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One Small Step partners Marilyn Sanders (58) and Stephen Watson (45) discuss their lives growing up, their political influences, and their experiences with cancer.

Although aligned with different parties, One Small Step conversation partners Jeff Chamberlain (61) and Jay Brown (49) connect on some of their more moderate stances, their thoughts on healthcare, and their hopes for the country's future.

One Small Step participants Tyler Beam (44) and Sarah Davis (40) discuss their experiences living abroad, what it's like pursuing a second career and master's degree in their forties, their political beliefs, and their spiritual identities.

Lynn Fremed [no age given] and her One Small Step partner, Cristina Ramirez (46), discuss their experiences in Richmond and issues of class struggle, diversity, and education accessibility.

One Small Step partners Brad Hansen (70) and Stormy Johnston (68) have a conversation about their childhoods and life experiences.

One Small Step conversation partners Gabor Szovati (63) and Melanie Alvarado (38) talk about climate change, their experiences working in correctional facilities, and their parents' influences on their political views.

One Small Step partners Danny Mack (57) and Bill Hansen (69) talk about the complexities of law enforcement and policing, their mutual support of labor unions, the challenges faced by immigrants and refugees, and how money has affected politics.

In a One Small Step conversation Hilary Coakley (54) and Brad Baker (65) discuss the role religion plays in their lives, politicians they admire, the importance of freedom of opinion, fear of the divisiveness in the United States, and the...

One Small Step conversation partners Carla Yoder (68) and Chloe Beelby (42) discuss the well-being of kids, teaching, ancestry, and religion.

One Small Step conversation partners, Emily Bahne (47) and Victoria Young (64), share some of their personal backgrounds and family heritage and then ask each other questions about their political values. Victoria shares some of her beliefs on vaccination and...

One Small Step partners Dagmar Ebaugh (55) and Sandy S. (55) have a conversation where they explore the life experiences that have shaped their political views. As children, they both moved often, which they believe gave them perspective on different...

One Small Step partners, Meaghan Young (42) and Céire Smyth Martínez (41) discuss the importance of human rights, their respective journey's with grief, and their hopes for the future.

One Small Step conversation partners Robert "Bob" Adler (70) and Sara Kelemen (29) talk about nondelusional optimism, listening, Jewish heritage, family, community, and anarchism.

One Small Step conversation partners Whitney Ferrin (35) and Ryan Broker (46) discuss how their political views have evolved and the challenges of communicating with family members who hold different beliefs.

One Small Step conversation partners Lani Slonim (70) and Krista Rogerson (56) discuss their political views, childhoods, PTSD, war and abortion.

One Small Step partners, Rachel Barnard (52) and John Duvall (63), discuss privilege and racism. They examine how each of these is reflected in their own life experiences, and John brings some new ways of looking at these concepts to...

One Small Step partners Marion Fulton (89) and Sabra Lumbert (34) discuss their very different backgrounds, their experiences teaching in Asia, and their differing views on abortion

One Small Step conversation partners Lawrence Meisel (71) and Chris Krieger (53) have a wide-ranging conversation about their lives and beliefs, finding connection despite initial political differences.

One Small Step partners Nicholas Green (31) and Lesley Riddell-Koch (49) discuss the kindest people in their life, their experiences teaching students about the constitution's amendments, and their experiences living in Wichita, Kansas.

One Small Step conversation partners Will Daugherty (27) and Patricia Baker (31) talk about growing up in Oklahoma, their time in the Air Force and where it took them abroad. They also discuss their views on masking and public health...

One Small Step conversation partners, Anne Eastwood (71) and Colin Smith (31), discuss issues of politics and faith across a generational divide.

One Small Step partners Alison Caughman (74) and Judy Walton (68) have a conversation about being "military brats" and volunteers as well as their biggest challenges and greatest achievements.

One Small Step conversation partners Joe Marra (57) and Landon Reid (50) talk about how important their parents were to their development, the joys of both having a 5 year old and how to make some politics a win-win situation.

James "Jim" Rooks (52) and John Paul "JP" Trudelle (85) sit down for a One Small Step conversation at JP's home at The Sage Living Center. They discuss moments from their own lived history: including 9/11 and the War on...

One Small Step conversation partners Alex Mozes (43) and Rosie Campagna (45) consider political parties, changing views and the bubbles we find ourselves in, questioning as a means of understanding and coming to one's views, distrust and conspiracy theories, the...