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Big Blend Radio - Eagle Mountain Casino and The River Steakhouse
June 17, 2021 23:00 - 20 minutes - 18.2 MBRecorded onsite at The River Steakhouse at Eagle Mountain Casino in California's Sequoia Country, this episode of Big Blend Radio's "Eat, Drink & Be Merry" Show features Ador Cardenas and Chef Manuel "Patrick" Carbajal. Hear about the casino's dining and gaming options, concerts, and upcoming expansion and relocation within the Porterville community. Known locally as "The People's Casino," Eagle Mountain Casino is a full-service casino that's owned and operated by the Tule River Tribe. It fe...
Razor Wire Wilderness - Stephanie Dickinson on Big Blend Radio
June 16, 2021 23:00 - 46 minutes - 41.9 MBKrystal Riordan watched as her boyfriend beat a teenage Jennifer Moore to death in a vermin-infested New Jersey hotel room. Could she have stopped it? Or could she be his next victim? Now, Krystal is serving a maximum 30-year sentence, while the man who beat Jennifer to death received only a 50-year sentence. So what does it take to survive in a maximum security lockdown for 30 years? Is it possible to thrive? The answers only lead to more questions in Stephanie Dickinson’s raw and emotional...
A Tuscan Estate Bed & Breakfast - Erin Gilchrist on Big Blend Radio
June 15, 2021 23:00 - 27 minutes - 24 MBRecorded onsite, this episode of Big Blend Radio's Vacation Station Travel Show features Erin Gilchrist, innkeeper and owner of the historic A Tuscan Estate Bed & Breakfast in downtown McMinnville, the heart of Oregon's Wine Country. This 1928 historic Colonial Style bed and breakfast is decorated with Old-World flair including comfortable furnishings and beautiful hardwood floors. Guests enjoy a delicious three-course, gourmet breakfast and comfortable guest rooms with private ensuite baths,...
Get Up and Fight - Dr. Jean Kanokogi on Big Blend Radio
June 14, 2021 23:00 - 58 minutes - 52.4 MBRena “Rusty" Kanokogi is recognized around the world as “the mother of women’s judo” for her immense contribution to the sport and her work ensuring women’s inclusion for the female competitors at the international level. In her more than fifty year career, she became the first women to attain the rank of seventh degree black belt, founded the first Women’s World Judo Championship in 1980, and was the driving force behind women’s judo inclusion in the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea....
The Coal Queen - Kimberly Hess on Big Blend Radio
June 13, 2021 23:00 - 58 minutes - 52.4 MBOn this episode of Big Blend Radio’s Author’s Sunday Show with Books Forward, Kimberly Hess talks about her groundbreaking biography covering the life of Sarah. B. Cochran “The Coal Queen.” From expanding her company, to becoming a respected benefactor of her community, often rivaling the efforts of more well-known philanthropists such as Andrew Carnegie, the biography “A Lesser Mortal: The Unexpected Life of Sarah B. Cochran” reveals the little-known story of a woman from American history ...
Travel Medford, Oregon - Eli Matthews & Ashley Cates on Big Blend Radio
June 11, 2021 23:00 - 39 minutes - 35.6 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio's 2nd Friday "Food, Wine & Travel Show" with the International Food Wine & Travel Show features Eli Matthews & Ashley Cates of Travel Medford in Oregon's Rogue Valley. From Wine Tasting to Crater Lake National Park, Festivals to Sports Events and more, hear what there is to experience in Medord and the Rogue Valley this summer and fall. More: https://www.travelmedford.org/ Thank you International Food Wine and Travel Writers Association https://www.ifwtwa.org/
Hollywood Loves Hungary - Diane Dobry on Big Blend Radio
June 11, 2021 18:00 - 44 minutes - 39.4 MBThe U.S. may lay claim to Hollywood, but truth is, it often takes a global village to make a movie. Going as far back the early days of film, world events often forced actors, technicians, set decorators, costume designers, and cinematographers from Central and Eastern Europe, most notably Hungary, to seek refuge in Hollywood. This episode of Big Blend Radio's 2nd Friday "Food, Wine & Travel Show" with the International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association (IFWTWA) features writer and Hung...
