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Cold War interview Ben (16) and John (52)

In this interview Reese Martin(17) and Marissa Reck(18), talked with Walt South(68). We discussed Walt’s home life around the 60’s, including where he went to school, what activities he did in and out of school, and information about his family....

Jaipreet Singh: 2024-04-11 23:52:51

I interviewed my grandma, Alexsandra Warzecha (76), discussing her story of emigrating to the United States of America. Furthermore, describing her time in Poland during the Cold War, and at a time of Communist ruling. Ultimately, describing her life as...

Talking to my mom about her childhood during socialism in Czechoslovakia.

One Small Step partners Tyler Laws-Mahe (28) and Clint Dowda (53) have a conversation about religion, Mormonism, and social issues.

my mom, Dominika shiell, age 21 (for the past 25 years) talked about her life experiences including growing up during the aftermath of WWII and growing up under the Russian occupation of Poland, aka communist rule over Poland.

One Small Step conversation partners Rachel Douglas (46) and Ioan Ban (41) discuss about politics.

One Small Step partners Jennifer Weston (56) and Paul Wood (59) discuss the people and events that have most influenced their beliefs, why they are often troubled by people with similar beliefs, and why they are scared about the current...

Husband and wife Tony Kahn (78) and Harriet Reisen (78) talk about Tony's experience growing up as the son of a blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter. Tony reflects on how he has experienced the feelings of belonging and home throughout his life.

Hear first-hand accounts of bombings and war while growing up under communism, as well as a comparison between today's life in Saigon versus communist life in Ho Chi Minh City. Trang Dinh (52) talks with her son, Andy Hoang (16),...

Alice MacAllister (72) comes into the booth with her friend Timothy "Tim" King (67) to tell him about her childhood home, her father, and her love for music.

Dennis Mason talks with Rachel Beck about his life in the 1960's.

I interviewed Jan Ellis. She is 75 and I know her because she is one of the local coordinators of my American exchange student organization CIEE (Council of International Educational Exchange). We talked about her social and political experiences she...

Irma Gobcewicz on communism in poland and marshal law in poland.

My Grandma is 76 years old and she was 17 at the time of the Kennedy assassination.

Sydney Hall(17) and Grandpa Richard Hall(77) interview about the Vietnam draft process

One Small Step partners Emily Tomkins (29) and Joseph "Joe" Loftus (68) discuss their different political beliefs and find common ground around income inequality and being "introverts."

Carmen Iglesias was born in a town run by a Boston Sugarmill company in Cuba. Today we interview my grandmother about her time as a citizen in Cuba. We get to hear first hand experience about how Cuba was like...

Participants are Christopher Aldana, fifteen years old, and his great grandmother, Marilyn Aldana who is seventy-eight years old. Topics spoken about were elections, family, and death.

In this interview, conducted in November 2022 in Palos Park, Illinois, Aleksandra Kasprzak (13) interviews her grandmother Elżbieta Joniak (66) about growing up in Poland.

Sarah Pearce (72) interviews her neighbor, Alcira Ruiz (85), about her life in Cuba, the Cuban Revolution, and immigration to the United States.

Teri Marton (82) shares her experiences in and escape from Hungary during WWII with her friend and neighbor Terry Quinn (66).

Tony Liu (79) talks with his daughter, Tana Liu-Beers (42), about leaving China on the eve of Mao's takeover.

Friends Hillary Cummings (Col '78) and Melinda Tabler-Stone (Col '78) sit down for a One Small Step conversation in Charlottesville, Virginia. The two remember their time at UVA as Zeta sorority sisters and share their career journeys, liberal outlooks, and...