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Donna Lancaster, 78, is interviewed by friend Mindy Reed, 54. Dorothy was born without knee or hip joints and speaks about how her parents raised her to make her own choices and how she overcame the challenges she face in...

This is an interview for The Great Thanksgiving Listen 2018. Myself, Alia Yannone, interview my grandmother, Judy Smith in Brigantine, New Jersey on November 22, 2018. We discuss how my grandma grew up and what she has experienced over her...

My aunt, Michelle, talked about transformative life events and how they made her into who she is today.

John tells his wife, Amy, about growing up with a stutter.

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.

Gloria Johnson (72) speaks with her friend Corianna Moffatt (33) about several experiences that led to her becoming a social worker in Boston, MA. Despite the odds of growing up in segregated Camden, AR, and overcoming a terrible experience of...

the hardest part about immigrating was acceptance. Luckily, Bear moved to SF and got off a plane unlike many of his peers in school who he bonded with over their immigrant backgrounds.

An electrician turned self-made business owner reflects on a beautiful and challenging life.

Joan Ruskin, 85, talks to her daughter Susan Steinhauer, , about life after her heart attack and what she now considers important in life.

Growing up in LA during 70's-80's

One Small Step partners Stacie Williamson (39) and Adam Barlow-Thompson (38) share a conversation about their families, their faith, their communities, their political views, and about what guides their values and beliefs.

Jeff and I talking on the patio of our childhood home. He shares with me lessons he has learned about life.

In today’s society people are celebrating LGBTQ people with parades and festivals, rather than spreading hatred towards them, but this wasn’t always the case. In November of 2018, 14 year old Sofia Brandon-Schwartz interviewed her father, Carlo Brandon to learn...

Sisters Charlotte Jones (72) and Lynn Newcomb (69) remember their life and upbringing with their physically handicapped older brother Craig.

Friends and peers Emma "Scout" Wood (22) and Amanda Mullennix (23) talk about their paths to their religious studies academic program, their research interests, and their personal relationships with ritual and spirituality.

Blood is thicker than water is not the full quote. Blood of the covenant (your friends) is thicker than the water of the womb (family). My interview with a witch.

Interview of 1940-2020

Ruth Newell Donohue (wine & spirits distributor in CT) shares stories with Linda Hinton (wine supplier in central US) about finding her groove in the competitive wine business.

I asked my mom some questions about her childhood and learned some things that I never knew. She had some rough times as a child. As I live with her today I can see how much she’s grown since she...

Genie Hargrove (55) talks with her friends Doug Keith (43) and Joe Windish (56) about her journey to becoming a Baptist minister and reconciling that with her identity as a lesbian and a woman.

Marjorie Bair (83) is interviewed by her friend Vidya Frazier (76) about life and spirituality.

One Small Step conversation partners Cale Green (31) and Mathew Mulhelm (39) discuss influential moments in their lives, their political values, and pressing issues in Alaska.

Curtis Reliford talks about overcoming racism and serious adversity to find and fulfill his life's purpose which is helping those who are experiencing hard times: hurricane Katrina victims and the Navajo and Hopi people. Curtis describes how he follows his...

Friends Joelle DeHerrera (43) and Alicia Taylor (43) share a conversation about how their personal teen pregnancy experiences led them to be the friends and people they are today. They also talk about shame, acceptance, and past challenges as mothers.

Friends Cecilia Airaldi (56) and Luisa "Ellie" Scioli (73) reflect on their friendship and time living in the YWCA Brooklyn. They discuss their stories that brought them there, their families, gender roles, and being survivors.