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Big Blend Radio Happy Hour - A Toast to Women
April 01, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 72.7 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Parks & Travel Magazine, for this episode of Big Blend Radio’s Happy Hour Show, broadcasting live from the historic Homestead Inn in Twentynine Palms, California, gateway to Joshua Tree National Park. Raising a glass and sharing stories of noteworthy women in history in honor of The Year of the Woman, featured guests include Amy Dugan of Visit Greeley in Northeast Colorad...
Big Blend Radio: Author Tracy Richardson - The Catalyst
March 31, 2020 23:00 - 50 minutes - 45.2 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Parks & Travel Magazine, for this episode of Big Blend Radio, broadcasting live from the historic Homestead Inn in Twenytnine Palms, California. Featured guest is science fiction author Tracy Richardson, who discusses her upcoming novel “The Catalyst” (Brown Books Publishing Group, June 2, 2020). Marcie, a junior in high school, is spending her summer working at Angel Mo...
BIg Blend Radio: Katie Burke - Urban Playground
March 30, 2020 23:00 - 40 minutes - 35.9 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Parks & Travel Magazine, for this episode of Big Blend Radio’s Quality of Life show, broadcasting live from the historic Homestead Inn in Twenytnine Palms, Calfiornia. Featured guest is Katie Burke, author of “Urban Playground: What Kids Say About Living in San Francisco,” that explores the experience of kids ages five to nine living in this city. . Just when the book sug...
Big Blend Radio: A Toast to Fiction, Music and PortoVino Views
March 29, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 86.7 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, along with special guest co-host Marisa China Hammerbeck of PortoVino, for this episode of Big Blend Radio’s Champagne Sundays show, broadcasting live from the historic Homestead Inn in Twenytnine Palms, California. Featured Guests: - Rayya Deeb, author of the young adult science fiction Seneca Society series, discusses both books including Seneca Rebel (Book 1), and Seneca Element (...
Big Blend Radio: Debbie Stone - Calling All Wannabe Hobbits!
March 28, 2020 18:00 - 22 minutes - 19.4 MBThis Big Blend Radio podcast (pre-recorded prior to the COVID-19 quarantine), features travel writer Debbie Stone who shares her adventures in Hobbiton in New Zealand, the famed movie set home of author J.R.R. Tolkien's hobbits. The Hobbiton Movie Set is a must for fans of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" trilogies. It's the country's only set left from the movies and attracts nearly 650,000 tourists and wannabe hobbits a year. The site is near the village of Matamata, about 110 miles...
Big Blend Radio: Quality of Life During COVID-19
March 27, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 94.8 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Parks & Travel Magazine, for this episode of Big Blend Radio broadcasting live from the historic Homestead Inn in Twenytnine Palms, Calfiornia. On this episode: - Bobbi DePorter and Charles Smith of Quantum Learning Network and SuperCamp, discusses the new Quantum Learning Mentor Program, a daily virtual 1-hour live session where students take assessment of their learnin...
Big Blend Radio: Glynn Burrows - Family History and Crisis Opportunity
March 26, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 68.6 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Parks & Travel Magazine, for this episode of Big Blend Radio, broadcasting live from the historic Homestead Inn in Twenytnine Palms, California, gateway to Joshua Tree National Park. On this episode: - Glynn Burrows, family history expert and owner of Norfolk Tours UK, discusses the historic ties connecting best-selling author, poet and Native American rights activist He...
Big Blend Radio: Monique Allen - Stop Landscaping, Start Life-Scaping
March 26, 2020 00:00 - 42 minutes - 38.4 MBOn this episode of Big Blend Radio’s Garden Gossip show, Monique Allen, Founder & Creative Director of The Garden Continuum, discusses her new book, “Stop Landscaping, Start Life-Scaping: A Guide to Ending the Rush-rush, Humdrum Approach to Landscape Development & Care.” Out now through Ingram Sparks, her book sheds light on how to transform landscapes into powerful places that can recharge our batteries, uplift our souls, and delight our senses. To get Monique’s “Picking Plants” e-Book, tex...
