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Lynn Preston (71) interviews her friend Patricia Cosgrove (87) about Patricia's career as a teacher, her work as a teacher's advocate, and her advice for future teachers.

Friends and longtime colleagues Bruce Matthews (71) and Irene Szabo (77) discuss their service on behalf of the North Country National Scenic Trail.

StoryCorps Facilitator Kiplyn Primus [no age given] talks with sisters Patricia Walker Bearden [no age given] and Yolanda Walker Simmons (67) about their family's connection to the Atlanta Race Massacre of 1906.

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.

Husband and wife Daniel (Dan) Ross [no age given] and Jade Sank Ross [no age given] share stories of how they became rabbis, when they first felt they were rabbis for real, how Dan transitioned from Hillel rabbi to Central...

One Small Step partners Karen Pell (69) and John Byrnes (57) talk about the partisan divide, their connections to the military, and the debate around gun control.

One Small Step conversation partners Patty (40) and Justin (32) have a conversation about their recent weddings, dogs, and families. They bond over both getting married recently and having connections to Chicago. Justin describes his large wedding in Savannah, while...

Linda Schmidt (67) interviews her 'boyfriend' Robert Rasnick (67) about his life growing up as part of a Jewish family in South Fallsburg in the Catskills region of New York State, his time in college, and his adult life.

Amanda So (29) interviews her father, Suor So (69), about his life, focusing on his immigrating to the United States in 1981 from Cambodia and his subsequent life here.

Bill Goldstein (61) interviews his friend Richard Burns (66) on his experiences during the AIDS epidemic having been apart of several advocacy, legal, and political groups providing protections to the queer community.

Siblings, Barbara Davis (61) and Joe Davis (54), reminisce about their childhood in Miami, FL, tell stories about their family traditions, and reflect on how their parents helped shape who they are today.

Friends and colleagues George Snyder (61) and Bob Jeffrey (60) reflect together on their lifelong relationships to the Chautauqua Institution and the childhood memories they made there.

One Small Step partners, Stephen “Steve” Thomas (70) and Amy Lanterman (69), discuss their different upbringings, retirement, and the issues that are important to each of them, such as border security and climate change.

One Small Step partners Jennifer Yox (37) and Pat Keebler (75) have a conversation about titling memoirs, history being written by the victors, and learning to give people the benefit of the doubt.

Justin (32) and Jenni (42), strangers participating in the One Small Step program, have a conversation about their lives, families, and communities. They discuss their daughters, living through COVID, and buying houses in the suburbs.

One Small Step conversation partners John Hisle (81) and Eric Spivack (45) discuss parenting, their vocational paths and changing systems of government.

Richard "Rich" Robertson (64) is interviewed by his daughter Shauna Robertson (27) about his life, growing up in Italy, and his career in the consumer products industry.

Spouses Walter Sadler (84) and Linette "Nettie" Sadler (79) share a conversation about growing up, raising a family, and living and working overseas.

Atlanta Business League colleagues Erica Qualls-Battey (58) and Kiplyn Primus (61) have a conversation about Erica's career with Marriott Hotels.

Joseph Wesolowski (76) talks with his wife, Wendy Wesolowski (59), about growing up as a street kid in the East Village of New York City, high school, his career in Engineering and adoption of their children.

Karen Thanaprakantrakul (20) and her dance instructor and mentor, Ratchikorn "Lin" Kositkasemsuk (36), talk about their Thai dance group, their introductions to Thai dance, and the different Thai dance styles and costumes. They also discuss their performances across Greater New...

Aiesha Hunter (35) and Tajama Phillips (43) discuss their work with Indomitable Families affected by Incarceration and their personal experiences with the criminal justice system.

One Small Step conversation partners Michelle Jadis (69) and Kevin Ross (59) talk about family, New York City, and how each define being either conservative or liberal.

Ashe [No Name Given] (41) talks with her father, Robert "Rob" [No Name Given] (71), about his childhood in Troy, New York, and being part of an Armenian American family.

One Small Step conversation partners Mary Lee Beal (79) and Nanette O'Neill (49) discuss their frustrations with politics and how hard it is to talk to people with different political beliefs to the extent that both tend to avoid political...