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Friends, Andrew Milbauer (42) and Rachel Dhakal (43), commiserate, compare, and contrast their experiences living, respectively, as gay and black, in a predominately white, straight town. They discuss identity, passing, and micro-aggressions that have stuck with them for years.

Karen Marie Mason (54) talks with her friend, Kiplyn Primus (56), about growing up in Brooklyn, New York, and her education journey, which includes getting kicked out of an Ohio boarding school and leaving Syracuse University 6 credits short of...

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

Brother and Sister, Fred Douglas Wheeler (30) and Paulah Wheeler (26), talk with their Mother, Tracey Wheeler (54) about her childhood, becoming a parent, and the advice she has for her future grandchildren.

Adrienne Hurd and mother, Merlyn Hurd, remember Hugh Hurd, Merlyn's husband and Adrienne's father. They reflect on being an interracial family in the early 1960s New York, the challenges they faced as a result, and their relationship.

Yvonne Orr-El (48) talks to her friend Kimberley Rudd (51) about the impact that her revolutionary parents have had on her life. She shares how she found the truth under layers of family secrets, how her activism looks, and the...

Friends and Colleagues, Sue Rusche (79) and Bill Carter (69) have a conversation about the Atlanta-based nonprofit, National Families in Action, that protects children from addictive drugs by shining light on the science that underlies their effects. Topics include NFIA's...

Collaborators, Kate Strum (36) and Leah Palmer (26), talk about their project, The Conversation Workshops, which they are starting in Oklahoma City, OK. Kate and Leah reflect on their work and discuss their hopes for the project's future.

Bruce Waight (40), talks with his life and business partner, Vanessa Morrison (30), about the mobile barbershop they started together, En Root. Bruce and Vanessa talk about what it means to be Black entrepreneurs, to help their community, and what...

Friends, Seth Wispelwey (37) and Don Gathers (58) speak about their experience of the alt-right Unite the Right rally that took place in Charlottesville, VA on August 11th/12th, 2017. They offer some historical context for the emergence of the rally...