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Big Blend Radio: Artists in Dry Tortugas National Park
April 02, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 83.6 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio’s Toast to The Arts & Parks Show featuring a reunion conversation with artists who spent a month off-grid on Loggerhead Key in Dry Tortugas National Park, through the National Parks Arts Foundation’s unique artist residency program. Featured guests: - Tanya Ortega - Founder of the National Parks Arts Foundation - Anna Glynn - Award-winning contemporary, multi-med...
Big Blend Radio: Adventures in Albuquerque
March 31, 2021 22:00 - 2 hours - 55.9 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 Vacation Station show, airing live from the Bottger Mansion Bed & Breakfast in Old Town, Albuquerque. From Historic Route 66 to Petroglyph National Monument, this episode focuses on Albuquerque, New Mexico “Hot Air Ballooning Capital of the World.”. Hear about the area’s rich cultural diversity, dining and wine tasting opportunities, pu...
Big Blend Radio: Mapplethorpe - The Director's Cut
March 29, 2021 23:00 - 37 minutes - 33.5 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, along with Tanya Ortega, photographer and founder of the National Parks Arts Foundation, for Big Blend Radio. This episode features Ondi Timoner, award-winning filmmaker and director of “Mapplethorpe, The Director's Cut.” Robert Mapplethorpe was one of the most celebrated and controversial artists of the 20th Century. The film, “Mapplethorpe, The Director'...
Big Blend Radio - Culinary Adventures at The Peanut Patch
March 28, 2021 19:00 - 20 minutes - 18.1 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 Eat, Drink & Be Merry show. This episode features Donna George, owner of The Peanut Patch in Yuma, Arizona. Open from October-April, The Peanut Patch is a southwest tradition where folks gather to buy nuts and peanuts, homemade peanut brittle and peanut butter, fine chocolates and confections, snacks and candies, dried fruit and dates, ...
Big Blend Radio: Seven Pots of Tea
March 28, 2021 18:00 - 53 minutes - 48 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 Eat, Drink & Be Merry show. This episode features Nandita Godbole, author of the book, “Seven Pots of Tea: An Ayurvedic Approach to Sips & Nosh,” and writer Linda Kissam “Food, Wine & Shopping Diva.” “Seven Pots of Tea” is the first cookbook of its kind allowing readers to explore Ayurveda through tea by way of dozens of simple recipes...
Big Blend Radio: Adventures in Bandera County, Texas
March 26, 2021 18:00 - 2 hours - 54.9 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 Vacation Station show, airing live from Lubbock, Texas. This episode focuses on Bandera County in the Texas Hill Country, known for being the "Cowboy Capital of the World." Featured Guests: - Dawn Walters - Co-owner of Blackbuck Lodge Bandera County, a wonderful ranch-style vacation rental home in Medina, TX. - Lisa Fitzsimmons - Sup...
Big Blend Radio: Tucson Sisters in Crime - Author D.R. Ransdell
March 24, 2021 23:00 - 57 minutes - 52 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio’s 4th Wednesday “Tucson Sisters in Crime” show features mystery author D.R. Ransdell who is known for her Andy Veracruz Mystery Series, Campanello travel and romance novels. Her latest adventure, “Substitute Soloist,” won a silver Independent Publish Book Award. D.R. is a violinist herself. Her musical tell-all, “Secrets of a Mariachi Violinist,” won the 2019 New Mexico/Arizona biography award. She is also the author of the poetry book, “The Secret Lives of th...
Big Blend Radio: Spring Happy Hour Party
March 22, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 32 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 Spring Happy Hour Party, airing live from Lubbock, Texas. Featured Big Blend Expert Guests: - Bobbi DePorter - Co-Founder of SuperCamp & President of Quantum Learning Network - Donnette Silva Carter - CEO of Tulare Chamber of Commerce in Central California - Ward Heinrichs - San Diego Employment Attorney - Lea Brovedani - Lea...