Big Blend Radio: Zakiya Hooker - Legacy
March 25, 2020 23:00 - 53 minutes - 48.4 MBOn this episode of Big Blend Radio, award-winning blues singer-songwriter Zakiya Hooker shares the songs and stories behind her upcoming new album “Legacy.” On this album she produced, wrote all the songs, and composed all the music on the entire project. At first glance it would seem that Zakiya was born into the blues. After all, her father is the late great Blues Legend John Lee Hooker. Zakiya has pursued life and music on her own terms. Her music paints a broad swath in the styles it co...
Big Blend Radio: Margot Carrera - Gardens Across America
March 24, 2020 00:00 - 48 minutes - 43.3 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio’s Garden Gossip features fine art nature photographer Margot Carrera who talks about her favorite and recent garden experiences. Hear the Gardens Across America interactive map story project that she assigned hosts Nancy J. Reid & Lisa D. Smith as part of their Love Your Parks Tour. You can be part of the project by joining the Big Blend Community Garden Experience Challenge, where together, over the next 20 months, we’ll collectively post 2020 photos from curr...
Big Blend Radio Musical Happy Hour - Jeff Kossack and The OtherHand
March 23, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 54.3 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio’s Musical Happy Hour Show airs live from the historic Homestead Inn in Twentynine Palms, California gateway to Joshua Tree National Park. Featured guests are Southenr California based singer-songwriter / producer Jeff Kossack and guitarist Nick Kirgo, who will discuss their music, the songs from Jeff’s new album “Imperfect Valentine,” and, will play a the radio version of the award-winning and Amazon best-selling Spontuneous “The Song Game.”
Big Blend Radio: Chef Ivan Flowers - Spring Asparagus Salad
March 22, 2020 19:00 - 33 minutes - 29.5 MBOn this episode of Big Blend Radio’s Eat, Drink & Be Merry Show, 5-Star Chef and Culinary Educator Ivan Flowers shares cooking and kitchen sanitization tips, and how to make his delicious spring asparagus salad recipe that also features red grapes, lemon, shaved Parmesan, and reduced Balsamic. See the recipe on BlendRadioandTV.com. Featured music is “Fresh Squeezed” by Johnny Mastro & Mama’s Boys. Thanks to PortoVino, creators of stylish wine tote bags, purses and bacjpacks, for sponsoring...
Big Blend Radio: Champagne Sundays - A Toast to Music and Hollywood History
March 22, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio’s Champagne Sundays show broadcasts live from the historic Homestead Inn in Twentynine Palms, California, gateway to Joshua Tree National Park. Featured guest is Austin based singer-songwriter Shelley King, the first woman to be appointed Official State Musician of Texas by the legislature. In addition to being a multi-award winning singer-songwriter-bandleader, Shelley is known for her soulful vocals and powerful performances. Hear the songs and stories behin...
Big Blend Radio: Artist Victoria Chick - The Transcending Fascination of Plants
March 20, 2020 19:00 - 39 minutes - 34.9 MBJoin us for the second episode of our special “Spring Fling” Big Blend Radio broadcast series with artist Victoria Chick who discusses three 20th century printmakers who made flowers and plants their subjects. These artists include: master printmaker Carl Grupp (1939-1974), Wilbur Niewald (1925-), and Victoria Hutson Huntley (1900-1971). Read her article on BlendRadioandTV.com. A regular Big Blend expert contributor, Victoria Chick is contemporary figurative artist and early 19th/20th centu...
Big Blend Radio: Americana Singer-Songwriter Patsy Thompson
March 20, 2020 18:00 - 56 minutes - 51.1 MBJoin us for the first episode of our special “Spring Fling” Big Blend Radio broadcast series, airing live from the historic Homestead Inn in Twentynine Palms, California, with Americana singer-songwriter Patsy Thompson. Hear about her music career, along with the songs and stories from her brand new album “Fabulous Day.” This new album was inspired by new beginnings, to leave bad situations and negative people, and start over. “Fabulous Day” will take you on a ride in a positive way, the goo...
