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From 2/17/2024: Jameson O'Neal interviews Mike O'Neal about his father, Sonny O'Neal. The focus of the interview centers on family memories, Sonny's career in the United States Forest Service (USFS), and football.

I talk with my father about his experience hunting and his thoughts on the animals.

[Recorded: Friday, September 22, 2023] Kendall Hyer (19) from Louisa, VA, and Emma Hinson (19) from Hunstville, AL participated in this One Small Step conversation as part of their Public Service Pathways 1-credit UNST course at UVA. Emma relays her...

Tuckerton Seaport Folklife Director Lesley Schierenbeck interviews J.P. Hand of Goshen, New Jersey. JP has been carving traditional Barnegat Bay decoys for the past 50+ years. In this interview, he discusses how decoy carving became a part of his life,...

On their 65th wedding anniversary, Gene (87) and Joan Dalebroux (85) talk about the joy, adventures, and dangers of farm life in tiny Thiry Daems, Wisconsin. Listen as their daughter Jill talks with them about Belgian traditions, raising a family...

Morgan Graham (42) and Phillip Smith (34) sit down for an in-person One Small Step conversation.

Folklife Director Lesley Schierenbeck interviews Gene Marshall, of Forked River, New Jersey. He discusses his passion for decoy collection, his techniques of carving, his craftsmanship of the working decoy, and his mentor in the field, his father, George Marshall. Photographs...

One Small Step partners Jennifer Beck (49) and Matt Schuster (63) discuss their backgrounds, their beliefs regarding gun safety, and their frustration with political candidates.

This is Roland Snyder and he is my grandfather. He told me some of the very important moments in his life.

Rosalyn Schragg [no age given] interviews her friend Leanna Hayes [no age given] about Rosalyn’s journey from Rotherham, England to Soap Lake, Washington State. They also discuss Rosalyn’s marriage, children, career, and home.

Maryke Ozog (57) speaks with husband, Mark Ozog (64), about her childhood in South Africa and her family's experience coming to the U.S.

Part one of the interview with Kenneth Marshall

Part 2 of the Kenneth Marshall interview.

Part 3 of the Kenneth Marshall interview.

Meet 3rd Generation Decoy Carver Fred Reitmeyer and learn about this Barnegay Bay tradition.

One Small Step conversation partners Cale Green (31) and Mathew Mulhelm (39) discuss influential moments in their lives, their political values, and pressing issues in Alaska.

Spouses, Trinh Jones (59) and Tim Jones (58), talk about their contrasting childhoods in Saigon, Vietnam and Troy, Missouri, as well as the shared values that bring them together. They also reminisce about their early relationship, raising their two sons,...

Max and his Grandpa talk about life experiences and stories.

Brief quick set of questions about my great grandpa and him being a hunter

Hawk steals teal

Grandpa tells the story of the goose flying away after we were picked up and ready to go

Richard is my grandpa. He is a big family man who bonds with his family through attending sporting events together and enjoying the outdoors

The last of three podcasts that aims to look at the American mountain men of the fur trade and their lasting impact on the town of Jackson Hole and the American West as a whole. This episode still has interviews...

The second of three podcasts that aims to look at the American mountain men of the fur trade and their lasting impact on the town of Jackson Hole and the American West as a whole. This episode has interviews from...

The first of three podcasts that aims to look at the American mountain men of the fur trade and their lasting impact on the town of Jackson Hole and the American West as a whole. This episode discusses some of...