Big Blend Radio: Champagne Sundays Toast to Spring
March 21, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 53.4 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 “A Toast to Spring” Show, airing live from Lubbock, Texas. Featured Big Blend Expert Guests: - Shelley Whizin - Author of “What Do You Bring to the Table?” - Steve Piacente - Author of “Your New Fighting Stance” - Sarah Elliston - Author of “Lessons From a Difficult Person” - Ivan Flowers - 5-Star Chef and Culinar...
Big Blend Radio: Historic Easton England, Pennsylvania and Maryland
March 19, 2021 18:00 - 55 minutes - 50.1 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 a special Big Blend Radio show focusing on Easton in England, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. Featured guests include: - Glynn Burrows - Historian & Owner of Norfolk Tours in East Anglia, England - Laura Di Liello - Innkeeper & Co-Owner of The Lafayette Inn in Easton, Pennsylvania - Eric Levinson - Innkeeper & Owner of The Hummingbird Inn in Easton, Ma...
Big Blend Radio: Tessa Wardley - The Eco Hero Handbook
March 17, 2021 23:00 - 49 minutes - 44.7 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio’s Nature Connection Show. This episode features Tessa Wardley who discusses her latest book “The Eco Hero Handbook: Simple Solutions to Tackle Eco-Anxiety” (out now through Ivy Press). Looking behind the slogans and exploring the myths, this handy guide offers a clear and balanced exploration of the major eco-debates, enabling you to make decisions based on facts. ...
Big Blend Radio: Linda Ballou - Embrace the Wild
March 15, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio airing live from Austin, Texas. On this episode, travel writer and author Linda Ballou discusses her new novel, “Embrace of the Wild,” that's inspired by the life of equestrian explorer and travel writer Isabella Lucy Bird. It shares the story of raw courage and fierce strength of a plucky English woman’s un-flinching desire to be free. Impetuous, strong-willed Isa...
Big Blend Radio: New Exhibits at DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun in Tucson
March 14, 2021 18:00 - 26 minutes - 23.7 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio’s Toast to the Arts Show with Lance Laber, Executive Director of the DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun. Along with the annual “Way of the Cross” exhibit, Lance discusses the three latest Ted DeGrazia exhibits “Tempera Paintings,” “Celestial Music,” and “Abstract Paintings.” DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun is 10-acre historic landmark nestled in the foothills of the Santa Ca...
Big Blend Radio: Spring in Sunny Costa Mesa, California
March 12, 2021 20:30 - 34 minutes - 30.6 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio's 2nd Friday Food, Wine & Travel Show with the International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association (IFWTWA) features Jenny Wedge, Director of Public & Community Relations at Travel Costa Mesa. Hear what there is to see and do this spring and summer in Costa Mesa, Southern California. Known as the “City of The Arts” Costa Mesa is also home to beautiful local parks, is close to the beaches, and offers unique shopping and dining opportunities. It is also near Sou...
Big Blend Radio: Sharon Kurtz - Exploring Egypt
March 12, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 57.5 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 tour leader Sharon Kurtz who shares her recent adventures in Egypt. Hear about what it was like to explore the Valley of the Kings during the pandemic, along with her private visit to King Tutankhamun’s Tomb. Read her story on NationalParkTraveling.com. This episode also features Steve Schneickert's Egyptian Hollywood History ...
Big Blend Radio: The Pony Express at Fort Churchill
March 10, 2021 23:00 - 11 minutes - 9.77 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radios Way Back When History show features park ranger Kristin Sanderson who shares the history of the Pony Express at Fort Churchill and Buckland Station near Yerington in Northwest Nevada. Fort Churchill was an important supply depot for the Nevada Military District (especially during the Civil War), a Pony Express stop, and a base for troops tasked with patrolling the overland routes. Buckland Station was a way station for the Overland Stage Company on the Overlan...
Big Blend Radio: Sarah Elliston - Getting Through COVID with a Difficult Person
March 09, 2021 00:00 - 41 minutes - 37 MBCOVID-19 has had an impact on all of us. If you are working from home with family members living with you, someone is bound to get on your nerves. It is not a good time to explode, even though that may be what you feel like doing. On this episode of Big Blend Radio, Sarah Elliston shares tips on maintaining patience so you can accommodate those in your life who drive you crazy. Read her article about it on BlendRadioandTV.com. Sarah Elliston is the author of “Lessons from a Difficult Person...
