Good Neighbor Podcast: Tulsa

If your air conditioner runs constantly, the house still feels uncomfortable, and the electric bill keeps climbing, buying a bigger AC may actually make things worse. Brandon Andres Green, host of Good Neighbor Podcast Tulsa, sits down with John Morris, owner and operator of Morris Heat & Air , to talk about why heating and cooling problems often have less to do with the equipment itself and m...

Pearl House was supposed to help six or seven girls. Thirteen years later, it includes housing, schools, counseling, career programs, and hundreds of young people whose futures look very different because someone decided to start. Brandon Andres Green, host of Good Neighbor Podcast Tulsa, sits down with Courtney Bullard , co-founder and chief visionary officer of Pearl House, to talk about how a s...

Most parents spend a lot of time choosing a school. Far fewer get to see the thinking behind why a school structures the day, teaches certain skills first, or decides when children simply need to go outside and play. Brandon Andres Green, host of Good Neighbor Podcast Tulsa, sits down with Destiny McPheeters of Regent Preparatory School of Oklahoma , a Tulsa classical Christian school serving stud...

A clinical trial can look perfect on paper and still fail once real people actually have to participate. And sometimes entire communities barely make it into the research at all. Brandon Andres Green, host of Good Neighbor Podcast Tulsa, sits down with Kelsey Powell of PARTNER BioResearch , a Tulsa-based company focused on bringing real-world barriers into clinical trial planning before protocols...

A property can look like a great deal until the inspection, appraisal, easement, parcel issue, or contract deadline changes everything. Brandon Andres Green, host of Good Neighbor Podcast Tulsa, sits down with Farah Dib of Coldwell Banker Select to talk about Tulsa real estate, home buying, investment properties, land, commercial deals, leasing, and the details buyers often don’t think about until...

What makes someone drive 19 hours to attend a wellness event in Broken Arrow? Brandon Andres Green, host of Good Neighbor Podcast Tulsa, sits down with Andrea Reed , creator of the Holistic Wellness Event and founder and president of Oklahoma Center for Wellness, to talk about why the event has grown from a small gathering into a two-day experience drawing practitioners, speakers, vendors, and att...

The decisions you make in the first day or two after a crash can affect the evidence, the insurance process, and sometimes what options you have later. Brandon Andres Green, host of Good Neighbor Podcast Tulsa, sits down with Joel LaCourse of LaCourse Law , a trial attorney celebrating 30 years of practicing law who has tried hundreds of cases involving serious injuries, medical malpractice, car a...

Some couples make plenty of money, pay every bill, and still feel anxious, ashamed, or constantly at odds over finances. Heather Taylor says that’s because money problems are rarely just about the numbers. Brandon Andres Green, host of Good Neighbor Podcast Tulsa, sits down with Heather Taylor of Breakthrough Financial Coaching , a Ramsey Solutions Master Financial Coach who operates her own indep...

Treatment can feel like the finish line. Kelsey Gearhart says that for many people, it’s really the starting line. Brandon Andres Green, host of Good Neighbor Podcast Tulsa, sits down with Kelsey Gearhart , founder and director of HART Recovery for Women in Tulsa, to talk about sober living, early recovery, relapse prevention, family support, and why rebuilding everyday life requires much more tha...

Someone can look completely fine while fighting through something as basic as walking up a flight of stairs. That’s part of what makes multiple sclerosis so easy to misunderstand. Brandon Andres Green, host of Good Neighbor Podcast Tulsa, sits down with Courtney Bedoya of the National MS Society to talk about the realities of living with MS, the symptoms people often can’t see, support for newly d...

Most buyers assume building a custom home automatically costs more than buying one already on the market. Angus Martin says that assumption can be completely backwards. Brandon Andres Green, host of Good Neighbor Podcast Tulsa, sits down with Angus Martin of The Birch Co. , a Tulsa-area builder working across custom homes, affordable housing, renovations, commercial projects, and tiny-home develop...

Growth sounds great until your business starts growing faster than your leadership, team, and systems can handle it. Brandon Andres Green, host of Good Neighbor Podcast Tulsa, sits down with Shannon Wilburn , co-founder of Just Between Friends and founder of Shine Executive Coaching, to talk about what really happens when a small business starts scaling fast. Shannon started Just Between Friends i...

