Big Daily Blend
The Big Daily Blend podcast celebrates holidays and observances, music and pop culture, historic happenings, and even new legislature. Check the episode notes for music playlists, and related articles, recipes, puzzles, and more.
Episodes

Feb 11, 2025
Feb 11, 2025
42 min
Celebrate Extraterrestrial Culture Day with this "From the Vault" episode of Big Blend Radio with filmmaker Jonathan Berman who discusses his film "Calling All Earthlings" that explores the The Integratron, a mid-century dome in the Mojave Desert that was created by one-time Howard Hughes confidante, George Van Tassel. Learn more at http://www.callingallearthlingsmovie.com/
Featured music is "Indrid Cold" by Johnny Mastro & Mama's Boys - www.JohnnyMastro.com Thanks to National Parks Arts Foundation for sponsoring this episode - www.NationalParksArtsFoundation.org

Feb 10, 2025
Feb 10, 2025
16 min
After the Canadian Screen Awards qualification theatrical run in Toronto last October, "Rez Comedy," the first all Indigenous stand-up comedy feature documentary world premieres on SVOD on AAM.tv and TVOD on Amazon Prime on Friday February 14, 2025.
Hear all about REZ COMEDY on this episode of Big Blend Radio with Keith Nahanee, rising Squamish nation comic and filmmaker, and Comedy Invasion creator Quentin Lee, a 2024 Canadian Screen Award winner. Visit https://rezcomedy.com/

Feb 9, 2025
Feb 9, 2025
35 min
In celebration of National Pizza Day, enjoy this "From the Vault" episode of Big Blend Radio featuring 5-Star Chef Ivan Flowers who shares his pizza making tips and Margherita French Bread Pizza Recipe! See his recipe here: https://blendradioandtv.com/listing/margherita-french-bread-pizza/

Feb 8, 2025
Feb 8, 2025
3 min
Movies are a universal language. It is magic, and magic is universal. World cinema has an unofficial implication of films with 'artistic value' as opposed to 'Hollywood commercialism'. In celebration of Global Movie Day, enjoy this episode with Steve Schneickert as he recalls the Hollywood History of Cinema Around the World!

Feb 7, 2025
Feb 7, 2025
40 min
In celebration of February 7th being National Ballet day, enjoy this recent episode of Big Blend Radio's 2nd Wednesday "Books & Authors" Show with Books Forward features award-winning author Janine Kovac who discusses her memoir, "The Nutcracker Chronicles," that blends her personal life with the events in ballet’s most famous show: “The Nutcracker.”
Out now, "The Nutcracker Chronicles” tells the story of Janine’s pursuit of an elusive dream that compels her to endure blistered toes, weekly weigh-ins, second-hand pointe shoes, and constant insults from her directors. Why can’t you just dance like a pretty girl?
JANINE KOVAC enjoyed a twelve-year career as a professional ballet dancer in Iceland, Italy, San Francisco, and her hometown of El Paso, Texas. She is the author of “Brain Changer: A Mother’s Guide to Cognitive Science” and “Spinning: Choreography for Coming Home." More at: https://www.janinekovac.com/
More about Books Forward at https://booksforward.com/

Feb 6, 2025
Feb 6, 2025
40 min
Celebrate National Sweet Potato Month, and National Vegan Cuisine Month, with this "From the Vault" Big Blend Radio episode with 5-Star Chef Ivan Flowers who shares his recipe and cooking tips for making homemade Baked Sweet Potato Fries. See his recipe: https://blendradioandtv.com/listing/baked-sweet-potato-fries/

Feb 5, 2025
Feb 5, 2025
40 min
Get ready for Valentine's Day and celebrate the Month of Love with this episode of Big Blend Radio's "Wine Time with Peggy" podcast with Peggy Fiandaca who talks about pairing wines with sweets and desserts. Check out Peggy's recipe for Spiced Apple Chutney Wontons, here: https://blendradioandtv.com/listing/spiced-apple-chutney-wontons/
Along with her winemaker husband Curt Lawrence Dunham, Peggy Fiandaca owns and operates LDV Winery in Arizona. Learn more at https://ldvwinery.com/
"Wine Time with Peggy" airs every 1st Wednesday at 4pm Arizona time. Follow the podcast here: http://tinyurl.com/42j5zucj
This episode is also being shared and featured on other Big Blend Radio Network Channels including the "Big Daily Blend," and "Eat, Drink & Be Merry." Check out our network of podcasts: https://www.podbean.com/podcast-network/bigblendradionetwork

Feb 4, 2025
Feb 4, 2025
23 min
Celebrate National Stuffed Mushrooms Day with this "From the Vault" episode of Big Blend Radio featuring Ruth Milstein, author of the Gourmand award-winning recipe book “Cooking with Love: Ventures Into the New Israeli Cuisine." See her recipe here: https://blendradioandtv.com/listing/stuffed-mushrooms/Featured music, with permission, is "Holy Water" by www.AllisonAugust.com

Big Blend Radio's BIG DAILY BLEND Podcast
Produced by Big Blend Radio, this daily pop culture podcast celebrates the day or month holidays, observances, historic happenings, and even new legislature. Be sure to check each episode's show notes for related resource including music playlists, articles, puzzles, and recipes.
Big Blend Radio is hosted and produced by the digital nomad mother-daughter team Lisa D. Smith (daughter) and Nancy J. Reid (mother), who also publish various digital Big Blend Magazines while traveling full-time on their Love Your Parks Tour where they document parks and public public lands across America. More at BlendRadioandTV.com and NationalParkTraveling.com.
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