Big Blend Radio: Artist Victoria Chick - The Ways Light Makes Art Possible
March 07, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBThere is no life without light. Art enhances that life. And there is no bad light, just light that is different. All around the world, artists are producing art with whatever light they have, producing it from their hearts, and trying to bring an inner illumination to the viewers of their art. Join Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio’s Toast to The Arts Show with artist Victoria Chick, who discussing The ...
Big Blend Radio: Comics Journalist Andy Warner Returns to Hawaii
March 05, 2021 19:00 - 48 minutes - 43.5 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio’s 1st Friday “Toast to The Arts Show” with the National Parks Arts Foundation (NPAF). On this episode, comics journalist Andy Warner returns to the show to discuss his second NPAF residency in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park. Warner is a New York Times bestselling comics journalist and artist, whose comics range between journalism, documentary and memoir. He has pu...
Big Blend Radio: Childen's Book Author Christine Isley-Farmer
March 04, 2021 00:00 - 50 minutes - 45.2 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio’s Writer’s Wednesday Show with Books Forward, featuring Christine Isley-Farmer, author of the Boomer’s Tales children’s book series. The first installment “Finding My Yip” is out now through Wandering Woods Press. The power of stories and music’s healing qualities weave their way through the book, which also features a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel as the narrator....
Big Blend Radio: Jan Cleere - Military Wives of Arizona Territory
March 02, 2021 00:00 - 49 minutes - 44.9 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio’s “Way Back When Military History Monday” Show, featuring Jan Cleere, an acclaimed author, historian, and expert speaker who writes extensively about the desert southwest, particularly the people who first settled the territory. On this episode she discusses her latest book, “Military Wives in Arizona Territory: A History of Women Who Shaped the Frontier.” When the...
Big Blend Radio: Ward Heinrichs - California Family Rights Act
February 28, 2021 19:00 - 41 minutes - 36.7 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio’s Success Express Business & Career Show, featuring attorney Ward Heinrichs who discusses the recent expansion of the California Family Rights Act, plus, new requirements for California small businesses including Sexual Harassment Trainng and Child Abuse Reporting & Training for Businesses that Employ Minors. Read Ward's article outlining the new requirements on Ble...
Big Blend Radio: Author Bethany Mangle - Prepped
February 26, 2021 19:00 - 44 minutes - 40 MBAlways be ready for the worst day of your life: This is the mantra that Becca Aldaine has grown up with. Her family is part of a community of doomsday preppers, a neighborhood that prioritizes survivalist training over class trips or senior prom. Becca’s story is the backbone of the young adult novel “Prepped” by Bethany Mangle who joins Big Blend Radio to discuss her writing and latest book that explores themes from her Korean identity, sisterhood, and finding your place within your family a...
Big Blend Radio: Mystery Author Kathy McIntosh
February 25, 2021 00:00 - 43 minutes - 39 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio’s 4th Wednesday “Tucson Sisters in Crime” show features mystery author Kathy McIntosh. Kathy writes mysteries with mirth. A reformed high tech marketer and former columnist on words, Kathy has translated her love of words, humor and nature into her fiction. After many years in Idaho, in 2014 she and her husband moved to southeastern Arizona. Kathy’s first two novels “Mustard’s Last Stand” and “Foul Wind” are humorous romps in the wilds of north Idaho. Her newes...
Big Blend Radio: The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado
February 23, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBLess than an hour north of Denver, roam more than 500 large carnivores – including over 200 bears, 70 African lions, and 70 tigers. Now living at The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg, Colorado, these wild animals and the stories of their rescue, often from heartbreaking conditions, are the focal point of the newly released and groundbreaking book “Forever Wild, Forever Home: The Story of The Wild Animal Sanctuary of Colorado,” written by sanctuary volunteers and Melanie and Mark Shellenba...
