Episode Description Episode 113: "Don't Sit This One Out: Stand Like Esther with Your Vote" With division on every front, some believers are stepping back, declaring "Jesus 2024: Our Only Hope." While it's a powerful reminder to keep our eyes on Him, it’s simply not enough to watch from the sidelines. Our faith calls us to be active, engaged, and r…

Dr. Ashley Whitehead Luskey joins Beth and Ronnie to discuss the First Lady of the Confederacy, Varina Davis; her life and love with ol' Jeff Davis and their sad post-war existence. If you support women's history, then please become a patron so That's What She Said and the rest of Addressing Gettysburg can continue. www.patreon.com/addressinggettys…

This shared episode of Big Blend Radio's "Toast to The Arts & Parks" Show features acclaimed astrophotographer and photojournalist Stan Honda, the National Parks Arts Foundation's Fall 2024 artist-in-residence at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. Stan Honda is an experienced photojournalist who now works with natural landscapes — usually night-time …

Celebrate the end of National Book Month and Family History with this episode of Big Blend Radio featuring debut novelist Joanne Howard. Hear about her historical fiction debut "Sleeping in the Sun" that was inspired by her family history and shares the story of how unlikely friends uncover the cruel reality of British-led India. Out now through Sh…

On this episode of Big Blend Radio's TOAST TO THE ARTS Show, award-winning author Joseph Bauer discusses his new novel "Sailing for Grace." The book shares the story of how a man’s promise to his dying wife leads him into uncharted waters as he confronts the realities of immigration at the US-Mexico border. Out now through Running Wild Press, "Sail…

This episode of Big Blend Radio features Stephen Dees and Pete Hewlett of Novo Combo, the 1980s rock band known for their electrifying blend of rock and pop. Hear about their new album, 45 West 55th, and their reunion to make it happen. Novo Combo founding members include Stephen Dees (lead vocals/bass), Jack Griffith (lead guitar), Pete Hewlett (v…

The citizens of Gettysburg didn't only sacrifice during and after the battle. Like Americans all across the county, the Civil War affected them in many way. Ken Rich joins us on Patreon to talk about the cost Gettysburgians paid from 1861-1865 Join us on Patreon! You'll learn so much more while keeping this show alive www.patreon.com/addressinggett…

Since 1915, Gettysburg has featured an elite force of historians known as Licensed Battlefield Guides. In recognition of the guide exam being given on December 7, 2024, Jasan Hileman came by to share the history of the guides. Support the Show by: Becoming a Patron- https://www.patreon.com/addressinggettysburg . Now with a FREE TRIAL for 2nd Lieute…

On this shared episode of Big Blend Radio, Lance Laber, Executive Director of the DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun, talks about the fall exhibits and events you can experience at this Tucson landmark. Current exhibits featuring southwest artist Ted DeGrazia's work include, "Roadrunners," "Enamel on Copper Paintings," and “DeGrazia’s Textile Designs for …

Celebrate National Arts and Humanities Month with this episode of Big Blend Radio's WORLD OF ART Podcast with artist Victoria Chick. Hear how wilderness exploration and science converged with the assistance of art in the 19th century to spread the fame of that giant among trees, the Sequoia. Read Victoria's article about it all, including how art h…

Celebrate October being National Book Month with this episode of Big Blend Radio's "Happy Hour Hang Out" Podcast Conversation that digs into the literary, plus, horse and dog, world of authors and writers, books and reading, libraries and bookshops, and the work that goes behind it all. FEATURED GUESTS IN THE PANEL * MATT COST - Author of mystery &…

It’s a time of uncertainty, a time when the world seems increasingly divided, and the future is unpredictable. For the Jewish people, the feast of Sukkot (Tabernacles) is a reminder of God's faithfulness in the wilderness. But how do we hold on to that ancient promise in the chaos of today’s world, especially in light of the ongoing conflict in Isr…

Author Ron Kirkwood comes in to talk about the sequel to his book "Too Much For Human Endurance" entitled "Tell Mother Not To Worry". In this interview, we fly by the seat of our pants because I messed up not realizing I had received a digital copy of the book while waiting for a hard copy. Silly Matt. But Ron is easy to talk to and it came out pre…

