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Nadine (Nai’a) Newlight (66) talks with facilitator Eloise Melzer (30) about growing up in New York City, September 11, and her mentors in life.

Lisa Ostler is interviewed by her sister Liz about her troubled youth, molestation by an uncle, alcoholism and sobriety.

One Small Step conversation partners Carol Roth (83) and Jeffrey Gaines (49) talk about the military, living overseas, race, politics, and the election.

Kanwal Prakash (aka KP) (68) tells his friend Richard Hamilton (80) about surviving the violent partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, and later coming to American to become an architect.

One Small Step conversation partners Johanne Pachankis (76) and Molly Stahl (35) talk about disagreements within Catholicism, volunteering, the conservative movement/Trump, and women being second class citizens/abortion issues.

Karen Cathers tells her kids, Nikki Pison, Justin Peone, Christina Pappalardo about her childhood growing up with Communist parents during the Cold War, marrying an older man when she was 17, and feeling determined to be a “perfect” mother for...

Dale Hutchins (53) interviews his uncle Joe Goode (80) about Joe’s childhood, college, and military years. They discuss Joe’s parents and Dale’s mother, Joe’s sister Betty.

Michael Aronson (48) and his wife Jody London (45) talk about meeting through a singles add in the newspaper.

John Daigle Jr. interviews his father, John Daigle Sr., about his father and childhood, his own children and family and his thoughts about morality, his Catholic faith and war.

One Small Step partners Paul "Scott" Crenshaw (59) and Lisa Thompson (48) have a conversation about how they came to be apart of their religious communities and the role of politics within religion.

One Small Step conversation partners Anne Chastain (69) and Justin Gurley (41) talk about their political values and explore what it means to hold institutions accountable for actions that harm others while being kind to the individuals that work for...

One Small Step conversation partners John Verssue (43) and Barbara Giorgi (55) talk about labels, faith, being progressive, and how being divided makes our country weak.

Lisa McGahey Veglahn, 46, interviews her mom Ann R. Smith, 85, about growing up during the Depression as a first generation Yugoslavian-American, and about what her mom is most proud of in her life.

Kevin and Jennifer Trapani talk about their respective upbringings and what they mean to one another.

One Small Step conversation partners Michael Albrecht (22) and Janet Richards (54) discuss how major health issues have shaped their lives, how their Christian faith is important to each of them, how conflicts within their religious communities have forced them...

One Small Step conversation partners Valencia "Kay" Monk-Morgan (51) and Alex Hamel (29) talk about the need to grow, voting both ways, labels, and operating in ignorance.

One Small Step conversation partners Maria Bustamante (43) and Amy Danner (58) talk about trying to do your best for your children, Christianity vs Catholicism, being judged by people at church, and alcoholism.

Barbara D. Martinez (76) talks with her daughter Renee Martinez (49) about her life.

One Small Step conversation partners Anne Keehnen (64) and Jennifer Scott (35) discuss their beliefs around different topics, including abortion, the COVID-19 pandemic response, and political division.

One Small Step conversation partners Jeremy Wood (35) and Gregg Towery (72) talk about their work with incarcerated youth, how police violence has impacted their lives, and their faith journeys and how it guides the values they believe in.

One Small Step partners Kristena (40) and Nathanial (41) talk about children, working with handicapped people, gray areas in politics and life, and Christianity.

Bailey Schreier (23) talks with her mom Cindy Kern (58) about Bailey’s diagnosis of cancer at age 13.

Mary talks to her son Bruce about her life’s purpose to be a mother and to spread the message of honoring the divine feminine.

One Small Step Conversation partners Joseph "Joe" [No name given] (52) and Jennifer "Jen" [No name given](48) talk about their faith, working in law enforcement and the importance of conversations to find understanding.

One Small Step conversation partners Joshua Gilmour (39) and Killion [No Name Given] (56) talk about religion, agnosticism, tenacity, political moderation, and the common good.