Glamping with Exclusive Tents - Zane Zway on Big Blend Radio
June 10, 2021 23:00 - 41 minutes - 37.5 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio features Zane Zway of Exclusive Tents who talks about their custom crafted glamping and resort tents that are commissioned around the world. Exclusive Tents was founded in 2005, but have been perfecting their craft since 1984. The company was started by two families that came together to make the most durable and luxurious glamping tents on the market. Every stitch stitched, every piece of canvas cut, and every welded piece of steel is their form of art. Exclu...
Chintimini Wildlife Center - Kathleen Dodge on Big Blend Radio
June 09, 2021 23:00 - 21 minutes - 18.9 MBRecorded onsite, this episode of Big Blend Radio's Nature Connection Show features Kathleen Dodge, Raptor Education Director at Chintimini Wildlife Center in Corvalis, Oregon. Chintimini treats the urgent and often life-threatening needs of animals harmed or orphaned by human activity through their Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic. Their clinic treats more than 2,000 injured and orphaned animals each year. Their preventative efforts take the form of a number of educational outreach programs loc...
Big Blend Radio: Stay Authentic in Palm Springs this Summer
June 08, 2021 23:00 - 42 minutes - 38 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio's 2nd Tuesday "Food, Wine & Travel" Show with IFWTWA is all about summer fun in Palm Springs, California. Featured guests are Kimberli Munkres of Palm Springs Preferred Small Hotels and Karina Castaneda of Los Arboles Hotel and El Mirasol restaurants. Stay independent and find yourself in the real Palm Springs! More at: https://www.palmspringspreferredsmallhotels.com/ Special thanks to the International Food Wine & Travel Association (IFWTWA) https://www.ifwt...
Drowning in Blue - Until the Sun Band on Big Blend Radio
June 07, 2021 23:00 - 34 minutes - 31 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio's "Music Monday" Show features Brandon Teskey, Chris Tex, and Alyssa Swartz from the Arizona blues-rock band Until the Sun, who discuss their latest album "Drowning in Blue." The new album touches on the depths of human emotion, in the face of sorrow, love, betrayal, overcoming adversity, infatuation and existential collapse. More: https://untilthesun.com/home
Big Blend Radio: Confusion After COVID - Sarah Elliston on Big Blend Radio
June 06, 2021 23:00 - 46 minutes - 41.3 MBWhat is the "new normal" going to look like? In considering our future post COVID, Sarah Elliston shares how it is helpful to remember that all behavior is purposeful; we act to achieve something or experience something. Hear about Choice Theory and how to use a Priority Ladder to make decisions. Read Sarah's article here: https://blendradioandtv.com/listing/confusion-after-covid/ Sarah is the author of “Lessons from a Difficult Person – How to Deal With People Like Us, is a faculty member ...
Alice Leese - National Parks Arts Foundation Artist-in-Residence
June 04, 2021 23:00 - 36 minutes - 32.4 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio's 2nd Friday "Toast to The Arts & Parks" Show features acclaimed painter Alice Leese. Hear about her artistic process, life on her family's ranch in west Texas, and upcoming 1-month National Parks Arts Foundation (NPAF) residency off-grid on Loggerhead Key in Dry Tortugas National Park. Alice was also an NPAF artist-in-residence at Fort Union National Monument and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. See Alice's art at https://www.aliceleese.com/ Learn more about t...
