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Mr. and Mrs. Smith discuss their families, their education and the Oakland of their youth.

Wendy Thomas (47) and Thajilah Olaiya (30) are classroom teachers in Washington D.C. who got to know each other through karate class, and talk about their beginnings as educators and the future of classroom education.

In May 2022, Dean Tokishi completed a storytelling training alongside 12 extraordinary individuals, led by SMALL TOWN * BIG ART artist Leilehua Yuen. Our team paired each participant with an intergenerational partner to engage in a 40-minute, audio-recorded "Talk Story"...

We talked about Jamaal’s life, his passions and his life philosophies.

Anita Rae Strange, 52, is interviewed by Jon Watts, 28, about her job as an exotic dancer and stripper at Atlanta’s venerable Clermont Lounge. She has danced at the club for over 30 years and was one of the first...

Nash Alamgir (16) and Onyx Alamgir (21) and discuss her childhood and adolescence. She touches on subjects of mental health and how it was negatively affected with the American education system. Through classic stories of her teenage years, Onyx discusses...

college students with children are common and face many challenges

My mom, Amanda, and I talk about the past, present, and future. Covering a range of topics from the day I was born through COVID struggles, lots of ups and downs are discussed. She shares the struggles of parenting and...

Ethan (47) talks with his daughter, Mia (17) about his experience growing up around cross-dressing and drag in Texas during the 80's

Jeff DeGroot, age 24, and Jamie Larson, age 21, discuss growing up as children of lesbian parents who were conceived through donor insemination. While Jeff is okay not knowing his donor, Jamie would like to satisfy her curiosity regarding what...

Cathy Bradshaw, 62, interviews her friend and former coalition partner John Juricek, 72, about their fight to keep a road from destroying historic communities in downtown Atlanta.

Ayanna Woodard: The interview with Collean Johnson sheds light on racial identity and the struggle of being Biracial in America. The interview is an effort to bring awareness to a culture with no name or identity.

in the short podcast, we talk about college decision making and pressures based off social media

Today I interviewed my fiancé, Jaiden Thompson. He’s 21 years old and currently going through the nursing program at TCC. This interview mainly talks about the path he took to get into the program and why he chose the degree...

Naveed Ahmed: 2020-10-26 14:57:46

I interviewed my mom on basically her whole life, mostly what we talked about were some of her hardest struggles and most impactful memories.

Jaquana Greenwood (25) talks with her best friend, Jeremiah Kinard (22) about our long-distance friendship.

Linda interviews her mother Dolores about how she met her husband and at age 16 traveled to Mexico to find him again.

Anthony, who is 78, was interviewed by his son Jack who is 52. Anthony is in early stages of memory loss , but has a great memory of times past. He talked about losing his mother at a very early...

Larry Oney interviews his mother, Margaret, about her life in rural Virginia, her children, and how she would like to be remembered.

I interviewed my roommate, Riley Wallace, and him about his relationship with his siblings and how college has affected that

Allison Purves and Elise Smith talk about museum studies, art history at Millsaps College and their work in the fields.

I, Jaseli Minaya, 18, interview my sister, Cheryl Minaya, 35, about the loss of my mom/her step-mom and how her death impacts our daily life.

An interview with Tim, about being a first generation student at Calvin university

One Small Step conversation partners Reynaldo Mesa (62) and Chuck Fisher (75) discuss growing up, family, politics and community involvement.