Host Neil welcomes “Hellcat Haley,” a 23-year-old Memphis-based documentary-style racing photographer focused on capturing candid moments in grudge and street racing culture. Haley shares her socials, recent trip to a major California street race, and upcoming Grudge on the Gate 3 (May 1–2) featuring a big rim shootout and all-wheel-drive entries, praising Dennis and Kelsey Bailey, Derek, and city support for legal racing. She explains how she got her nickname from a cheap impound-lot Hellcat, credits her dad Dan Sutter, discusses community support stories like fundraising to buy back Jesse’s Chevy Luv, emphasizes safety and cleanup at events, critiques AI-generated flyers, and says she plans to move to California within a year while continuing to travel for media work.

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Rookie of the Year Sprint Car Driver Luke Goolsby Talks 305 Racing, Riverside Speedway & Building a Program on a Budget

Host Neil opens the Local Yokel’s Podcast with Guest Luke Goolsby, a 20-year-old from Nesbit, Mississippi, races a 305 winged sprint car primarily at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis while working at Ideal Tire as an alignment and repair technician. Luke explains his path from asphalt go-karts to mini sprints and into 305 sprint cars, learning to build and maintain cars with help from racing veterans, managing costs and sponsorships, and keeping detailed setup notes. They discuss Riverside’s changing track conditions, safety, wrecks, points racing consistency, Luke earning Rookie of the Year, and excitement about potential racing at Memphis Motorsports Park.

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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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On The Local Yokel’s Podcast, host Neil Colley sits down with Paul and Leonard Cochran of Leah’s House to discuss their mission of restoring hope and healing broken lives through faith-based recovery. They share how their 12-month residential program supports adult women overcoming incarceration, addiction, depression, and self-harm by building a strong Biblical foundation and a sense of community. With a commitment to never charge residents, Leah’s House relies on generosity to continue transforming lives—proving that real change happens when people come together with purpose.

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Host Neil opens the Local Yokels podcast by promoting a Fancy Nancy Foundation Jeep giveaway benefiting the House of Grace to fight domestic violence. He then interviews Hernando-area entrepreneur Lance Smith of XC Gear, known worldwide for a patented handlebar mount system using polymer bushings to reduce rider fatigue, with options tailored to different setups. Smith explains expanding into sprint car safety after an employee urged him to address dangerous seat mounting; with racer Dale Howard’s help and inspired by Lisa Smith’s father “Monkey” Harris, XC Gear developed the patented Monkey Bar seat system designed around tight height constraints and high-G impacts and tested far beyond its targets. Smith also recounts his background in construction and Tri Firma, selling the business in 2022 to focus on XC Gear, scaling manufacturing with robotics and emphasizing U.S.-made production and branding.

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Neil interviews Carmen Beckel, Special Victims’ Advocate for the DeSoto County District Attorney’s Office, about her role connecting victims to therapy, shelter, and other resources, especially in high-profile cases involving human trafficking and multiple victims. They discuss rising community risks, predators targeting children through phones and apps, the importance of monitoring kids’ devices, and how to report suspected abuse anonymously through CPS or law enforcement. Beckel and Neil address domestic violence dynamics, the danger of choking, the need for coordinated victim resources, and explain human trafficking as modern-day slavery, risk factors, warning signs, reporting hotlines, and task-force training that has helped identify and rescue victims.

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