Big Blend Radio
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Big Blend Radio: Many Hands Make Light Work
August 07, 2019 23:00 - 45 minutes - 40.5 MBJoin hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Park & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio with journalist and author Cheryl Stritzel McCarthy who discusses her newly released memoir, “Many Hands Make Light Work.” How can we raise children and teens who are capable, confident, and accepting of others? “Many Hands Make Light Work: A Memoir” features the rollicking true story of a family of nine children growing up in a ...
Big Blend Radio: A Visit to Historic Nacogdoches, Texas
August 05, 2019 23:00 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBJoin hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Park & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio’s Vacation Station Travel Show airing live from The Fredonia Hotel in Nacogdoches, Texas. This episode focuses on the Love Your Parks Tour visit to Nacogdoches, the oldest town in Texas. From antiquing to nature walks and historic trails, the garden capital of the state has something for everyone to enjoy. Featured guests include ...
Big Blend Radio: Exploring Louisiana's No Man's Land
August 04, 2019 18:00 - 1 hour - 90 MBJoin hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Park & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio’s Vacation Station Travel Show airing live from the SureStay Best Western Hotel in Leesville, Louisiana. This episode focuses on the Love Your Parks Tour visit to Louisiana’s No Man’s Land including Natchitoches, Sabine, Vernon and Beauregard Parishes. The Neutral Strip region, (a.k.a. No Man’s Land) draws its name from the area’s...
Big Blend Radio: Artist Alice Leese in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
August 02, 2019 18:00 - 50 minutes - 45.5 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 Arts in Parks show with the National Parks Arts Foundation (NPAF), a non-profit organization that creates extraordinary and unique artist-in-residence programs within the National Park Service. On this episode, painter and rancher Alice Leese discusses her artistic process and shares her artist-in-residence experience in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park...
Big Blend Radio: Spain and Louisiana Travel
July 31, 2019 23:00 - 1 hour - 81.9 MBJoin hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Park & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio’s Vacation Station Travel Show airing live from Historic Natchitoches, Louisiana. On This Episode: - Basque Country of Spain - Travel writer Hilarie Larson discusses her visit to the Basque Country of Spain that blends a mysterious past with a re-energized eye to the future. Here visitors will find the ultra-modern and the medie...
Big Blend Radio: Happy Hour with Borgo and The Cravens
July 29, 2019 23:00 - 1 hour - 106 MBJoin hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Park & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio’s New Music Happy Hour Show how airing live from Historic Natchitoches, Louisiana. On This Episode: - The Cravens - The Southern Florida rockers discuss their brand new full length album “The Dark Side of Love” and recently released EP “Early Bird Special - Lost Demos 2009.” - Borgo - Denver based singer-songwriter Brian Bourg...
Big Blend Radio: A Toast to Books and Butterflies
July 28, 2019 18:00 - 1 hour - 89.9 MBJoin hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Park & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio’s Champagne Sundays variety show, airing live from Historic Natchitoches, Louisiana. On This Episode: - Teacher, therapist and author Hendrika de Vries discusses her memoir “When a Toy Dog Became a Wolf and the Moon Broke Curfew” that shares her story of survival and the power of love, courage, and imagination in a time of viole...
Big Blend Radio: A Taste of Northern California's Tri-Valley
July 26, 2019 18:00 - 42 minutes - 38.1 MBJoin hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Park & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio’s spotlight on Northern California’s Tri-Valley region. Just east of San Francisco, this region is made up of three valleys that come together to create the name: Pleasanton, Livermore, Dublin, and the town of Danville.Collectively, these places are home to 60 award-winning wineries in Livermore Wine Country, foodie inspired resta...
Big Blend Radio: Chicago River Cruise and Architecture
July 24, 2019 23:00 - 38 minutes - 34 MBJoin hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Park & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio with travel writer Debbie Stone who shares her Chicago Architecture Foundation Center River Cruise experience aboard Chicago’s First Lady. The birthplace of the skyscraper, Chicago is an architectural mecca, and one of the best ways to appreciate this exciting landscape is via a Chicago Architecture Foundation Center River Cruise ...
Big Blend Radio: Why We Elect Narcissists & Sociopaths
July 22, 2019 23:00 - 58 minutes - 52.8 MBJoin hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Park & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio. Featured guest is lawyer, clinical social worker, veteran mediator and author Bill Eddy who discusses his latest book, WHY WE ELECT NARCISSISTS AND SOCIOPATHS – AND HOW WE CAN STOP! In an age when the most dramatic personalities receive the most media coverage, it’s no wonder that we are seeing a growing number of high conflict p...