Big Blend Radio: Made in L.A. Writers - Cody Sisco and Aryn Youngless
March 18, 2020 23:00 - 35 minutes - 31.4 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio focuses on the Made in L.A. indie author co-cooperative based in Los Angeles with author and co-founder Cody Sisco, and writer Aryn Youngless. Hear about the three anthologies “Made in L.A. Vol. 1: Stories Rooted in the City of Angels,” “Made in L.A. Vol. 2: Chasing the Elusive Dream,” and “Made in L.A. Vol. 3: Art of Transformation.” Featured music is “Lost in L.A.” from the album “Heartbeat” by Nicki Kris. Thanks to the National Parks Arts Foundation for s...
Big Blend Radio: Mike Guardia - Wings of Fire: A Combat History of the F-15
March 16, 2020 23:00 - 58 minutes - 52.4 MBOn this episode of Big Blend Radio’s Way Back When History show, military historian and award-winning author Mike Guardia discusses his new book, “Wings of Fire: A Combat History of the F-15.” For more than forty years, the McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) F-15 Eagle has been the US Air Force’s premier multi-role fighter jet. Made popular by its ubiquity during the Persian Gulf War, the F-15 has become one of the most recognized and revered fighter jets in the world today. Throughout its illus...
Big Blend Radio: Guitar Master and Composer Peppino D'Agostino
March 15, 2020 18:00 - 44 minutes - 39.5 MBOn this episode of Big Blend Radio, guitar master and composer Peppino D'Agostino discusses his music career andnew solo alabum “Connexion." Peppino has had a busy six years since his critically-acclaimed release, “Penumbra,” touring internationally, scoring documentary soundtracks and video games, and performing with some of the world’s best musicians. This all served as inspiration for his new, original recording, “Connexion,” the long-anticipated album will be released on April 3rd, 2020,...
Big Blend Radio: Paula Schuck - Spring Break Ski Vacation in Vermont
March 13, 2020 18:00 - 36 minutes - 32.3 MBOn this episode of Big Blend Radio’s 2nd Friday Vacation Station Food, Wine & Travel Show, travel writer Paula Schuck shares her family’s travel experiences in Vermont, especially during the spring ski season. Vermont has a ski resort for every type of skier, every family, and any age. You won't find better skiing on the East Coast than you will in Vermont and with so many options to choose from, you can't go wrong. See Paula's story on NationalParkTraveling.com. Thanks to the Internationa...
Big Blend Radio: Jerri Hagman - Historic Homestead Inn
March 11, 2020 23:00 - 25 minutes - 22.3 MBOn this episode, Big Blend Radio hosts Nancy J. Reid & Lisa D. Smith pay a visit to their longtime friend Jerri Hagman, innkeeper of the historic Homestead Inn in Twentynine Palms, California, the gateway city to Joshua Tree National Park, Mojave Trails National Monument, and Mojave National Park & Preserve. Sweeping panoramic views of the stunning desert mountains surround this nearly 12 acre property situated only a few minutes from the Joshua Tree National Park. Desert sunrises greet your ...
Big Blend Radio: Lea Brovedani - The Five Tenets of Trust
March 09, 2020 23:00 - 58 minutes - 53 MBOn this episode of Big Blend Radio’s Success Express Business & Career Show, leading trust expert Lea Brovedani “The Trust Architect” discusses the Five Tenets of Trust, a main focus in her latest book, “Trust Me: Restore Belief & Confidence in an Uncertain World.” As described in her latest https://blendradioandtv.com/listing/the-five-tenets-of-trust/Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine Article, the Five Tenets include: Commitment, Caring, Consistency, Competence, and Communication. Globally reco...
Big Blend Radio: Ruth Milstein - Cooking Chicken Roulade
March 08, 2020 18:00 - 27 minutes - 23.9 MBOn this episode of Big Blend Radio’s “Eat, Drink & Be Merry” show, Ruth Milstein shares how to make her Chicken Roulade recipe. Serving 6 and perfect for holiday celebrations, this dish features a tender, juicy, baked chicken roll with a delicately enticing spinach-pine nut filling. Ruth is the author of the Gourmand award-winning book “Cooking with Love: Ventures Into the New Israeli Cuisine,” which is now in its second printing. Featured music is “Pour the Champagne” from the album “In ...