Big Blend Radio's Champagne Sundays Entertainment Variety Show
February 21, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 74.9 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team on the Love Your Parks Tour and and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio’s Champagne Sundays Show, airing live from Asheville, North Carolina. On this episode we all raise a glass to something positive or happy, and play Big Blend’s “Words & Stories Game,” plus, we’ll air one of Steve Schneickert’s Hollywood History segments, and music from Michael Ely. Featured guests include: - Steve Schneickert - H...
Big Blend Radio: Days of the Bagnold Summer Movie
February 19, 2021 19:00 - 33 minutes - 29.9 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio focuses on the new film DAYS OF THE BAGNOLD SUMMER, with director Simon Bird and star actor Monica Dolan. Based on the critically acclaimed graphic novel, DAYS OF THE BAGNOLD SUMMER is a funny yet sweet coming-of-age story about single motherhood and Metallica. Daniel was supposed to spend the summer with his dad and his dad’s new wife in Florida, but when his dad cancels the trip Daniel and his mom suddenly face the prospect of six long weeks together. An ep...
Big Blend Radio: Katharine Manning - The Empathetic Workplace
February 18, 2021 00:00 - 56 minutes - 50.4 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio’s Success Express Show features Katharine Manning, author of “The Empathetic Workplace” that teaches readers the five steps to respond to trauma at work. This critical resource gives managers, HR, and anyone who may come into contact with someone in trauma — including workplace violence, harassment, assault, bias, illness, addiction, fraud, bankruptcy, and more — the tools they need to be prepared for what lies ahead. For 15 years, senior attorney Katharine Ma...
Big Blend Radio: The Great Outdoors is Good for Your Heart
February 16, 2021 00:00 - 45 minutes - 41 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 Dr. Jackie Eubany, a board certified cardiologist and electrophysiologist, and author of the best-selling book “Women and Heart Disease: The Real Story.” On this episode she discusses getting outside for a walk or hike is good cardio for your heart, calms hypertension and stress, and is a good way to be active while keeping social d...
Big Blend Radio: Champagne Toast to Valentine's Day
February 14, 2021 19:00 - 2 hours - 115 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio’s Champagne Sundays "Toast to Valentine's Day" Show, airing live from Asheville, North Carolina. ON THIS EPISODE: - A Romantic's Guide To King Crimson - Hear about the new 12-track album of reinvented King Crimson material by the husband-and-wife duo Deborah and Pat Mastelotto. - A Love for Pets and Travel - Angela Laws, award-winning community manager of Trusted...
Big Blend Radio: San Diego to Phoenix
February 12, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 78.7 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio’s 2nd Friday Food Wine & Travel Show with the International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association (IFWTWA), airing live from Asheville, North Carolina. ON THIS EPISODE: - Noreen Kompanik, a San Diego based freelance travel writer and photographer, talks about the ways travel writing enriches lives. - Douglas MacKenzie, Director of Media Relations at Visit Phoeni...
Big Blend Radio: Reggae Singer-Songwriter Annicia Banks
February 11, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 65.8 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team on the Love Your Parks Tour and and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio airing live from Asheville, North Carolina. This episode features reggae singer-songwriter Annicia Banks who is getting ready to release her debut EP “Up Front” through Raw Vue Music on March 5, 2021. Hailing from Kingston, Jamaica, Annicia has toured the Caribbean, United States, Asia, Africa, and Europe, using the dulcet tones of h...
Big Blend Radio: Lea Brovedani - Building Trust in 2021
February 09, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 71.7 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team on the Love Your Parks Tour and and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio’s Success Express Show, airing live from Asheville, North Carolina. Focusing on What to Trust in 2021, this episode features Lea Brovedani “The Trust Architect,” one of North America’s leading experts on trust. Read her article on BlendRadioandTV.com. Lea is the author of “TRUST Me – Restore Belief & Confidence in an Uncertain World...
