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[Recorded: Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022] Vincent (9th Grade) and Sheyma (12th Grade) have a short One Small Step conversation. They discuss the differences in where they have grown up - Vincent in the USA and Sheyma in Turkey. Values they...

[Recorded: Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022] Brady (10th Grade) and Willa (10th Grade) have a short One Small Step conversation. They share their motivation for participating in the program, and talk about how recent political events have impacted their perspectives. Other...

[Recorded: Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022] Carter (9th Grade) and Sienna (9th Grade) have a One Small Step speed-round conversation. Topics discussed included school experiences, college, global warming, and gun violence.

[Recorded: Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022] Emre (11th Grade) and AJ (11th Grade) have a short One Small Step conversation, discussing influential people, faith, and the importance of honesty in politics.

Mrs.Link told us about how her ancestors moved from Europe to Minnesota and how she moved all the way to Virginia without knowing anyone and how she has achieved her American Dream and how accomplished the way she wanted to...

[Recorded Friday, April 8, 2022] Aziza (23) and Dave (62) have a One Small Step conversation in Charlottesville, VA. Aziza is a graduate student at UVA studying urban planning, and Dave is a farmer from Albemarle County. The two bond...

Hear how Karla interviews a teacher that has taught her more than just the structure of a sentence in Spanish. This teacher has given her a beautiful and true insight of what is life.

This is an interview between a student and teacher.

McKenna Torres (25) and her husband, Jim Torres (26), reflect and share anecdotes on their varying roles being students, teachers, and now a married couple.

David John Maxwell, retired American Navy veteran, talks to Tanish Sathish, a high school student, about his experience in the military and offers insightful advice for all kinds of students and kids.

Friends Jennifer Harris (45) and Lou Ann Ashley (68) share a conversation about their work as teachers, their friendship, the challenges they have faced, and their favorite teaching memories.

Interview between brother seeking advice as a student.

Evyn Sharp interviews Angela Fry at Jefferson Street Campus in Neosho, Missouri on December 7,2021. The two discuss Angela's childhood, her family, and important lessons that life taught her.  

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My mom talks about her experience with her foreign exchange student, Dani. She talks about the advantages of the foreign exchange program and also her experience in Dani’s home country, Germany.

In this interview we discuss the importance of attention, coping, and cognitive maps when approaching our climate crisis.

Ben [No name given] (31) interviews Lorraine Mary Caposole (65) about her passion for playing and teaching piano.

Jadyn Reyes (14) let me (also 14) interview her about some of her most memorable moments and the people who affected her most.

[Recorded on October 26, 2021] Cristina Amador ('24) and Olivia Paschal (PhD '26) share their experiences growing up in open-minded Christian households, the decisions that led them both to the University of Virginia, and their disapproval of partisan labels.

I am talking with my girlfriend, we talk different questions for the daily normal day and about her life

A student interviews another student about how school affects them and what they think should be changed.

Friends Claire Kyoung (21) and Minna Apostolova (21) reflect on navigating college during the COVID-19 pandemic and how their friendship has helped them both grow through challenging times.

Andrea Bordeau (37) and Arik Ohnstad (47), colleagues at Vanderbilt University, reflect on how the COVID-19 crisis impacted their work in global education.

Claire McCoy (58) sits down with her father, George Black (86), to ask him about his experiences as an actor and his career as a professor in the theater departments of various universities.

Spouses, Scott Savage (58) and Jennifer Savage (56), share a conversation about the books that Scott writes, their collaborative working process, the tours they go on together, and the power of books. They also talk about neurodiversity and the role...