Big Blend Radio: Photographer Cody Brothers in Death Valley
March 06, 2020 19:00 - 49 minutes - 44.3 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio’s 1st Friday Toast to The Arts & Park’s show features acclaimed landscape black and white analog photographer and dark room expert Cody Brothers. His photography is analog only, using a 4 x 5 field camera and the unique panoramic Linhof 617 Technorama medium format, often using infrared film to create surrealist landscape effects. Hear about his work and recent month-long National Parks Arts Foundation artist-in-residence experience in Death Valley National Par...
Big Blend Radio: Linda Ballou - Adventures in Australia
March 05, 2020 00:00 - 36 minutes - 32.2 MBOn this episode of Big Blend Radio’s Vacation Station Travel Show, travel writer and author Linda Ballou shares some of her recent adventures “Down Under” with Oversease Adventure Travel that took her from Melbourne to Sydney; and included Alice Springs, Uluru, the Daintree forest (the oldest tropical forest on earth), and the threatened Great Barrier Reef. See her photos, article links and jigsaw puzzle of the Royal Botanical Garden on NationalParkTraveling.com. Linda is a regular Big Blen...
Big Blend Radio: Judi Cohen - World Traveler and Writer Insider
March 03, 2020 00:00 - 45 minutes - 40.7 MBOn this episode of Big Blend Radio’s Vacation Station Travel Show, features travel writer Judi Cohen who has travelled the world in search of unique experiences and off-the-beaten-path destinations. She is also a connoisseur of small-ship cruises that pack big adventure, along with cultural and dining experiences. Judi has been to over 90 countries on six continents and enjoys sharing her stories along the way. Judi has joined the BIg Blend family as a guest expert on Big Blend Radio, and edi...
Big Blend Radio: Debbie Stone Hikes New Zealand's Tongariro Alpine Crossing
March 01, 2020 19:00 - 28 minutes - 25.3 MBOn this episode of Big Blend Radio's Vacation Station Travel Show, travel writer Debbie Stone shares her epic hiking experience on New Zealand’s Tongariro Alpine Crossing, an unforgettable 12.1-mile trek that’s often regarded as one of the top ten one-day hikes in the world by the likes of National Geographic. The Crossing, as it is often called, is located within Tongariro National Park, a dual World Heritage Area, recognized for both its Maori culture and outstanding volcanic features. Read...
BIg Blend Radio: Celebrate Spring in Historic Natchitoches, Louisiana
February 28, 2020 22:00 - 34 minutes - 30.6 MBFrom the Cane River Film Festival to the Melrose Arts & Crafts Festival, this episode of Big Blend Radio’s special Spring Travel Showcase focuses on spring activities and events in historic Natchitoches, Louisiana. Founded in 1714 by Louis Juchereau de St. Denis, Natchitoches is the original French Colony and oldest city in Louisiana, and celebrates a vibrant blend of French, Spanish, African, Native American and Creole cultures. Home to the Cane River Creole National Historical Park, it is ...
Big Blend Radio: Spring Fun in Greeley and Weld County, Colorado
February 28, 2020 21:00 - 39 minutes - 35.4 MBFrom the annual UNC Greeley Jazz Festival to the Wildflowers of Pawnee National Grassland, this episode of Big Blend Radio’s special Spring Travel Showcase focuses on spring activities and events in Greeley and Weld County in Northeast Colorado. Perfectly situated on the high plains with panoramic views of the Rocky Mountains, Greeley is the seat of Weld County and is located mid-way between Denver and Cheyenne, WY at the confluence of Cache la Poudre and South Platte Rivers. Weld County is h...
Big Blend Radio: Spring Adventures in California's Sequoia Country
February 28, 2020 20:00 - 44 minutes - 39.7 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio’s special Spring Travel Showcase, focuses on spring activities and events in Tulare County, Central California. Home to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, the Giant Sequoia National Monument and Sequoia National Forest, the region is a year-round destination offering a variety of outdoor activities, a calendar full of events and festivals, and an eclectic selection of shopping and dining opportunities in the local communities. Featured guests from the...
