Free Daily Podcast Summary
Big Blend Radio: Daily Summaries Delivered
by Big Blend Radio Network
Adventures across America following scenic byways, historic routes and highways. This Big Blend Radio podcast is hosted and produced by Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team behind Big Blend Magazines and the Love Your Parks Tour. https://nationalparktraveling.com/https://www.blendradioandtv.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Latest Episodes
The most recent episodes — sign up to get AI-powered summaries of each one.
- Today42 min
Visit Skagit Valley, Washington
Skagit Valley is famous for its Tulip Festival, and this conversation touches on it, but it covers so much more. On this episode of Big Blend Radio's "Sip, Savor & Travel" Podcast, Linda Kissam, the "Food, Wine & Shopping Diva," sits down with Kristen Keltz of the Skagit Tourism Bureau for a warm tour of this Pacific Northwest escape. They cover year-round whale watching and kayaking out of Anacortes, farm-to-table dining, oysters and Samish Bay cheese, pumpkin farms, a chamomile tea farm stay and historic theaters. They also cover holiday parades, art festivals, snow geese and eagles, and a few "ultimate days" in Skagit. Come for what you already know, and stay for what you didn't expect.About our guest: Kristen Keltz, IOM, CDME, is CEO of the Skagit Tourism Bureau, where she and her team work with local businesses and communities to share Skagit Valley as a year-round destination.📖 Read Linda's article, "Skagit Valley: Tulips and Beyond":https://www.bigblendmediahouse.com/p/skagit-valley-tulips-and-beyond 🌷 Plan your visit to Skagit Valley:https://www.visitskagitvalley.com 🎧 More Sip, Savor & Travel Podcast episodes:https://www.bigblendmediahouse.com/sip-savor-travel 📚 Sip, Savor & Travel Digital Magazine:https://www.bigblendmediahouse.com/p/sip-savor-travel-magazine 🍷More from Linda Kissam: https://foodwinetravelchix.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Yesterday44 min
Artist Dawn Waters Baker: Hawaii Volcanoes Residency
This episode of Big Blend Radio’s "Toast to The Arts & Parks" Podcast, with the National Parks Arts Foundation, features landscape oil painter Dawn Waters Baker, a “Painter of Spiritual Landscapes,” fresh from her second NPAF artist residency at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. It’s her fourth NPAF residency overall, following Big Bend National Park and Gettysburg National Military Park.Dawn shares what a month on the Big Island gave her:- A caldera that has changed dramatically since her 2020 stay. It’s now steaming, it has sunk lower, and it erupted while she was there.- The resilient, community-minded people of Nāʻālehu.- A night on Mauna Kea under the Milky Way.- Her habit of hiking, sketching and journaling before she ever lifts a brush.We talk about painting mist, veils and glazes so you feel a place instead of seeing every detail. We also cover Nan Shepherd’s idea of going into a mountain, putting the phone down long enough to receive a landscape, and why art matters for preserving what’s at risk. Dawn also tells of fireflies rising over the Gettysburg fields at twilight and the trees that carried her story there, and why Big Bend is the park she cried her way out of. She wraps up with her plans for gold leaf and tree paintings from this residency, and her hope to show the new work at a Fort Worth gallery.LINKS & RESOURCES:- Dawn Waters Baker: https://www.DawnWatersBaker.com - National Parks Arts Foundation: https://NationalParksArtsFoundation.org - Browse more episodes: https://arts-parks.podbean.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Yesterday27 min
Peanut Butter, Gratitude Gifts & Celebrations
November is a big month at The Peanut Patch in Yuma, Arizona. It’s Thanksgiving and Gratitude Month, it’s Peanut Butter Lovers Month, and the store is celebrating 29 years. In this episode of Big Blend Radio’s "The Peanut Patch" Podcast, Donna George talks about the little thank-you gifts that mean the most, from fudge and peanut brittle for a hospital nurse to treat bags for delivery drivers and airport workers.Donna explains why fresh-roasted, fresh-ground peanut butter is a whole different thing from the store-bought jar. We talk peanuts and peanut butter as road trip food (dog treats too), plus Yuma’s holiday events, including the light parade and the Colorado River Crossing Balloon Festival. We also share four recipes from Donna’s digital recipe magazine: Country-Style Peanut Butter Cookies, Peanut Butter Crispy Bars, Peanut Butter Bars and a Frozen Peanut Butter Brittle Pie. Along the way you’ll get host-gift ideas, from Medjool dates to fudge to a set of three jars tied with a bow.The Peanut Patch anniversary celebration is Saturday, November 21, with classic cars, vendors and free samples.LINKS & RESOURCES:- Shop The Peanut Patch: https://thepeanutpatch.com - Listen to The Peanut Patch Podcast: https://www.bigblendmediahouse.com/the-peanut-patch - Recipes from The Peanut Patch digital magazine: https://www.bigblendmediahouse.com/p/recipes-from-the-peanut-patch - Subscribe to Big Blend Radio on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BigBlendRadio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 2 days ago29 min