Big Blend Radio: Ruth Milstein - Making Chickpea-Rice Burgers
June 03, 2021 23:00 - 30 minutes - 26.6 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio's "Eat, Drink & Be Merry" Show features Ruth Milstein, author of the Gourmand award-winning book, “Cooking with Love: Ventures into the New Israeli Cuisine.” Ruth shares how to make her recipe, Spicy Chickpea-Rice Burgers with BBQ Sauce. See the recipe here: https://blendradioandtv.com/listing/spicy-chickpea-rice-burgers-with-bbq-sauce/
Big Blend Radio: Author J Lawrence Matthews - One Must Tell the Bees
June 02, 2021 23:00 - 56 minutes - 50.5 MBOn this episode of Big Blend Radio's Author's Show with Books Forward, writer and author J. Lawrence Matthews discusses his new novel, “One Must Tell The Bees: Abraham Lincoln and The Final Education of Sherlock Holmes.” This evocative tale through time transports Sherlock Holmes to America to meet Lincoln during the Civil War. It begins in 1918 in the English countryside where the world’s greatest detective has retired to tend his bees and write his memoirs — memoirs that reveal the full st...
Oliver's Travels - Author Clifford Garstang on Big Blend Radio
May 30, 2021 18:00 - 42 minutes - 38.1 MBOn this episode of Big Blend Radio's Author's Show, award-winning author Clifford Garstang talks his latest novel, “Oliver’s Travels” that combines his international experience and Midwestern and Virginia roots, and explores the search for truth — in what we tell ourselves and others — and the challenges of healing broken families. In this philosophical mystery, a young man searches the world for his missing uncle, whom he hopes can unlock the secret that threatens to destroy their family.
Big Blend Radio - Blues Singer Patti Parks - Whole Nother World
May 28, 2021 18:00 - 37 minutes - 33.6 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio features acclaimed blues singer Patti Parks, who discusses her new album “Whole Nother World.” Produced by Grammy award-nominated blues great Kenny Neal, the album was recorded in Baton Rouge, Louisiana at Brookstown Recording Studios (Kenny Neal’s studio), and is released on Kenny’s Booga Records label. A riveting live performer, Patti has a soulful, sensual voice that does immense justice to her uplifting blend of Chicago blues, Memphis soul and tasty funk....
Big Blend Radio: Mystery Author Paula F. Winskye
May 26, 2021 23:00 - 59 minutes - 53.3 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio’s 4th Wednesday “Tucson Sisters in Crime” show features Arizona based mystery writer Paula F. Winskye. She is the author of the Tony Wagner mysteries, Randy McKay mysteries, and has published the first in her Lunar Enforcement mystery series. In addition to mysteries, Winskye has published a middle-grade novel, romances, and family saga novels. She has finished a screenplay of “The Reverend Finds His Calling,”her first Tony Wagner mystery. When she is not writ...
Big Blend Radio - The Downtown Dream in Tulare, California
May 24, 2021 23:00 - 30 minutes - 26.7 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio was recorded on-site at The Downtown Dream, a unique co-working hub, meeting and special event space for entrepreneurs, freelancers, creators, and students, in historic downtown Tulare, California. Hear about Tulare’s business growth, current real estate market, and positive community spirit. Featured guests include Jacob Fraga, Blake Shawn, and Zack Slover - The Downtown Dream founders and realtors at The Shawn Team, and Donnette Silva Carter - CEO of Tulare C...
Big Blend Radio: Three Rivers Wine Tasting Party
May 21, 2021 18:00 - 34 minutes - 30.6 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team on the Love Your Parks Tour and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for this fun Big Blend Radio wine tasting party recorded onsite at Totem Market & Gifts and Deli, located right near the entrance of Sequoia National Park in Three Rivers, Calfiornia. Talking about wine, chocolate, art, and Three Rivers as a park travel destination, featured guests include: Pam Lockhart - Totem Market & Gifts and Deli + Sequoia Pacific Holi...
Big Blend Radio: Chelsea Apple - Audio Books Are Popular!
