Casey (48) and Nicole Unice (43) discuss family, faith and raising their children with awareness.

Partners, Paula Baracaldo (35) and Joe Walters (32), share a conversation about how they first met and their first impressions of one another. Paula also talks about coming to the United States from Colombia when she was twelve years old,...

One Small Step partners Sasha Lewis (45) and Julius "Jules" Rothlein (74) discuss their faith backgrounds, raising a transgender child, and some of the experiences that shaped their political views.

One Small Step partners Jim Waszak (69) and Erika J (38) discuss their upbringings, the kindest people in their lives, and their economic beliefs.

Howard Davis (47) and his One Small Step partner Winnie Canup (64) discuss their work in education, their religious affiliations, and their political experiences.

One Small Step conversation partners and fellow University of Vermont students Alexandra "Alex" Amsden (19) and Bethany Connor (23) discuss the justice system, immigration, minimum wage and religion. They also discuss both loving music, and Taylor Swift!

One Small Step partners Anita Wiggins (65) and Deborah Callahan (56) discuss major events that shaped them, their spirituality as a Catholic and a Mormon, the difficulty raising children with or without their shared beliefs, and self-love.

Meeting online for the first time, Claudia Jarrells (43) and Susan Jankord (68), participate in a StoryCorps One Small Step conversation covering culture, religion and feminism.

One Small Step partners Bethany Byrd (62) and RosaMaria Henry (75) talk about owning non-profit organizations, COVID-19, and politics.

Twin sisters Rhonda Winters (47) and Rebecca "Becki" Kuchenberg (47) share memories of small town life.

One Small Step conversation partners William Mullings (61) and Ian Eddy (36) discuss how their fathers were the most influential people in their lives, what being a Christian Conservative means, and how they are both troubled by some views held...

One Small Step conversation partners Scott Sinclair (55) and Jason Aldrich (38) discuss formative moments in their political perspectives, anarchist political theory, conservative ideology, shared values, and how it feels to connect across difference.

Williams Craft [no age given] interviews his spouse Kathy Burnell (54) about her life, her relationship with her parents, childhood memories, and her education and career trajectory.

One Small Step partners, Kelly Richardson-McBee (45) and Shelly Hansel (55) discuss religion, the COVID-19 pandemic, public health, and welfare.

One Small Step partners Cecilia Lucero (61) and Julie Gee (56) discuss immigration, cancel culture, and concerns about the government.

Mother, Lisa D'Ambrosio (55), and Daughter, Dominique Troy (31), speak about faith and family.