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One Small Step Partners Kimberly Vinson (58) and Heidi Hendricks (59) have a conversation about the impacts that their disabilities on their lives.

One Small Step partners Ashton Jolley (21) and Catherine Corcoran (21) discuss their religious upbringings, their parents, their educational experiences, and their political views.

Stephanie Bentheimer (48) talks with her friend Angela "Angie" Meyers (42) about experiencing, surviving, and healing from sexual abuse.

One Small Step partners Harold Lewis (61) and Matthew "Scott" Knox (48) share stories about their different lived experiences as a Black man growing up in the segregated South and a gay man growing up in the Northeast.

Joan (64) spoke about her grandmother coming from Ireland and adjusting to life in America.

Coworkers, John Ramirez (33) and Maira Sanchez (25), have a conversation about sandwiches, their experiences, Hispanic culture, their job at the library, and how their life has been since COVID-19 began.

Siblings Borden Wilson (57) and Clay Wilson (62) discuss childhood memories of growing up in Texas then moving to Florida. They talk about losing their father at a young age, growing closer over the years, taking care of their 93...

Chapin Montague (24) asks her conversation partner, Nikolaus "Nik" Guran (49), about his experiences and deployments in the military and his journey to seeking help and encouraging others to seek help for PTSD.

Mother and daughter Cori Bystrom (29) and Stephanie Cartwright (46) talk about motherhood, mental health, and self-love.

Carolyn Ewing (65) reminisces with her husband, Abdul Salaam Ewing (64), on their varying influences in their path to Islam.

Destiny Brown (18) talks to her teacher, Nancy Zook (55), about her life, her family, her experience at CCA Academy, and her plans for the future after graduation.

Suzanne Greif () tells Daniel Enger () her life story, one filled with a love for art and animal rescue, as well as mental health and substance abuse challenges.

Humza Rahman (30) interviews his friend and coworker Mike Watts (73) about his time at Loaves & Fishes, his artistic explorations, and his many “sides.”

Sarah Underwood (33) talks with StoryCorps facilitator Lea Zikmund (23) about her relationship and journey with mental illness.

Cesar Hernandez De La Rosa (52) speaks about his childhood, his relationship with his grandmother growing up and the emotional impact being incarcerated at Rikers.

Ron McKnight (78) talks to Providence staff person Cara Aguilera (61) about growing up post-WWII in Missouri and Chicago, difficult childhood memories and being informally adopted by another couple. Ron also talks about his love of reading and reuniting with...

Harriet Mantzer (67) talks with her friend, Gail Greener (59) about her time as a hospice nurse, caring for cancer patients, and delivering babies. She shares about being a rancher and the death of her seventeen-year-old daughter.

David A. Feingold (67) talks with his significant other Becca Buchalter (58) about being bipolar, mania and depression, the effects of his illness on life, the power of his creativity, their relationship, and his artwork.

One Small Step partners, Sarah Rawrz (43) and Katelyn Martin (28), connect through their life experiences and exchange their political beliefs.

Clint Anderson (42) shares a conversation with his sister, Sarah Anderson (45), about his experiences with mental health and schizoaffective disorder.

Melanie DeJoode (55) talks to her son Felix DeJoode (19) about how they both experienced Felix's coming out as transgender.

One Small Step partners Anita Wiggins (65) and Deborah Callahan (56) discuss major events that shaped them, their spirituality as a Catholic and a Mormon, the difficulty raising children with or without their shared beliefs, and self-love.

Mardi Pennington (74) interviews her goddaughter Ava Ocker (18) about her high school years and preparing to enter college.

Friends Tiara Evans (27) and Asha John (27) reflect on hard periods of their lives and how those experiences made them who they are today. They discuss what adulthood means for their generation and the importance of not forgetting to...

On her 15th birthday, Colette Fitch (15) asks her mother, Caryn Miske (56), about some of her childhood memories and favorite experiences they have shared together. Colette shares about her struggles with depression, losing her dog, and visiting with her...