Ralph Siegel. 6 Questions Lentz. Joe from Peach Orchard Publishing. How could it get any better? How about questions from listeners via email and phone calls? Also, the subject matter: Carl Shurz, an interesting fellow. Support the Show by: Becoming a Patron- https://www.patreon.com/addressinggettysburg . Now with a FREE TRIAL for 2nd Lieutenants S…

Historian Carolyn Ivanoff sits down with Bethany and Veronica to talk about the one and only Clara Barton. Clarissa Barton was an American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, a teacher, and a patent clerk. Since nursing education was not then very formalized and she did not attend nursing sc…

Episode Summary: What if you waited your entire life, followed rituals painstakingly, prayed for atonement, but never really knew if you had been forgiven by God? This is the reality for many in the Jewish community during Yom Kippur. In this episode of The Jewish Road Podcast, we explore the Day of Atonement, looking into its significance for both…

When a young girl feels complicit in her own abuse, how does that thwart the adult woman? This episode of Big Blend Radio's 2nd Wednesday "Books & Authors" Show with Books Forward features debut author Melissa Connelly discusses her new novel, "What Was Lost." Melissa Connelly’s debut novel comes after a long career in education. A finalist for the…

The Order of Battle of the Army of Northern Virginia at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1, 2, 3, 1863, as found in Edwin Coddington's "The Gettysburg Campaign: A Study in Command."Por Addressing Gettysburg, LLC

Celebrate Music Monday with episode of Big Blend Radio's A TOAST TO THE ARTS Show featuring Milwaukee-based producer, guitarist, and multi-instrumentalist Jim Eannelli who discusses his music and debut solo album, "Just Deserts." Jim Eannelli has been in every sort of band from hard rock to synth pop; he worked with Rick Derringer on the Colour Rad…

John Miller from the Shippensburg Historical Society sat down with me two years ago in the old shed-studio to talk about Shippensburg during the Gettysburg Campaign. Hear the rest of this episode and almost 300 others by joining out Patreon channel. www.patreon.com/addressinggettysburgPor Addressing Gettysburg, LLC

This episode of Big Blend Radio's "Toast to The Arts & Parks" Show features musician and composer Rachel Mari Kimber, the National Parks Arts Foundation's Fall 2024 artist-in-residence at Saguaro National Park in Tucson, Arizona. This is part two of our conversation as a follow up of her residency. Check out Part One here: https://nationalparktrave…

Celebrate Music Monday with this episode of Big Blend Radio's TOAST TO THE ARTS Show, also featured on the Big Daily Blend Podcast, with Arthur and Kathy Lamonica, founders of the New York City band Rome 56. Hear about their new album "Paradise is Free" that's out now through Think Like a Key Music. Decades after making waves with gritty NYC new wa…

The Gettysburg Cyclorama is something to behold. It's an engineering marvel, an art marvel and has its own fascinating story from creation to where it now resides at the GNMP Museum and Visitor Center. LBG Chris Brenneman joins us for the first time to talk about it. Support the Show by: Becoming a Patron- https://www.patreon.com/addressinggettysbu…

Welcome to Joey Stuckey's Alive Day 2024 that Celebrates Life Through the Power of Music & Community! Joey Stuckey is an award-winning blind guitarist, songwriter, singer, composer, producer, radio and television personality, music columnist, educator, and sound engineer. He cohosts our Big Daily Blend podcast every 4th Sunday. Joey has released se…

Welcome to Joey Stuckey's Alive Day 2024 that Celebrates Life Through the Power of Music & Community! Joey Stuckey is an award-winning blind guitarist, songwriter, singer, composer, producer, radio and television personality, music columnist, educator, and sound engineer. He cohosts our Big Daily Blend podcast every 4th Sunday. Joey has released se…

Welcome to Joey Stuckey's Alive Day 2024 that Celebrates Life Through the Power of Music & Community! Joey Stuckey is an award-winning blind guitarist, songwriter, singer, composer, producer, radio and television personality, music columnist, educator, and sound engineer. He cohosts our Big Daily Blend podcast every 4th Sunday. Joey has released se…

Happy National Family Day! This episode of Big Blend Radio features award-winning author Francine Falk-Allen. A fan of genealogy research, Francine enjoyed uncovering her family’s history, and traced both her maternal and paternal ancestors back to the 1600s. She never imagined that one day she’d discover a jaw-dropping family secret. Based on a tr…

