Host Neil welcomes Ashley Urban of Thistle & Bee Enterprises, a Memphis-based nonprofit that houses women survivors of human trafficking, prostitution, and addiction and provides wraparound services, including clinical care, case management, trauma therapy, and job readiness training within a two-year, four-phase model. Ashley explains how trafficking differs from prostitution, shares signs the public can watch for, and encourages reporting via the human trafficking hotline. They discuss how trafficking affects DeSoto County and surrounding areas, including online exploitation and hotels, and the role of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in vulnerability. Ashley describes the organization’s bee-themed social enterprise products (honey, granola, soaps, candles, and more), annual honey harvest fundraiser, a new healing and wellness center offering IOP and other services, and a school-focused HEART prevention initiative. Ashley shares her survivor background, connection to Thistle Farms, and Thistle & Bee’s stated success rate.

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On this episode of The Local Yokel’s Podcast, Neil Colley sits down with Bailey Hanna, the heart behind Life, Latch & Lens, LLC and founder of Woven in Wellness Collective. Bailey shares her powerful journey through motherhood, healing, and purpose—explaining how her work as a holistic nurse, doula, lactation consultant, and photographer is centered on restoring worn-down women. From pregnancy through postpartum and beyond, she’s creating spaces where women can move from surviving to thriving. Bailey also casts a bold vision for North Mississippi, especially Olive Branch, to become a model community that prioritizes women’s wellness, family growth, and generational impact—all rooted in faith and the belief that “not everybody has everything, but somebody has something.”

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Neil talks with guest Mike “Spanky” Cooper, a North Mississippi custom car builder and creator of the Spanky’s Hot Rods and Customs. They discuss paint gun technology, learning through mistakes, why it’s often cheaper to buy a finished car than pay for a full build, and Spanky’s plan to keep building personal projects while reducing customer work. Spanky shares his background, first builds, and how he learned upholstery after a missed SEMA deadline. He also launches TheVintageCarMarket.com, a vetted, broker-free collector-car listing site, mentions a forthcoming book (“Spanky Built, Not Bought”), and promotes a dinner-and-merch giveaway for viewers who comment they saw the episode.

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