May 19, 2021 23:00 - 50 minutes - 45.2 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio’s Success Express “Writer’s Wednesday” Show features Chelsea Apple, Content Coordinator at Books Forward. Enjoy this fascinating conversation on how and why audio books are growing in popularity, and how digital technology and creativity have merged into a unique audio experience for readers. It’s an exciting time for authors, voice over artists and narrators, digital content creators, and of course, their audience! A full-service literary publicity company th...
Big Blend Radio: Bay Station Band - Beyond the Safe and Sound
May 17, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio’s “Music Monday” Show features singer-songwriter Deborah Crooks from the California band Bay Station. Hear about some of the songs and stories from their new EP “Beyond the Safe & Sound.” Named for the historic train station in Alameda, California, near where its core members live, Bay Station organically came together in 2013 after Deborah Crooks and Kwame Copeland began co-writing after years making music as solo artists. They soon brought in fellow Alamedan...
Big Blend Radio: Chantal Jauvin - Love Without Martinis
May 16, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBWhile some 30% of all marriages end in divorce, that rate goes up to 50% when one of the partners suffers from an alcohol use disorder. On this episode of Big Blend Radio’s Quality of Life show, author Chantal Jauvin discusses her new book “Love Without Martinis: How Couples Build Healthy Relationships in Recovery, Based on Real Stories.” Over the past 5 years, Jauvin has interviewed top specialists on substance use disorders and dozens of couples working through recovery together. Using thes...
Big Blend Radio: Cori Solomon - Discover Arizona Wine
May 14, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 54.7 MBArizona wine, like other areas of the southwest, goes back to the 1600s and Spanish missions. Today the Grand Canyon State is home to three wine regions with two designated AVAS. The grape varieties cultivated in Arizona range from Spanish to French, encompassing a wide range of styles. Most wineries now lean towards the Mediterranean varieties. On this episode of Big Blend Radio’s 2nd Friday Food Wine & Travel Show with the International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association (IFWTWA), trav...
Big Blend Radio: Julie Ryan McGue - Twice a Daughter
May 12, 2021 23:00 - 45 minutes - 41 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio’s “Writer’s Wednesday” Show with Books Forward features Julie Ryan McGue who discusses her debut memoir, “Twice a Daughter: A Search for Identity, Family & Belonging.” Julie McGue is adopted. And she is also a twin. But because their adoption was closed, she and her sister lack both a health history and the names of their birth parents — which becomes pertinent for Julie when, at 48 years old, she finds herself facing several serious health issues. McGue’s poi...
Big Blend Radio: Singer-songwriter Chris St John
May 10, 2021 23:00 - 45 minutes - 40.6 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio features Long Island singer-songwriter Chris St John who shares some of the songs and stories behind his highly anticipated debut album “I’m Dreaming.” Over the last quarter century, St. John has truly led a diverse and successful professional career in the field of law as a prosecutor, judge and practicing attorney. Now, his dream of lateral success in the music business is starting to become a reality. His album “I’m Dreaming” includes 13 original songs plus...
Big Blend Radio: Jenny True - You Look Tired
May 09, 2021 20:00 - 42 minutes - 38.4 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio’s Quality of Life show features a conversation with Jenny True, a nationally recognized columnist for Romper, where she publishes advice on pregnancy and parenting, as well as on her popular blog Jenny True: An Excruciatingly Personal Mommy Blog, which was a finalist for the Mom 2.0 2019 People's Choice Awards. Jenny talks about some of the content covered in her new book “You Look Tired: An Excruciatingly Honest Guide to New Parenthood,” a totally honest, tell...
Big Blend Radio Champagne Sundays MOTHER'S DAY Party
May 09, 2021 18:00 - 2 hours - 57.3 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team on the Love Your Parks Tour and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio’s Champagne Sundays MOTHER’S DAY Show, airing live from Madison, Wisconsin. Featured guests: - Shelley Whizin - Author of “What Do You Bring to the Table?” - Lea Brovedani "The Trust Architect" Author & Speaker - Glynn Burrows - Owner of Norfolk Tours and family history expert - Dr. Jackie Eubany - Author of “Women and Heart Disease”...