Big Blend Radio: Spring Vacation in City Destinations Across America
February 28, 2020 19:00 - 29 minutes - 25.8 MBOn this episode of Big Blend Radio’s special Spring Travel Showcase, it’s all about Spring Vacation in City Destinations Across America. Deborah Wakefield of CityPASS shares how the company creates discounted, bundled admission tickets for the top attractions in 14 North American destinations. From desert wildflowers to baseball and music festivals, Douglas MacKenzie of Visit Phoenix discusses the spring events, attractions, and activities in beautiful Phoenix, central Arizona. Thanks to t...
Big Blend Radio: Glynn Burrows - Springtime in England
February 27, 2020 00:00 - 45 minutes - 40.9 MBIn Norfolk, being surrounded by beautiful countryside, the early part of the year is beautiful. The colors of Spring in England, are mainly green, yellow and white, but, if we look closely, there are many other colors prevalent. On this episode of Big Blend Radio’s Nature Connection show, Glynn Burrows of Norfolk Tours talks about the flowers, birds, and wildlife during the spring season in Norfolk, England. See his article on NationalParkTraveling.com. Featured music is “Chair Beneath the T...
Big Blend Radio: Singing Out Loud - A Memoir of an Ex-Mardi Gras Queen
February 25, 2020 00:00 - 52 minutes - 46.8 MBMarilee Eaves grew up in the elite world of Uptown New Orleans, a world of Mardi Gras parades and exclusive balls. She spent nearly five decades of her life struggling to be herself in the midst of the elitist Mardi Gras societies that ruled her home city. Finally, in her fifties and sixties, she expanded her perspective, started questioning assumptions about the way she’d grown up, and carved her own path. On this episode of Big Blend Radio, she discusses her life and book, “Singing Out Loud...
Big Blend Radio: Bonnie S. Hirst - Surviving My Daughter's Life Sentence
February 23, 2020 19:00 - 39 minutes - 35 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio features Bonnie S. Hirst, the mother of Lacey Hirst-Pavek who was sentenced to life in prison in a murder-for-hire case in 2009. And now, 10 years later, She Writes Press has released Bonnie's book, "Test of Faith: Surviving My Daughter's Life Sentence," which shares her spiritual journey following her daughter's life sentence in prison. This story was the subject of a documentary on Oxygen. Featured music is “Wheel of Destiny” by guitarist James Saunders.
Big Blend Radio: Holly T. Hansen - Genealogy Wish List for Spring
February 21, 2020 19:00 - 34 minutes - 30.6 MBJoin hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio’s Way Back When History show. On this episode, genealogist and author Holly T. Hansen “Miss Holly GenTeacher” discusses spring celebrations and observations such as Easter, Mother’s Day , Father’s Day, and Memorial Day, offer terrfic opportunities to dig deeper into your family history. See her story on BlendRadioandTV.com. As an author, lecturer, editor, and publish...
Big Blend Radio: Attorney Ward Heinrichs - Does Anyone Like AB5 and the ABC Test
February 20, 2020 00:00 - 50 minutes - 45.2 MBThe California Supreme Court ruled nearly two years ago that the Golden State’s Wage Orders required a new test to determine who is, and is not, an independent contractor under the Orders. It is called the ABC test because it has three elements. The hiring business must prove all three, or the worker will be an employee. Last year, the California Legislature decided to apply that same test to all most all employment laws, not just the Wage Orders. It also exempted many industries, jobs, an...
Big Blend Radio: Kim Eierman - The Pollinator Victory Garden
February 16, 2020 19:00 - 53 minutes - 48.3 MBThe passion and urgency that inspired WWI and WWII Victory Gardens is needed today to meet another threat to our food supply and our environment—the steep decline of pollinators. This episode of Big Blend Radio’s Garden Gossip show features Kim Eierman, an environmental horticulturist and landscape designer specializing in ecological landscapes and native plants. Kim is the founder of EcoBeneficial and author of “The Pollinator Victory Garden” that offers practical solutions for winning the w...