Snow, Santa & Sequoias
Snow is already falling in places in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, the lights are going up in Visalia, and Exeter is getting ready for Santa. On this episode of Big Blend Radio's "California’s Sequoia Country" Podcast with the Sequoia Tourism Council, producer Lisa D. Smith talks with Holly Streit of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, Suzanne Bianco of Visit Visalia, and Shannon Schroth of Experience Exeter. You’ll hear about:- Winter in the parks: layers, road conditions, tire chains and ranger-led snowshoe programs in Grant Grove and at the Giant Forest Museum- The Pear Lake Winter Hut with Sequoia Parks Conservancy, with reservations expected to open November 12- Visalia’s 80th Candy Cane Lane Parade on November 30 and the holiday market at Kaweah Oaks Preserve, December 4-6- Exeter’s Christmas Thursdays (December 3, 10 and 17), Santa at the farmers market November 18, and chamber gift certificates- The North Pole Market at the International Agri-Center in Tulare on December 12- Sequoia Parks Conservancy’s 25% off shop sale through December 31, the Christmas Bird Count on December 19, and the Trek to the Nation’s Christmas Tree on December 13- Cozy holiday weekends: cocoa, cookies, soup, gingerbread houses and a good bookLINKS & TRAVEL RESOURCES:- Explore the region: https://www.discoverthesequoias.com - Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks: https://www.nps.gov/seki - Visit Visalia: https://www.visitvisalia.com - Visalia Holiday Guide: https://www.visitvisalia.com/articles/visalia-holiday-guide - Visalia Winter Weekend Getaway: https://www.visitvisalia.com/articles/visalia-winter-weekend-getaway - Experience Exeter, Exeter Chamber of Commerce: https://exeterchamber.com - Sequoia Parks Conservancy (shop sale 25% off through Dec 31): https://www.sequoiaparksconservancy.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 3 days ago47 min
How to Gift Wine, Even If You Don't Drink It
Heading into the holidays with a bottle on your list and no idea what to buy? On this episode of Big Blend Radio's "Wine Time with Peggy" Podcast, Peggy Fiandaca, co-owner of LDV Winery in Arizona, shares easy, thoughtful ways to gift wine, even if you don't drink it, and what to bring to Thanksgiving dinner. Plus: new 2019 Grenache and 2019 Signature Petite Sirah releases, why bottle glass color matters, wines for a vegan Thanksgiving, and Peggy's Sweet & Spicy Carrots.LINKS & RESOURCES- Get the recipe: https://www.bigblendmediahouse.com/p/sweet-spicy-carrots-recipe - LDV Winery: https://ldvwinery.com - Wine Time with Peggy Podcast: https://www.bigblendmediahouse.com/wine-time-with-peggy - Wine & Bites Digital Podcast & Recipe Magazine: https://online.fliphtml5.com/yhwzg/fmlb/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 3 days ago25 min
Travel Writer Success Insider with Sharon K. Kurtz
Travel writer and photographer Sharon K. Kurtz, host of Big Blend Radio’s "Wander the World with Sharon" Podcast, turns the microphone around in this conversation with Lisa D. Smith. Sharon shares how a midlife pivot became a travel-writing career, why she’s been to about 70 countries and still walks out the door with no plan, and her advice for new writers: write from your heart, don’t mimic anyone, and sleep on it before you submit.Then it’s seven fun questions: her spirit animal, who she’d invite to a dream dinner party, what she’d never eat, and what she wants in the new Big Blend Media House. Along the way, Lisa gives a tour of the house, including the wine cellar, the travel mapping room, the speakeasy and the Cabinet of Curiosities.LINKS:- Read Sharon’s Success Insider Q&A: https://www.bigblendmediahouse.com/p/travel-writer-success-insider-sharon-k-kurtz - Explore more Wander the World with Sharon episodes:https://www.bigblendmediahouse.com/wander-the-world-with-sharon - Visit Sharon’s website:https://sharonkkurtz.com - Check out the "Wander the World with Sharon" Digital Podcast Magazine: https://online.fliphtml5.com/yhwzg/gyoy/#p=1 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 4 days ago29 min
