Big Daily Blend
The Big Daily Blend podcast celebrates holidays and observances, music and pop culture, and historic happenings. Check the episode notes for music playlists, and related articles, recipes, puzzles, and more.
Episodes
A grandparent’s job is to love the grandchild. A grandchild’s job is to receive that love. With such a unique relationship between generations, it’s the mutual affection and time shared between a grandparent and grandchild that strengthens the bond and makes for a full human being. What happens when the balance of this relationship is interrupted? It’s a losing situation for everyone involved, and while children have no voice and n...
In honor of SuperHuman Day (Sept. 7), we're revisiting this 2018 Big Blend Radio interview with filmmakers Dominic & Nadia Gill who discuss their inspiring and award-winning documentary, "Coming to My Senses."
In 1999, Aaron Baker broke his neck in a motocross accident, leaving him completely paralyzed from the neck down. Despite doctor's grim prognosis, over the next 16 years Aaron decided not to listen to those who said 'he h...
From local honey and Medjool dates to jalapeno peanut brittle and all kinds of salsas, relishes, and preserves, celebrate the sweet and spice of September with this episode of "The Peanut Patch," a Big Blend Radio foodie podcast featuring Donna George.
Check out Donna's recipe for Pita Pockets with Chinese Chicken-Peanut Sauce: https://blendradioandtv.com/listing/pita-pockets-with-chinese-chicken-peanut-sauce/
Get ready to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15, 2024) and International Grenache Day (Sept. 20) on this episode of Big Blend Radio's "Wine Time with Peggy" podcast. Hear about the start of the harvest season at the LDV Winery Vineyard, Peggy's wine term of the month, and tips on pairing wine wih spicy Mexican and Southwestern cuisine. Check out Peggy's pairing tips and recipes here: https://blendradioandtv.com/lis...
Get ready for Halloween with this episode of Big Blend Radio's 1st Tuesday "Adventures in Asheville" Show that focuses on Heavy Mountain Music and Beer Fest, held Oct 25-26, 2024 at the Orange Peel and Burial Beer's Eulogy.
Featuring an array of iconic artists and genre spanning acts, exclusive pours from the area’s finest breweries, and hair-raising visual installations to set the mood for the southeast’s heaviest Halloween party...
Celebrate Military Monday and Music Monday with this episode of Big Blend Radio that features professional theater writer, producer, and author Steve Wallis. Hear about "Hannah: The Soldier Diaries," a powerful story of love, loss, and hope that takes listeners through a theater-like experience, with an audiobook that immerses listeners in an emotionally charged narrative from the comfort of their own homes.
Celebrate Youth Education with this "Back to School Party" episode of Big Blend Radio's BIG DAILY BLEND Podcast!
FEATURED GUESTS - JOHNNY SCHAEFER is an award-winning singer-songwriter who joins us as cohost every 1st Sunday. Visit: https://hearjohnny.com/ - MARIA CHAMBERLAIN, who discusses homeschooling, is co-owner and innkeeper of The Inn at Oxbox Acres in Milan, New Hampshire. Viist: https://www.oxbowacresnh.com/ - JEFF NE...
Welcome to the first quarterly episode of Big Blend Radio's "Life Lessons" Show focusing on lessons from Baby Boomers. After all, August is Boomers Making a Difference Month! in case you're wondering, Baby Boomers are preceded by the Silent Generation and followed by Generation X. So. people born between 1946 -1964 during what is known as the mid-20th century baby boom. This show features a panel discussion plus a solo expert inter...
In honor of National Beach Day (August 30), this episode of Big Blend Radio's VACATION STATION Travel Show focuses on Beach Destinations and Family Memories. Enjoy the group conversation and individual segments that follow and share beach experiences from Tonga and England, to South and North Carolina, New Jersey and Long Island, Mississippi and Texas, and beyond! GROUP CONVERSATION - JO CLARK, travel writer and photographer, tal...
In celebration of National Golf Month (August), we're revisiting this episode of Big Blend Radio, recorded onsite in 2021, with Brett Miller, General Manager of Tulare Golf Course.
A scenic 18-Hole par 72 public course for all skill levels, Tulare Golf Course is conveniently located off central California freeway 99, between Fresno and Bakersfield. The course features Bent Grass Poa greens, Bermuda fairways, and tees. The elevated ...
