Big Blend Radio
1,135 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 5 hours ago -Hosted by Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, Big Blend Radio educates, entertains, and inspires with expert conversations on Music, Books & The Arts, Travel & Recreation, Food & Drink, History & Culture, Nature & Environment, Home & Garden, Family & Education, Business, Personal & Professional Development, and more! See: https://blendradioandtv.com/
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Episodes
Big Blend Radio: Natural Foods & Medical Marijuana
April 03, 2017 14:45 - 1 hourThis episode of Big Blend Radio's Quality of Life show aired live on April 2, 2017 with: Belgium’s best-selling culinary author Pascale Naessens – author of ‘Pure & Simple: A Natural Food Way Of Life’; Registered Nurse and Medical Marijuana activist Debi Madaio, who is relaunching Weedbukx, the Urban Chic Café in Trenton, New Jersey. www.BigBlendRadio.com
Big Blend Radio: Travel, History & Music
March 31, 2017 22:18 - 1 hourThis episode of Big Blend Radio aired live on March 31, 2017. Travel writer Debbie Stone talks about her journey through history along the Birmingham Civil Rights Trail in Alabama; and powerhouse vocalist and performer Irene Soderberg "The Blond Bombshell" talks about her career and upcoming tour. www.BigBlendRadio.com
Big Blend Radio: Las Vegas, Mardi Gras & Margaritas!
March 30, 2017 17:07 - 1 hourThis episode of Big Blend Radio's Happy Hour variety show, aired live on March 29, 2017, featuring: Megan Edwards – author of "Getting Off on Frank Sinatra: A Copper Black Mystery", that’s set in Las Vegas; travel writer Debbie Stone talks about her recent Mardi Gras adventures in Mobile, Alabama, “The City That Was Born to Celebrate”; and Jay Dini, owner of Dini's Lucky Club, shares how to make his “Get Lucky” Watermelon Margarita! www.BigBlendRadio.com
Big Blend Radio: California's Sequoia Country & Cooking!
March 27, 2017 15:20 - 2 hoursThis episode of Big Blend Radio's Champagne Sundays show aired live on March 26, 2017. Spring in California’s Sequoia Country with Sandy Blankenship, Executive Director of Exeter Chamber of Commerce & President of Sequoia Tourism Council, and Mike Theune – Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks. 5-Star Chef Ivan Flowers shares how to make his Vegan Gluten Free Stuffed Cabbage recipe. www.BigBlendRadio.com
Big Blend Radio: Wildlife, Food Waste Recovery & Music
March 25, 2017 00:43 - 2 hoursThis episode of Big Blend Radio aired live on March, 24, 2017 featuring: Trapping in National Wildlife Refuges with Jennifer Place of Born Free USA; Food Waste Recovery with Matt de la Houssaye, Director of Global Green USA’s NYC Office & Coalition for Resource Recovery; Singer-songwriter Elli Perry talks about her new album, ‘Little Thieves.’ www.BigBlendRadio.com
Big Blend Radio: Oceanside CA to Yuma AZ & Addiction
March 23, 2017 14:43 - 2 hoursThis episode of Big Blend Radio aired live on March 22, 2017 and features Cyndee Rae Lutz – author of “When Your Heart Belongs to an Addict: A Healing Perspective”; travel writer Linda Kissam “Food, Wine & Shopping Diva” goes Beyond the Beach in Oceanside, Southern California; Miriam Limon talks about the Spring Art & Outdoor Fun in Yuma, Arizona, plus Steve Schneickert recalls the Hollywood History of Chuck Barris & The Gong Show! www.BigBlendRadio.com
Big Blend Radio: A Toast to England
