What an honor it was to have my dawg Ric Giles as my guest tonight on Episode 109 of Etcetera With the Woodards Podcast.

Ric talked about his journey in Erie, PA as an athlete, the tragedy of losing his daughter at 8 months old to battling through depression which made him the man he is today.

Timothy Dance was my featured guest tonight on Etcetera With the Woodards Podcast. This was a Special Edition of Where Are They Now!

Lil bro talks about his journey from the hood in Erie, PA to Hollywood. An amazing journey that included him making history at Cathedral Prep High School.

Tonight's Episode 108 of Etcetera With the Woodards Podcast, our Where Are They Now guest is none other than my lil bro, Pastor Curtis Jr.

Mr. Jones took us back to life when he was younger and spoke about being the eldest of 14 kids.

Check out his journey from the 19th street tracks by Spoons Court in Erie, PA to Erie City Council.

Etcetera With the Woodards Podcast had an old Erie favorite on tonight. Former Cathedral Prep big man, Graham Witherspoon joined me in this Special Edition of Etcetera.

He took us through his journey from St. John's Grade School all the way to breaking history in Education in Raleigh, NC.

What a great conversation I had with the two time State Track and Field Champ Ray Dickerson tonight on Episode 106 of Etcetera With the Woodards Podcast.

Ray talked about how he still holds the city of Erie record in the 400m and 800m dashes. Records that lasted for 47 and 48 years and still holding steady.

What an epic Special Tribute to the late, great Ron Costello tonight on Etcetera With the Woodards Podcast.

Joining me tonight was ABC News Michael Allen, former JET/FOX/YourErie Sports Anchor Michael Gallagher and Ron's long time Assistant Coach Jim Marnella. Please check this story out by tapping in.

Etcetera With the Woodards Podcast had a Special Episode tonight with the Founder and President of Father Inc., Jerry Roberts.

We discussed the dark cloud looming above Erie, PA, gave a nice tribute to a fallen soldier, Snowie Crosby, we even talked about the Prayer Vigil coming up Saturday July 25th at noon at the Gazebo in Perry Square.

My guest tonight on Episode 105 of Etcetera With the Woodards Podcast is none other than a guy that has been teaching sports for about 40 years. Coach Jon Cacchione joined me tonight and shared with me his journey from coaching the JV boys basketball team at Blessed Sacramento to winning a state championship and beyond.

Tap in below to listen to his incredible journey.

Essie B. Hollis is the first basketball player from Erie, PA to play in the NBA. The Strong Vincent grad talks about his time growing up on the lower west side and what fueled his fire to become great. Tap in below to listen to his story.

Steffanie Jasper fka Steffanie Smith, is known as the best athlete to hail from Erie, Pa. She excelled in track and field at Academy High School, earned a college scholarship to run at Georgetown University and competed in the Olympic Trials. You have to hear her incredible story and find out what she's doing now.