Big Blend Radio: Greeley, Colorado - Monsters, Museums and Model Trains
July 21, 2019 18:00 - 1 hour - 80.4 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 Big Blend Radio’s Vacation Station Travel show, focusing on Greeley, Colorado, a destination on the Big Blend Love Your Parks Tour. Featured guests include: - Amy Dugan - Visit Greeley & Greeley Chamber of Commerce - Peggy Ford Waldo - City of Greeley Museums - Ed & Marsha Edmunds - Distortions Unlimited & Greeley Monster Day - Michelle Ke...
Big Blend Radio: International Family History Expo
July 19, 2019 18:00 - 58 minutes - 52.3 MBJoin hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Parks & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio’s 3rd Friday Family History Show. This episode focused on the Let Your Light Shine 2019 International Family History Expo, happening August 5-10, online at FamilyHistoryExpos.com. Featured guest experts include genealogist Holly T. Hansen - Founder of Family History Expos Melissa Barker - Certified Archives Manager working as the...
Big Blend Radio: Santa Fe, New Mexico - The City Different
July 17, 2019 23:00 - 1 hour - 83.9 MBJoin hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Park & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio’s Vacation Station Travel Show focusing on Nancy & Lisa’s Love Your Parks Tour experience in Santa Fe, New Mexico. ON THIS EPISODE - Georgia O’Keeffe Museum - Travel writer and museum docent Debbie Stone welcomes Nancy & Lisa to Santa Fe and gives them a tour of the Museum that’s dedicated to the artistic legacy of Georgia O'Keef...
Big Blend Radio: Split-Level: A Novel
July 15, 2019 23:00 - 56 minutes - 51.2 MBJoin hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Park & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio with award-winning author Sande Bortiz Berger. In her latest book, “Split-Level: A Novel,” the sexual revolution enters the Jersey suburbs and shakes up the life of a shy woman coming to terms with her own evolving identity. Sande Boritz Berger provides a breathtaking look at spousal relationships, gaslighting, emotional abuse, an...
Big Blend Radio: A Toast to New Music!
July 14, 2019 18:00 - 1 hour - 108 MBJoin hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Park & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio’s A Toast to The Arts show, airing live from Florence, Colorado. On This Episode: - Kaden Hollow - Arizona-based singer-songwriter Ryan David Orr discusses his new album “Kaden Hollow,” an indie-folk/alt-country/Americana concept album. Inspired by the haunting nostalgia of southern magic and mystery, this album spins tales abou...
Big Blend Radio: Traveling with Health Concerns
July 12, 2019 18:00 - 1 hour - 91.2 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 Big Blend Radio’s 2nd Friday IFWTWA Vacation Station Food, Wine & Travel Show. ON THIS EPISODE: - Gluten-Free& Autoimmune Disease Travel Tips - Christina Kantzavelos shares how to survive and thrive on your vacation if you battle with celiac disease, food intolerances, and sensitivities. Christina is a San Diego-based gluten-free and autoimm...
Big Blend Radio: Travel Writing and Cultural Tourism
July 10, 2019 23:00 - 1 hour - 95.2 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 Big Blend Radio’s Travel and Tourism Excellence Show On This Episode: - The World of Travel Writing - San Diego travel writer and photographer Noreen Kompanik discusses travel writing and media trips, and shares tips for both the destination and writer. Over 400 of her published articles have appeared in 38 different digital and print publicat...
Big Blend Radio: Following Fremont and the Pony Express
July 08, 2019 23:00 - 1 hour - 75.5 MBJoin hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Park & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio’s special Love Your Parks Tour how airing live from Florence, Colorado. On This Episode: - Following Fremont - Award-winning military historian and author Mike Guardia discusses the military and political career of John C. Fremont (Jan. 21, 1813 – July 13, 1890), who was explorer, politician, and soldier. Known as “The Pathfinde...
Big Blend Radio: A Toast to California Music and Day Trips
July 07, 2019 18:00 - 1 hour - 90.6 MBJoin hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Parks & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio’s Champagne Sundays variety show, airing live from Florence, Colorado. On This Episode: - The Future - Singer-songwriter Jimmy Yessian discusses his third new album “The Future”. A passionate live performer who connects instantly with his audiences, he has performed around the United States and Europe. He currently performs sol...
Big Blend Radio: Toast to The Arts - Hawaii, New Mexico and Kentucky
July 05, 2019 18:00 - 1 hour - 91 MBAirs at 11am PT / 2pm ET. Join 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 Big Blend Radio’s Toast to The Arts & Parks Show, broadcasting live from Florence, Colorado. On This Episode: - Comics Journalist Andy Warner in Hawaii - Hear about Andy Warner’s month long National Parks Arts Foundation (NPAF) artist-in-residence experience at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Plus, NPAF founder Tanya...
