Sean and Dave take StoryCorps’ One Small Step

Sean and Dave take StoryCorps’ One Small Step

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Sean Roberts

Bio: Sean Roberts, 53, has an anti-bullying organization called Amrak - karma spelled backwards.

Roberts, who identifies as Black, is the oldest of two siblings, raised by a single mother in New York City and Long Island. Roberts said he first was exposed to conservative views when he went to prep school.

Roberts said he’s had to make adjustments in his spending as gas prices went up - switching from a BMW to a Toyota.

“And I'm conservative on my spending, and I, you know, have a budget," Roberts said. "I follow that budget, but things just got a little different as far as for me, the gas. And so I had to make those financial adjustments, right?”

Dave Bennett

Bio: Dave Bennett, 77, was adopted at 16 months old.

He’s been with his current spouse for 23 years, and married for 11 years. Between the two of them, they have nine children and 12 grandchildren.

During the interview, Bennett sported long white hair and beard. He plays Santa through his church.

He’s a former Republican, but left the party because he was unhappy with “warmongering,” and because he felt the party put too many restrictions on how people live their lives.

As a gay man, he’s worried that the ability to be married could be revoked for him, or stripped from others in the community going forward.

“And right now, because of project 2025, I'm scared,” Bennett said. “You know, I'm 77, we live on a small pension and Social Security, and we have Medicare. And so we're really scared because of what is outlined in Project 2025 that that's all going to go away, because that's the goal.”