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One Small Step conversation partners Cale Green (31) and Mathew Mulhelm (39) discuss influential moments in their lives, their political values, and pressing issues in Alaska.

Robert "Bob" Chance (65) and One Small Step partner, Leslie "Jan" Brandom [no age given] discuss thoughts on the attitude of anti-masking communities, faith, social and civic engagement.

Zainab Khan (36) interviews her mentee Fuad Faruque (24) about being a young, politically active, Republican, Asian, Muslim American in a post 9/11 era.

One Small Step participants Michael Wallace [no age given] and Rev. John Kennedy [no age given] discuss their upbringing, their experiences in seminary, and how their politics have evolved over time.

One Small Step partners Arline Erven (38) and Joseph Loftus (67) discuss fiscal conservatism, loss of faith, voter responsibility, government involvement in people's lives, transgender rights, and the 2nd Amendment.

Cameron Hart (19) and her One Small Step partner, Mattias Mercado (19), discuss their thoughts on gun violence, police brutality, the Trump administration and more.

One Small Step partners Dave McNaughton (69) and Gary Brewer [no age given] discuss gun violence in the United States, their personal political values, and what changes they hope to see in the US government.

One Small Step participants Jaime Van Kirk (44) and Grace Morse (55) discuss their upbringing and their families, how their children's political views are different than their own, and the importance of building community.

One Small Step partners, Nancy Key (73) and Jamie Franklin (63) discuss the intersection of faith and politics, abortion rights, and policies they support.

Andrews Benson (36) speaks with his One Small Step conversation partner Phillip Surgent (42) about what enlightened each of them to politics, including 9/11 and watching CSPAN, and the causes that make them think today, such as Black Lives Matter,...

One Small Step partners Melva Curry (75) and La-Verna Fountain (64) discuss their personal values, identities, religious beliefs, motherhood, and potential solutions to social ills.

One Small Step partners Ronald "Ron" Gunzburger (60) and Tricia Rutledge (75) have a conversation about their political views transforming over time, politicians being a bundle of insecurities, and what they are most proud of in the past year. Note...

One Small Step participants Rachelle Wilson (56) and Sam Sims (47) discuss their upbringings and political beliefs. They talk about the political parties they are registered under, campaign financings, and abortion.

[Recorded Thursday, November 11, 2021] Rich (33) and Brook (44) recorded a One Small Step conversation together in Charlottesville, Virginia. They discussed democratic participation, voting, gerrymandering, the US economy, and the differences between political parties at the national and local...

One Small Step partners Travis Oliger (53) and Brenda Armstrong (41) share a conversation about small businesses, their concerns over the political division in the country, and their life stories.

One Small Step conversation partners Anna George (25) and Britton Haigh (19) discuss political parties in the U. S. and other Democratic countries' political systems, their political and social values, the internet ecosystem, media and social media, misinformation and disinformation,...

One Small Step conversation partners Miles McCrimmon (58) and Jay McConville (58) discuss their careers and their concerns about their political parties. Miles speaks about his career in higher education and what he's learned from working in a community college....

One Small Step conversation partners Nancy Phillips (73) and Paul Olson (66) explore the similarities and differences between their political and religious perspectives, and their shared value of parenthood.

One Small Step conversation partners Benita Conde (47) and John Marklin (67) exchange their lived experiences. They connect on the parallels in their seemingly disparate political journeys, voting as independents outside of parties that have disappointed them, and John shares...

One Small Step conversation partners Lewalta Haney (77) and Anthony Ellis (62) discuss their lives, politics, and influences.

One Small Step partners Marianne Stack (63) and JaLynn Prince [no age given] discuss the changes in the news industry that have led to increased political polarization in the US.

One Small Step partners Stephen Dareing (58) and MG Anderson (66) have a conversation about divisiveness created by the media, feeling patriotic and unpatriotic, and wanting a government that represents them.

One Small Step partners Judy Cavazos (57) and Kc Stokes (47) reflect on the importance of family, and remember the lessons they learned from their grandmothers.

One Small Step conversation partners, Charlene Saner [no age given] and Kim Williams [no age given], talk about the different ways being Conservative or Republican can look.

Elizabeth Rosen, 89, talks with her granddaughters Hanna Kanofsky, 21, and Samantha Kanofsky, 23, about growing up with Korean parents in Hawaii and her marriage and family.