What makes someone who wasn’t planning on becoming a politician decide to run for office? Brandon Andres Green, host of Good Neighbor Podcast Tulsa, sits down with Jeremy Founds , a Marine veteran, OU Master of Social Work graduate, Coffee Bunker case manager, and candidate for Oklahoma House District 80, to talk about service, veterans, local government, and why he decided to enter the race. Jere...

A denied roof claim doesn’t always mean the conversation is over. But it also doesn’t automatically mean the insurance company got it wrong. Brandon Andres Green, host of Good Neighbor Podcast Tulsa, sits down with Brandon Witten , co-owner of Family Tree Roofing, to talk about storm damage, denied insurance claims, roof repairs, discontinued shingles, documentation, and what homeowners should und...

We talk constantly about what children need from fathers. We don’t talk nearly enough about what fathers need in order to show up well for their children. Brandon Andres Green, host of Good Neighbor Podcast Tulsa, sits down with Marquess Dennis , founder and executive director of Birthright Living Legacy, to talk about intentional fatherhood, mental health, asking for help, and why even good dads...

A criminal case may begin with one charge, but the consequences can quickly reach a mother’s job, housing, children, transportation, finances, and entire family. Brandon Andres Green, host of Good Neighbor Podcast Tulsa, sits down with Jane-Roberte Sampeur , executive director of Still She Rises, to talk about public defense, motherhood, family stability, survivor justice, and what the legal syste...

Stephanie Janét spent 12 years fighting alongside her daughter through heart disease. Then one unexpected cardiac emergency changed everything. Brandon Andres Green, host of Good Neighbor Podcast Tulsa, sits down with Stephanie Janét , author, speaker, and founder of The Mighty Heart Warrior Project, to talk about her daughter Makayla , pediatric heart disease, CPR preparedness, AED access, grief,...

A business can be profitable, growing, and doing everything right, but still have a serious weakness nobody wants to talk about: what happens if the owner suddenly can’t run it anymore? Brandon Andres Green sits down with Jamie Miller of J. Miller Law Firm to talk about business succession planning, estate planning, buying and selling companies, probate, and the legal problems business owners ofte...

A lot of working families are doing everything right and still can’t find a starter home they can afford. Brandon Andres Green sits down with Rob Gardenhire of Green Country Habitat for Humanity to talk about what affordable housing actually looks like in Tulsa, why starter homes have become harder to find, and how Habitat’s model has changed to meet a very different housing market. One of the fir...

Red light therapy gets talked about like more is always better. More time. More intensity. More heat. Deemer and Kelli say that may be exactly the wrong way to think about it. Brandon Andres Green sits down with Deemer and Kelli of SOLiX Wellness Studio in South Tulsa to talk about whole-body red light therapy, full-spectrum infrared sauna, recovery, sleep, pain, and why they believe the way light...

Jackie Fusco will tell you she was not the obvious person to lead an outreach ministry. In fact, she says she was afraid of homeless people and poor people and wanted very little to do with that world. Brandon Andres Green sits down with Jackie Fusco of Transform Your Life With Jackie to talk about the difficult season that changed the direction of her family, her faith, and eventually the way she...

A cold case doesn’t stay unsolved because everyone stopped caring. Sometimes the evidence is incomplete. Sometimes the trail went cold. And sometimes the biggest clue may have been sitting in front of investigators the entire time. Brandon Andres Green sits down with Matthew McLaughlin, producer of Cold Red Podcast , to talk about unsolved murders, behavioral profiling, victimology, and what retir...

Getting sober is a huge accomplishment. But learning how to live sober when nobody is telling you what to do anymore can be a completely different challenge. Brandon Andres Green sits down with Phillip Brotherton, founder of House 25:17 , a Tulsa sober-living home created to help men bridge the gap between long-term recovery programs and everyday life. Phillip describes it as “the next step betwee...

A bad knee, limited mobility, surgery, or simply feeling out of shape doesn’t automatically mean Pilates isn’t for you. Brandon Andres Green sits down with Holly Perry, owner of The Reformer Room in Tulsa , to talk about what reformer Pilates actually does, why it can be adapted for very different bodies and fitness levels, and how Holly’s own health journey eventually led her to open a Pilates st...

Sometimes accessibility isn’t complicated. Sometimes the printer is just too high. Brandon Andres Green sits down with Vicki Haws, Associate Director of Ability Resources in Tulsa , to talk about disability, independence, reasonable accommodations, and the resources many people don’t even realize are available until they suddenly need them. Vicki acquired her disability when she was 20 years old....