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Karin Weichlein and Bob Rider relate the romantic story of how they met and conducted a trans-Atlantic relationship which led to marriage and thirty years of happiness. Making soup is a poetic metaphor for their courtship and marriage.

Sawyer Carmack interviews his Grandad, Gaylen Laing, about life during the Covid Pandemic

Sadie Hall (15) and Sam McNamee (16) discuss their political beliefs and what shaped them.

We talked about our goals, dreams, and hobbies.

Christopher "Chris" Conkell (33) speaks with father, William "Bill" Conkell (74), about his life as a Secret Service agent and health challenges.

A brief look into the life of a disabled coal miner who had spent years working in the mines.

Thurman, family, houses in Greenville, Papa's family, Appalachia, Shenandoah Valley

dad talks about military and younger self

We discussed his work experiences and growing up in Buchanan county.

An interview with my second mom who has done a 360 in her career path. Originally an executive chef and after the pandemic, has started studying to go into law enforcement to bring justice

The work life of a man who works for AEP

Interview with my grandmother about her life growing up with her mother who immigrated here from Italy

I interviewed my mom about how technology has changed throughout generations.

Racism against my mom

Lily’s mom tells her about growing up in Troutman and some stories of when Lily and her brother were born. She also tells her about her great-grandparents, Evelyn and Eugene Reid and Alva and Marie Ramsey.

Josiah Huang interviews his neighbor, Mr. Ron Helming, about his life, his view of the world, and hopes for the future.

My abuela, Carmen Ramos, talks about her experiences after leaving Cuba one fateful day. She traveled up and down the East Coast of the U.S. growing up, and I found that it mirrored how I grew up moving around too.

Longtime friends Allison Tant [no age given] and Courtney Atkins [no age given] sit down for a conversation about their advocacy work, their parents, their children, and the strong women who inspired them to become the community leaders they are...

I interviewed my mother on her childhood, who she is as a person, etc

We take a look into what it’s really like to have lived in the same place for your whole life.

One Small Step conversation partners Nicole Unice (44) and Brenda Brown-Grooms (66) discuss their paths to God and becoming pastors. They speak about issues of inequality and racism in America and how we are at a pivotal moment of opportunity...

Al Pola (62) connects with their One Small Step partner, Mani Mahadevan (60) over their experience as immigrants and discuss topics like cultural identity, police perceptions of the public, and racism.

This is an interview with Kenneth E. Lankey, Jr. on how his dad (Kenneth Eugene Lankey), uncle William “Jiggs” Perkins, and their neighbor and retired policeman Mr. Davis started the Manchester Volunteer Rescue squad in Chesterfield, VA in 1954.

I interview Ben May, my partner in crime.

Senator Tim Kaine (63) talks with his wife, Anne Holton (63), about her experience, as the daughter of Governor Linwood Holton, attending a newly integrated public school in Richmond, Virginia in the 1970s.