Asheville Music Scene: Venues, Festivals & Legends
Asheville’s music scene is so much more than fiddles and bluegrass. On this episode of Big Blend Radio’s “Adventures in Asheville” Podcast, producer Lisa D. Smith joins cohosts Steve and Karen Wilson (“Mr. and Mrs. Wild”), owners of The Lion & The Rose Bed & Breakfast in Asheville’s Montford Historic District, for a lively tour of where to hear live music in the Blue Ridge Mountains and why plenty of people plan a whole music week around it.Along the way they share:🎸 Where to catch a show: The Grey Eagle, Asheville’s longest-running live music venue, where you can stand right up at the stage; The Orange Peel and its great acoustics; Asheville Music Hall and The One Stop; Thomas Wolfe Auditorium; and the underground rooms Third Room, Eulogy and Revival.🍺 Breweries with music: Burial, Wicked Weed Funkatorium, One World West, Highland Brewing’s meadow stage, and shows at Sierra Nevada, in a city that’s earned the name Beer City USA.🎤 Famous Asheville names: Roberta Flack, Jermaine Dupri, Luke Combs, Warren Haynes, David Holt, Marcus King, Balsam Range and Bob Moog, plus a look at the Moogseum.🎄 Plan ahead: Warren Haynes’ Christmas Jam on December 12 with Greta Van Fleet, The War on Drugs, Gov’t Mule, JJ Grey & Mofro and more, Billy Strings’ five nights in February, and Christmas at the Biltmore.🎨 The Orange Peel’s story: from roller rink to auto parts warehouse to famed music hall, and the Lionel Richie mural by Gus Cutty.💿 Vinyl, listening rooms and street music: Records in the RAD, the Joyful Noise listening lounge, Montford Porchfest, Hillbilly Jam, busking and the Friday-night drum circle.Whether you love blues, bluegrass, funk, jazz, hip hop or symphony, this episode is packed with ideas for planning your own Asheville music getaway.LINKS & RESOURCES:🧩 Piece together the online jigsaw puzzle of the Grey Eagle mural, and see the photos and venue links: https://www.bigblendmediahouse.com/p/asheville-music-scene 🛏 Stay at The Lion & The Rose Bed & Breakfast: https://www.lion-rose.com/ 🎤 More from Steve and Karen, their “Beyond the Stage” series: https://www.bigblendmediahouse.com/t/beyond-the-stage 🎧 Adventures in Asheville Podcast: https://www.bigblendmediahouse.com/adventures-in-asheville 📖 Digital Podcast Magazine: https://www.bigblendmediahouse.com/p/adventures-in-asheville-magazine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 4 days ago13 min
Inside Mobile’s Historic Battle House Hotel & Spa
Step inside one of the South's grand historic hotels with Big Blend Radio's "Travel with Terri" Podcast. On location in downtown Mobile, Alabama, travel journalist Terri Guthrie sits down in the lobby of the Battle House Renaissance Mobile Hotel & Spa with General Manager Margo Gilbert, who has led the hotel since 2004.Margo shares the hotel's remarkable story: built in 1852, lost to fire in 1905, rebuilt in 1908, shuttered in 1974, and brought back to life as a Historic Hotels of America member and AAA Four Diamond property. You'll hear about the two-story lobby and its hand-painted trompe l'oeil portraits, the whispering arch where there are "no secrets in the lobby," and the Crystal Ballroom, where Mobile locals still stop by to remember their proms.Terri also explores the amenities: 238 rooms, restaurants and bars, a 10,000-square-foot European spa, a pool deck with pickleball and tennis, and a location right on the Mardi Gras parade route. Along the way, Margo shares the movie stars who have stayed here, and Terri explains why this one is now a favorite.This episode is part of Terri's Mardi Gras Train series along Amtrak's route from New Orleans to Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, and Mobile. Coming up next: what to see and do in Mobile.LINKS & RESOURCES:- Battle House Renaissance Mobile Hotel & Spa: https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/mobbr/ - Start the series with Knox Ross of the Southern Rail Commission: https://www.bigblendmediahouse.com/p/mardi-gras-train-gulf-coast-amtrak - Last time, Bay St. Louis by Train: https://www.bigblendmediahouse.com/p/bay-st-louis-mississippi-mardi-gras-train - Plan your ride on the Mardi Gras Train: https://www.amtrak.com/mardigras TRAVEL WITH TERRI- Travel with Terri on Big Blend Radio: https://www.bigblendmediahouse.com/travel-with-terri - Travel with Terri: https://www.travelwithterri.com - The Luxe Explorer Digital Podcast Magazine: https://www.travelwithterri.com/magazine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Get Big Blend Radio summaries in your inbox
Free AI-powered daily recaps. Key takeaways, quotes, and mentions — in a 5-minute read.
