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Colleagues Scott Ekstrom (50) and Earl Rothfus (64) speak about their work and connections to the Chautauqua Institution.

Conversation partners Marilyn Schultz (79) and Greg Wojczak (75) reminisce about the time when the Butler, Wisconsin community united to raise funds for the construction of a new library.

Friends and co-organizers Nureaka Ross (28) and Lynette Mejia (51) discuss their involvement in advocating for their local library system and obstacles they have faced along the way.

Friends Molly Baumgartner (62), Dr. Whitney Gonsoulin (70), and Roberta Bienvenu (71) share an array of stories of their upbringing, world travels, and work in the home birth movement in Louisiana.

One Small Step conversation partners Jean Bourg (78) and Brad Sealfon (36) talk about family, growing up, religion, sexuality, community, libraries, planning boards, and living in small towns.

Friends Winifred Lucy (70) and Olga Harris (71) take turns asking each other questions about their families, their careers, and their long and close friendship.

Significant partners Tara Anura (47) and Rebecca Varney (64) sit down to discuss rural politics and local activism. They express their appreciation and pride for one another and the work they do in their community despite how disheartening it can...

Longtime Lake Geneva resident Helen M. Brandt (80) talks to friend Sonja Akright (52) about her journey from Wabeno to Lake Geneva as well as her jobs at the Lake Geneva Public Library and Geneva Lake Museum.

Safiya Schaub [no age given] interviews her mentor Janan Atta-Najeeb [no age given] about her early childhood memories, the Milwaukee Muslim Women's Coalition, discrimination muslims face in the workplace, building a library of resources regarding Islam, and their hopes for...

Dennis Faherty (61) interviews his wife, Pat Faherty (62), about her childhood memories, and she shares her experiences growing up all over the country.