On this episode of Big Blend Radio's "Global Adventures with Debbie Stone" Podcast, Debbie shares her Colorado River running adventures through Utah's Cataract Canyon with OARS.
Cataract Canyon is a section of the Colorado River between Moab, above Lake Powell, and the Grand Canyon. The river flows through the heart of Canyonlands National Park, the largest national park in the state. In addition to superb whitewater, those who ru...
In honor of Women's Equality Day (Aug. 26), this episode of Big Blend Radio's "Way Back When" Show focuses on Sarah B Cochran, The Justice Bell, and Pennsylvania’s Women’s Suffrage Movement.
FEATURED GUESTS: - KIMBERLY HESS - Author of "A Lesser Mortal: The Unexpected Life of Sarah B. Cochran." From expanding her company, to becoming a respected benefactor of her community, often rivaling the efforts of more well-known philanthro...
In honor of American Artist Appreciation Month, this episode of Big Blend Radio's BIG DAILY BLEND with co-host Joey Stuckey and author Kathleen Walls, celebrates America's music, musicians, singers, and songwriters.
Co-host of Big Blend Radio's BIG DAILY BLEND Show every 4th Sunday, Joey Stuckey is known as the Music Ambassador of Macon, Georgia "The Southern Rock Capital of the World." He's an award-winning blind guitarist, song...
In celebration of American Adventures Month and the anniversary of the National Park Service (August 25, 1916), this episode of Big Blend Radio's "Parks & Travel" Show focuses on three NPS park units in New Mexico.
FEATURED GUESTS: - TANYA ORTEGA, a photographer and the founder of the National Parks Arts Foundation, covers Chaco Culture National Historical Park. Learn more: https://www.nationalparksartsfoundation.org/ - VICTO...
Celebrate National Wellness Month with this episode of Big Blend Radio's "Nature Connection" Podcast with Judy Karnia who gives an overview of forest bathing its benefits.
Based in Scottsdale, Arizona, Judy Karnia is a travel writer, life coach, and nature therapist. As a forest therapy guide, she is certified by the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy and leads walks to help people connect with nature, which can improve thei...
As we near the anniversary of the National Park Service (August 25, 1916), and August being American Artists Appreciation Month, we're revisiting select Big Blend Radio interviews with park artists-in-residence through the National Parks Arts Foundation.
This episode features performers and puppeteers Danielle Reddick and Giuseppe Quinn who discuss being the National Parks Arts Foundation’s 2016 Artists-in-Residence at Chaco Cultu...
As we near the anniversary of the National Park Service (August 25, 1916), and August being American Artists Appreciation Month, we're revisiting select Big Blend Radio interviews with park artists-in-residence through the National Parks Arts Foundation.
This episode features Dawnja Burris - media scholar, visual and artist, and the spring of 2019 National Parks Arts Foundation (NPAF) artist-in-residence in Chaco Culture National ...
Celebrate American Adventures Month and the End-of-Summer with this episode of Big Blend Radio’s “Go to Natchitoches” Podcast. From the Cane River Zydeco, Big Foot, and Meat Pie Festivals to the Natchitoches Parish Fair and a new Corn Hole Tournament, Paige Alost and K. Nicole Connell of Natchitoches Tourism share what to experience at the end of August and throughout September in Natchitoches.
Celebrate National Dog Month (August) with this episode of Big Blend Radio's "Pet Connection" Show that features Alison Rand, author of the contemporary memoir, "Walking Alison: A Poodles’s Mostly True Story of Helping Her Human Navigate Life."
The healing relationship between a dog and her human is at the heart of "Walking Alison." Chronicling their regular walks around her Upper West Side neighborhood, this big-hearted book descr...
Celebrate National Pinot Noir Day with our Big Blend Radio "Winemaker Insider" Conversation with Dave Specter, who along with his wife Sara, owns and runs Bells Up Winery in Willamette Valley, Oregon.
After more than a decade of success as a corporate tax attorney in Cincinnati, Ohio, Dave was emotionally and physically spent. Sara, a freelance marketing consultant and writer, convinced him to leave the profession and they turned ...
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