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Interview with Arushay Awan about her journey from Islamabad to Bradley University in Peoria, IL

Lisa Martin, PhD, RN, PHN, AHN-BC, FAAN Lisa Martin is an enrolled member of the Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians. She is a Clinical Associate Professor of Nursing at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities,...

In this storycore, we discuss the struggles of life with a single parent.

I am talking to my 69 year old grandma about her ancestors and Indian Heritage.

One Small Step conversation partners Douglas "Doug" Nye (74) and Barbara Kates (69) talk about religion and spiritual life, the Back to the Land Movement, sobriety, activism, differences in views on government, and hopes for their future generations.

In this interview, recorded on November 26 in Birmingham, Alabama, Ethan Denaburg and his grandfather Charles Denaburg talk about the meanings of life and what’s good and what’s bad. Charles Denaburg shared stories about his time in the Air Force...

Conversation about different things.

Hallie Van Duren and Pam talk about Hallie’s family law practice in St. Louis. The importance of connection with clients, others in the legal system and her legal partners.

Carolyn Crowe (79) and her husband, Robert Crowe (73), reflect on nearly 50 years of marriage together.

Jennifer Staed (55) interviews her friend Roberta Hudlow (86) about her childhood, time as a teacher, religion, her relationship with God, values, and hopes for the future.

Friends and cousins Kelly House (25) and Bailey Tlachac (25) discuss being Oneida, their right to be in higher education, safe spaces they created in college at the First Nations Studies Center at the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay,...

One Small Step partners Cherice Henderson (52) and Sarah McEnerney (57) have a conversation about women's rights and religion.

One Small Step partners Jeffrey "Jeff" Ellis (79) and Harris Mills (77) have a conversation about their experiences surrounding the Vietnam War, environmental conservation, and the importance of having compassion for people's deep hardships and traumas.

Cousins Brenda Rodriguez (62) and Fred Sanchez (57) discuss their ancestors with a focus on their great-great grandfather Salvador Sanchez whom they learned was a Navajo nation member.

Friends Darren Parry (63) and Ann Norman (49) discuss Darren's grandmother Mae Timbimboo Parry and the Bear River Massacre.

Shelley Buffalo (55) talks with her eldest son Thomas Peters (22) about the Meskwaki nation and their tribal bison herd. Thomas describes working with the bison and their importance to the tribe. Recorded at the Practical Farmers of Iowa annual...

My name is Tommy Rich, I am in eighth grade, and I was joined by my grandfather Bradford Rich where he talked about his life. He talked particularly about his various jobs as a lawyer that brought him through the...

Elsa Johnson interviews her mother, Katherine Bourke, a 45-year-old woman, about her experience from small-town life in Maine to San Fransisco where she embraced a life as a lawyer and later became a mother. Katherine found immense success in her...

On Thanksgiving Day, 2022, Kaeleigh Sciria (20), interviews her beautiful mother, Patty Sciria (62), to detail her life and stories. She told stories of her childhood, family, her brother, being a lawyer, and her favorite job as a mother. Patty...

One Small Step conversation partners Michael Lyons (71) and David Hoffman [no age given] talk about their careers, the importance of family, and the difficulty of talking about politics in the current era of political divisiveness.

[Recorded: Friday, September 2nd, 2022] Lillian (20) and Donna (68) have a One Small Step conversation in Charlottesville, Virginia. Lillian is a Third Year student at the University of Virginia studying public policy, leadership, and religious studies. Donna is the...

Jill Roberts Manson (57) interviews her father, A. "Jim" Roberts III (80), about his life and legacy.

Lemuel D. Cook, a Native Chickasaw and Choctaw Indian, has been all over the world, but his paradise is on the banks of the Red River between Texas and Oklahoma. He has many stories about his adventures on the River.

One Small Step conversation partners Sally Gilbert (67) and Jeri Thompson (63) discuss their shared experiences growing up in the South, raising children, and reckoning with their race. They reflect on their generational connection and their hopes for the future.

Steve Desroches (47) talks to Felipe Rose (68) about being an original member of the disco phenomenon the Village People.