Conversations with Steve Archives

November 29, 2020November 18, 2022

Conversations with Steve: A trip to Honduras

This month Steve talks about life at the Wall Street Journal after seeing Star Wars. A memorable experience was traveling to Honduras and then having to make a quick escape!

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November 1, 2020April 10, 2021

Conversations with Steve: In Los Angeles with the Wall Street Journal

This month Steve talks about moving to Los Angeles to work for the Wall Street Journal. His first assignment? Gambling in Las Vegas.

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October 4, 2020April 10, 2021

Conversations with Steve: Moving to Montreal

This month Steve talks about moving to Montreal, Canada and his experiences in snow, being near the Arctic circle, and the ice that finally drove him to California.

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September 6, 2020April 10, 2021

Conversations with Steve: Early days at the Wall Street Journal

This month Steve talks about his early days at the Wall Street Journal's Philadelphia bureau. His key memory was of a story he did on the Greyhound long haul bus routes.

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August 9, 2020April 10, 2021

Conversations with Steve: The Philadelphia Inquirer

This month Steve talks about his first job out of college with the Philadelphia Inquirer. I bet you didn't know that Steve discovered Jim Croce! Full video below.

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July 12, 2020April 10, 2021

Conversations with Steve: Temple University

This month Steve talks about his formative experiences at Temple University. Full video below.

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June 14, 2020April 10, 2021

Conversations with Steve: Office of a “genius”

This week Steve takes us on a walkthrough of his office at Rancho Obi-Wan. Today also happens to be his birthday. Happy birthday Steve!

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May 17, 2020April 10, 2021

Conversations with Steve: The Collector Gene

Steve talks about having the "collector gene" and what he collected growing up in 1950's Philadelpha: comic books, Life magazines, swizzle sticks, matchbook covers, ice cream photos, bread cards, model kits, newspaper clippings and finally, space toys!

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April 19, 2020September 28, 2022

Conversations with Steve: An Overview

Steve Sansweet starts this special series talking about his overall journey from growing up in Philadelphia to Montreal to Los Angeles to Petaluma, California. In future episodes he'll talk about his three careers: as a newspaper journalist, Head of Fan Relations at Lucasfilm and finally, CEO of Rancho Obi-Wan.

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