Brandon Andres Green, host of Good Neighbor Podcast Tulsa, sits down with Kwami Adobe-Herrera of Teleios, Inc. to talk about the urgent need for safe housing, healing, and long-term support for male survivors of sex trafficking and labor trafficking.

Kwami shares how Teleios grew out of his own experience as a survivor and his search for a place that actually felt safe. Rather than building a program that tries to “save” people, Kwami explains why his mission is to walk alongside survivors, give them real choices, and help them rebuild with housing, clinical care, education, job support, and community.

This conversation exposes one of the biggest blind spots in the trafficking conversation: men and boys are victims too, but many never receive the space to grieve, heal, or even be believed. Kwami explains why male survivors are often overlooked, misunderstood, or treated like perpetrators before anyone stops to ask what happened to them.

You’ll also hear the meaning behind the name Teleios, the funding gap that keeps survivors stuck in temporary hotel stays, and why a dedicated home for male survivors could change the recovery path for men coming out of exploitation.

This episode was recorded on Kwami’s birthday, which made the conversation even more meaningful. If you care about survivor-centered solutions, human trafficking awareness, trauma-informed support, or safer communities, this is a conversation worth hearing.

Male survivors need more than awareness. They need a safe place to become whole.

Brandon Andres Green, host of Good Neighbor Podcast Tulsa, sits down with Naomi Eason of Fresh Start Laundry to talk about the Tulsa and Broken Arrow laundromat doing far more than washing clothes.

Naomi shares how Fresh Start Laundry serves everyday families, residential pickup-and-delivery customers, and commercial clients like hotels, spas, and medical clinics. With two locations, long operating hours, and one store running close to 100 machines, she explains why the “easy laundromat business” idea is a myth.

But the heart of this conversation is the meaning behind the name Fresh Start. Naomi talks about helping people in the community who are working through addiction, court situations, homelessness, housing needs, and the hard steps that come with rebuilding a life.

You’ll also hear why laundromats can become unexpected neighborhood anchors. Customers return to the same machines, at the same times, around the same people, and over time a simple errand can become a place of familiarity, trust, and connection.

If you need self-service laundry, drop-off service, pickup and delivery, or commercial laundry support, Fresh Start Laundry is serving Tulsa and Broken Arrow with clean clothes and a much bigger mission.

Because sometimes a fresh start begins with a load of laundry.

Brandon Andres Green, host of Good Neighbor Podcast Tulsa, sits down with Timothy Loutzenhizer of Go Fine Art to talk about what it really takes to move valuable, fragile, and deeply personal artwork across the country.

Timothy shares how Go Fine Art became a trusted name for collectors, artists, designers, celebrities, and high-net-worth clients who need more than a basic moving company. From fourteen cities a week to 80- and 90-hour workweeks, his job is not just transportation. It is responsibility, discretion, patience, and trust.

This conversation also takes us into Timothy’s world as founder of Loudhorse Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico, located on the iconic Canyon Road art district. He explains how his love for art grew through travel, mission work, and relationships with Maasai artists in East Africa, where buying art became a way to support families, fund needs, and give back to the community.

You’ll also hear the biggest mistakes people make when moving valuable pieces: treating fine art like furniture, rushing the process, hiring the wrong help, or assuming “shipping it” is good enough. Timothy explains why high-value art requires planning, protection, and someone who understands what is actually at stake.

If you own, collect, create, sell, or care about fine art, this episode is a reminder to slow down, ask for help, and do it right the first time.

Because some things should never be treated like cargo.

Brandon Andres Green, host of Good Neighbor Podcast Tulsa, sits down with Larry Corneilson of Share A Meal to talk about the Tulsa outreach bringing food, prayer, and practical help directly to people living on the streets.

Larry shares how Share A Meal started after someone unexpectedly gave him the keys to an old U-Haul-style box truck. That single gift became a rolling outreach that now shows up at laundromats, parks, hotels, parking lots, and other places where Tulsa’s homeless neighbors gather.

This conversation gives a real look at street-level ministry: handing out food bags, praying with people, building trust, and seeing the humanity behind homelessness. Larry also talks about the misconception that people on the streets are dangerous or unreachable, when many are simply carrying heavy problems and need someone willing to treat them like a person.

