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[Recorded: Friday, July 21, 2023] This One Small Step conversation was recorded in Charlottesville, Virginia as part of the Sorensen Institute’s summer High School Leaders Program in 2023. Michael Racz (15) is from Roanoke and Thara Venkatesan (16) is from...

Friends Sneha Sharma (17) and Cindy Su (17) share a conversation about their experiences as high school students during the COVID-19 pandemic, their environmental advocacy work, their mentors, and their families.

One Small Step conversation partners Morgan Munsen (26) and Francine Shaft (20) talk about their personal backgrounds and in particular how their Catholic faith informs their political positions, especially about abortion.

In this interview, One Small Step partners Garrett Waiss (58) and William "Bill" McPhearson (85) talk about their fears and hopes about division in the United States. They also discuss their views on climate change and how to have conversations...

One Small Step conversation partners Anne Cochran (62) and Polly Carr (50) talk about their political values, children, and issues in Alaska.

Gioya DeSouza-Fennelly (57) tells her former colleague Anasa Scott (36) about her efforts working as an environmental and science educator.

Maureen Lewiston (66) interviews her friend Elle Harris (30) about her experiences working as a packer for the U.S. National Park Service.

Eric Matthes (36) talks to his colleagues, Frannie Adams (21) and Kelsey Dunn (21), about climate change and environmental policies.

One Small Step partners Debi Noir (75) and Halley Cole (28) exchange their views on abortion, military-style rifles, book bans, trans rights, and climate change.

Dr. Dan Whitt studies currents and the circulation of nutrients in ocean ecosystems. Dan describes his Ph.D. research on internal waves ‒ oscillations found where the ocean is stratified by density ‒ and compares this effect to an expertly-poured Arnold...

One Small Step partners Lauren Weston (39) and Ward Danielson (55) discuss their religious backgrounds, concerns about the United States' Southern border, and how their political views have evolved.

One Small Step conversation partners Leslie Hoyt (66) and Emily Hatch (34) discuss their differing political beliefs, feelings around motherhood, and find common ground around experiences of loss and grief.

One Small Step partners Lisa Lindsay (45) and Kim Hawley (58) discuss climate change, the war in Ukraine, and find common ground around their love for the outdoors and having dogs.

One Small Step conversation partners Kerri Smith (50) and Tana Paddock (48) talk about the media, what it means to be a "minarchist libertarian", and how to bridge political divides.

One Small Step partners Mario Reposo (66) and Ursula Stock (65) share about their upbringing and discuss their political beliefs on topics such as police reform, white collar crime, and climate change.

One Small Step conversation partners Tim Wheeler (68) and Joseph "Joey" Ernst (40) explore common experiences growing up in small Midwestern towns and talk about their differing views on environmentalism and climate change.

One Small Step conversation partners Ralph Bonna [no age given] and Jenny Lee Corvo (36) discuss growing up with certain religious beliefs and how that impacted them, as well as how people in today's society are very extreme when it...

One Small Step conversation partners and fellow University of Vermont students Alexandra "Alex" Amsden (19) and Bethany Connor (23) discuss the justice system, immigration, minimum wage and religion. They also discuss both loving music, and Taylor Swift!

One Small Step partners Donald "Gordon" Mullin (76) and Emily Jacobs (47) share their political influences, how their views have evolved, and their hopes & fears for our country.

One Small Step Partners and California residents Don Simmons (66) and Patricia Bower (70) reflect on their life paths, familial and legislative political conflict, faith, homelessness, and California politics.

One Small Step conversation partners Steve Aufrecht (76) and Jerrad Anderson (40) talk about their backgrounds, political beliefs, and the current political climate.

One Small Step conversation partners Allan "Dale" Smith (63) and Tim Murphy (30) discuss their upbringing, transformative experiences that have informed their politics, and their "core issues."

Keith Hardin (69) interviews his friend Dave Scott (74) about his career fighting wildfires for the U.S. Forest Service and about how the wildfires he fought inspired his book, "The Fury of the Beast."

Carter Brooks (48) talks to his daughter Alison Savage Brooks (14) about his work in climate change art.

Mary Boatman (63) and One Small Step partner, John Rossfeld (54), share their thoughts on climate change, potential of society, concerns, and hopes for future role of government.