Big Blend Radio: Author Chris Tebbetts - Me, Myself, and Him
July 01, 2019 23:00 - 47 minutes - 42.1 MBJoin hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Park & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio with best-selling author Chris Tebbetts who discusses his new memoir-fiction hybrid “Me, Myself, and Him” that’s loosely based on his experience as a teenager. Following the book’s protagonist, Chris, through two parallel stories, “Me, Myself, and Him” brings to light how decisions have consequences and how that may affect a teen a...
Big Blend Radio: A Toast to Southern Arizona Parks and Music
June 30, 2019 18:00 - 1 hour - 95.5 MBJoin hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Park & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio’s Champagne Sundays variety show, airing live from Florence, Colorado. On This Episode: - Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge - Reta Rutledge, President of the Friends of Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, discusses the group’s volunteer work to help the Refuge restore and protect native Sonoran habitats and wildlife, and ...
Big Blend Radio: Roots Rock and Family History
June 28, 2019 18:00 - 1 hour - 104 MBJoin hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Park & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio's Toasts to The Arts show, airing live from Florence, Colorado. On This Episode: - Kwame Binea Shake Down - Roots rocker Kwame Binea discusses the band’s new single ‘Music”, upcoming shows, new music and recordings. Kwame Binea was born in West London with native origins in Ghana. He is a self-proclaimed rocker to the core, but ...
Big Blend Radio: A Toast to Music and Travel, Wine and Gin!
June 26, 2019 23:00 - 2 hours - 110 MBJoin hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Park & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio’s Happy Hour variety show, airing live from Florence, Colorado. On This Episode: - Touring Tri-Valley - Food, wine and travel writer Hilarie Larson talks about her recent visit to the relaxing, rolling hills of California’s Tri-Valley Wine Country. Just a short distance from the bustle of the San Francisco Bay, here one can soak ...
Big Blend Radio: Author Andrew Lam - Repentance
June 24, 2019 23:00 - 40 minutes - 35.9 MBJoin hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Park & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio with award-winning surgeon-author Andrew Lam, who discusses his dramatic new novel “Repentance” that approaches the storied history of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team from a new and controversial angle. Drawn from the heroic true story of a Japanese American regiment that fought in World War II and became the most decorated unit ...
Big Blend Radio: National Park Photographer Jim Schlett
June 23, 2019 18:00 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBJoin hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Parks & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio’s Toast to The Arts show featuring award-winning photographer Jim Schlett and Tanya Ortega, Founder of the National Parks Arts Foundation. Since 2016, Jim has been selected as an Artist-In-Resident at 6 National Park sites, and has 2 more scheduled in the second half of 2019. His photographs have been published in a number of mag...
Big Blend Radio: Cemeteries and Tombstone Art in Family History Research
June 21, 2019 18:00 - 53 minutes - 48.4 MBJoin hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio’s 3rd Friday Family History show. On this episode, genealogist Holly T. Hansen, Founder of Family History Expos, shares tips on visiting cemeteries and viewing tombstone art as part of tracing your family history. Cemeteries and cemetery art are intriguing and of great interest to many people who love to be outdoors and expanding their understanding of historical t...
Big Blend Radio: Destination Little Rock, Arkansas
June 19, 2019 23:00 - 32 minutes - 29.1 MBJoin hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Parks & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio’s Vacation Station Travel Show featuring Bill Fitzgerald, of Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau. Little Rock, Arkansas, is a unique blend of Southern charm and hospitality wrapped into a new, contemporary Southern style. This riverfront city is home to rich history, visual and performing arts, numerous parks and recreationa...
Big Blend Radio: Good Queen Anne
June 17, 2019 23:00 - 44 minutes - 40.1 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, with author Judith Lissauer Cromwell, who discusses her latest book “Good Queen Anne: Appraising the Life and Reign of the Last Stuart Monarch.” As the author of two previous historical biographies about complex and famous women, Dorothea Lieven and Florence Nightingale, Judith Cromwell is qualified to meet the challenge and tell the tru...
Big Blend Radio: Grover Anderson is The Frontman
June 16, 2019 18:00 - 47 minutes - 42.8 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 a special Big Blend Radio Father’s Day show featuring California gold rush region based Americana singer-songwriter Grover Anderson. Hear about his brand new and fourth album “The Frontman.” We also play a fun few rounds of the radio version of Spontuneous ‘The Song Game.’ Raised in the historic gold rush hills of Calaveras County, Grover Ande...
