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Lori Morimoto and Sue Marguerite Dootson have a One Small Step conversation. Lori is a professor at the University of Virginia, and Sue is a children's book author. They talk about their shared experience of spending much of their life...

Neiger Green Patrick (37) interviews her grandmother Nancy Mae Green (98) about Nancy's life and about her husband and her starting the Greater New Light Missionary Baptist Church 50 years ago.

Dave and Steve interview each other about growing up Baptist, coming out and HIV-AIDS in Chicago in the '80's and '90's.

One Small Step partners Hillary Freeman (75) and Robert "Tor" Torkildson (59) talk about the role of mentorship in their personal and professional lives, the importance of flexibility in thinking, the social safety net, their love of the North Shore,...

This is an interview I did with my 86-year-old grandmother. She lived in Germany through WWII and had a very interesting life, resulting in some unusual stories. She now lives on an out-of-service farm in Pennsylvania's Amish Country. In this...

One Small Step conversation partners Bonnie Wahiba (67) and Trish Davis (64) talk about their views on big issues like abortion, death penalty and Donald Trump. Trish recently changed her political party. Bonnie shares a story about being disowned by...

Sarah Cordova (38) and Samuel Teresi (66) discuss their upbringing, their faith, the importance of family and differences of opinion around non-binary gender identity.

Friends Vaneet Singh (43) and Queen Keskessa (51) speak about their journeys to the United States, their first impressions of each other, and Vaneet’s Sikh faith.

One Small Step partners, Emily Rushing (70) and Fred Bennett (76) discuss the changing landscape of news, media literacy, social issues, and being Christians who value diversity and racial reconciliation.

Friends and colleagues Richard Hatch (67) and Amy Anderson (62) talk about Richard’s family history in Utah and his career as a magician.

Stephanie Williams (59) interviews her colleague and friend Sherry Hayes (61) about her long career as a nurse, hers many years working at Providence and how she takes care of herself and others.

Troy Wright (55) interviews his father, Eldredge Wright (75) about his life growing up in East Texas, becoming a father at age 19, moving to California and working for IBM

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

Friends Haley Lepp (24) and Travis Richardson (24) talk about their respective journeys discovering their faiths and philosophies. Travis also speaks to the struggle of reconciling his identity as a gay man and a Catholic in a conservative environment.

Varisha Khan (21) and Ferdose Idris (21) talk about their friendship, their Muslim-American identity, and their encounters with Islamophobia.

Julia LeRoy (41) interviews her mother, Michelle Lawrence (69), about her family's history and her life growing up in Detroit in the 1960s.

Friends Hooman Sedighi (58) and Carl Sherman (57) have a conversation about the idea of "Service" and about being of service to others through one's actions and beliefs.

One Small Step partners Donna Johnson (38) and Sherri Teer (40) talk about their lives as teachers and professionals in the education field, their respective beliefs and values, and some possible ideas for how the educational system might be improved.

Ayden Harris (18) interviews Steve Budnack (~25ish) who owns the Parker Task Force about his life, what influenced him, and how he got to where he is today.

Kathleen Manning Edelman (51) interviews her relative Dr. Ron Ervin (83) about his life as a minister and counselor.

One Small Step partners Ashton Jolley (21) and Catherine Corcoran (21) discuss their religious upbringings, their parents, their educational experiences, and their political views.

Vittoria (21) interviews Kahder (26), a straight young man who grew up Muslim. He discusses some of his hardships, values, beliefs and experiences whilst practicing Islam. He also dives into what it was like to leave his home due to...

Sisters Nina Nirvana Moshefi (41) and Anna Padideh Moshefi (38) interview Commissioner Khadijah Abdur-Rahman (59) about her life, her election in 2020 to the Fulton County Commission as the first Muslim woman elected in Georgia, and how the three of...