Big Blend Radio - Soul Diving and Cooking
February 07, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 90.9 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team on the Love Your Parks Tour and and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio’s Champagne Sundays Show, airing live from Asheville, North Carolina. Featured Guest Segments - Soul Divingwith Shelley Whizin, 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 “What Do You Bring to the Table? A Savory, Sensory and Inspi...
Big Blend Radio: Tanya Ortega - National Parks Arts Foundation
February 05, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 70.3 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio’s 1st Friday Toast to The Arts & Parks Show features Tanya Ortega, photographer and founder of the National Parks Arts Foundation (NPAF). Tanya discusses NPAF’s unique 1-month artist residency opportunities in various parks, public lands, and national parks, that include Death Valley, Hawai’i Volcanoes, Haleakala, Dry Tortugas, Chaco Canyon, and Fort Union. From sculptors to painters, musicians to poets and dancers, the program is open to artists of all mediums...
Big Blend Radio: Filmmaker Ben Rekhi - The Reunited States
February 04, 2021 00:00 - 47 minutes - 42.8 MBWhile the country is split into two warring factions, The Reunited States is an urgent documentary that follows four everyday heroes on the difficult journey of bridging our political divides. This powerful and urgent documentary focuses on hope and solutions instead of dwelling in our differences. Based on the book of the same name by Mark Gerzon, “The Reunited States” is out now in Virtual Cinemas and will be available on VOD platforms February 9. This episode of Big Blend Radio features a...
Big Blend Radio: Mike Guardia - Operation Desert Storm
February 02, 2021 00:00 - 58 minutes - 52.6 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. Mike gives an overview of the Gulf War and Operation Desert Storm and discusses the role Twentynine Palms played in the military operation. The Marines first came to Twentynine Palms in 1952. Since then, the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center has trained thousands of proud Marines, many of whom we...
Big Blend Radio: Vivian Conan - Losing the Atmosphere
January 31, 2021 19:00 - 58 minutes - 52.4 MBVivian Conan felt unreal and disconnected. She spoke to faces in the mirror that were not her own. And after years of therapy and multiple hospitalizations, she had a diagnosis: dissociative identity disorder (once known as multiple personality disorder.) On this episode of Big Blend Radio’s Quality of Life show, Vivian discusses some of the stories covered in her memoir, “Losing the Atmosphere: A Memoir, A Baffling Disorder, A Search for Help, and the Therapist Who Understood." "Losing the ...
Big Blend Radio: Ellen Whitfield Shares Literary PR Tips for 2021
January 29, 2021 19:00 - 35 minutes - 31.9 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio’s Success Express Show features Ellen Whitfield, Senior Publicist at Books Forward. From getting book reviews and media placements to creating social media buzz, Ellen shares tips on how authors can garner publicity to promote their books and author expertise, and ultimately boost book sales. A full-service literary publicity company that is part of the veteran JKS Communications brand, Books Forward has been connecting great authors with readers for more than...
Big Blend Radio: Tucson Sisters in Crime - Eva Eldridge and Elaine Powers
January 28, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio focuses on the Tucson Sisters in Crime chapter in Southern Arizona with writer Eva Eldridge and author Elaine A. Powers. Welcoming Sisters and Brothers in Crime from everywhere who have an interest in writing, and in the Southern Arizona mystery community, the Tucson Sisters In Crime is made up of authors, writers, readers, librarians, editors, publishers, agents, and booksellers with a passion for the mystery genre. In 1986, women wrote 40 percent of all my...
Big Blend Radio: San Fernando Blitz - Sandy McKnight and Fernando Perdomo
January 26, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio’s Music Monday Show, airing live from Navarre, Florida. After last January's release of their successful first collaboration, Albany-area artist Sandy McKnight and Los Angeles' ubiquitous multi-instrumentalist/producer Fernando Perdomo have released their latest work "San Fernando Blitz." McKnight has been an in-demand bassist since the 70s, and has worked with man...