Big Blend Radio: A Toast to The Arts and Parks
May 07, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 47.7 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team on the Love Your Parks Tour and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio’s Toast to The Arts & Parks Show, airing live online from Madison, Wisconsin. On This Episode: - Fort Union National Monument - Park Superintendent Lorenzo Vigil discusses Fort Union’s rich cultural and military history, as well as the visitor experience. Located in northern New Mexico, Fort Union was the largest frontier military post ...
Big Blend Radio: Robin Clifford Wood - The Field House
May 05, 2021 23:00 - 51 minutes - 46.5 MBBig Blend Radio’s “ Writers Wednesday” show with Books Forward shines the spotlight on Rachel Field, a National Book Award–winning novelist, a Newbery Medal–winning children’s writer, a poet, playwright, and rising Hollywood success in the early twentieth century. She died at the age of 47 -- right at the pinnacle of her personal happiness and professional acclaim. Fifty years later, writer Robin Clifford Wood went to live in Rachel’s long-neglected home on the rugged shores of an island in M...
Big Blend Radio: Military Monday - Mike Guardia and Jim Pidgeon
May 03, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 52.8 MBJoin us for Big Blend Radio’s “Military Monday” Show, airing live from Madison, Wisconsin with Mike Guardia and Jim Pidgeon. - Mike Guardia is an internationally-recognized author and military historian, US Army veteran, and Big Blend Radio military history expert and guest co-host. Mike served six years on active duty (2008-2014) as an Armor Officer. On this episode, Mike will discuss his new book “Days of Fury: Ghost Troop and the Battle of 73 Easting.” Showcasing the frontline heroes of ...
Big Blend Radio: Author D. Eric Maikranz - The Reincarnationist Papers
May 02, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio’s “Authors Sunday” Show with Books Forward, features D. Eric Maikranz, author of the thrilling adventure novel THE REINCARNATIONIST PAPERS that will be out through Blackstone Publishing on May 4, 2021. Shrouded in secrecy and mystery, “The Reincarnationist Papers” recounts the many lives of the troubled Evan Michaels, a criminal for hire who is haunted by memories — not only of his past, but of the past lives he has lived. Author D. Eric Maikranz has led a mu...
Big Blend Radio: Steve Piacente - Life Lessons from the Tennis Court
April 30, 2021 18:00 - 54 minutes - 48.8 MBOn this episode of Big Blend Radio, Steve Piacente shares insights and critical lessons outlined in his LinkedIn article “Note to Sports Parents: What They’re Really Learning on the Field of Play.” These lessons include Responsibility and Consistency, Stability, Leadership, Communication, Time Management, Critical Thinking, Capability and Capacity. Steve is a former journalist turned life coach, who is certified by the International Coach Federation, and is also the Director of Training at Th...
Big Blend Radio: Author Lynn Nicholas - Dancing Between the Beats
April 28, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 54.7 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio’s 4th Wednesday “Tucson Sisters in Crime” show features Lynn Nicholas, author of “Dancing Between the Beats.” Life, Like Dance, is What Happens Between the Beats. A romp into the world of ballroom dance, shaded with a tinge of white-collar crime. Delve into the hazards of friendships, obsession, and "creative" accounting. “Dancing Between the Beats” is a character-driven novel, set in the world of studio-based ballroom dance. In the fictional dance studio, Des...
Big Big Blend Radio: Helping Teens Through Rough Patches
April 25, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 55 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio’s Quality of Life Show featuring education expert and author Bobbi DePorter who is is the Co-founder of SuperCamp, President of Quantum Learning Network, and creator of the 8 Keys of Excellence character education program. As outlined in her book, “The 7 Biggest Teen Problems & How to Turn Them Into Strengths,” Bobbi shares some of the most important techniques that...