March 20, 2017 22:20 - 3 hoursThis episode of Big Blend Radio's Champagne Sundays special A TOAST TO ENGLAND Show, aired live on March 19, 2017 with special guest co-host Glynn Burrows, historian and owner of Norfolk Tours UK. Featured guests: Craig Avery - The Craig Avery Show; UK rapper / hip hop artist Jake Aldridge; drummer Steve Sidelnyk; singer-songwriter / pianist Jerry Hull; plus, Steve Schneickert recalls Hollywood History of England! www.BigBlendRadio.com
Big Blend Radio: Historic Georgia, Love Notes & Cocktails
March 18, 2017 13:30 - 2 hoursThis episode of Big Blend Radio aired live on March 17, 2017. Travel writer Kathleen Walls discusses historic Columbus, Georgia; Hyong Yi – Author of ‘100 Love Notes’ and ‘The #100 Love Notes Project, a Love Story’; St. Patrick’s Day Cocktails with Tyler Johnston & Heather Witherington, Yuma Landing Bar & Grill. www.BigBlendRadio.com
Big Blend Radio: Missouri River, Jazz & California History
March 16, 2017 15:02 - 2 hoursThis episode of Big Blend Radio aired live on March 15, 2017, featuring: Daniel Peterson – Missouri National Recreational River in Yankton, South Dakota; jazz vocalist Carmen Lundy discusses her new album “Code Noir”; Delbert Doty & Don Pidd – San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos, California. www.BigBlendRadio.com
Big Blend Radio: Central Kentucky to Central California
March 13, 2017 14:50 - 2 hoursThis episode of Big Blend Radio's Vacation Station Travel Show, aired live on March 12, 2017, featuring: Kentucky Barn Quilt Tour with Stephanie McMillin - Springfield Tourism Commission; Spring in San Benito County CA with Juli Vieira - San Benito County Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau; Three Rivers in California's Sequoia Country with Sheila Stone – Sequoia Vacation Rentals and Holly Radmacher – Kaweah River Trading Company.
Big Blend Radio: Change, Discrimination Law & Wealth
March 11, 2017 15:11 - 2 hoursThis episode of Big Blend Radio's Success Express Business & Career Show, aired live on March 10, 2017, featuring: Ralph Masengill Jr. – Author of “Conquer Change & Win"; Workplace Discrimination Laws with San Diego attorney Ward Heinrichs Esq.; May McCarthy – author of “The Path to Wealth: Seven Spiritual Steps for Financial Abundance”. www.BigBlendRadio.com
Big Blend Radio: A Toast To Women Happy Hour
March 09, 2017 15:44 - 2 hoursThis episode of Big Blend Radio's special Toast To Women Happy Hour show, aired live on March 8, 2017 in honor of International Women's Day and Women's History Month. Featured guests: singer-songwriter Nicki Kris, Leah Launey – Three Rivers B&B, Stephanie McMillin – Springfield Tourism Commission KY, Tanya Ortega – National Parks Arts Foundation, Sommelier Hilarie Larson, Dr. Jacqueline Eubany, Bobbi DePorter – SuperCamp, plus, Women Comics Hollywood History with Steve Schneickert! www.BigBle...
Big Blend Radio: Hamantaschen, Scones & Crushing Fear!
March 06, 2017 15:12 - 2 hoursThis episode of Big Blend Radio's Champagne Sundays variety show, aired live on March 5, 2017. Howard & Ruth Milstein discuss Hamantaschen cookies for the Jewish holiday Purim; Pastry Chef Mary Kropelnicki shares her Scone baking tips and recipe; and keynote speaker, radio host and best-selling author, Corey Poirier shares his tips on how to crush fear, as covered in his latest TEDx Talk. www.BigBlendRadio.com
Big Blend Radio: Art, Photography & Music
March 05, 2017 01:14 - 2 hoursThis episode of Big Blend Radio's Toast to The ArtsShow aired live on March 3, 2017, featuring: Artist Victoria Chick discusses the career and work of Warren Newcombe; Tanya Ortega – Photographer and Founder of the National Parks Arts Foundation; pop-soul singer-songwriter James Patrick Morgan discusses his new EP: ‘Art + Work = Love’. www.BigBlendRadio.com
Big Blend Radio Spring Picnic Party!