What Do You Bring To The Table - Shelley Whizin and Linda Kissam
January 24, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio features travel and food writer Linda Kissam “Food, Wine & Shopping Diva,” and Shelley Whizin, author of "What Do You Bring to the Table: A Savory, Sensory and Inspirational Guide to Living a Yummy Delicious Life.” As Founder of the Soul Diving Institute, Shelley guides you how to build awareness that what you bring to the table of life is always more important than what you get from it. Using brief Happy Mindful Meditations before cooking is a way to re-acquai...
Author Trudi Trueit - National Geographic Kids Explorer Academy Series
January 22, 2021 19:00 - 43 minutes - 38.8 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio features Trudi Trueit, author of all the narratives for National Geographic Kids Explorer Academy series. The series follows the adventures of young Cruz and his friends who attend an elite school where they study to become world-class explorers. In the latest and 5th book in the series: The Tiger's Nest, the explorers begin a new adventure through a vast underwater world on an island nation in the Indian Ocean, and take part in a friendly robotics competition....
Big Blend Radio: Debbie Stone - Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
January 21, 2021 00:00 - 29 minutes - 26.4 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio with travel writer Debbie Stone who shares her adventures in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Located in central California, Sequoia and neighboring Kings Canyon are treasured gems in our country’s national parks system. Extending from the San Joaquin Valley foothills to the eastern crest of the Sierra Nevada, these parks are testament to nature’s size, dive...
Big Blend Radio: Keyboardist Peter Chilvers and Guitarist Jon Durant
January 19, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 71.3 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio with English keyboardist Peter Chilvers and American guitarist Jon Durant. Hear about their collaboration to create and release “Always Golden Sands” and “Vista,” an ambient jazz album in two parts. The recordings feature a series of stunningly beautiful aural vistas, which blend ECM inspired chamber jazz improvisation with ambient music. For both artists, this re...
Big Blend Radio: Author Edwin Hill - Hester Thursby Mystery Series
January 17, 2021 18:00 - 47 minutes - 42.8 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio’s new “Authors Sunday" Show with Books Forward airing every third Sunday. This episode features Edwin Hill, author of the critically-acclaimed Hester Thursby mystery series, the first of which, “Little Comfort,” was an Agatha Award finalist, a selection of the Mysterious Press First Mystery Club, and a Publishers Marketplace Buzz Books selection. The second install...
Big Blend Radio: Family Fun in Natchitoches, Louisiana
January 15, 2021 19:00 - 39 minutes - 35.1 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. On this episode focuses on family-friendly attractions and activities in Natchitoches, Louisiana with Kelli West of Natchitoches Convention and Visitors Bureau and Laramie Nichols from the new Lost Treasure Mining Company at the Dark Woods Adventure Park. Located in Northwest Louisiana, Natchitoches is the oldest settlement in the st...
Big Blend Radio: Nature Connection - Plastic, Pollution, The Ocean
January 14, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 87.5 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team on the Love Your Parks Tour and and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio’s Nature Connection Show, airing live from Baker, Florida. ON THIS EPISODE: - Kids Versus Plastic - National Geographic Kids Editor, Ariane Szu-Tu, discusses their new book, “KIDS VS. PLASTIC: How You Can Ditch the Straw and Find the Pollution Solution to Bottles, Bags and Other Single Use Plastic.” - Project Save Our Surf - Award-w...
Big Blend Radio: Musician Evan Wardell - In Like a Lion - Out Like a Light
January 12, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio with Evan Wardell, a musician, producer, and audio engineer based in San Francisco. Hear about his new debut solo album “In Like a Lion / Out Like a Light,” a hook-laden indie rock masterpiece that illustrates the pain of addiction, heartbreak, and the all too common struggle just to get out of bed in the morning. Written, performed, produced, recorded, and mixed e...
Big Blend Radio: Champagne Sundays - Music, Pets and Travel
January 10, 2021 19:00 - 2 hours - 110 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team on the Love Your Parks Tour and and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio’s Champagne Sundays Show, airing live from Baker, Florida. Featured Guests: - Lea Brovedani “The Trust Architect,” discuss the importance of trust when it comes to pet and house sitting. - Celebrated guitarist Eric Byak discusses his career, musical work on the hit TV show “This is Us,” and latest music including the single “Lagu...