MEET NANCY J. REID & LISA D. SMITH
Hello and thanks for stopping by! We’re Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, Big Blend’s mother-daughter travel, radio podcasting, and publishing team. Nancy, “Madam Geek” is the Mom and Lisa, “Social Secretary” is the Daughter. We’ve been sailing the Big Blend media ship since 1997, and together have over 65 years of combined experience in tourism, hospitality, retail sales, marketing, publishing, media, writing, and photography.
Through our Big Blend Radio podcasts and videos, and digital Big Blend Magazines, we co-create and share content that educates, entertains, and inspires a national and global audience of over 4 million. We believe that “Variety is the Spice that Brings Quality to Life,” and so we cover a multitude of topics that include Music, Books & The Arts, Food & Drink, Travel & Parks, Family & Lifestyle, Health & Happiness, Nature & Environment, Personal & Professional Development, and History & Culture.
Big Blend Magazines: Big Blend Magazine has transformed from being a variety print publication that covered Southern California and the Desert Southwest to being global in coverage and digital in format with a variety of themed publications. Big Blend is going through an expansion in publishing a new themed magazine every couple of weeks. Featuring expert podcast interviews, articles, and photo features, these digital Big Blend Magazines and publications include the new “Big Blend Radio Guide,” “Celebrate The Arts,” “Eat, Drink & Be Merry,” “Garden Gossip,” “Nature Connection,” “Parks & Travel,” “Quality of Life,” “Rants, Raves & Rock,” “Road Trip,” “Success Express Business,” “Vacation Station,” and “Way Back When History.” The best way to receive the publications is to sign up for our weekly Big Blend e-Newsletter.
Check out our archive of Big Blend Magazines on Issuu.com.
Big Blend Radio Network: Big Blend Radio has grown from being a weekly live “Champagne Sunday” show, to a network of approximately 40 podcasts that include Big Blend Radio signature shows and special expert podcast channels. All new podcast episodes air on the main Big Blend Radio channel. All podcasts are available on the main podcast platforms such as YouTube, Spotify, Apple, Podbean, iHeartRadio, Amazon, ListenNotes, Podchaser, etc.
Love Your Parks Tour: We travel full-time on the Love Your Parks Tour, our quest to visit and document all of America’s parks and public lands and showcase their local community stories and treasures. Most of our park stories and destination coverage is featured on our site NationalParkTraveling.com and in its digital “Parks & Travel Magazine.” However, right now we are revamping our park coverage over 2500 parks into a new website which is also part of a big and special announcement we will make by the end of 2024! We’d be remiss if we didn’t mention our pink sock monkey travel mascot Priscilla, she’s known as the “Queen of the Road.”
BIG BLEND MISSION STATEMENT: Big Blend is a company based on the belief that education is the most formidable weapon that can be waged against fear, ignorance, and prejudice. It is our belief that education starts at home and branches outward. Education leads to travel, and travel leads to understanding, acceptance, and appreciation of cultures and customs different to our own, and ultimately to world peace. Our company is further based on the principle that networking, communication, and helping others to promote and market themselves leads to financial stability; thus paving the way to better education, travel, and the spirit of giving back to the community.
