MODERATOR 1: Again, my name is Claire.

PARTICIPANT 1: All right.

MODERATOR 1: And- PARTICIPANT 1: Do we pick a side?

MODERATOR 1: Yeah, so- It's really nice to meet you guys.

I'm really grateful you're here.

FRAZIER MILLNER ARMSTRONG: "One Small Step" is a program of StoryCorps, and it is designed to bring strangers together, strangers that are from opposite ends of a political spectrum, to have a moderated 50-minute conversation about what they actually have in common instead of what divides them.

MODERATOR 1: The recording is about 45, 50 minutes.

You'll know when you have about five minutes left when I point to the conclusion question.

FRAZIER MILLNER ARMSTRONG: People were tired of being divided, they were tired of being anxious, and really wanted an opportunity to sort of come together and talk about what they had in common, so "One Small Step" was born.

STUART SCOTT: We are so wrapped up in media, what's my side you know, my team, and it's no exchange or opportunities for us to get to know each other.

Even families have difficulty communicating.

SUSAN TETTERTON: It's a way to take a look at another person and their perspective that I haven't thought of.

MODERATOR 2: So we're going to go right in here.

FRAZIER MILLNER ARMSTRONG: But the magic of this is in those moments when two people from opposite ends of a spectrum, political, social, cultural, racial, come together.

And I believe that innately, we want to find what we have in common.

STUART SCOTT: Here was a chance for me to articulate my views, my feelings, and the things that helped develop me to be that way.

And surprisingly, Susan was a great companion.

We had a lot in common.

And I hope that those that try this will come away with the same experience, realize that from different parts of the worlds we may be, but we are just so similar in a lot of ways.

SUSAN TETTERTON: Stu would pick up on some of the things that I was saying, and he would press me about that.

And he would say, "Well, you've said this a couple times," and "Why do you feel that way?"

and "What do you think?"

And it was really, it was really good.

PARTICIPANT 2: Like, yeah, that's cool, man.

I like that.

PARTICIPANT 3: Well, you forget, you know, you forget where are you for a moment, in a good way.

FRAZIER MILLNER ARMSTRONG: They may take what you tell them and say, "I don't understand," or "Help me understand," or "I don't want to understand."

All of those things happen in the space of 50 minutes.

SUSAN TETTERTON: It's really fun to sit and talk to someone who has a different viewpoint.

There's so many interesting stories that people have that you probably don't know about unless you sit and talk.

STUART SCOTT: The testimonies and the experience of people who have experienced this, it will catch, it will grow.

And then we can endeavor in our own communities, whatever they may be, we can begin to have dialogue.

Let me tell you a little bit more of something about myself.

You might not like it, but at least you have learned something about me, and then that's the real winner, I think, you learn something.

PHOTOGRAPHER: All right, three, two, and one.