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LATEST PODCAST & ARTICLE FEATURES

Meet the Experts

Getting to Know Travel Writer Linda Kissam

Sep 5, 2026

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2 min read

Getting to Know Travel Writer Linda Kissam

A Fun Conversation with The Food, Wine & Shopping Diva

Donna George

Spice It Up for Fall: Cooking, Baking & Shopping for the Season

Sep 5, 2026

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1 min read

Spice It Up for Fall: Cooking, Baking & Shopping for the Season

A Recipe Conversation with Donna George of The Peanut Patch, Yuma, Arizona

West Coast USA

Get Ready for Fall in California's Sequoia Country

Sep 3, 2026

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4 min read

Get Ready for Fall in California's Sequoia Country

Dark Skies, Trails and Tulare County Harvest Season

Big Blend Radio

Sep 2, 2026

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2 min read

Exploring Today's Wine Culture

Wine Time with Peggy Fiandaca and Julia Coney

Lifestyle and Leisure

Sep 2, 2026

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2 min read

Peggy Fiandaca's Family Sunday Sauce

A Fiandaca family recipe rooted in an Italian Sunday Supper tradition

Big Blend Radio

An Austin Staycation: Bats, Museums & Live Music

Sep 2, 2026

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2 min read

An Austin Staycation: Bats, Museums & Live Music

Austin locals Sharon K. Kurtz and Marika Flatt swap insider staycation tips — from the Congress Avenue bat bridge to Lady Bird Lake, Austin City Limits, and where to stay.

Steve and Karen Wilson

What's Really Up There? Night Sky Adventures with Star Watch Tours in Asheville

Sep 1, 2026

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1 min read

What's Really Up There? Night Sky Adventures with Star Watch Tours in Asheville

Big Blend Radio's Adventures in Asheville with Steve & Karen Wilson of The Lion & The Rose Bed & Breakfast

Art & Entertainment

Author Michael J. Seidlinger – Brokeula: A Broke Vampire's Fight Against Capitalism

Sep 1, 2026

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2 min read

Author Michael J. Seidlinger – Brokeula: A Broke Vampire's Fight Against Capitalism

Author interview on satire, vampires, and late-stage capitalism on Big Blend Radio's Toast to the Arts Podcast

Southwest USA

Travel, Food & Wine Magazine — Pacific Northwest, Midwest, Southeast, Northeast and Canada

Aug 31, 2026

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Travel, Food & Wine Magazine — Pacific Northwest, Midwest, Southeast, Northeast and Canada

Vol. 1 / Issue 7 (2026) — San Juan Islands, Kansas, Michigan, Kentucky, New Orleans, Central Florida, Upstate NY & Nova Scotia

West Coast USA

Jeannine Wolfe on the Real Role of a Professional Matchmaker

Aug 31, 2026

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1 min read

Jeannine Wolfe on the Real Role of a Professional Matchmaker

Soulmate Quest CEO and matchmaker Jeannine Wolfe joins Big Blend Radio to talk about what matchmaking really looks like — from vetting candidates to coaching clients through love, loss, and everything in between.

Eva Eldridge

A First Look at the Deepest Lake in the United States

Aug 30, 2026

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3 min read

A First Look at the Deepest Lake in the United States

Travel writer Eva Eldridge visits Crater Lake National Park, Oregon's Breathtaking Blue Wonder

Meet the Experts

Getting to Know Phyllis Bitner - Miners Hall Museum & the Jefferson Highway

Aug 27, 2026

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2 min read

Getting to Know Phyllis Bitner - Miners Hall Museum & the Jefferson Highway

Phyllis Bitner shares Franklin, Kansas's coal mining and immigrant history, the Page 618 Walking Dragline project, and life along the Jefferson Highway.

Business and Personal Growth

Aug 27, 2026

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2 min read

Coaching Moment or Legal Problem?

Attorney Ward Heinrichs and HR Consultant Bernadette Jones Discuss the Line Between HR and the Law

Nature & Environment

Vernonia, Oregon: How a Community Turned an Old Railroad into a National Recreation Trail

Aug 26, 2026

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1 min read

Vernonia, Oregon: How a Community Turned an Old Railroad into a National Recreation Trail

Conservationist Michael Calhoun shares how a small logging town became a certified National Recreation Trail — and what it means for community resilience, ecotourism, and protecting public lands.

Big Blend Radio

History Comes Alive at the Civil War Battle Reenactment in Gettysburg

Aug 25, 2026

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6 min read

History Comes Alive at the Civil War Battle Reenactment in Gettysburg

From wool uniforms in the summer heat to a packed-house Civil War medicine demonstration, Debbie Stone relives the 163rd Gettysburg Battle Reenactment.

