One Small Step: Thomas and Sherwin

Are you worried about the political division in our country? We are too, and over the last seven months KUOW’s community engagement team has been partnering with StoryCorps on a solution.

It’s called "One Small Step," and it's an initiative that pairs strangers who have different political views for a conversation in which they get to know one another as people.

Today, we’re going to hear what happened in one of these conversations between two people based in Washington state.

Describing one’s personal political values is not an easy thing to do, especially when they don’t all neatly align or fit with one party. Thomas and Sherwin are both Christians, but are at different stages in their lives with very different political views.

In this conversation, recorded at the University of Washington's Suzzallo library, we hear how they have learnt how time and experiences have changed their approach to issues.