Big Blend Radio: Judi Cohen - Adult Family Vacation in India
February 14, 2020 19:00 - 51 minutes - 46.4 MBYou're tasked with the daunting job of planning a family vacation with your adult children. Usually, destinations like Florida, Mexico, and France come to mind. Well, what about India!? On this episode of Big Blend Radio’s 1st Friday Food, Wine & Travel Show, travel writer Judi Cohen shares her family’s experiences in India. For the right kind of family, these are inspirational, eye-opening, opportunities to bond and see some of the world's most beautiful scenery and interesting cities. Ju...
Big Blend Radio: Marisa Hammerbeck - PortoVino and Wine with a View
February 13, 2020 00:00 - 48 minutes - 43.3 MBOn this episode of Big Blend Radio, Marisa Hammerbeck, Co-founder of PortoVino, chats about Big Blend’s special “PortoVino-with-a-View” map story series on the Love Your Parks Tour, and the new Big Blend Community Collabortive Challenge to share 2020 Nature Connection View Experiences in 20 months. Just as exercise and recreation are critical to good health, so is taking time to breathe deep and relax to reduce daily stress, and improve blood pressure. So why not do it out in nature to get so...
Big Blend Radio: Sarah Elliston - How to Give Negative Feedback at Work
February 11, 2020 00:00 - 48 minutes - 43.1 MBGiving negative or corrective feedback is challenging and even more so to people who are already hard to get along with. On this episode of Big Blend Radio’s Success Express Business & Career Show, Sarah H. Elliston shares how to give negative feedback to a difficult person at work. Read her article on BlendRadioandTV.com. Sarah is the author of “Lessons from a Difficult Person – How to Deal With People Like Us, is a faculty member of the Glasser Institute for Choice Theory, and is a works...
Big Blend Radio: Bobbi Deporter - Effective Education Around the World
February 09, 2020 19:00 - 55 minutes - 50.3 MBOn this episode of Big Blend Radio, education expert Bobbi DePorter explains how the Quantum Learning System integrates with content standards and initiatives providing a philosophy, models, and strategies that amplify teachers’ ability to teach and students’ ability to master those standards. It works on a global level and transcends grade levels, ethnic and cultural nuances, and teacher and leadership styles. Bobbi is the President of Quantum Learning Network, Co-Founder of SuperCamp (the ...
Big Blend Radio: Artist Dawn Waters Baker in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
February 07, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBOn this episode of Big Blend Radio’s Toast to The Arts & Parks show, landscape oil painter Dawn Waters Baker discusses her art and National Parks Arts Foundation (NPAF) month-long artist-in-residence experience in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park. Dawn was born and raised in the Philippines and lived through the Mt. Pinatubo eruption in 1991, so she is familiar with lush, volcanic landscapes. Today she lives in Dallas, Texas and is a signature member of Artists of Texas. Along with her work be...
Big Blend Radio: Dr. Jacqueline Eubany - Women's Heart Health
February 06, 2020 00:00 - 55 minutes - 49.7 MBHeart disease remains the number one killer of women in the US, killing more women than breast and lung cancer combined. On this episode of Big Blend Radio’s Quality of Life show, Dr. Jacqueline Eubany shares 10 Ways Women Can Improve Heart Health including diet, stress relief, cholesterol, physical activity and healthy lifestyle changes. Based in Orange County in Southern California, Dr. Jackie is a board certified cardiologist, electrophysiologist, and author of the best-selling book, “Wo...
Big Blend Radio: The Five Core Conversations for Couples
February 04, 2020 00:00 - 56 minutes - 50.8 MBMany of us have heard about the five love languages, but is there a realistic alternative for the messy and serious conversations that arise in every relationship? Enter David and Julie Bulitt. Julie is a seasoned family therapist and David is one of D.C.’s premiere divorce lawyers. On this episode of Big Blend Radio’s Quality of Life show they discuss their new book, “The Five Core Conversations for Couples,” that provides helpful advice to navigate marriage’s tricky and emotional situation...
