Join Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio's Champagne Sundays Show. This episode focuses on the independent film “Two Ways Home” with star/producer Tanna Frederick and director Ron Vignone.

Available on VOD December 29th from Gravitas Ventures, TWO WAYS HOME compassionately follows Kathy (Tanna Frederick), a woman newly diagnosed with bipolar disorder who is released from prison on good behavior and returns to her country home in Iowa to reconnect with her estranged 12-year-old daughter (Rylie Behr) and her cantankerous elderly grandfather (Tom Bower). 

Featured music on the show is “Alive Again” by Kimia Penton.

Join Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio’s 4th Winter Holiday Party of the season, airing live from Madison, Wisconsin.

Featured Guests:

- Joey Stuckey - Award-winning blind guitarist and official music ambassador for Macon, Georgia.

- Ralph Masengill - Best-selling author of “Conquer Change & Win”

- Mike Guardia - Internationally acclaimed & award-winning military historian and author

- Ruth and Ken Andrus - Leonard at Logan House Bed & Breakfast in Grand Rapids, Michigan

- Tiffany Bertram - Tiffany’s Bed & Breakfast in Bismark, Arkansas

Join Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio’s third Winter Holiday Party of the season, airing live from Madison, Wisconsin.

Featured Guests:

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

- Annette Lewis - Dancing Moon Bed & Breakfast in Palisade, Colorado

- Brenda Greene - Castle Creek Manor Bed & Breakfast in Grand Junction, Colorado

- Sandy Blankenship - Exeter Chamber of Commerce in California’s Sequoia Country

Featured music is “My Christmas Wish” 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 second Winter Holiday Party of the season, airing live from Madison, Wisconsin.

Featured Guests:

- Glynn Burrows of Norfolk Tours, England

- South African sax player Brendan Ross

- Vocalist Jennifer Saran in London UK

- Amy Dugan of Visit Greeley in Northeast Colorado

- Equestrian expert Christy Wood in Three Rivers, California

- Hollywood History expert Steve Schneickert 

- Guitarist Jon Durant, “A Carol for Boy” with Kalyna Ukrainian Folk Group

Join Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio’s second Winter Holiday Party of the season, airing live from Madison, Wisconsin.

Featured Guests:

- Foreigner bass player Jeff Pilson 

- Acclaimed vocalist Johnny Schaefer

- Bobbi DePorter, Co-founder of SuperCamp

Join Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio’s first Winter Holiday Party of the season airing live from Madison, Wisconsin.

On This Episode:

- Holiday Shopping - Special guest co-host Marisa China talks about the new styles of PortoVino tote bags and backpacks, as well Gnoments, a thoughtful and interactive gift for couples, families, and siblings.

- A Bennett Song Holiday - Multi award-winning filmmaker and actor Harley Wallen talks about his career and latest film, “A Bennett Song Holiday,” that he stars in alongside Corbin Bernsen, Dennis Haskins, Sky Alyvia Mayton.

-Christmas Day - Australian singer-songwriter Dino Jag returns to the show with his brand new holiday single, “Christmas Day.”

Other featured seasonal music includes “The Best Part of Christmas is You” by Nicki Kris, and “Fall Winter” by Yagull.

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

On This Episode:

- Women’s Fiction - Travel writer and author Anna Marie Jehorek chats about her trips to Ireland and her two women’s fiction novels - “The Cottage on Lough Key.” And “The House With the Georgian Door.”

- Books for Kids -  Shelby Lees, senior editor at National Geographic Kids Books, discusses their new book, The Coolest Stuff on Earth: A Closer Look at the Weird, Wild and Wonderful. English teacher Jefferson Marshall talks about his Texas State Park Adventures book series for kids including “The Creatures of Caprock Canyons” and “The Palo Duro Lighthouse Race.”

- Featured music is “My Turn Begins Today” by Lisa Dawn Miller, and “Uncle Remus Tales” by the Tall Men Group.

Join Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Magazines, for Big Blend Radio’s Champagne Sundays Show airing live from Madison, Wisconsin.

On This Episode:

- Erythra Thalassa - Annette Libeskind Berkovits discusses her autobiographical poetry book “Erythra Thalassa - Brain Disrupted”. Her evocative poems capture a world shattered by stroke and the hope that remains via a powerful image of the Red Sea.

- Modern Man - California-based singer-songwriter Ben Lang shares some of the songs and stories behind his solo release “Modern Man” that offers six finely crafted alternative-acoustic tracks, with expressive lyrics and a slight country feel.

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 Festival with the International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association (IFWTWA), airing live from Madison, Wisconsin.

On This Episode:

- Italian Cuisine- Travel, food and wine writer writer Chris Cutler discusses five Italian foods that you won’t find in Italy.

- Exploring Tyler, Texas  - Holli Fourniquet of Visit Tyler gives an overview of what there is to experience in Tyler, Texas “The Rose Capital of America.”

Featured music is “Fresh Squeezed” by Johnny Mastro & Mama’s Boys, and “Texas Blue Moon” by Shelley King.

A global pandemic, disastrous climate events, erratic U.S. politics and … murder hornets? 2020 has been rough, and our inner voice doesn’t have a problem reminding us. On this episode of Big Blend Radio, board-certified psychologist Jodie Eckleberry-Hunt shares how we can tell that inner negative voice to f*ck off, as covered in her new book, “Move on Motherf*cker: Live, Laugh & Let Shit Go!” Blending evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, and profanity, this unexpected guide explains how to manage worry and anxiety, put a stop to unhelpful internal dialogue, and approach new situations with humor, levity, and perspective.