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One Small Step conversation partners April Goodner (31) and Jennifer Nixon (32) discuss who influenced their beliefs, how their beliefs have evolved, and why people make assumptions about them.

One Small Step conversation partners Tiffany [No Name Given] (42) and Richard "Rick" Cavallaro (54) discuss difficult family conversations, how the challenges young people face have changed, and the need for moral leadership.

One Small Step conversation partners Korie MacDougall (27) and Rhonda Davis (52) have a conversation about the political divide, technology, and personal experiences.

One Small Step partners Anna Isler (23) and Susan "Sue" Kurzman (68) discuss living in Richmond, volunteering at animal shelters, and how they define patriotism.

One Small Step partners Aurora Lee (29) and Nathan Davis (33) discuss their favorite childhood memories, whether they consider themselves "patriotic," and what makes them uncomfortable about their own political "side."

One Small Step partners Erin Meadors (39) and Leigh Ann Link (40) discuss how trauma leads to substance abuse and mental illness, experiencing loneliness in their respective careers, and why adapting to technology is "making us sick."

One Small Step partners Rishi Ray (19) and Chris Criscione (59) share their experiences with political division and their belief that people have more in common than they often think.

Emalee Farley (23) and her friend El Daña (75) talk about El Daña's long time male impersonator entertaining in the Fresno area and beyond. Together they talk about the gay bar scene in Fresno in the 1960s, how El Daña...

One Small Step conversation partners Christina "Tina" Neal (63) and Diane Metheny (51) discuss about politics.

Vanessa Brito, 26 and Herb Sosa, 45 talk about their work as LGBTQ advocates, about what motivates them and their role models.

Colleagues and loved ones Joey [No Name Given] (30) and [No Name Given] [No Name Given] (63) discuss Joey’s coming out story, diversity, equity, inclusion, and identity.

Friends Ash [No Name Given] (23) and David [No Name Given] (33) discuss David being a survivor of the Club Q mass shooting in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

One Small Step conversation partners Kevin Madden (73) and Matthew "Matt" Schuster (63) discuss having to keep their beliefs to themselves, gun ownership, and how people on the left contributed to Donald Trump getting elected.

One Small Step conversation partners Patrick Tyrrell (20) and Charlotte Hammond (18) find many commonalities and differences in their life experiences, general attitudes towards life and dreams of the future. They discuss religion, their parents, abortion and sex ed, and...

One Small Step Conversation partners JP Ducro (49) and Mason Hickman (23) talk about LGBT issues, their political values and the division in the country.

Mom and son, Metta Johnson (74) and Michael Johnson (41), discuss Metta's life growing up in Georgia, her relationship with her husband Clyde Johnson, and her career as a nurse.

High school friends Robert "Bob" Linscott (56) and Christopher "Chris" Zitnay (56) reconnect and share a conversation on what it was like to be gay in a small town and feel comfortable enough in themselves to come out when it...

Friends Keith Mosier (64) and Michael Lunter (65) discuss how they met, their work with people with AIDS, how they got involved with the community organization Food Outreach, their coming out stories, the AIDS epidemic and the legal protection that...

Maya Scott-Chung and Shirin Bridges talk about Maya's involvement with StoryCorps and Shirin's work as a writer.

One Small Step partners Lisa Lindsay (45) and Kim Hawley (58) discuss climate change, the war in Ukraine, and find common ground around their love for the outdoors and having dogs.

One Small Step partners Liz Hicks (78) and Patrick Walsh (55) discuss moving away from the Catholic church, how they became aware of racism, and why they fear social isolation is harming our country.

One Small Step conversation partners Lilian "Lily" Fisher (20) and Rick Limon (55) discuss Black Lives Matter, gun rights, and their differing views on abortion.

One Small Step partners Debi Noir (75) and Halley Cole (28) exchange their views on abortion, military-style rifles, book bans, trans rights, and climate change.

Sisters Rachel Nederveld (40) and Allison Nederveld (42) discuss Allison's experiences "coming out" as gay in Louisiana.

Adriana Osorio (35) and her wife Erin Osorio (36) discuss Adriana’s work with the community organization Food Outreach. Food Outreach provides meals to community members in need. They also discuss the importance of food family traditions, giving back, being members...