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[Recorded: Wednesday, March 20, 2024] UVA students HC (22) from Arlington VA and CG (22) from US Virgin Islands recorded a one small step conversation as part of their course Lead from Anywhere. They talked about polarization in politics and...

One Small Step conversation partners Sean McKell (53) and Erik Hendrickson (65), strangers, have a conversation about their backgrounds, families, careers, and beliefs, finding commonalities despite differences in age and life experiences.

UVA Students JH (22) from Abingdon, VA and RB (22) from Houston, TX recorded a One Small Step conversation as part of their Lead from Anywhere Course. JH and RB started the conversation with in in-depth discussion about how our...

Friends and coworkers Moury Khan (29) and Stefan Weiner (33) learn more about each other by discussing their values, cultural backgrounds, and families.

Friends Beth Brockman Miller (56) and Ermyn King (70) talk about the impact of the Chautauqua Institution on their lives. They reflect on some of their memories of growing up at Chautauqua and the sense of community that they have...

[Recorded: Thursday, February 29, 2024] UVA students Reese Leonard (20) from Aspen, Colorado and Julia McCormack (19) from Silver Spring, Maryland recorded a One Small Step conversation as part of their course 'Democracy and Public Service'. They talked mostly about...

Cyprian Manmaw talks about the value of respect in our culture and how it is important to continue to teach our children about it.

Days before she gives birth to her second son, Sarah Warren (38) has a conversation with her little brother Matt Warren (34) about their relationship as siblings. Matt gives Sarah advice on raising a younger sibling and leaves a message...

Friends Stephanie Hurd (29) and Ali Manning (35) talk about their careers in food & wellness and the ways in which they practice self care. The friends reflects on how these topics existed in their childhoods and what advice they...

This is an interview of Dr. Carol Cole Kleinman (age 78) by her daughter Eleanor “Ellie” Kleinman (age 53). Topics discussed included Carol’s childhood, teenage years and college years, as well as what it was like to grow up in...

Arhan, interviewing his father, Autri about persons of Inspiration and wisdom, and core values of life.

Colleagues and friends Amelia Bacon (78), Beverly Cooper (74), and Tammy Ruffin (37) sit down to talk about their work in the community with Little Angels and Stand Up Mobile. They describe connecting with one another through their shared desire...

New friends Nandi Pointer (52) and Saleema Robinson (29) talk about their upbringings, their spiritual journeys, and their conceptions of God.

John Eckblad is a social psychologist who distinguished himself in business management and industrial relations. While his “culturally diverse, blended family” has roots in Sweden and early English settlement of North America, he grew up in Minnesota and Pennsylvania. As...

Carmen opened up with Bentley about a negative experience she had when she took her trans son to seek healthcare. Wanting to ensure that never happened again, Carmen became an advocate for her son's healthcare along with others who needed...

Cleon Jones Jr. (52) speaks with his parents, Angela Jones (77) and Cleon Jones Sr. [no age given] about piecing together the true history of Africatown and the Clotilda ship and growing the community of Africatown many generations later.

Busniess partners Jon Emert (46) and John Mueller (57) reflect on how they became architects, the power that physical space can have on emotion, and their journey and purpose creating their firm, JEMA.

Sandy Tomey (57) interviews her friend Pam Wilson (61) about her writing career and process. They also discuss the importance of female friendships, a topic Pam would like to explore more in her writing.

Nikkita Joseph (35) interviews her aunt Bertina Wilson (71) about her grandparents and the important lessons in compassion and generosity they passed down through the generations.

[Recorded Monday, July 17, 2023] David (26) and Chess (34) have a One Small Step Conversation in Charlottesville. David is from Ghana and is a human rights activist advocating for youth empowerment and LGBTQIA+ rights across the African continent. Chess...

A 36 year old mother interviews her pre-teen daughter on her life's perspective and values and the influences that has played a part in her life this far.

Eric Hoang (17) talks with his mom, Trinh Hoang (47) about her childhood and life in America. They discuss about her values and what she enjoyed as a kid and how she gives back to her Vietnamese community despite being...

Siblings and Loaves and Fishes co-founders Adam Whitney (41) and Rachel von Niederhausern (43) reflect on their family’s involvement in community service and how it paved the way for the pair to start their own service organization in Logan, Utah.

Aliyah, 19, tells of her journey to self-valuement through love, loss, and change.

One Small Step partners Brian Mitchell (73) and John Knorr (60) have a conversation where they cover a range of topics from their ties to the 1968 Chicago Democratic National Convention to their shared view that the polarized nature of...