Big Blend Radio

Romantic Oklahoma City – A Couples' Getaway Guide

Aug 25, 2026

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2 min read

Romantic Oklahoma City – A Couples' Getaway Guide

Follow Travel Journalist Terri Guthrie through Oklahoma City's most romantic hotels, restaurants, and cultural stops — plus an on-site interview with Kaylee Douglas of the First Americans Museum.

Big Blend Radio

Libraries Beneath the Sand: Racing Al Qaeda to Save Timbuktu's Ancient Manuscripts

Aug 24, 2026

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2 min read

Libraries Beneath the Sand: Racing Al Qaeda to Save Timbuktu's Ancient Manuscripts

James Michael Dorsey returns to Before They Vanish with the covert mission to rescue Timbuktu's manuscript libraries

Nature & Environment

Sasha Waters on Mary Oliver - Saved by the Beauty of the World

Aug 24, 2026

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2 min read

Sasha Waters on Mary Oliver - Saved by the Beauty of the World

A conversation with director and producer Sasha Waters on the life, poetry, and legacy of Mary Oliver

Southwest USA

New Fall Exhibits at DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun

Aug 23, 2026

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1 min read

New Fall Exhibits at DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun

Art Ted DeGrazia's Midnight Sketches & Saint Francis of Assisi

Art & Entertainment

Music For Our Parks: Joey Stuckey & Lisa D. Smith on National Park Week

Aug 23, 2026

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2 min read

Music For Our Parks: Joey Stuckey & Lisa D. Smith on National Park Week

A National Park Week conversation on the music inspired by our public lands — and the real fights underway to protect them.

Art & Entertainment

A Dickens Tour of England: From Portsmouth to Poets' Corner

Aug 22, 2026

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7 min read

A Dickens Tour of England: From Portsmouth to Poets' Corner

Glynn Burrows on the real Charles Dickens — and the English towns that still tell his story.

Guest House

Nova Scotia Uncorked: Glamping, Luxury & Wine in Halifax with Darla Hoffmann

Aug 21, 2026

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1 min read

Nova Scotia Uncorked: Glamping, Luxury & Wine in Halifax with Darla Hoffmann

Travel journalist and certified sommelier Darla Hoffmann compares glamping at Nalu Retreat to five-star luxury at Muir in Halifax's Queen's Marque District — plus Nova Scotia wine, food, and history along the way.

Business and Personal Growth

From Work Family to Real Team: Creating Inclusive Work Culture

Aug 21, 2026

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1 min read

From Work Family to Real Team: Creating Inclusive Work Culture

Rita Sever goes beyond the "work family" cliché to talk cliques, quiet exclusion, and what it actually takes to build belonging.

Nature & Environment

To Use a Mountain: Filmmaker Casey Carter on America's Nuclear Waste Crisis

Aug 21, 2026

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2 min read

To Use a Mountain: Filmmaker Casey Carter on America's Nuclear Waste Crisis

An award-winning documentary traces the 40-year search for a place to bury the nation's nuclear waste — and why that fight is resurfacing now, driven by data centers and a new "nuclear renaissance."

Pets, Plots & Poisons

Aug 20, 2026

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1 min read

Pets, Plots & Poisons: The Launch Episode with Matt Cost & BJ Magnani

Poison Gardens, Plot Formulas & the Books Behind the Hosts

Nature & Environment

Tatshenshini River: From Adventure Junkie to Environmental Steward with Linda Ballou

Aug 19, 2026

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2 min read

Tatshenshini River: From Adventure Junkie to Environmental Steward with Linda Ballou

Part 3 of the "Lessons Learned from Travel" series explores Alaska’s Tatshenshini River, standing up to mining threats, and finding your own inner current.

Big Blend Radio

Cody, Wyoming: Western Art, Cowboy Culture & the Old West

Aug 18, 2026

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3 min read

Cody, Wyoming: Western Art, Cowboy Culture & the Old West

Beyond the Gateway to Yellowstone: History, Frontier Heritage, Native Culture, and Living Western Art Come Alive in Cody

Southeast USA

Discover Shelby County, Kentucky: Horses, Bourbon, Food, Farm & Outdoor Adventures

Aug 17, 2026

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2 min read

Discover Shelby County, Kentucky: Horses, Bourbon, Food, Farm & Outdoor Adventures

Join Janette Marson of ShelbyKY Tourism on Big Blend Radio as she shares the best of Central Kentucky—from horse farms and female-led distilleries to farm-to-table dining and historic shopping.

Southeast USA

Celebrate Fall in Avoyelles Parish: Fairs, Music, Food & Festivals

Aug 16, 2026

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2 min read

Celebrate Fall in Avoyelles Parish: Fairs, Music, Food & Festivals

From white gators and Zydeco beats to church plate lunches and fall trade days, explore what's happening this season in Central Louisiana!

Southwest USA

An Artful October in Silver City, New Mexico

Aug 15, 2026

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2 min read

An Artful October in Silver City, New Mexico

The Southwest Regional Museum of Art & Art Center