Get Free Summaries →Free forever for up to 3 podcasts. No credit card required.
You Might Also Like
Listeners also like.
Not Lost
A journalist and a friend travel to cities across North America, sharing meals with locals to explore cultures and personal identity.
Blaze Your Own Trail
Entrepreneurs and trailblazers share real stories and strategies for overcoming adversity and building success.
abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast
Explores abandoned places across the U.S. and beyond, blending immersive storytelling with reflections on history, culture, and mental health.
The Balanced, Beautiful and Abundant Show - Rebecca Whitman
A coach helps high-achieving women overcome burnout using a framework centered on spiritual, emotional, physical, and financial well-being.
Wayfinder: Life-Changing Travel
Travel stories exploring transformation through cultural encounters, food, and off-the-map journeys guided by curiosity.
Best of Both Worlds Podcast
Two working mothers share practical strategies on balancing career, family, time management, and personal fulfillment.
Traveling Through with David Prior
Conversations with cultural figures explore how travel, objects, and meaningful experiences shape identity.
So, Get This
iHeartPodcasts and Bubbler
Road Trip with WNYC
WNYC
Business Movers
True stories of visionary business leaders and the bold decisions that shaped iconic companies and transformed industries.
Business of Home Podcast
Dennis Scully interviews design industry leaders about the business and challenges of interior design.
Right About Now - Legendary Business Advice
Raw business insights from founders and industry leaders, revealing real wins, failures, and actionable strategies without the fluff.
About Big Blend Radio
Adventures across America following scenic byways, historic routes and highways. This Big Blend Radio podcast is hosted and produced by Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team behind Big Blend Magazines and the Love Your Parks Tour. https://nationalparktraveling.com/https://www.blendradioandtv.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Customized Recaps
AI-powered recaps with compact key takeaways, quotes, and insights.
Straight to Your Inbox
Get key takeaways from Big Blend Radio in a 5-minute read.
Save Hours Every Week
Stay current on your favorite podcasts without falling behind.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Podzilla's Big Blend Radio daily summary?
It's a free AI-powered email that summarizes new episodes of Big Blend Radio as soon as they're published. You get the key takeaways, notable quotes, and links & mentions — all in a quick read.
How does the Big Blend Radio podcast summary work?
When a new episode drops, our AI transcribes and analyzes it, then generates a personalized summary tailored to your interests and profession. It's delivered to your inbox every morning.
Is this an official Big Blend Radio product?
No. Podzilla is an independent service that summarizes publicly available podcast content. We're not affiliated with or endorsed by Big Blend Radio Network.
Can I get summaries of other podcasts too?
Absolutely! The free plan covers up to 3 podcasts, any in the catalog. Basic raises that to 15, Pro to 40 and Max to 100. Browse our full catalog at /podcasts.
How often does Big Blend Radio release new episodes?
Big Blend Radio publishes daily. Our AI generates a summary within hours of each new episode.
What topics does Big Blend Radio cover?
Big Blend Radio covers topics including Business, Arts, Culture, Society & Culture, Travel, Places & Travel. Our AI identifies the specific themes in each episode and highlights what matters most to you.
Start getting Big Blend Radio summaries tomorrow morning.
Free forever for up to 3 podcasts. No credit card required.
Free forever for up to 3 podcasts. No credit card required.