Join 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 entirely by Evan, the album represents at least seven years of songwriting and recording, and as a result offers a chronicle of how he has changed over that time as a person, as a songwriter, and even as an audio engineer.

Join 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 “Laguna Breeze” that features Grammy award-winning percussionist MB Gordy, along with Nathan East and Ricky Lawson.

Join 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).

This episode features Vickie S. Ashford-Thompson from the Greater Birmingham Convention & Visitors Bureau who shares what there is to experience in Greater Birmingham, Alabama including its civil rights history, the food and dining scene, museums, galleries, parks, attractions, and seasonal activities.

 

Featured music on this episode is “Universal Love” from the album “Roots Rock ‘n Universal Love” by Kwame Binea Shakedown.

Join 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).

This episode features Priscilla Willis who shares her cultural culinary experiences in Santa Fe, New Mexico; St. Augustine, Florida; and the Delta region of Arkansas. Specializing in culinary travel and light adventure to burn those calories, Priscilla is a freelance writer and the creative behind ShesCookin.com.

Featured music on this episode is “Ham & Eggs” from the album “Evangeline” by Blind Lemon Pledge.

Join 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. Jacqueline 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 shares tips on how to get Heart Healthy for 2021, and also discusses the Coronavirus pandemic and vaccine.

Heart disease remains the number one killer of women in the US, killing more women than breast and lung cancer combined. Silence is one of the most deadly aspects of women's heart disease. Through anecdotes and friendly, jargon-free advice, Dr. Jackie shares with readers of her book “Women & Heart Disease”  how to: reduce their risk by up to 80%; how to recognize a heart attack earlier; and how to make the healthiest choices for your heart and your loved ones.

Dr Jackie’s Cardiovascular Wellness Institute of OC is based in Orange, CA with a second office in Irvine, CA. Read her heart health tips and hear her previous Big Blend Radio interviews on BlendRadioandTV.com.

Featured music on this episode is “Unstoppable” from the album “Happily Ever After” by Doreen Taylor.

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 airing live from Madison, Wisconsin. This episode focuses on the indie film “Gun & A Hotel Bible” with directors Raja Gosnell (Home Alone, Mrs. Doubtfire, ScoobyDoo, Never Been Kissed) and Alicia Joy LeBlanc (The Convergence: Mission), and stars Bradley Gosnell (The Smurfs) and Daniel Floren (The Influencers).

Based on an award-winning play, the story follows Pete (Bradley Gosnell), a desperate man on the verge of a violent act and his encounter with Gideon (Daniel Floren), a personified hotel bible. As Pete and Gideon spar over ideas about morality, the Bible and God, they are forced to deal with their inadequacies. With the clock ticking, can Gideon sway Pete from pulling the trigger? GUN AND A HOTEL BIBLE is a clever, insightful and provocative film that explores betrayal, spirituality and loss as one man comes face-to-face with everything he once believed.

Featured music on this episode is “Little Liar” from the “Glorious, Glorious” album by The Joiners.

Join 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 14th Anniversary Champagne Sundays Show.

Featured Guests:

- Melanie Chartoff - Actor, voice artist, and author of the memoir “Odd Woman Out: Exposure in Essays & Stories”

- Mae Edwards - Composer, multi-media mixologist, and creator of I.M.L.A. a musical graphic novel and screenplay.

- Steve Schneickert sits in as special guest co-host. Hear his podcast on the "Hollywood History of the Lawrence Welk Show."

Hear music by Mae Edwards, plus, “Pour the Champagne” by Jann Klose.

Join 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 & Parks Show” with the National Parks Arts Foundation (NPAF). This epsiode focuses on the Antarctic Artists & Writers Collective, a new organization of past participants in the National Science Foundation Antarctic Artists & Writers Program. Featured guests are cofounders Glenn McClure and Michelle Schwengel-Regala. Glenn is a composer/musician who was an NPAF artist-in-residence at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, and Michelle is a scientific illustrator, fiber artist, naturalist and NPAF Invitation Artist.

Since the early 1980s, over 120 artists, performers and writers have traveled to the seventh continent on a zero-dollar grant, using their creative talents to tell the story of this largely unexplored continent though art, music, writing and performance. The AAWC is a collaborative effort to bring those talents together and share their work with the public at large. Through the arts, the AAWC artists and writers convey the visceral experience of an extreme and remote environment few people get to visit in person in words, images, sound, and multimedia installations, informed by their interactions with the scientists conducting research there.

Join 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 education expert and author Bobbi DePorter who is the Co-founder of SuperCamp, President of Quantum Learning Network, and creator of the 8 Keys of Excellence character education program.

On this episode, Bobbi talks about the need for emotional connectivity with teens, espeically in the world of online learning. As outlined in her book, “The 7 Biggest Teen Problems & How to Turn Them Into Strengths,” Bobbi shares tips on how parents and teachers can build and maintain rapport with their children and students. Read her tips on BlendRadioandTV.com.

Join Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio’s “Get Ready for 2021” Party airing live from Madison, Wisconsin.

Featured Big Blend Expert Guests:

- Debbie Stone - Travel writer, world traveler, and outdoor adventurer

- Linda Ballou - Author, travel writer, world traveler and outdoor adventurer

- Judi Cohen - World traveler and luxury off-the-beaten-path travel writer

- Hilarie Larson - World traveler, sommelier, wine and travel writer

- Lea Brovedani - Leading trust expert, author, speaker, and world traveler

- Steve Piacente - Certified life coach, author, communications expert, world traveler

Featured music is “Let Go” by Kwame Binea Shakedown.