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Marsha Music (62) tells Claire Nelson (40) the story of how her father's record store, a hallmark of the Detroit Black music scene, was burned down during the Detroit Rebellion of 1967.

Mary Kelly (?) speaks to her father, Joe Pecoraro about his work as a life guard.

Freddie Flowers (81) talks to her niece Yaa Simpson (44) about the maternal line of the family which came from various parts of the United States south. Freddie talks about her life and Yaa shares the results from a DNA...

Betty Becker (79) tells her daughter Marla Becker (46) about her childhood growing up in a Jewish family in Chicago. Betty shares about her parents, what she was like growing up, moving a lot as a kid, working in her...

Stephen Yonkowski (86) talks to his daughter, Stephania Holland [no age given], about his childhood, his family, and his career as an engineer.

Bilal Ezzeddine (34) talks with his spouse Salma Khan (34) about their multiracial family, Bilal's Black and Arab-American identity, Salma's Pakistani identity, their Muslim identity, their daughter and how she will navigate her life and heritage.

Michelle Luu (18) and Alaysha Pratt (18) reflect on their high school experiences and what they hope for in college.

Mary Cantwell (74) talks to her friend Jane Johnson (68) about growing up in Momence, Illinois.

Siblings Rudi Berkelhamer (75) and Jay Berkelhamer (79) talk about their childhoods growing up in Chicago and one of its suburbs during the 1940s and 1950s.

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.

Jennie Oh Brown (52) and her colleague, Howard Reich (67), discuss music criticism, the stories behind their careers, Chicago's classical music scene, and how the COVID-19 Pandemic has affected musicians' lives.

Husband and wife, Thaddeus Shakoor (79) and Beheejah Shakoor (80), talk about when they first met and reflect on their relationship over the years.

One Small Step conversation partners Scott Rooney (44) and Richard Crowley (65) discuss the need for civil discourse is this politically divided country, their fathers' influence, and Thanksgiving conversations.

Sean "Saddiq" Benson (48) interviews his friend David "Dawud" Clark (61) about his work in the penitentiary system advocating for inmates' right and later his work with Dream of Detroit helping run a reentry house.

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.

Hazel Gomez (36) interviews her husband, Mark Crain (33), about his racial identity, his work with Dream of Detroit, and his hopes for his children.

Michael Stalzer (76) talks to his daughter, Kathy Kubik (46), about growing up on the South Side of Chicago, serving with the 330th Radio Research Company in the Army during the War in Viet Nam, working for ComEd for 38...

Saberah Azizuddin (68) interviews her husband, Farooq Azizuddin (69), about his life. Farooq talks about his family, his time in the Black Panther party, his conversion to Islam, and more.

Sarah "Sally" Butzin (76) interviews her husband, Peter Butzin (77), about his involvement in the draft resistance movement during the Vietnam War.

One Small Step partners Perry Hoskins (62) and Melissa Dodge (37) talk about how their upbringings shaped their moral and political beliefs. They also share their hopes for and concerns about the future of the United States.

Paul Nilsen (83) is interviewed by his friend and former student Jim Perkins (64) about his work to make sure students with HIV were protected in the school he worked in 1980's in Wilmette, IL.

Friends and fellow Questbridge scholars, Akie Kadota (19), Christian Reyes, (21) and Carter Liebman (19), talk about their experiences as low-income first-generation college students at Northwestern University. They talk about their family histories, parental role reversal, navigating bureaucratic systems without...

Charlie Wilson (69) talks to his new acquaintance, Brandi Washington (18), about growing up in Mississippi, moving to the North Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago in the 1970s, his family, his work, and his advice to young people on making a...

Syma Mohammed (33) talks with her conversation partner Jihan Daman (53) about leaving Iraq as a refugee at age 13, her four years spent in Greece, her time in high school in Michigan, and the work she does with refugees...

One Small Step conversation partners Allan Rikkola (82) and Tim ONeill (71) discuss their grandchildren, democracy and election work, the role of government, and navigating political conversations in social groups.