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Laurent Sanchez (34) talks to her husband, James Barnes (32), about their first year of marriage, meeting family in Colombia, and future family plans.

Nancy Gibbs (64) and her daughter Charlotte May (29) reflect on their individual and shared memories at Chautauqua Institution as Charlotte looks forward to having her wedding there in a few months.

Friends Donald "Don" Hild (93) and Lauren Warren (35) discuss Lauren’s grandmother and recall the search to find the owners of a lost suitcase.

One Small Step conversation partners Nancy Patterson (67) and Suzanne Royer-McCone (60) discuss the decision to have kids or not, the process of obtaining Section 8 housing assistance, and having different political views than their families.

Jennie Fidler (35) interviews conversation partner Fran Durkin (90) about her childhood, marriage, and family.

Friends Lisa Dorner (51) and Tiffany Robertson (49) reflect on how race, gentrification, and police brutality have influenced their Shaw neighborhood community in St. Louis, Missouri.

Friends Keith Mosier (64) and Michael Lunter (65) discuss how they met, their work with people with AIDS, how they got involved with the community organization Food Outreach, their coming out stories, the AIDS epidemic and the legal protection that...

One Small Step partners Steve Carter (76) and Linda Hathaway (77) have a conversation about pro-choice vs. pro-life, their opinions on past and current presidential candidates, and the need for civil political discussion.

Spouses Connie Roop [no age given] and Peter Roop (72) discuss being together for fifty years, Peter being from Memphis Tennessee, his involvement in the Civil Rights Movement, their travels across the seven continents, and their two children.

Joel Raney (55) interviews his wife Kristen Taney (53) about her childhood, career trajectory to becoming President of Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, parenthood, and leadership.

Husband and wife Andy Miller (64) and Cheri Miller (66) discuss how they met, their love story, and give advice to couples.

Williams Craft [no age given] interviews his spouse Kathy Burnell (54) about her life, her relationship with her parents, childhood memories, and her education and career trajectory.

Sarah Cordova (38) and Samuel Teresi (66) discuss their upbringing, their faith, the importance of family and differences of opinion around non-binary gender identity.

One Small Step partners Sasha Lewis (45) and Julius "Jules" Rothlein (74) discuss their faith backgrounds, raising a transgender child, and some of the experiences that shaped their political views.

Helene Van Manen (64) and her husband Dave Van Manen (67) share stories from their lives as they detail their love, their family, and their journey westward from Brooklyn, New York, to Beulah, Colorado.

Siblings Ambar Rizwan (36) and Daanish Rizwan [no age given] discuss their childhoods, going to a predominately white High School, and expectations from their parents. Daanish describes his UX work and his efforts to bring about representation and inclusion. Ambar...

Husband and wife Dean Burns (56) and Cesslie Joy Pharr (50) discuss their love story, their travel adventures, and their hopes for the future.

Jason Spellman (35) and Alexander Megaso (36) discuss the Black Lives Matter Protests, the Confederate Monuments, the impetus to move out of dense urban centers, social media, religious tenets and striving for positive mindsets.

One Small Step partners Jayme Hightower (41) and Steve LaPorta (60) discuss missionary work, systemic racism, and how to improve schools in our country.

Dan Berkeley (72) shares stories with his daughter Kate Getchell (41) about their family and his life, particularly his adventures in his late teens and early twenties.

John McCarthy Jr. (78) discusses with wife, Leigh McCarthy (79), serving in the war in Vietnam and how their relationship first formed and grew.

Thomas Wilbur (78) speaks with his wife, Catherine Carter-Wilbur (78), about his military service in the War in Vietnam and their marriage.

John Beard (50) interviews his wife Sara Beard (28) about her early life, her memories, and the activities she enjoys.

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.

One Small Step partners Cecilia Lucero (61) and Julie Gee (56) discuss immigration, cancel culture, and concerns about the government.