This is Big Time

Antoine Wilson joins Roger Brown and Noah Rauch for a wide‑ranging and deeply human conversation about his journey from growing up in eastern North Carolina to becoming an air traffic controller at Miami International and ultimately a full‑time entrepreneur leading AD Elite Travels and Melanated Safaris. He reflects on the intensity of aviation work—including guiding a pilot through an engine‑out emergency—and the toll that stress took on his health, prompting a courageous pivot into building travel companies that help people step beyond fear, encounter beauty, and see Africa with fresh eyes. Antoine shares how a persistent Instagram message led to a thriving safari partnership, how travel transforms people, why Brazil’s cultural unity inspires him, and why perseverance is the essential ingredient for entrepreneurship. The episode explores his educational path, his near‑career with the CIA, the joy of watching clients discover the world, and his mission to dismantle old stigmas about Africa. It’s a story of discipline, curiosity, and calling—an invitation to pursue what matters and to let travel expand the soul.

Jackie Lyons White joins This Is Big Time to share her extraordinary journey from rural Bertie County to becoming a beloved community leader, entrepreneur, and advocate. She reflects on a childhood shaped by deep faith, a mother who modeled service, and a home where God was present “365 days, seven days a week.” Jackie recounts how that foundation carried her through building a restaurant with no money—relying on auctions, generosity, and the quiet miracles of people who showed up at just the right time.

She also opens up about living with lupus, describing the pain, the surgeries, and the trust in God that sustains her. Her story reveals how suffering can deepen faith, how community can transform possibility, and how asking for help can unlock blessings far greater than pride ever could.

This episode is a testament to resilience, gratitude, and the power of a life lived in service to others.

Bryon Bellamy joins Noah and Roger for a grounded, deeply human conversation shaped by trauma recovery, faith, and the dignity of being truly heard. From his childhood in Panama to his work in human‑rights education and peer‑support training, Bryon reflects on the experiences that formed his calling—including the aftermath of losing a college suitemate and the long journey toward naming his own PTSD.

He shares how KBX Pathways to Wellness emerged from that story, serving people navigating substance use, mental‑health challenges, incarceration re‑entry, and homelessness. Along the way, Bryon offers hard‑won insight on rest, burnout, capitalism’s distortions, and the liberating lens through which he reads Scripture. His reflections on unconditional positive regard, giving from overflow, and honoring human dignity reveal a leader shaped by compassion, justice, and the quiet transformation that happens when someone is finally listened to.

Roger and Noah sit down with Christine Harrison for a wide‑ranging and deeply human conversation that traces her extraordinary journey—from growing up in North Carolina to studying abroad in Colombia at sixteen, traveling the world on Semester at Sea, interning with the U.S. State Department, and eventually building a thriving career in the art world. Christine reflects on how early travel expanded her worldview, how living in another culture made her fearless about the unknown, and how discovering artists in unexpected places led her to open her own gallery in New York. She shares moving stories about motherhood, returning home, and the painful realities of early school desegregation that shaped her resilience and empathy. Christine also recounts unforgettable moments, including misinterpreting a Paris painting for years and finding an ankle shackle in Senegal near a former slave embarkation point—an experience that deepened her sense of shared humanity. Her “Undivide Us” mission emerges as a response to national division and a call to see others with dignity. This episode is a heartfelt exploration of unity, gratitude, art, history, and the small gestures that can change a life.

In this episode Noah and Roger sit down with Vijay after five years and get a glimpse into the mind of the younger generation. They get deep into the idea of leadership, religion, good and evil, ignorance of God, Christian apologetics, and much more.

Today Roger and Noah sit down with Robert F Wallace, a successful insurance salesman in the Durham area and a personal friend of Roger for several years. We talk about the art of business achievement, the need of relationships for success, truth in business, the effects of AI on society, how COVID affected business and lives and much more. 

Today Roger and Noah sit down for a wisdom-packed conversation about walking with God daily, balancing the plate of your life, connecting the dots of your past, and learning to ignore the noise of the world.

Today, Roger and Noah sit down with Leo Farmer—a grandfather, gardener, and carpenter whose many talents are matched by his eye for beauty. Together they explore themes like the allure of “greener grass,” his upbringing, the practice of gratitude, the contrast between farming for beauty and farming for function, and even a bit of AI.

Today Roger and Noah sit down with Minnie Forte-Brown an absolute powerhouse for the people. Minnie discusses what it means to be on the school board, and how she helped to influence Durham schools to enhance the education of its student body. We discuss what a good teacher looks like, the growth and well being and children, the black power movement, AI and much more. 

Roger, Noah and Vincent sit down with Elijah Mebans and unpack some serious gems of fatherhood. The discussion ranges from entrepreneurship, chasing your dreams, falling backwards with faith, raising your children right the old school and new school way and way principles are timeless guideposts.