March 02, 2017 16:46 - 2 hoursThis episode of Big Blend Radio's Eat, Drink & Be Merry show, aired live on March 1, 2017. Special Picnic Party Guests include: Hollywood Historian Steve Schneickert; Spontuneous Rob Ridgeway; Yvonne Peach - Coronado Motor Hotel in Yuma, AZ; Terri Bailey - Bailey's Palomar Resort; Christy Wood - Wood N Horse Training Stables; Juli Vieira - San Benito County Chamber of Commerce; artist Victoria Chick; and Bobbi DePorter - SuperCamp. www.BigBlendRadio.com
Big Blend Radio: Future Science, Wine & Picnics!
February 27, 2017 16:05 - 3 hoursThis episode of Big Blend Radio's Champagne Sundays variety show, aired live on Feb. 26, 2017. Elliott Maynard, Ph.D. – author of ‘Brave New Mind: Living in a Future-Science World’; Hilaire Larson – Wine writer, educator and owner of Northwinds Wine Consulting in Southern California; Chef Jeremy Manley shares his Buttermilk Fried Chicken Recipe and talks about his favorite spring picnic spots in Julian, California. www.BigBlendRadio.com
Big Blend Radio: Life Lessons and Assata Shakur
February 25, 2017 16:13 - 2 hoursThis episode of Big Blend Radio aired live on Feb. 24, 2017. Sarah Elliston, author of “Lessons from a Difficult Person - How to Deal With People Like Us” explains how to find out if your habits or helping or hurting you. Author Barbara Casey discusses her book “Assata Shakur: A 20th Century Escaped Slave,” that chronicles the life and times of one of the most controversial activists and fugitives in U.S. history. www.BigBlendRadio.com
Big Blend Radio: Walmart Lawsuits, Country Music & Texas
February 23, 2017 16:44 - 2 hoursThis episode of Big Blend Radio's HAPPY HOUR Variety Show streamed live on Feb. 22, 2017. Attorney Ward Heinrichs Esq. discusses Walmart Lawsuits; filmmaker Steven Kochones talks about his documentary film ‘Country: Portraits of An American Sound’; travel writer Eva Eldridge discusses Texas food & travel; plus, bartender Tyler Johnston shares how to make Yuma Landing Bar & Grill's signature AV Fuel Margarita! www.BigBlendRadio.com
Big Blend Radio: Music & Photography, Travel & History
February 18, 2017 16:28 - 2 hoursThis episode of Big Blend Radio aired live on Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, featuring interviews with: Journalist, photography and author team Len & Judy Garrison - publishers of SeeingSouthern.com; Jim Gressinger - publisher of SouthernArizonaGuide.com and author of ‘Southern Arizona’s Extraordinary History: Amazing True Stories from Southern Arizona Guide’; award-winning guitar virtuoso and vocalist Pierre Bensusan. Plus, Steve Schneickert recalls the Hollywood History of San Benito County, Califo...
Big Blend Radio: Ayurveda, Art & Kentucky
February 16, 2017 15:46 - 2 hoursThis episode of Big Blend Radio aired live on Feb. 15, 2017: Acharya Shunya – author of “Ayurveda Lifestyle Wisdom: A Complete Prescription to Optimize Your Health, Prevent Disease, and Live with Vitality and Joy”; Lance Laber, Executive Director of DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun in Tucson; Stephanie McMillin – Executive Director of Springfield Tourism Commission in central Kentucky. www.BigBlendRadio.com
Big Blend Radio: Wildlife Rescue, Music & Spring Travel
February 11, 2017 18:17 - 1 hourThis episode of Big Blend Radio aired live on Feb. 10, 2017: Adam M. Roberts - CEO of Born Free USA discusses Wildlife Rescue; Sandy Blankenship - Executive Director of Exeter Chamber of Commerce, talks about Spring Events & Activities in California's Sequoia Country; plus, music and an update on the upcoming Yuma River Daze Boogie, Blues & Brews Festival! www.BigBlendRadio.com
Big Blend Radio: Youth Success
February 09, 2017 17:55 - 1 hourThis episode of Big Blend Radio's QUALITY OF LIFE show, aired live on Feb. 8, 2017. Panel discussion on Community Alliance for Youth Success Week in Oceanside, California, with: Bobbi DePorter – Co-Founder of SuperCamp and President of Quantum Learning Network; Stedman Graham - CEO of Stedman and Associates; Margaret Malek – Project Specialist for Community, College and Career Development, Oceanside Unified School District; Marcy Morrison - Careers with Wings/Children with Wings. www.BigBlend...
