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One Small Step conversation partners Anh Nguyen (45) and Deborah Ayers (57) exchange life experiences, covering topics such as dreams, genealogy, and education.

One Small Step partners Frances Stewart (79) and Herbert "Herb" Loveless (68) have a conversation about their political upbringings, advice to their younger selves, and their views and experiences around the Vietnam War.

One Small Step partners LaTanya Ri'Chard (50) and Melanie Sanwo (55) discuss their college experiences, early memories of politics, and feeling misunderstood.

One Small Step partners Jeffrey "Jeff" Strange (46) and Nancy Termer (52) discuss serving in the military, homeschooling, and their connections to Japan.

One Small Step conversation partners Queena Stone (49) and Matt Watkins (55) talk about how travelling has changed their political and cultural perspectives, whether there is a binary "other side" and how Joe Biden is doing a good job because...

One Small Step partners John Agnew (59) and Steven Bates (53) have a conversation about growing up in different ways, race and how they developed their political beliefs.

One Small Step partners Fredrick "Fred" Hoogland (75) and Roy Branklin (58) discuss their military service, racism in the United States, and their involvement with the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

Jennifer Witkowski [no age given] and Bob Redden [no age given] discuss Bob's past political views and why he changed those views. They also discuss political divisiveness and the ecological damage being done to the planet.

One Small Step partners Patrick Butler (71) and Nancy Duling (60) discuss Patrick's military service during the Vietnam War and their reluctance to express their political views in the current divisive climate.

One Small Step partners Doug Lyon (58) and David Burke (52) discuss the merits of liberal and conservative approaches to different issues and share stories of how their backgrounds have shaped their beliefs.

One Small Step partners Tom Compton (80) and Liv MacKenzie (50) talk about their differing beliefs on gun control, their shared interests, and their shared belief that politicians should focus more on understanding one another.

One Small Step conversation partners John [No name given] (78) and Marcia [No name given] (69) talk about getting away from dogma and back into a conversation about ideas and solutions to the problems we face as a country.

One Small Step participants Debi Smulyan (69) and Nick Meyers (56) discuss their upbringings in Oakland, CA and Erie, PA, respectively. They discuss how their upbringings affect their current political views and talk about the education system and the two-party...

Jeff Ikeda (36) and One Small Step partner Kern Smith (52) exchange experiences and lessons they have faced on the intersectionality of their cultural and racial identity in or outside of the U.S.

One Small Step conversation partners Peggy Davis (71) and Richard Nordstrom (88) talk about the evolution of their political beliefs, and the historic moments they lived through that helped shaped them.

John Compton (49) and his One Small Step partner, Jennifer Ludovici (49), exchange stories from former times and touch on political issues they feel strongly about.

One Small Step partners Linda Lewis (62) and Janes Vines (32) discuss their political beliefs, experiences with military PTSD, and media literacy.

Andrew Wingo (37) talks to One Small Step partner, Timothy Ratzlaff [no age given], on their memories of growing up, influential people in their lives, and the ecological change happening in Kansas.

One Small Step conversation partners Son Huynh (18) and Jacob Botsch (18) talk about their personal backgrounds, share some of their political beliefs, and discuss the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on their lives and education.

One Small Step conversation partners Dennis [No Name Given] (68) and Kay [No Name Given] (72) talk about the Vietnam War, gender discrimination, the power of words, harsh rhetoric, political memories, Trump and Biden, and hope for a COVID-19 vaccine.

Catherine "Cathy" Manning (76) speaks with her friend Pat Gottschalk (83) about learning how to be peace activists as seniors, and their hopes and disappointments in family relationships.