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One Small Step conversation partners Anushka Karote (37) and Biju Kalarikkal (48) discuss their religious differences and commonalities.

One Small Step conversation partners Rodney "Rod" Thornton (72) and Dorothy Thomas (67) talk about their memories growing up outside of California, their moves to Fresno, their path to retirement, and their political views.

One Small Step conversation partners Larry Kirchmer (76) and Grace Dang (23) talk about mental health, generational differences, and agnosticism.

One Small Step partners Eric Terashima (53) and Sam Wheeler (53) talk about their careers, the people they most admire, and their political values.

One Small Step partners Kenzie Brant (21) and Trish Hileman (47) talk about STEM, nationalism, LGBTQ rights, and the lack of political options in the United States.

One Small Step conversation partners Hydg Hardin (73) and Michael "Mike" Grow (76) discuss their lives and beliefs, as well formative experiences in college, travels, childhood moves, and impactful experiences shared with their grandparents.

One Small Step conversation partners Jane Holwerda (60) Noor Kheryl (38) discuss the immigrant journey, Somalian culture and political situation, democracy, their families and their hopes for the future.

Melvin Johnson (65) and Darryl Hicks (67) share their common experiences driving trucks, growing up black, and the joy and importance of having conversations with different kinds of people and not making assumptions.

One Small Step conversations partners Jo Marcus [no age given] and Mark Harrison (52) talk about the government's size and involvement, COVID-19 policies, and the role of religion in their lives.

One Small Step conversation partners Amy Russell (69) and Carl Weiss (62) discuss their pivotal life experiences, the importance of moderation, the role of media in increasing division, and the complexity of many issues facing us today.

One Small Step partners Michelle Ferguson (38) and Alexa Saunders (75) talk about their different upbringings, politics, and literature.

Kristin Szakos (62), a former Charlottesville City Council member, has a chat with One Small Step partner Joseph "Joe" Thomas (58), a conservator talk show radio host, on their overlapping and varying experience that have shaped their beliefs politically.

One Small Step conversation partners David Cooper (69) and Andrew Allen (21) have an intergenerational talk about their faith, their careers, social support and political views.

One Small Step Conversation partners Mary Petz (74) and Bob Carter (77) talk about the impact of their faith in their lives and discuss their views on abortion.

One Small Step conversation partners and siblings Nancy Harness (66) and Eric Keller (57) talk about growing up in the same household at different time periods and how that shaped their differing world views. They also discussed the Covid vaccine,...

One Small Step partners Doc Hamm (80) and Esther Miranda (25) share a conversation about their upbringings, religion, politics, segregation in the south, and immigration.

One Small Step Conversation partners Joleen Webb (63) and Justin Richardson (31) talk about values they had growing up, the significance of Election Day, how Jesus would have been a Democrat, trickle-down economics, and growing up in a different time...

One Small Step partners Ken Hoeppner (79) and Karina Ckless (53) talk about their political values, who influenced their viewpoints, and their transition to living in rural Vermont.

One Small Step conversation partners Kara Linn (60), an executive head hunter from Casper, WY, and Susan Mick (64), a retired math teacher from Jackson, WY, sat down together for an in-person conversation at the Teton County Library in Jackson,...

One Small Step Conversation partners Alvin Brasier (57) and Maureen Harvey (71) talk about their time working at Tinker Air Force base, living in Oklahoma, political division - and caring for a child with special needs.

Julia Ehrhardt (53) and One Small Step partner Janis Hernandez [no age given] discuss women's issues, racism, and their personal political values.

One Small Step partners Shirley Lefever (61) and Gordon Bassham (75) share a conversation about the most influential people in their lives, their values, their work, and their concerns and hopes for the future.

One Small Step partners Karen Pell (69) and John Byrnes (57) talk about the partisan divide, their connections to the military, and the debate around gun control.

One Small Step conversation partners Patti Victor (67) and Greg George (30) discuss how they were actually raised with very similar values instilled into them and how each of them channeled this into the life they've created for themselves.

One Small Step conversation partners Frank Surface (66) and Dontrese Brown (48) talk about family life, the media, politics, and stepping out of their own bubbles.