Big Blend Radio: Chef Ivan Flowers - Teaching Kids to Cook
February 02, 2020 19:00 - 41 minutes - 37.2 MBOn this episode of Big Blend Radio’s Eat, Drink & Be Merry Show, 5-Star Chef and Culinary Educator Ivan Flowers talks nutrition, teaching kids how to cook, and shares how to make his kid-friendly recipe Spicy Veggie Pizza-Dilla. See the recipe on BlendRadioandTV.com. A long-time Big Blend expert and radio guest sharing recipes and cooking advice, Five-star Chef Ivan Flowers likes to keep food simple and fresh! Though his food is influenced from countries around the world, he combines a love...
Big Blend Radio: Mike Guardia - American Armor in the Pacific
January 31, 2020 19:00 - 58 minutes - 52.9 MBOn this episode of Big Blend Radio’s Way Back When history show, award-winning author and military historian Mike Guardia discusses his latest book, “American Armor in the Pacific” in the Casemate Illustrated series. The book explores American armor during the Pacific Campaign of WWII, from 1942-45. During this period there were over twenty major tank battles and operations where tanks provided heavy support to infantry units. These operations include the battle of Tarawa and the Bougainville...
Big Blend Radio: Kenefick Ranch Wines
January 30, 2020 00:00 - 43 minutes - 39.3 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio’s Eat, Drink and Be Merry show focuses on the quality estate wines produced at Kenefick Ranch in Napa Valley, California. Featured guests include founder Dr Tom Kenefick and writer Linda Kissam “Food, Wine & Shopping Diva.” In 1981, Dr. Tom Kenefick acquired a 205 acre parcel at the foothills of the Palisades Mountains in Calistoga. In 1982 he acquired an additional 35 acres. An additional 10 acres (Dr. K’s current residence) was acquired in 1989. His goal wi...
Big Blend Radio: Marty Glick - The Soledad Children
January 28, 2020 00:00 - 39 minutes - 35.4 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio features litigator Marty Glick, co-author of “The Soledad Children: The Fight to End Discriminatory IQ Tests.” During the 1960s, California public schools used English-language, culturally biased IQ tests to determine placements for students. This resulted in over 100,000 non-native English speakers and other minority students being routed into special education tracks. “The Soledad Children” is a new book written by attorneys Marty Glick and Maurice Jourdane ...
Big Blend Radio: Award-winning Author and Story Coach Marc Graham
January 26, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBOn this episode of Big Blend Radio, award-winning author Marc Graham discusses his writing career and two latest releases, “Son of the Sea, Daughter of the Sun,” and “Runes for Writers: Boost Your Creativity & Destroy Writers Block.” Utilizing his in-depth research, Graham takes readers back to the Mediterranean in 610 CE in “Son of the Sea, Daughter of the Sun,” mixing elements of romance, myth, and expert storytelling. In “Runes for Writers,” Graham shares his groundbreaking system to help...
Big Blend Radio: Farm Stories and The Peanut Patch with Donna George
January 25, 2020 00:00 - 14 minutes - 12.1 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio features Donna George, owner of The Peanut Patch in Yuma, Arizona. Hear about peanut and medjool date farming history in Yuma, the various gourmet gifts available at The Peanut Patch as well as their popular tours. On this episode Donna also sends hosts Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith on a special Farm Stories Across America map story project to document and share farm related stories that range from farm-to-table restaurants to historic farm equipment displays...
Big Blend Radio: Law and Order Across America with Attorney Ward Heinrichs
January 24, 2020 23:00 - 29 minutes - 25.9 MBThis episode of Big Blend Radio features San Diego employment attorney Ward Heinrichs. As part of their Love Your Parks Tour, Ward sends Big Blend Radio hosts Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith on a special Law & Order Across America map story project to document and share legal stories that range from historic jails and territorial prisons to graveyards, courthouses, and criminal cases. Hear about stories they have already covered like Pearl Hart “The Bandit Queen,” outlaw Warren Earp, Boothill...