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One Small Step conversation partners Diane Knibbs (66) and Michael Dean (56) discuss their upbringings, relationships, their faith, racism in their communities, being informed citizens and extreme and moderate views.

Friends Adolph "Ado" Davis (33) and Reneka Moore (32) discuss their careers in entertainment, their shared hometown of Franklin, Louisiana, and express gratitude and hopes for the future.

Brothers Adolph "Ado" Davis [no age given] and Jerry Bobb [no age given] discuss their entrepreneurship. Ado speaks about his work as a musician and Jerry discusses his career as a restauranteur.

David Milnes talks with his student, Christopher De La Rosa (16) about how music transformed his life and how his life transformed into his music. They have many recollections which sparks many emotions throughout the interview. Both elaborate on their...

Chatchai Sangern (68) speaks with friend and bandmate Suwanta Sukhum [no age given] about Thai music, their band, Bangkok Cha Cha, and their journeys as musicians.

Manuela Velasquez (24) interviews Robert Nelson (57) about his love of jazz and his career as a musician in St. Louis.

Life partners Barbara Lyon (72) asks Steve Maggs (62) about his experience being a student in the Boston public school desegregation efforts.

One Small Step partners Alexandra Razell (35) and Micah Smith (51) connect over music, art, and dealing with grief from recent losses in their lives.

Shamika Wilson (47) speaks with her friend Jill Henderson (57) about losing her son Draylen. Shamika shares memories of Draylen and reflects on the grieving process and the importance of having a support system.

Mark Rodriguez (48) talks to his daughter, Aurora Rodriguez (17), about his love for music and what his life was like when he was growing up. He also discusses his views on the creative process.

Partners, M'Leah Woodward (48) and Aaron Rashaw (48), reflect on midlife and the experience of aging.

Friends Hadi Eldebek (34) and Layale Chaker (32) discuss their relationship to music as a means of connecting to their Lebanese culture. They consider how translation, drawing from different musical influences, and their audience's reactions shape their musical practices.

Andrea Morgan (54) interviews her daughter Zia Blue Kloetzel (20) about her decision to explore music, their relationship, and her experiences launching into the world.

One Small Step conversation partners Jason Williams (45) and Glen Wong (71) discuss the impact of their upbringing and parents, race, fatherhood, international travel, chronic illness, careers, and interests.

Pamela Kundert (69) speaks with her conversation partner Paul Hummel (74) about her life in music.

Joyl Clance (40) interviews her colleague Herbert "Herb" Smith (52) about his work as a musician. They discuss Herbert being the only black musician in the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, the impact playing trumpet has had on his life, and the...

Interview with Sarrah Ellen McDonald on how she began singing and playing music, her involvement in helping found Georgia Pick & Bow Traditional Appalachian Music School, and other aspects of music in Dahlonega. Interviewed by Sarah Adams on April 5,...

Interview with Ann Whitley-Singleton, long-time(and recently-retired)curriculum director of Georgia Pick & Bow Traditional Music School, director of the annual Blue Ridge Old-Time Music Week at Mars Hill University, and many other musical communities. Interviewed by Sarah Adams on August 28,...

Mara Jill Herman (Astoria) interviews Alan Semerdjian (Long Island) who makes meaning of his life through art. They discuss family influence, Armenian heritage, dialectic thinking, writing, music, and the art of educating.

Rooster McConaughey (66) and good pal Gilbert "Gil" Prather (80) talk about cowboy life, ranching, Gil's love of music, the TV and movie ventures the two have participated in, and life in far West Texas.

One Small Step conversation partners Marci Howard (72) and David Carson (59) come together and discuss their feelings and beliefs around different topics, including LGBT issues and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Anna Green (35) talks with her friend Essam Abdou (36) about his childhood in Egypt, growing up in an extremely conservative Muslim family, and his political trajectory to becoming a liberal musician.

Paul Gilmore (50) asks his friend Brian Kenney Fresno (56) about his career as a musician. Brian talks about his initial ideas about becoming a musician, describes the "Warr guitar" that he plays, and talks about his ideas of Fresno.

Amber is a Bay Area singer who tells about her journey of learning to care for curly hair, being rejected from a salon, and seeing both sides of appropriation.

The story of a Korean man and a journey with his family to America from a war at home. David Lim was interviewed on January 7th in Porter Ranch where he talks about his experience of the Korean War in...