You’ll also hear Larry’s practical advice for anyone who wants to help but does not know where to start. His suggestion is simple: keep a small bag of shelf-stable food in your car so when you see someone in need, you have something useful to give.

If you care about Tulsa, outreach, homelessness, or simple acts of faith that meet immediate needs, this episode is worth your time.

Sometimes hope shows up in an old box truck.

Brandon Andres Green, host of Good Neighbor Podcast Tulsa, sits down with Steven Procopio, therapist, trainer, and consultant, to talk about one of the most overlooked realities in exploitation: male survivors of sexual abuse, trafficking, rape, and domestic violence.

Steven shares how he became one of the early voices pushing back against the assumption that sex trafficking was only a women-and-girls issue. After hearing the question, “What about the boys?” he went on to found the first freestanding project in the United States focused on sex-trafficked boys.

This conversation looks at the myths that keep male victims invisible: shame, gender bias, fear of being labeled, and the damaging belief that boys and men should simply be able to stop what is happening to them. Steven explains why many survivors do not disclose right away, why trust can take months or years to build, and why silence is often protecting a wound no one has been allowed to see.

You’ll also hear practical guidance for parents, helpers, counselors, nonprofits, and community leaders who want to better understand the warning signs and support male survivors without pressure, blame, or assumptions.

If you work with youth, families, survivors, or vulnerable communities, this is a conversation worth slowing down for.

Male survivors are real, and their silence deserves to be heard.

Brandon Andres Green, host of Good Neighbor Podcast Tulsa, sits down with Pastor Rod Baker, founder of Bridging Hunger, to talk about the ministry helping churches turn food into real outreach for families, kids, seniors, and communities in need.

Pastor Rod shares how Bridging Hunger equips around 200 churches across Oklahoma and beyond with groceries, frozen goods, care packages, summer feeding support, and senior outreach. From a 20,000-square-foot warehouse in Jenks to small churches serving rural towns and inner-city neighborhoods, this episode shows what happens when churches are given practical tools to serve people right where they are.

The conversation goes deeper than food. Rod explains why Bridging Hunger is really about helping churches reach people, including stories of families living under bridges, seniors who need more than groceries, and pastors who simply need someone to ask, “How can we serve you?”

You’ll also hear how Bridging Hunger has become a bridge between churches that want to help and people who are often overlooked. It gives pastors a simple way to build trust, meet urgent needs, and open the door for deeper ministry in their own communities.

If your church, ministry, nonprofit, or community group wants a practical model for meeting real needs, this episode is worth your time.

The food opens the door, but people are the mission.

Brandon Andres Green, host of Good Neighbor Podcast Tulsa, sits down with Mia Collins of Mia’s Oh So Good Seasoning to talk about the homemade seasoning brand customers use on everything from popcorn to alligator.

Mia shares how the brand grew from the flavor people remembered after her family’s years in the restaurant and food truck business into a seasoning company that has shipped to 43 states. She talks about her top seller, Air Thang Seasoning, the Facebook fan club where customers share recipes and food photos, and how word of mouth helped turn a small-batch seasoning into something people keep coming back for.

This episode also gives a real look at product-based small business life: making seasoning in bulk, managing labels and food rules, shipping orders, working a demanding job, raising a family, and finding the energy to rebuild momentum after a slower season.

Find Mia’s Oh So Good Seasoning online, order through her website, or join the Mia’s Oh So Good Seasoning Exclusive Fan Club on Facebook.

Mia’s story is especially valuable for anyone trying to grow a local product into a wider brand without a giant marketing machine. Her journey shows how consistency, customer relationships, social proof, and a product people genuinely love can carry a small business far beyond its hometown.

When you support Mia’s Oh So Good Seasoning, you are supporting a small business owner’s dream.

Brandon Andres Green, host of Good Neighbor Podcast Tulsa, sits down with Lauren Collins of Lauren’s Cookie Co. to talk about a simple but serious question: can homemade cookies help pay for college?

