Hosts Nicole Franklin and Bryant Monteilh introduce listeners to 100-year-old Merrill Pittman Cooper. This is the story of a strike, a scurrilous stepfather and a suicide from the first African American president of the Philadelphia transit workers union, Local 234.

Co-Host Nicole Franklin was one of the last journalists to interview the late Representative John Conyers, Jr. They talked about the Congressman's life long crusade to turn his H.R. 40 bill on African American reparations into law.

Hosts Nicole Franklin and Bryant Monteilh meet Nate Crump a Greater St. Louis Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame inductee turned chemist, whose work helped send Americans into space.

Host Nicole Franklin speaks with the former First Lady of Aberdeen to hear about life in "God's country." Award-winning filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris joins this episode with some valuable advice.

Recording the life and living testimony of individuals such as retired nurse Glyndorah Hubbard of St. Louis, MO is why we do our podcast!

In this Before You Go episode 100-year-old piano teacher Maud Carroll continues the survival story and describes marrying her childhood sweetheart and becoming a beloved instructor of more than 2,000 students. (Part 2 of 2 episodes)

In this Before You Go episode we meet a very special piano teacher. At 100 years old, Maud Carroll has taught more than 2,000 students. She credits her endurance to her will to survive a traumatic childhood. (Part 1 of 2 episodes)

Welcome to our new podcast, Before You Go. Hosts Nicole Franklin and Bryant Monteilh introduce audiences to guests who are 100 years old, "or just getting up there." Join us at BeforeYouGo.TV.