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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.

One Small Step conversation partners Derek Scheuerman (23) and Jay Russell (27) are acquaintances who learn more about each other discussing the commonalities and differences in their upbringings, hardships they've faced, religious identities, gender identities, and goals for the future.

Van and Joe met at the Chicken Salad Chick restaurant in Panama City, Florida to discuss Van's experiences in the Dougherty County Schools, the zoning of Dougherty County Schools in 1971 due to a desegregation lawsuit, Van's career and other...

Tyler Fontanez (17) talks with his mother, Gretchen Gillung-Fontanez (48), about her life, her dreams, and what she hopes for the future for both herself and her children.

Daughter Johanna Divine (50) speaks with her mother Margaret "Peggy" Barlow (80) about her life, including memories of family, education, international travels, and her career in the arts.

Jitka shares her story of getting her nursing degree in communist ruled Czechoslovakia in 1985 and defecting to the U.S. two years later. In the U.S. she couldn't work as a nurse but it was all she ever wanted to...

In this interview conducted in November 2023 in Chesterton, Indiana, Liam King (15) interviews his grandfather David King (69) about his childhood and career. David talks about some of his time at school and how it led to his career...

An interview with Kelly Carle with stories from his life as a horseshoer, farrier, and blacksmith

One Small Step conversation partners Jonathan Smoak (57) and Berkeley Goodloe (46) discuss their political ideologies, American liberty, and their shared perspectives of their home city, Richmond.

Veda Robbins (54) and her mother Vernetta Henson (74) talk about food, family, and careers. They reflect on the difference between finding a passion and being a curious hummingbird.

Kelly Blake (31) interviews her friends, siblings Carolyn [No Name Given] (40) and Steven Mokrzycki (41), about their childhoods, their dreams for the future, and their favorite hobbies.

Kiara Brown (28) talks her colleague to Jeremiah Chapmin (44) about her upbringing in Gloster, Mississippi, her journey to working in media and communications, and the many obstacles she overcame along the way.

Carolyn Crowe (79) and her husband, Robert Crowe (73), reflect on nearly 50 years of marriage together.

Conversation partners Manuela Velasquez (24) interviews Ulysses Labilles (61) about his immigration journey to the United States, his father’s impact on his life, dear of his family members, and the importance of his children in his life.

Margaret "Maggie" Gierse LaMore (39) interviews her mother Jo Mannies Gierse [no age given] about her career in journalism.

Barbara Hester Kurtz (87) talks with her granddaughter Susan Scott Peterson (40) about her life from 1957 to present day, including her family being posted in Germany after the occupation ended and raising children while moving around the country for...

Karen Sanchez (61) and her daughter Mercedes Sanchez Meinel (38) talk about their different journeys in motherhood and raising bilingual children.

Colleagues and friends Troy Streckenbach (51) and Brandon Yellowbird-Stevens (45) discuss Brandon's work as vice chair for the Oneida nation, the importance of community, communication, fatherhood and identity.

Father Dan Doctoroff (65) speaks to his children, Ariel Doctoroff (32) and Jacob Doctoroff (35), about his career, upbringing, and approach to life in the face of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).

Bethany Broom-Dombrowski (35) and her daughter, Tessa Masengale (15), trade memories and ask each other about their lives.

Kiplyn Primus (61) talks with her conversation partner Ralph Baker (71) about his ancestor Jesse Maxwell Barber and the 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre.

This Saturday, I had an interview with my Friend Mintiya, who is a student from Nanjing Medical University. I was so curious about her current living situation and I could not help asking her some questions about her past, present...

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.

William Thompson (41) talks with his friend and neighbor Pamela Commorato (59) about her career as a professional wrestler.

Vicky Ostry (69) has a conversation with her husband, Tony Ostry (80), about growing up, career, and hobbies in retirement.