Big Blend Radio: Nature Connection - Butterflies, Forests and Trails
April 23, 2021 18:00 - 2 hours - 55.1 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team on the Love Your Parks Tour and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio’s Nature Connection Show, airing live from the Porterville Chamber of Commerce in California’s Sequoia Country. Featured Guests: - Sara Dykman - Author of “Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration” - Jim Ostdick - Author of “Walks Far Man: In Step with History on the Pacific Crest Trail” - Shu...
Big Blend Radio: Adventures in California's Sequoia Country
April 21, 2021 23:00 - 2 hours - 54.8 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team on the Love Your Parks Tour and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio airing live from Visalia, California. Hear about their visit to the region and what there is to see and do. Featured guest representatives from the Sequoia Tourism Council include Gary Rogers - Sequoia Parks Conservancy, Sandy Sills - Dinuba Chamber of Commerce, and Jessica Brackeen - Porterville Chamber of Commerce. Special guest segmen...
Big Blend Radio: Adventures in Tulare County, California
April 19, 2021 23:00 - 2 hours - 56.1 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team on the Love Your Parks Tour and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio airing live from Tulare County, California. Hear about their visit to the region and what there is to see and do. Featured guest representatives from the Sequoia Tourism Council include Donnette Silva Carter - Tulare Chamber of Commerce and Suzanne Bianco - Visit Visalia, plus, Jason Bonds - City of Tulare Parks & Rec, Kerissa Chapman - I...
Big Blend Radio: Science Fiction Author Robert Stadnik
April 18, 2021 18:00 - 56 minutes - 51.1 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio’s “Authors Sunday” Show with Books Forward features Robert Stadnik, a science fiction writer, and popular author of the Exodus Starship adventure series and Exodus Universe novels. In “Infinite Retribution” (Phoenix Books, April 20, 2021), the latest addition to his widely-read Exodus Universe novels, humanity is ready to extend its hand out into space after nearly a century of oppression had prevented them from doing so. Now part of a newly formed alien allia...
Big Blend Radio: Dreamcatcher Bed and Breakfast in Taos
April 16, 2021 20:00 - 31 minutes - 28 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio’s Vacation Station Travel Show. Recorded onsite, this episode featured Boyd and Mary Beth Earl, owners and innkeepers of Dreamcatcher Bed & Breakfast in Taos, New Mexico. The Dreamcatcher was named in Readers Digest as the Most Charming Small Town Bed and Breakfast in all of New Mexico, and is the top rated Taos accommodation on Tripadvisor, Expedia and Booking.com...
Big Blend Radio: Summer and Outdoor Fun in Natchitoches, Louisiana
April 16, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio’s Vacation Station Travel Show. This episode focuses on outdoor and summer fun in Natchitoches, Louisiana with Arlene Gould and Kelli West of Natchitoches Convention and Visitors Bureau, as well as Richard Johnson of the Caroline Dorman “Briarwood” Preserve. Natchitoches is the original French Colony and oldest city in Louisiana, and is part of the El Camino Real d...
Big Blend Radio: Shelley Whizin - Making a Mediterranean Chopped Salad
April 15, 2021 00:00 - 28 minutes - 24.9 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio’s Eat, Drink & Be Merry show Shelley Whizin, who shares how to make her recipe ‘Mike’s Mighty Mediterranean Chopped Salad’ that’s featured in her latest book, “What Do You Bring to the Table? A Savory, Sensory and Inspirational Guide to Living a Yummy Delicious Life”. Shelley is the founder and CEO of the Soul Diving Institute™ (SDI), established to study and teach the art and science of Being Human. She’s also the author of “The Healing Journal” and “The Stor...
Big Blend Radio: John Calvin - Casa Rondena Winery
April 14, 2021 23:30 - 18 minutes - 16.1 MBRecorded onsite, this episode of Big Blend Radio’s Eat, Drink & Be Merry show features John Calvin, owner of the world-class and award-winning Casa Rondeña Winery in the North Valley of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Casa Rondeña Winery was lovingly established in late 1995 as a family undertaking, with the first plantings in 1990 at the hands of vintner John Calvin. The Tasting Room opened in August 1997 and a winery building, with a commemorative Tricentennial bell tower, was completed in the au...