Big Blend Radio: Joshua Tree, Military History & Heart Health
February 06, 2017 17:19 - 2 hoursThis episode of Big Blend Radio's CHAMPAGNE SUNDAYS variety show, aired live on Feb. 3, 2017. Travel writer Adrianne Morrison and guitarist Micha Schellhaas talk about Joshua Tree National Park. Author Mike Guardia discusses his award-winning biography “Shadow Commander: The Epic Story of Donald D. Blackburn”. Dr Jacqueline Eubany, author of ‘Women & Heart Disease’, shares tips on eating a heart healthy diet! www.BigBlendRadio.com
Big Blend Radio: Art & Sculpture, Fiction & Film
February 04, 2017 15:36 - 2 hoursThis episode of Big Blend Radio's Toast to The Arts & National Parks show, aired live on Feb. 3, 2017 with special guest co-host musician Michael Ely. island National Parks artist-in-residence programs with Tanya Ortega – National Parks Arts Foundation, Natalie Gates – Haleakala National Park, Glenn Simpson – Dry Tortugas National Park. Steve Schneickert recalls Island Hollywood History. Victoria Chick discusses artists who created The Coral Castle in Florida & Garden of Eden in Kansas. Autho...
Big Blend Radio: Storytelling, Music & The Arts, Climate Change
February 02, 2017 15:51 - 2 hoursThis episode of Big Blend Radio's Happy Hour variety show, aired live on Feb. 1, 2017: Ted Frank – author of “Get to the Heart: How Storytelling Secrets Can Make Your Presentation Clear, Compelling, and Earn You a Seat at the Table”; Arelene Gould, Molly Dickerson & Harry Thompson discuss the 43rd Annual Melrose Plantation Arts & Crafts Festival in Natchitoches, Louisiana; singer-songwriter Carrie Elkin discusses solo album ‘The Penny Collector’; Les McCabe, President and CEO of Global Green ...
Big Blend Radio: Music & Literature, Brownies & Wine
January 30, 2017 16:00 - 2 hoursThis episode of Big Blend Radio's Champagne Sundays variety show, aired live on Jan. 29, 2017: Glynn Burrows of Norfolk Tours discusses England's Ladies of Literature; Ruth Milstein explains how to make her gluten-free poppy seed chocolate brownies and Howard Milstein shares wine pairing advice; Nashville singer-songwriter Ali Sperry talks about her new album, “Crooked Feelings”, due out on February 24, 2017. www.BigBlendRadio.com
Big Blend Radio: Communication, Change & Minimum Wage
January 28, 2017 14:42 - 2 hoursThis episode of Big Blend Radio's Success Express Business & Career show, aired live on Jan. 27, 2017: Sarah H. Elliston – author of “Lessons from a Difficult Person: How to Deal With People Like Us,” Ralph Masengill Jr. – author of “Conquer Change & Win” explains how dealing with change leads to success; attorney Ward Heinrichs Esq. discusses new employment laws for minimum wage. www.BigBlendRadio.com
Big Blend Radio: Transformation & Wildlife Conservation
January 26, 2017 14:36 - 1 hourThis episode of Big Blend Radio aired live on Jan. 25, 2017: William Arntz – creator and producer of “What the Bleep Do We Know!?” and spiritual teacher and poet Deirdre Hade discuss their new book, “The (not so) Little Book of Surprises”. Adam Roberts “The Compassionate Conservationist” – CEO of Born Free USA, discusses current wildlife conservation issues. www.BigBlendRadio.com
Big Blend Radio: Backroads & The Blues
January 23, 2017 15:23 - 2 hoursThis episode of Big Blend Radio's CHAMPAGNE SUNDAYS show aired live on Jan. 22, 2017 with special guest co-host is “Spontuneous Rob”, creator of award-winning and best-selling Spontuneous musical board game! Backroads of America Panel discussion with Paul M. Franklin, Jim Hinckley, and Gary Clark - authors/photographers of Backroads of Arizona, Backroads of Florida, Backroads of Texas. Blues singer-songwriter Brad Absher, frontman of Swamp Royale and the unofficial Gulf Coast Soul Ambassador...
