Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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StoryCorps is bringing strangers together across the political divides — not to argue, but to learn about each other's lives. We call this effort One Small Step.

This is an excerpt of one of those conversations.

Abigail and Blake met for the first time through One Small Step in Washington, DC.