Big Blend Radio: Food, Wine and Travel Show
June 14, 2019 18:00 - 1 hour - 98.4 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 Big Blend Radio’s 2nd Friday IFWTWA Vacation Station Food, Wine & Travel Show, streaming live from Florence, Colorado. ON THIS EPISODE: - Cultural Palm Springs- Travel writer Susan Montgomery discusses her recent visit to Palm Springs and how it offers a unique, fascinating culture that includes Hollywood Celebrities, Mid-Century Modernism, N...
Big Blend Radio: Youth Education, Handling Change and Relationships
June 12, 2019 23:00 - 2 hours - 110 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 Big Blend Radio’s Quality of Life Show, airing live online from Florence, Colorado. On This Episode: - Making Grades Easier with Bobbi DePorter is the Co-founder of SuperCamp, President of Quantum Learning Network and creator of the 8 Keys of Excellence character education program. - How Personal Change Affects Relationships with Ralph Masengi...
Big Blend Radio: The Shaman of Turtle Valley
June 10, 2019 23:00 - 40 minutes - 36.4 MBJoin hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Parks & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio with award-winning author Clifford Garstang, who discusses his book “The Shaman of Turtle Valley.” A heart-rendering story of love, displacement, and the powerful ghosts that haunt so many families, Clifford’s debut novel combines his international experience and Virginia roots, and explores the healing of wounds —in families, n...
Big Blend World Radio Party: IFWTWA Conference and PortoVino
June 09, 2019 18:00 - 1 hour - 92.8 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 Big Blend’s World Radio Party airing live from Greeley, in Northeast Colorado! On This Episode: - IFWTWA Conference in Santa Fe - International Food Wine and Travel Writers Association (IFWTWA) will hold its annual conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico, November 11-13, 2019. The conference focuses on professional development, networking, promoti...
Big Blend Radio: A Toast to The Arts and Parks of New Mexico
June 07, 2019 18:00 - 2 hours - 110 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 Big Blend Radio’s Toast to The Arts & Parks Show, broadcasting live from Greeley, Colorado. On This Episode: - CHACO & AZTEC RUINS - Panel discussion with Dawnja Burris - media scholar, visual artist and National Parks Arts Foundation (NPAF) artist-in-residence, Nathan Hatfield - Chief of Interpretation at Chaco Culture National Historical Pa...
Big Blend Radio: Palm Springs to Greeley, Colorado
June 05, 2019 23:00 - 1 hour - 102 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 Big Blend Radio’s Vacation Station Travel Show, airing live online from Greeley, Colorado. On This Episode: - Three Days in Palm Springs - Travel writer Linda Kissam “Food, Wine & Shopping Diva” shares her three day boutique experience in Palm Springs, California. Plus, special guest Michael C. Green of the Palm Springs Small Hotel Tourism Bus...
Big Blend Radio: The DNA of Democracy
June 03, 2019 23:00 - 45 minutes - 40.6 MBJoin hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Parks & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio with Nautilus and Foreword award-winning author Richard C. Lyons, who discusses his book “The DNA of Democracy.” Through a series of essays, Lyons visits upon democracy’s rare occurrences in history, from its western origins in Athens and Rome, to its long evolutional growth in England, and the utterly unique establishment of dem...
Big Blend Radio: Bread and Beauty - Maryland's Agricultural Reserve
June 02, 2019 18:00 - 41 minutes - 37.5 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 Big Blend Radio with Claudia Kousoulas and Ellen Letourneau, who discuss their cookbook, "Bread & Beauty: A Year in Montgomery County's Agricultural Reserve." This exquisite book showcases the 93,000-acre Agricultural Reserve in Maryland, a nationally recognized model of farmland and open space preservation, and a thriving diverse place. The...
Big Blend Radio - Celebrate Historic Natchitoches, Louisiana
May 31, 2019 18:00 - 43 minutes - 39 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 Big Blend Radio’s Vacation Station travel show featuring Arlene Gould, Executive Director of the Natchitoches Convention & Visitors Bureau. Natchitoches is the original French Colony and oldest city in Louisiana, and is part of the El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historical Trail, and is home to Cane River Creole National Historical Park...
Big Blend Radio: Summer Fun in California's Sequoia Country
May 29, 2019 23:00 - 49 minutes - 44.3 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 Big Blend Radio’s Vacation Station travel show focusing Summer Fun 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 a...