Big Blend Radio: Hawaii to California
January 21, 2017 13:57 - 1 hourThis episode of Big Blend Radio aired live on Jan. 20, 2017: Travel writer Deborah Stone discusses Molokai, the “Friendly Isle” of Hawaii; Maitre Cuisinier de France Bernard Guillas – Executive Chef of The Marine Room in La Jolla, plus, writer Susan Montgomery of International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association; Spring in California’s Sequoia Country with Leah Launey, Three Rivers Bed & Breakfast. www.BigBlendRadio.com
Big Blend Radio: San Francisco to Louisiana
January 19, 2017 16:39 - 1 hourBig Blend Radio's Happy Hour variety show, aired live Jan. 18, 2017: Marie Sutro – crime fiction author of the chilling novel 'Dark Associations', set in San Francisco. Historic Natchitoches, Louisiana with: Arlene Gould – Natchitoches Convention & Visitors Bureau, Rebecca Blankenbaker - Cane River National Heritage Area, Inc., and Carrie A. Mardorf - Cane River Creole National Historical Park.
Big Blend Radio: Heart Health, Route 66 & National Parks
January 16, 2017 15:46 - 2 hoursBig Blend Radio's Champagne Sundays Variety Show, aired live Jan. 15, 2017: Dr. Jacqueline Eubany, author of ‘Women & Heart Disease,’ shares the health benefits of outdoor activity; photographers and authors Joe Sonderman & Jim Hinckley discuss their new book “Route 66 Roadside Signs & Advertisements”; photographers Jeroen & Maggie Boersma talk about documenting America’s historic highways, neon signs, and national parks; plus, Road Trip Hollywood History with Steve Schneickert! www.BigBlendR...
Big Blend Radio: The Arts & National Parks
January 14, 2017 16:11 - 1 hourBig Blend Radio 'Toast to The Arts & National Parks' Show, aired live Jan. 13, 2017. Artist-in-Residence Programs in National Parks for Veterans with: Tanya Ortega – National Parks Arts Foundation, artist Nicholas Collier, Chris Gwinn – Gettysburg National Military Park. Artist Victoria Chick discusses Historic Artists of The Cascades. Steve Schneickert recalls Hollywood History of National Parks! www.BigBlendRadio.com
Big Blend Radio: Nutritional Health & Communication
January 12, 2017 16:03 - 2 hoursBig Blend Radio aired live on Jan. 11, 2017: Dr. Greg Tefft, bestselling author of ‘Your Personal Life: Measuring What Your Body Needs to Live Lean, Long, Strong & Better’ explains how your hair holds the clues to your nutritional health. Communication expert Leslie Shore, author of ‘Listen to Succeed: How to Identify & Overcome Barriers to Effective Listening’, discusses Social Media Etiquette. www.BigBlendRadio.com
Big Blend Radio's 10 Year Anniversary Party!
January 09, 2017 15:23 - 3 hoursBig Blend Radio’s 10 Year Anniversary Champagne Sundays Brunch Party show, aired live Jan. 8,, 2017! Special Guests include: Bobbi DePorter – Co-founder of SuperCamp and President of Quantum Learning Network; travel writer Linda Kissam ‘Food, Wine & Shopping Diva’; Glynn Burrows of Norfolk Tours UK; Rob Ridgeway the creator of Spontuneous ‘The Song Game’, and Hollywood History expert and actor Steve Schneickert. www.BigBlendRadio.com