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Women Making History

Big Blend Radio Network

Aiming to inspire, educate, and entertain women and girls around the world, Big Blend Radio’s ”Women Making History” podcast celebrates women in the past, present, and future, while also sharing success tips on living a happy and successful personal and professional life. New and ”From the Vault” interview episodes aIr almost daily, plus we host a Themed Show or Panel Discussion every 4th Wednesday at 12pm PST / 3pm EST.

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44:49

Mike Guardia - Medics and Nurses in Combat

Women Making History ·

2024/05/07

In honor of National Nurses Day (May 6, 2024) and National Nurses Week (May 6-12, 2024), this episode of Big Blend Radio's "Military Monday" Show with award-winning military historian and author Mike Guardia, focuses on medics and nurses in combat. Hear about WWII combat nurse Lt. Avis Schorer (nee Dagit) who served with an evacuation hospital in North Africa and Italy; and Alfred Velazquez Rascon, a retired US Army lieutenant colonel who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions as a medic

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Filmmaker Elizabeth Carroll - Diana Kennedy: Nothing...

Women Making History ·

2024/05/06

In celebration of Cinco de Mayo, this Big Blend Radio "Front the Vault" conversation from 2020, filmmaker Elizabeth Carroll who discusses the making of the documentary “Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy.” The documentary film, available on most digital formats. features extensive interviews with Diana Kennedy and famed chefs José Andrés, Rick Bayless, Gabriela Camara and Alice Waters. Diana Kennedy provides an intimate look at the leading expert on Mexican cuisine. The author of nine acclaimed cookbooks

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32:10

Linda Kissam and Candy Lesher - Exploring the Arts of...

Women Making History ·

2024/05/04

On this episode of Big Blend Radio, Linda Kissam "Food, Wine & Shopping Diva," and Chef Candy Lesher, talks about the virtual cooking class series, Cooking Like a Dame, that is now offered by the Phoenix Chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier International (LDEI PHX). This chapter is very involved in cultivating Arizona’s future culinarians through the high school C-CAP program (Careers Through Culinary Arts.) If you’ve found yourself in a cooking rut, you’re in luck. Take your kitchen skills to the

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40:55

Bethany Mangle - Young Adult Contemporary Author

Women Making History ·

2024/05/04

In honor of May being Asian & Pacific American Heritage Month, this Big Blend Radio "From the Vault" conversation features author Bethany Mangle, who discusses her young adult novel debut “Prepped.” The story weaves a narrative together with humor, excitement, and romance while exploring themes from Bethany’s Korean identity, sisterhood, and finding your place within your family and the world. She creates honest characters against an adventurous backdrop, and captures raw emotions and a sincere

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01:02:06

Salt in My Soul - The Art of Dying

Women Making History ·

2024/05/03

This "From the Vault" episode of Big Blend Radio focuses on the documentary film SALT IN MY SOUL: THE ART OF DYING (Giant Pictures) which is based on the bestselling posthumously published memoir of the same name. It’s is a classic coming of age story about Mallory, a young woman figuring out how to live with cystic fibrosis which she was diagnosed with at the age of three. In her twenty five-year battle with the deadly disease, she carved out a life that most of us don’t come close to. Using

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01:05:48

Anna Penenberg - Dancing in the Narrows

Women Making History ·

2024/05/02

With today being World Lyme Day (May 1, 2024), this "From the Vault" episode of Big Blend Radio features Anna Penenberg, author of “Dancing in the Narrows: A Mother-Daughter Odyssey Through Chronic Illness.” Dancing in the Narrows (She Writes Press) chronicles a mother and daughter’s multi-year journey through illness and trauma. At sixteen, Anna’s youngest daughter, Dana, is stricken with a mysterious and debilitating condition, eventually diagnosed as Lyme disease. Desperate to find a cure, the

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39:43

Faye Brenner - Collywobbles: Tales of Travel, Life,...

Women Making History ·

2024/04/30

An irresistible compulsion to travel and a nervous affliction: put these together and you get the collywobbles, that jittery feeling one gets from anxiety. This episode of Big Blend Radio's "Vacation Station" Travel Show features author and world traveler Faye Brenner who chats about some of her travel experiences and her book "Collywobbles: Tales of Travel, Life, and Anxiety." Part memoir and part travelogue, "Collywobbles" takes readers on amusing journeys from climbing up to the gargoyles atop

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Author Renée K. Nicholson - Fierce and Delicate

Women Making History ·

2024/04/30

With today being International Dance Day (April 29, 2024), we're revisiting our Big Blend Radio conversation with acclaimed author, writer, and poet Renée K. Nicholson, who discusses her memoir, "Fierce and Delicate: Essays on Dance and Illness." Renée Nicholson’s professional training in ballet had both moments of magnificence and moments of torment, from fittings of elaborate platter tutus to strange language barriers and unrealistic expectations of the body. In "Fierce and Delicate," she looks

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50:34

Poet Lauren Martin - Night of the Hawk

Women Making History ·

2024/04/29

This episode of Big Blend Radio celebrates Earth Month and National Poetry Month with Lauren Martin who discusses her book, "Night of the Hawk: Poems" which will be out on May 14, 2024 through She Writes Press. A powerful and wise poetry collection on shamanism, feminism, and disability, "Night of the Hawk" tells untold stories of the marginalized. Inspired by the Lauren's own experiences as an aging woman living with chronic illness, the poems in this collection will inspire readers to seek

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19:07

Filmmaker Samantha Wishman and Dog Rescuer Monda Wooten

Women Making History ·

2024/04/27

Featuring filmmaker Samantha Wishman and dog rescuer Monda Wooten, this episode of Big Blend Radio "From the Vault" focuses on their documentary film FREE PUPPIES which is out now on VOD and DVD in the USA and Canada. FREE PUPPIES! travels across the country's political divide to explore one of the many areas where no public animal services exist, and volunteers -- many of them women -- step in. The story follows rescuers Monda Wooten, Ann Brown, and Ruth Smith, and the network of independent