Lauren’s business started only a few weeks ago, but the spark was real. After baking for family and friends, one brownie request turned into a bigger idea: maybe people would actually pay for what she was already making so well. Then her mom mentioned the idea to coworkers, orders started coming in, and Lauren’s Cookie Co. began turning from a home kitchen idea into a real business.

In this episode, Lauren shares what she is learning fast: how to price ingredients, buy in bulk, create a menu, package orders, set up a business phone number, and treat customers professionally. As a college student studying finance and accounting, she is not just baking cookies. She is learning business in real time, one order at a time.

We also talk through the cookies themselves, from classics like chocolate chip, double chocolate, snickerdoodle, and oatmeal chocolate chip to more playful flavors like Cookie Monster, banana bread, and her Dubai-inspired cookie with chocolate and pistachio cream.

If you love supporting new local businesses, know a college student chasing a dream, or simply believe cookies are a perfectly reasonable reason to answer the door, this conversation with Lauren Collins is worth a listen.

Sometimes a business starts with a storefront. Sometimes it starts with a tray of cookies, a brave idea, and somebody saying, “You should sell these.”

Brandon Andres Green, host of Good Neighbor Podcast Tulsa, sits down with Alan Mather, author of The Transforming Power of Heaven, for a conversation about the God who comes close before we have everything cleaned up.

Alan’s story starts in an unexpected place: COVID shut down the public school Christian clubs he had been helping lead, and suddenly he had time he did not know what to do with. A mentor gave him simple advice: go deeper with God. So Alan began spending hours a day in prayer, listening, writing by hand, and eventually realizing the words in front of him were becoming a book he never planned to write.

This conversation goes straight at one of the biggest lies people carry about God: that He is far away, disappointed, and waiting for us to fix ourselves first. Alan talks about the love of God, the friendship of God, and why the stories of Jesus show something very different. From Zacchaeus in the tree to the woman at the well to Jesus touching the untouchable, Alan points back to a Savior who moves toward people with compassion.

We also talk about the messy, very human side of writing a faith-based book. Alan shares that he made D’s in college English, wrote much of the manuscript by hand, almost gave up, and once considered throwing the whole thing into the fire. He also shares the encouragement that kept him going, including a powerful word from the woman helping type his manuscript.

Along the way, Alan opens up about sharing his message online, including how TikTok unexpectedly connected him with a younger generation and brought more than a million views to a retired educator who never set out to become a content creator.

If you have ever felt like God was distant, angry, or waiting for you to become better before He comes close, this conversation offers a different picture: God is pursuing people with love, presence, and compassion.

You do not clean yourself up to get close to God. His presence is what changes you.

Brandon Andres Green, host of Good Neighbor Podcast Tulsa, sits down with Todd Mather of Mather Hair Design to talk about what makes a haircut worth driving hours for.

A great haircut is not just about trimming ends or changing a style. It can change the way someone walks into a room, how they feel looking in the mirror, and whether they trust the person standing behind the chair. Todd Mather has spent more than two decades building that kind of trust, and the result is simple: people are willing to drive past plenty of other salons to sit in his chair.

Todd shares how his career began, including the hair show that first sparked something in him and the influence of his mom, who spent decades in the industry herself. He talks about what it means to build a salon that lasts, why consistency matters, and how Mather Hair Design became part of the community through craft, atmosphere, and genuine care for people.

We also get into what clients notice before the haircut even starts: how they are greeted, how the team treats each other, whether the space feels calm or chaotic, and whether they trust that if something is not right, it will be made right. Todd also shares why hairstyling is not “just” a side job, but a real long-term career for artistic, people-focused workers who want to build something meaningful with their hands.

Then we talk about marketing that actually works today. Todd shares how Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok have helped people see the process before they ever book. Not overly polished ads. Not fake perfection. Real videos, real work, real transformations, and real trust. That is part of why people are willing to drive from hours away for haircuts, color, and highlights.

If you are looking for a salon in the Tulsa or Bixby area, thinking about a career behind the chair, or simply curious how a local service business earns the kind of loyalty people will drive for, this conversation with Todd Mather is worth your time.

A great haircut can change your day, but trust is what makes people drive across town, across counties, and sometimes across the state to come back.