Big Blend Radio: A Toast to New Music
May 26, 2019 18:00 - 1 hour - 106 MBJoin hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Parks & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio’s Champagne Sundays show, airing live from the historic Coronado Motor Hotel in Yuma, Arizona. On This Episode: - FLOAT - Jeff Kossack, the Southern California based singer, songwriter, musician and producer discusses his new album “Float” with The Otherhand Band, touring, and latest record productions for artists Jimmy Yessian,...
Big Blend Radio: National Heritage Areas and Restaurant Employment Law
May 24, 2019 18:00 - 1 hour - 104 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 Big Blend Radio’s Tourism Excellence Show, airing live online from the Historic Coronado Motor Hotel in Yuma, Arizona. On This Episode: - National Heritage Areas - Alan Spears - Director of Cultural Resources in the Government Affairs department at National Parks Conservation Association; Lowell Perry Jr. - Executive Director of the Yuma Cross...
Big Blend Radio: Cool the Patio and the Planet!
May 22, 2019 23:00 - 1 hour - 97.1 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 Big Blend Radio’s Nature Connection Show, airing live online from the Historic Coronado Motor Hotel in Yuma, Arizona. ON THIS EPISODE: - Living Canopies - Dave Tilley - Co-founder of Living Canopies that creates The Living Umbrella, the world's first and only patio-styled umbrella that uses beautiful flowering plants to shade and protect peop...
Big Blend Radio: A Toast to History, Parks and The Arts
May 19, 2019 18:00 - 1 hour - 104 MBJoin hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio’s Champagne Sundays show, airing live from the historic Coronado Motor Hotel in Yuma, Arizona. ON THIS EPISODE - England's Royalty on the Frontlines - Glynn Burrows, family history expert and owner of Norfolk Tours, discusses England’s royal family history and WWII. - Arizona Highways & Ted DeGrazia - Lance Laber, Executive Director of DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun i...
Big Blend Radio: Prison Records and War Crimes
May 17, 2019 18:00 - 2 hours - 110 MBJoin hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Parks & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio’s 3rd Friday Family History show, streaming live from the historic Coronado Motor Hotel in Yuma, Arizona. On This Episode: - Prison Records - Genealogist Holly T. Hansen, Founder of Family History Expos, shares tips on tracing your family roots by researching prison records. - World War II War Crimes - Mike Guardia, award-winni...
Big Blend Radio: Tourism Excellence and Branding
May 15, 2019 23:00 - 1 hour - 98.5 MBJoin Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio’s Tourism Excellence Show, airing live online from the Historic Coronado Motor Hotel in Yuma, Arizona. On This Episode: - Tourism Branding - Chuck Pettis, author of TechnoBrands and President of Brand-Solutions, Inc., a leading branding agency located on Whidbey Island, Washington. Chuck is also the founder of Earth Sanctuary, a nature reserve, sculpture park, and r...
Big Blend Radio: Solo Mom Stories
May 12, 2019 18:00 - 48 minutes - 43.1 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 a special Big Blend Radio Mother’s Day show featuring Dr. Marika Lindholm. Marika is a trained sociologist and founder of ESME.com (Empowering Solo Moms Everywhere), and co-editor of the upcoming new book, “We Got This: Solo Mom Stories of Grit, Heart, and Humor.” The book features seventy-five solo mom writers who tell the truth about their l...
Big Blend Radio: Northeast Colorado to Hungary
May 10, 2019 18:00 - 1 hour - 104 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 Big Blend Radio’s 2nd Friday Food, Wine & Travel Show with the International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association (IFWTWA) airing from the Coronado Motor Hotel in Yuma, AZ. ON THIS EPISODE: - Wonderful Weld County, Colorado- From the panoramic views of the Rocky Mountains to the Pawnee Grasslands, historic attractions and summer festivals, ...
Big Blend Radio: Willamette Valley to Colorado Springs
May 08, 2019 23:00 - 1 hour - 84.3 MBJoin hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Parks & Travel Magazine for Big Blend Radio’s Parks & Travel show with the International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association (IFWTWA), airing live from the historic Coronado Motor Hotel in Yuma, Arizona. ON THIS EPISODE: - Willamette Valley Wine Country - Travel, food and wine writer Priscilla Willis talks about her recent visit to Willamette Valley Wine Country in Oreg...
Big Blend Radio: A Toast to Music and Mystery
May 05, 2019 18:00 - 1 hour - 100 MBJoin hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Parks & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio’s Champagne Sundays show, airing live from the historic Coronado Motor Hotel in Yuma, Arizona. ON THIS EPISODE: - The Night Visitors - Award-winning and internationally best-selling author Carol Goodman discusses her latest thriller “The Night Visitors,” that focuses on domestic violence and family trauma, and shares a riveting ...