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 special 8 Keys of Excellence show focusing on the 4th Key: THIS IS IT – Make The Most of Every Moment!  

Featured Guests:

- Bobbi DePorter – Co-Founder of SuperCamp, President of Quantum Learning Network, and Author of “The 8 Keys of Excellence: Principles to Live By”.

- Ralph Masengill Jr. 'Mr  Change Agent"  – Author of “Conquer Change and Win: An Easy-to-Read Fun Book on the Serious Subject of Change”.

- Steve Piacente – Life Coach & Executive Communication Coach, Award-winning Author of "Bella" & "Bootlicker", and former journalist and speech writer.

- Jim Ostdick – Author of ‘Palomino Nation: My 2016 Crazyass Walk Across America’, that covers his cross-country walk in benefit of REACH San Benito Parks Foundation.

Plus, a Hollywood History segment as recalled by Steve Schneickert!

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 special 8 Keys of Excellence show focusing on the 4th Key: THIS IS IT – Make The Most of Every Moment!  

Featured Guests:

- Bobbi DePorter – Co-Founder of SuperCamp, President of Quantum Learning Network, and Author of “The 8 Keys of Excellence: Principles to Live By”.

- Ralph Masengill Jr. 'Mr  Change Agent"  – Author of “Conquer Change and Win: An Easy-to-Read Fun Book on the Serious Subject of Change”.

- Steve Piacente – Life Coach & Executive Communication Coach, Award-winning Author of "Bella" & "Bootlicker", and former journalist and speech writer.

- Jim Ostdick – Author of ‘Palomino Nation: My 2016 Crazyass Walk Across America’, that covers his cross-country walk in benefit of REACH San Benito Parks Foundation.

Plus, a Hollywood History segment as recalled by Steve Schneickert!

From Prague to Berlin, Big Blend travel writer Linda Kissam ‘Food, Wine & Shopping Diva’, shares her shopping and cultural adventures on a Viking River Cruise. If you were born to shop and haven't cruised in a while, be assured that river cruising is an excellent match for your avocation. Viking River Cruises offer a free guided tour in almost every town they stop in.  These tours are wonderful. Don’t miss them.  However, the extra good news is you will have some time in each town to do some shopping on your own. 

This Big Blend Radio interview aired live on BlogTalkRadio.com on Nov. 19, 2017.

Austin, Texas based singer-songwriter Shelley King, the 2008 Official State Musician of Texas, talks about her forthcoming new album FAN FAVES and upcoming studio album releasing in spring 2018. 

Since quitting a sales job to pursue music full time in 1998, the singer-songwriter has served as the first female Texas state musician, performed with Levon Helm, toured the United States, Europe and Japan and cut two albums with members of the Subdudes — including her seventh, BUILDING A FIRE.

This Big Blend Radio interview aired live on BlogTalkRadio.com on Nov. 19, 2017.

Andrew Rowen discusses his new historical novel, “Encounters Unforeseen: 1492 Retold,” that dramatically recasts Christopher Columbus’ epic voyage that has shaped cultures, religions and ideologies for centuries.

Most literature relating the history of Columbus’ voyage and first encounters with Native Americans focuses principally — whether pro- or anti-Columbus — on Columbus and the European perspective. Rowen’s historical novel now dramatizes these events from a bicultural perspective. It fictionalizes the beliefs, thoughts, and actions of the Native Americans who met Columbus and places their viewpoints alongside those of the explorer himself and other Europeans, all based on a close reading of Columbus’ “Journal,” other primary sources, and modern anthropological studies.

This Big Blend Radio interview originally aired live on BlogTalkRadio.com on Nov. 19, 2017.

Andrew Rowen discusses his new historical novel, “Encounters Unforeseen: 1492 Retold,” that dramatically recasts Christopher Columbus’ epic voyage that has shaped cultures, religions and ideologies for centuries.

Most literature relating the history of Columbus’ voyage and first encounters with Native Americans focuses principally — whether pro- or anti-Columbus — on Columbus and the European perspective. Rowen’s historical novel now dramatizes these events from a bicultural perspective. It fictionalizes the beliefs, thoughts, and actions of the Native Americans who met Columbus and places their viewpoints alongside those of the explorer himself and other Europeans, all based on a close reading of Columbus’ “Journal,” other primary sources, and modern anthropological studies.

This Big Blend Radio interview originally aired live on BlogTalkRadio.com on Nov. 19, 2017.

Austin, Texas based singer-songwriter Shelley King, the 2008 Official State Musician of Texas, talks about her forthcoming new album FAN FAVES and upcoming studio album releasing in spring 2018. 

Since quitting a sales job to pursue music full time in 1998, the singer-songwriter has served as the first female Texas state musician, performed with Levon Helm, toured the United States, Europe and Japan and cut two albums with members of the Subdudes — including her seventh, BUILDING A FIRE.

This Big Blend Radio interview aired live on BlogTalkRadio.com on Nov. 19, 2017.

From Prague to Berlin, Big Blend travel writer Linda Kissam ‘Food, Wine & Shopping Diva’, shares her shopping and cultural adventures on a Viking River Cruise. If you were born to shop and haven't cruised in a while, be assured that river cruising is an excellent match for your avocation. Viking River Cruises offer a free guided tour in almost every town they stop in.  These tours are wonderful. Don’t miss them.  However, the extra good news is you will have some time in each town to do some shopping on your own. 

This Big Blend Radio interview aired live on BlogTalkRadio.com on Nov. 19, 2017.

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 Champagne Sundays variety show.

On This Episode:

- Cruisin’ for a Deal – From Prague to Berlin, travel writer Linda Kissam ‘Food, Wine & Shopping Diva’, shares her shopping and cultural adventures on a Viking River Cruise.

- Fan Favorites - Austin, Texas based singer-songwriter Shelley King, the 2008 Official State Musician of Texas, talks about her forthcoming new album FAN FAVORITES!

- Christopher Columbus - Andrew Rowen discusses his new historical novel, “Encounters Unforeseen: 1492 Retold,” that dramatically recasts Christopher Columbus’ epic voyage that has shaped cultures, religions and ideologies for centuries.

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 Champagne Sundays variety show.

On This Episode:

- Cruisin’ for a Deal – From Prague to Berlin, travel writer Linda Kissam ‘Food, Wine & Shopping Diva’, shares her shopping and cultural adventures on a Viking River Cruise.

- Fan Favorites - Austin, Texas based singer-songwriter Shelley King, the 2008 Official State Musician of Texas, talks about her forthcoming new album FAN FAVORITES!

- Christopher Columbus - Andrew Rowen discusses his new historical novel, “Encounters Unforeseen: 1492 Retold,” that dramatically recasts Christopher Columbus’ epic voyage that has shaped cultures, religions and ideologies for centuries.