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Conversation between mother and son, joined midway through by father, touching in her upbringing in Viet-Nam and Europe, how she met her husband, and the most pivotal moment in her life.

Margaret's early career, education, and career trajectory. She and her husband put each other through school, balancing children and career in the 1970s and 1980s

Anthony Tusler (67) talks with Evelyn Thorne (25) about growing up as a person living with disabilities. Anthony describes his activism work, embracing a disability identity, and his advocacy position at Sonoma State. Anthony also talks about his photography projects,...

Steve has made his way back to New York with his new partner, Dolores. They set up shop and decide to get married. Two girls follow and the rest is history!

Shane Carter: 2020-06-04 18:52:58

an interview with Tony Ye

Two young millennials (well Matthew is a gen z) discussing their lives (debate, prom, and scary stories of childhood trauma)

Roberta and Jerry Goldman discuss meeting each other and falling in love in California in 1957.

Theodore and his mother Colleen talk about attending marches in support of Black rights in the wake of George Floyd’s murder.

This is a remembrance of a talented young pianist whose career was interrupted when she experienced a repetitive-stress piano injury during her freshman year at the Eastman School of Music.

The adventures of a kid from Brown’s Flat, CA in Berkeley, the Peace Corps, and beyond

One Small Step conversation partners Alex Mozes (43) and Rosie Campagna (45) consider political parties, changing views and the bubbles we find ourselves in, questioning as a means of understanding and coming to one's views, distrust and conspiracy theories, the...

Wakes, age 7, interviews his Grandpa Paul, a Freedom Rider.

One Small Step conversation partners Carole Goldsmith (57) and Estefania Avalos Chavez (20) talk about the important role education has played in their lives, the role of advocacy in their communities, and the importance of equity and inclusion to achieve...

Ripley Hotch, 77, puts his perspective on what has changed and what has remained in the LGBTQ "community" over the past 50 years by sharing anecdotes from growing up as a member of the “Lucky Few” gay generation. These include...

I interviewed my grandmother, who lived in the Oakland/Berkeley area in the 1960s and 1970s, on her personal experience living in a place where the Civil Rights movement was centered around.

Eva was eight months old when Hitler come to power. Her father was part of the resistance and fled with her and her brothers to Marseille, France then on to Lyon where he continued to fight for the resistance. Her...

One Small Step partners Paula Siegel (69) and Terry Hutchison (82) share a conversation about their families, the most influential people in their lives, their work, and their hopes and concerns for the future.

My mom tells the story of first meeting - then marrying - my dad.

Arista Mozena talking to her Dad Steve Mozena about his pursuit to become an actor in Hollywood.

Young adult, college, grad school, career, meeting Dad

Will and his father Jim Johnstone talk about a windsurfing race that Jim competed in during the 1990s.

Kathryn Mapps: 2021-02-28 19:22:08 In this discussion Kathy and Mingus talk about how their family influenced them to be interested history and politics. Mingus, now a Portland City Commissioner, talked about the experience of running for office during the Corona...

A general conversation touching on COVID-19, growing up, and the future.

I interviewed my mom about many topics such as life lessons, our family heritage, her childhood, her education, her marriage, her jobs, civic engagement, and religion. I learned lots of new things!