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In this interview, conducted on Thanksgiving, 2015 in a suburb of Cleveland, Dylan Caine (16) asks his mother, Shelly Pesick-Caine (56), about her quintessentially American upbringing in the suburbs of Detroit. Born into a caring and hardworking family of six,...

One Small Step conversation partners David Wiebe (67) and Anthony Byrd (66) discuss family, religion, and the transformative moments that shaped their beliefs.

Over Thanksgiving of 2019, Mia Chuma (15) and her 76-year-old grandmother, Kwitoslava Saluk Paschyn, conversed about Kwitoslava’s journey to America. Mia’s grandmother reflects on her past, how she escaped Ukraine with her parents due to religious and cultural persecution. Reminiscing...

Susan Slavish (80) shares with her conversation partner Franchesca Peña (26) her experience as a Second Lieutenant, VA nurse, mother, and Infection Control Coordinator.

Discussion with my mother about public libraries

Am interview of questions I created for my 84 yr old Grandpa Joe. He is a super guy with the best attitude

Justin Blake (50) interviews his friend Susan Morabito [no age given] about her experience as a DJ on Fire Island during the late 1980s and 1990s. Susan talks about how her music and the dance crowd at Fire Island has...

I interview my grandpa.

I wanted to know more about my grandmother's life. So I asked her.

Early sales

What a complete leader in sales does to help their costumers, their team, and their community.

A former Jehovah's Witness talks about leaving the faith and divorcing his wife after coming out.

We talked about Lee’s childhood and things he did growing up

I talked to my aunt and she answered some questions about her life

Cleveland during World War Two; advice for future generations

One Small Step Partners Amada Matei (48) and Joseph "Joey" Ernst (40) discuss their backgrounds, livelihoods, interests, and political identities. They reflect on their shared value of curiosity and consider past experiences connecting across political differences.

Growing up in Cleveland and becoming a police officer.

I conducted an interview of my Grandmother Betty Davis and she answered several questions about her life.

Liz Huff (50) talks with her voice teacher, mentor, and friend, Gary Race (70), about teaching and directing opera. Recorded August 11, 2020.

Carol Baker was curious about how Linda Krashienko had a building constructed. Carol asks questions about how Linda made this happen and how she persevered in the face of many obstacles.

Dustin "Dusty" Schroeder (34) speaks to his research advisee Katherine "Kathy" Vega (28) about their shared experience as first-generation college students, how he developed an interest in science, his mentors, and his work in ice-penetrating radar.

In this interview we talked bout how you’d want to be remembered

This was a quick story about my father side of the family. We talk mostly about their history of farming.

Ken and Katie discussed his school days and some of his favorite memories.

We talked about grandpa’s life and what he remembers of his childhood and raising kids.