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55:08

Author Cheryl Leutjen - Love Earth Now

Women Making History ·

2024/04/27

Enjoyed this shared episode from today's Big Blend Radio's "Nature Connection" Podcast featuring Cheryl Leutjen, author of "Love Earth Now: The Power of Doing One Thing Every Day." As a geologist, environmental law attorney, spiritual practitioner and, most importantly, devoted mother, Cheryl understands that most people don’t have an endless reservoir of time, money and energy to devote to Earth-friendly practices. That’s why she wrote "Love Earth Now," a candid, often humorous exploration that

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01:02:52

Singer-songwriter Anna Karney - Creatures In The Garden

Women Making History ·

2024/04/26

In celebration of Earth Month (April 2024) and Arbor Day (April 26), this Big Blend Radio "From the Vault" episode features Bay Area singer/songwriter Anna Karney who talks about her powerful latest full-length album "Creatures in the Garden" that channels her love for the planet and the beauty of the earth. WATCH THIS PODCAST ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/z9Da4JCDJ8s Using themes of climate change awareness and respect for the planet as a focal point for her writing, "Creatures in the Garden"

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21:40

Debbie Stone - El Chaltén Hiking Adventures in...

Women Making History ·

2024/04/26

In Celebration of National Park Week, we are featuring this episode of Big Blend Radio's "Global Adventures with Debbie Stone" Podcast, where Debbie talks about her hiking adventures in El Chaltén, a small, Patagonian mountain town known as the “National Capital of Trekking” in Argentina. Located in the Southern Andes, in Los Glaciares National Park, El Chaltén is set amid a valley between two rivers, at the foot of the unmistakable Cerro Chaltén or Mt. Fitz Roy. Check out Debbie's article and

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21:40

Debbie Stone - El Chaltén Hiking Adventures in...

Women Making History ·

2024/04/25

In Celebration of National Park Week, we are featuring this episode of Big Blend Radio's "Global Adventures with Debbie Stone" Podcast, where Debbie talks about her hiking adventures in El Chaltén, a small, Patagonian mountain town known as the “National Capital of Trekking” in Argentina. Located in the Southern Andes, in Los Glaciares National Park, El Chaltén is set amid a valley between two rivers, at the foot of the unmistakable Cerro Chaltén or Mt. Fitz Roy. Check out Debbie's article and

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38:12

Debbie Stone - Experience Southern Patagonia, Chile

Women Making History ·

2024/04/24

In Celebration of National Park Week, we are featuring this episode of Big Blend Radio's "Global Adventures with Debbie Stone" Podcast, where Debbie shares her adventures in Southern Patagonia, Chile.Hear about her experiences at Estancia Cerro Guido that borders the eastern side of Torres del Paine National Park in southern Chilean Patagonia. The ranch covers an area of roughly 250,000 acres and is the largest estancia in the area. Torres del Paine National Park is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and

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43:47

Shelley Whizin - How to Handle Anger

Women Making History ·

2024/04/23

In a world that often seems inundated with anger, impatience, and harsh judgment, the pursuit of joy and kindness becomes not only a noble endeavor but a necessary one.On this episode of Big Blend Radio, transformational life coach Shelley Whizin explains how one of the keys to handling anger, whether it is our own or that of others, lies in cultivating empathy and understanding. Read her article about it here: http://tinyurl.com/229d93yvShelley Whizin is the founder and CEO of the Soul Diving

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34:03

Author Lori McCullen - Among the Beautiful Beasts

Women Making History ·

2024/04/22

In celebration of National Park Week, this Big Blend Radio "From the Vault" episode features author and writer Lori McMullen who discusses her new novel, “Among the Beautiful Beasts.” Set in 1920s Miami, the book reveals the remarkable untold story of Marjory Stoneman Douglas – the woman who saved the Everglades. During a time when women were highly undervalued and opportunities were gravely limited, Marjory saw something of her own life reflected in the environmental decline that took place around

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38:18

Author Megan Kate Nelson - Saving Yellowstone

Women Making History ·

2024/04/21

In celebraton of National Park Week, this Big Blend Radio "From the Vault" episode features acclaimed author and historian Dr. Megan Kate Nelson, who discusses her book, "SAVING YELLOWSTONE: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America."Each year, nearly four million people visit Yellowstone National Park—one of the most popular of all national parks—but few know the fascinating and complex historical context in which it was established. SAVING YELLOWSTONE shines a light on the creation of

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15:24

Losing Myself and Finding My Way in America’s...

Women Making History ·

2024/04/20

If you’ve ever thought of just leaving your current life behind and spending a year accomplishing something you’ve always yearned to do, you need to read “FERAL: Losing Myself and Finding My Way in America’s National Parks” by Emily Pennington.In celebration of National Park Week (April 20-28, 2024), this "From the Vault" episode of Big Blend Radio features travel writer and outdoor adventurer Debbie Stone who discusses the memoir FERAL. Read her review here:

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Author Nancy McCabe - Vaulting Through Time

Women Making History ·

2024/04/19

This Big Blned Radio "From the Vault" episode celebrates Teen Literature Day with Pushcart winning author Nancy McCabe who discusses her writing, time travel, and young adult novel, "Vaulting Through Time."WATCH THIS PODCAST ON YOUTUBE:youtu.be/iE7fU9-XIO0VAULTING THROUGH TIME: When sixteen-year-old gymnast Elizabeth Arlington and her ex-best-friend Zach find a time machine in an abandoned house, Elizabeth sets out to find answers to the questions nagging at her. As Elizabeth catapults through time,

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