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 Vacation Station travel show.

On This Episode:

- A Solar Eclipse Adventure – Travel writer Julie Cohn talks about her recent 10-day family road trip from Phoenix to Oregon for the solar eclipse, along with a little camping, glamping, hotel and park adventures. A member of the International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association, Julie has over 20 years of travel experience as a former travel agent and meeting planner, writer, photographer, and as publisher of www.ACorkForkandPassport.com.

- Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge – Josh Smith, Wildlife Refuge Specialist, talks about the monsoon season, trails, fall visitor experience, and the restoration and conservation efforts at Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, a beautiful bird and wildlife watching destination, just 60 miles south of Tucson, Arizona.

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 Vacation Station travel show.

On This Episode:

- A Solar Eclipse Adventure – Travel writer Julie Cohn talks about her recent 10-day family road trip from Phoenix to Oregon for the solar eclipse, along with a little camping, glamping, hotel and park adventures. A member of the International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association, Julie has over 20 years of travel experience as a former travel agent and meeting planner, writer, photographer, and as publisher of www.ACorkForkandPassport.com.

- Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge – Josh Smith, Wildlife Refuge Specialist, talks about the monsoon season, trails, fall visitor experience, and the restoration and conservation efforts at Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, a beautiful bird and wildlife watching destination, just 60 miles south of Tucson, Arizona.

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. 

On This Episode:

- Employment Law - San Diego employment attorney Ward Heinrichs Esq. discusses unemployment hearing issues in California. 

- Can We Measure a “Dose” of Nature? The University of Washington is leading an effort to research the health benefits of contact with nature. Hear about the research behind the framework that was published in Environmental Health Perspectives, with co-authors: Bobby Cochran - Executive Director, Willamette Partnership and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Leader, and Pooja Tandon - Assistant Professor, UW Department of Pediatrics and Researcher, Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development at Seattle Children’s Research Institute.

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. 

On This Episode:

- Employment Law - San Diego employment attorney Ward Heinrichs Esq. discusses unemployment hearing issues in California. 

- Can We Measure a “Dose” of Nature? The University of Washington is leading an effort to research the health benefits of contact with nature. Hear about the research behind the framework that was published in Environmental Health Perspectives, with co-authors: Bobby Cochran - Executive Director, Willamette Partnership and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Leader, and Pooja Tandon - Assistant Professor, UW Department of Pediatrics and Researcher, Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development at Seattle Children’s Research Institute.

Founder of her private practice The Family Coach, Catherine Pearlman, PHD, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker who has been working with children and families for more than twenty years, is an assistant professor of social work at Brandman University, and writes a syndicated column Dear Family Coach. This Big Blend Radio interview focuses on her new book, "IGNORE IT! How Selectively Looking the Other Way Can Decrease Behavioral Problems and Increase Parenting Satisfaction" 

This Big Blend Radio interview originally aired live on BlogTalkRadio.com on Sept. 10, 2017.

Over the last three decades, popular UCLA screenwriting professor and co-head of the university’s acclaimed screenwriting program, Hal Ackerman has nurtured, mentored and collaborated with hundreds of aspiring screenwriting students, many of whom have gone on to successful, award-winning careers in the industry. Having recently retired from his regular classroom assignments, Ackerman has turned his focus to impacting a wider, global audience of both aspiring and already-working writers with the revised and updated 15th Anniversary Edition of his heralded book Write Screenplays That Sell – the Ackerman Way. Published by Tallfellow Press, this edition includes historical and reference information on Academy Award-winning writers from 1927 through the most recent awardees, as well as some of the most popular recent film and television hits.

This Big Blend Radio interview originally aired live on BlogTalkRadio.com on Sept. 10, 2017.

Over the last three decades, popular UCLA screenwriting professor and co-head of the university’s acclaimed screenwriting program, Hal Ackerman has nurtured, mentored and collaborated with hundreds of aspiring screenwriting students, many of whom have gone on to successful, award-winning careers in the industry. Having recently retired from his regular classroom assignments, Ackerman has turned his focus to impacting a wider, global audience of both aspiring and already-working writers with the revised and updated 15th Anniversary Edition of his heralded book Write Screenplays That Sell – the Ackerman Way. Published by Tallfellow Press, this edition includes historical and reference information on Academy Award-winning writers from 1927 through the most recent awardees, as well as some of the most popular recent film and television hits.

This Big Blend Radio interview originally aired live on BlogTalkRadio.com on Sept. 10, 2017.

Founder of her private practice The Family Coach, Catherine Pearlman, PHD, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker who has been working with children and families for more than twenty years, is an assistant professor of social work at Brandman University, and writes a syndicated column Dear Family Coach. This Big Blend Radio interview focuses on her new book, "IGNORE IT! How Selectively Looking the Other Way Can Decrease Behavioral Problems and Increase Parenting Satisfaction" 

This Big Blend Radio interview originally aired live on BlogTalkRadio.com on Sept. 10, 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:

- IGNORE IT! Family Coach and syndicated columnist Catherine Pearlman, PHD, LCSW, discusses her new book, “IGNORE IT! How Selectively Looking the Other Way Can Decrease Behavioral Problems and Increase Parenting Satisfaction”, that offers actionable, proven techniques that will help readers improve their kids’ behavior and put the joy back in parenting.

- Write Screenplays That Sell – Recently retired UCLA screenwriting professor Hal Ackerman discusses the revised and updated 15th Anniversary Edition of his heralded book “Write Screenplays That Sell – the Ackerman Way,” that includes historical and reference information on Academy Award-winning writers from 1927 through the most recent awardees, as well as some of the most popular recent film and television hits.

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:

- IGNORE IT! Family Coach and syndicated columnist Catherine Pearlman, PHD, LCSW, discusses her new book, “IGNORE IT! How Selectively Looking the Other Way Can Decrease Behavioral Problems and Increase Parenting Satisfaction”, that offers actionable, proven techniques that will help readers improve their kids’ behavior and put the joy back in parenting.

- Write Screenplays That Sell – Recently retired UCLA screenwriting professor Hal Ackerman discusses the revised and updated 15th Anniversary Edition of his heralded book “Write Screenplays That Sell – the Ackerman Way,” that includes historical and reference information on Academy Award-winning writers from 1927 through the most recent awardees, as well as some of the most popular recent film and television hits.