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Sue Espey Ellis (55) talks with her father, John Espey (83), about growing up in Clearwater, Florida, attending the same college of Florida State University, Chicago, segregation and desegregation of the north and south.

Stephen "Steve" Petrie (28) interviews his coworker, Dawn Scher Thomae (58) about her career path as an anthropology curator at the Milwaukee Public Museum.

Karol Kennedy (59) talks with her mother, Kristina "Kris" Young Smirl (83), about her childhood, parenting, memories, jobs, and hobbies.

Amber Norkett (46) has a conversation with her mother Patricia "Pat" Norkett (70) about growing up, courtship, working, raising children, and volunteering.

Jennie Fidler (35) interviews conversation partner Bernice Brown (99) about her life and family in the 20th century.

Friends Olivia Langby (26) and María Terrés (68) share a conversation about their starts in music, the music community in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, memorable gigs, and how their music journeys have evolved.

Longtime friends Buta Muzuri (49) and Pierre Bashale (54) talk about their respective life journeys, including living as political refugees in Boise, Idaho.

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.

Nan Gleason (82) was interviewed by her friend Kathy A O'Malley (82) about raising her daughter that had a cognitive disability and passed away in 2021.

Brad Johnson (53) interviews his friend Mike Adams (33) about his life as an African American man growing up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and about George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement.

Kristen Evert (52) asks her mother Dee Grassman (73) about her youth, they discuss the effects of moving at a young age, and the importance of family.

Xavier McElrath-Bey (43) and James Dold (36) reflect on their childhood and the people that helped them become the men they are today.

Club mates Dustin Wyatt (16), Laszlo Kadona (16), Vanessa Muñoz (29) and Matt Render (48) have a conversation about their likes, their memories and their ideas on what makes us human.

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...

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

Carole Schmeda (80) and her sister, Elaine Schmeda (74), talk about their travels in the United States and internationally.

Haley Fitzsimons (30) talks to her husband Kevin Fitzsimons (27) about being set up by a friend in Ireland, communicating overseas, meeting each other for the first time (for their first date) in Iceland, the moments each of them fell...

Jacky Glass (no age given) speaks with Michael Drummond (56) about her experiences with hospice and being a donor to TrinityCare.

One Small Step conversation partners Hannah Mitchell [no age given] and Arlene El-Amin [no age given] discuss growing up in Montreal and Chicago. They also discuss their Unitarian and Muslim beliefs and the ways that their beliefs are similar.

One Small Step partners Taekia Glass (42) and Timothy "Tim" Radmore (48) discuss navigating political differences within families, how to bridge the urban/rural divide, and why neither wants to be "put in a box."

Leann Hengel (45) shares a conversation with friends, spouses Bob Crown (96) and Mary Crown (94), about Bob’s childhood and career, and Bob and Mary's retirement adventures, including Bob obtaining his commercial pilot’s license.

One Small Step conversation partners Charles "Chak" Lawrence (42) and Jacquie Johnson (63) being adopted, adopting a child of a different race, finding multi-cultural identity and living overseas in North Africa.

Kevin Mitchell (41) and his mother Brenda Mitchell (64) talk about Kevin's brother and Brenda's oldest son, Kenneth, who was killed in 2005, and how his death has impacted each of them personally and as a family.

Tami Owen (49) interviews her uncle Robert Maddock (89) about his life growing up in a military family, his service in the United States Marines Corps, his work, and his two marriages.

Safiya Schaub [no age given] interviews her mentor Janan Atta-Najeeb [no age given] about her early childhood memories, the Milwaukee Muslim Women's Coalition, discrimination muslims face in the workplace, building a library of resources regarding Islam, and their hopes for...