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One Small Step partners Paula McElwee (70) and Mary Jane Gilmer (72) have a conversation about their fathers as great influences in their lives, believing in keeping people at home and out of nursing homes, and discussing how the government...

Ross Smith (52) and his partner, Aaron Knight (50), talk about becoming foster parents. They also discuss some of the challenges and highlights they have faced through the fostering and adoption experience.

Josh (52) and Sylvia (15) talk about their wife/mother who died by suicide when Sylvia was five years old. They talk about her bipolar disorder and manic/depressive episodes and what it was like to grow up without a mother and...

Father and Daughter, Carl Londene (86) and Darlene Capshaw (56), continue their conversation about the family's early years in Albuquerque, New Mexico's rural South Valley.

Randy Mott (65) talks with her mother, Jackie Brown (92), about Jackie’s childhood and the many ways she has reinvented herself.

Lisa Devaney (59) tells her husband, Dennis Conley (61) about what it was like to go back to school as a single mother of three. She remembers difficult times and how she managed and acts of kindness that eased the...

One Small Step conversation partners Chiereme Fortune (30) and Brian Parrish (52) talk about Chiereme's relationship with her family and her mental health journey. Brian talks about his family and becoming Mormon, and the two discuss the influential people in...

Azizah Ali (49) interviews her friend Delores Daaimah Jardan (86) about her childhood, upbringing, and parents. Ali also asks about Jardan's husband, Ronald T. Stokes, who was murdered by police in Los Angeles in 1962.

One Small Step conversation partners Carly Summers (34) and Toni Eddings (51) have a conversation about their experiences with mental health and addictions, their love for their pet dogs, and the importance of understanding people's needs and listening to one...

JJ [No Name Given] (55) and her daughter Dorian "Joli" [No Name Given] (21) discuss pop culture, life experiences, and their relationships.

Liz Forman (34) interviews her father, Bob Forman (76), about serving in Vietnam. He talks about being drafted, experiencing moments of combat, and also discusses some of the important things he gained from the military, like friendship and leadership experience.

Sue Espey Ellis (55) talks with her father, John Espey (83), about growing up in Clearwater, Florida, attending the same college of Florida State University, Chicago, segregation and desegregation of the north and south.

Andy Waltrip (55) interviews his father, Steve Waltrip (79), about his time serving in the U.S. Navy.

One Small Step conversation partners Lori Burress (48) and Stephanie Sharp (47) discuss their upbringings and their political views. They share about how they have experienced things like living in Kansas and its political landscape, being parents to teenagers, and...

Mother and daughter Stephenie Klingler (66) and Mackenzie Hatfield (38) talk about their fathers and loss, trading memories about Mackenzie’s late father Carter Hatfield and Stephenie’s father Robert Tebo.

One Small Step conversation partners Olivia Johnson (38) and Leah Hazell (68) come together to share their lived experiences and talk through the complicated aspects of being loving parents. The two share in common that they came to One Small...

One Small Step partners Virginia "Gini" Archer (52) and Michael Cochran (43) discuss corporations' heavy involvement in the government, address issues in the current education system, and connect as parents learning important lessons as they go.

Stephen Snow (68), a recently retired physician, shares stories from his years as an OB/GYN with his daughter, Morgan Snow (28), a current medical student.

Mary Crist (40) shares a conversation with her father, Jim Crist (66), about his childhood, his relationship with her mother, and the concerts that each of them have enjoyed.

One Small Step partners Jennifer Townsend (48) and Jennifer Harrison (50) talk about rural life, their personal political values, and the state of communication and discourse in their academic disciplines.

Tamra Coates (59) talks to her uncle Leslie "Keith" Kleinshammer (84) about his memories of the air force and growing up, as well as what he remembers of Tamra's father, who died when Tamra was 9 years old.

Bill Regan (64) talks with his son Daniel Regan (38) about his travels in Central America and Jamaica as a young man.

Alex Humphreys (47) shares a conversation with his father, Hugh Humphreys (78), about Hugh’s childhood growing up on a farm, his service in the US Air Force, the wisdom he has learned in his life, and his family.

David Basoco (78) shares stories with his daughter, Monique Sandoval (35), about his life growing up in the valley in Yuma, the blind date that led to his 54 year marriage, and how he has developed his strong faith in...

Rhyne Fairley (41) shares a conversation with her father, William "Bill" Fairley (68), about William's father and uncle, their time in the Navy, and their success in life. William also talks about his mother and about his own upbringing.