Big Blend Radio: Filmmaker Christo Brock - Brewmance
April 14, 2021 23:00 - 26 minutes - 23.4 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio’s Eat, Drink & Be Merry show features filmmaker Christo Brock, who discusses his new craft beer documentary, BREWMANCE. The American Craft Beer movement began with a group of restless homebrewers searching for something genuine and flavorful. Today it’s evolved into a redefinition of beer and an international cultural phenomenon. That uniquely American spirit of rebellion and innovation survives in two groups of homebrewers from Long Beach, California who are ...
Big Blend Radio: Musician Robert Berry - Third Impression
April 12, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio features Robert Berry, a multi-talented producer/songwriter/vocalist/instrumentalist. Robert discusses his new album “Third Impression,” under the name 3.2. Out now on Frontiers Records, the album features the last track “Never” that Berry and his friend and mentor Keith Emerson worked on together before Emerson’s tragic passing. “Third Impression” is the follow-up to his acclaimed 2018 release, “The Rules Have Changed,:” also released under the 3.2 name. Whi...
Big Blend Radio: Spring Garden Party
April 11, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio’s Garden Gossip Show featuring special guest co-host travel writer Linda Kissam “Food, Wine & Shopping Diva.” Show airs live from Lubbock, Texas. Featured Guests: - Marianne Willburn - Author of “Tropical Plants and How to Love Them” - Jen McGuinness - Author of “Micro Food Gardening” - Matt Adamson - Tucson Botanical Gardens *** Read Linda Kissam's article ab...
Big Blend Radio - Visit Albuquerque, New Mexico
April 09, 2021 19:00 - 34 minutes - 30.7 MBAt the heart of New Mexico beats the pulse of a vibrant city. In Albuquerque, diverse cultures, authentic art and timeless traditions have helped shape our centuries-old story. No matter your interests, the city has countless opportunities for you to explore. Experience the oldest wine-growing region in the country. Sample traditional New Mexican cuisine that takes minutes to make and hundreds of years to prepare. Soar high above the city in the hot air ballooning capital of the world — a sig...
Big Blend Radio: Roaming with Roxie
April 09, 2021 18:00 - 56 minutes - 50.6 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio’s 2nd Friday Food, Wine & Travel Show with the International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association (IFWTWA) features travel writer and world traveler Roxie LaFever. Without an “official bucket list,” travel writer Roxie LaFever has been to all 7 continents, seen all 7 Wonders of the World, and over 40 countries. With eaWorld Trach trip, she tries to identify a way to step out of her comfort zone and help her readers "live in the moment." Whether she's jumpi...
Big Blend Radio: Author Barbara Clarke - The Red Kitchen
April 07, 2021 23:00 - 50 minutes - 45.7 MBA summer spent in a small village in Kenya allowed Barbara Clarke to embrace a new aspiration: to be a complete person — funny, compassionate, complex and often flawed. This episode of Big Blend Radio's Writers' Wednesday show with Books Forward features Barbara Clarke, author of “The Red Kitchen,” an intimate memoir that depicts change and discovery between mom and daughter, and how it’s never too late to come of age. Featured music is “Wake Up” by Jennifer Saran.
Big Blend Radio: Author Mike Guardia discusses Lt General Hal Moore
April 05, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 56 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio’s “Military Monday” Show, which airs every first Monday of the month, features Mike Guardia, a US Army Veteran, and awarding-winning military historian and author. On this episode Mike discusses the life and military career of Lt. General Hal Moore and the General Hal Moore Military Museum in Bardstown, Kentucky. Dedicated to Bardstown native Lt. General Hal Moore, U.S. Army, a Vietnam and Korean War Hero, exhibits in this Museum cover conflicts from the Ameri...