This episode of Big Blend Radio's BIG DAILY BLEND Show with co-host Joey Stuckey, celebrates music that inspires, motivates, and makes us all feel good! After all, isn't music our emotional medicine? This episode also kicks off Joey's Annual ALIVE DAY which we will celebrate on Big Blend Radio with select musical guests on Sept. 29, so stay tuned h…

This episode of Big Blend Radio's WORLD OF ART Podcast with artist Victoria Chick focuses on the history of National Park Posters. These icon collectibles originated in the 1930s and early 1940s as part of the WPA Federal Art Project, which began as part of the effort to recover from the Great Depression. Read Victoria's article about the posters h…

James Hessler joins us again to talk about Humprehys' Division of Dan Sickles' III Corps. This episode must be good because Jim has been asking me when it will be released since we recorded it in February. So, enjoy this episode with the Hessler Seal of Approval. Support the Show by: Becoming a Patron- https://www.patreon.com/addressinggettysburg .…

If you are studying for the guide exam or just want to know the battle inside and out, then I have something to help you. This is actually a recording I've been dreading editing (lots of tongue-ties and stumbles to cut out) since 2019 when I recorded it. It can be found in Coddington's book. I hope it helps. These will help you too https://www.lulu…

This episode of Big Blend Radio's TOAST TO THE ARTS Show features Marc Saltarelli, an award-winning director with work in both narrative and documentary filmmaking. Hear about his latest film, STUDIO ONE FOREVER. A beacon of dancing and freedom for gay men looking for identity in a world that saw them as outcasts, Studio One was a haven and the blo…

This episode of Big Blend Radio's 2nd Wednesday "Books & Authors" Show with Books Forward features debut author Ann Lowry who discusses her novel, "The Blue Trunk." When Ann Lowry inherited an ancestor's blue travel trunk, she had no idea that this artifact was about to take her on a three-year journey of discovery. She was told that the trunk’s pr…

In observance of World Suicide Prevention Day (Sept. 10) and National Suicide Prevention Month (Sept), this episode of Big Blend Radio focuses on Johnny Schaefer's new song "When It's Your Kid" as well as teen suicide prevention and the pressures youth face today. Watch the music video: https://youtu.be/CfqF8q1BgQc?feature=shared FEATURED GUESTS: -…

This episode of Big Blend Radio features filmmaker Amy Nicholson who discusses her documentary "Happy Campers." The film chronicles the final days of a working-class summer colony in a scrappy trailer park that just happens to hold the secret to a rich life. In a waterfront campground off the coast of Virginia, residents spend their summers living …

Our friend David Martin is back and, this time, talking about my home state of New Jersey at Gettysburg. Basically, we sat around and ate gabagool while hurling insults at people who were busy fighting the battle. That's a joke. I just wanted to say "gabagool." New Jersey was just quite active here and involved in many of the major actions of the b…

This episode of Big Blend Radio's "Toast to The Arts & Parks" Show features musician and composer Rachel Mari Kimber, the National Parks Arts Foundation's Fall 2024 artist-in-residence at Saguaro National Park in Tucson, Arizona. Rachel Mari Kimber is a musically creative artist from Wales, UK. She composes, sings, plays guitar and cello, orchestra…

Get ready for Halloween with this episode of Big Blend Radio's 1st Tuesday "Adventures in Asheville" Show that focuses on Heavy Mountain Music and Beer Fest, held Oct 25-26, 2024 at the Orange Peel and Burial Beer's Eulogy. Featuring an array of iconic artists and genre spanning acts, exclusive pours from the area’s finest breweries, and hair-raisi…

Celebrate Military Monday and Music Monday with this episode of Big Blend Radio that features professional theater writer, producer, and author Steve Wallis. Hear about "Hannah: The Soldier Diaries," a powerful story of love, loss, and hope that takes listeners through a theater-like experience, with an audiobook that immerses listeners in an emoti…

LBGs Ralph Siegel and Jessie Wheedleton care. They care about ye who want to become guides here at Gettysburg. Therefore, they're on the show to clue you in to the realities of guiding. Are you going to be that "Rock Star Guide" you fantasized about night after night? Or are you most likely going to give tours to sweaty, bored families, dreaming ab…

Summary How do you reconcile being both Arab and Israeli in a land of deep divisions? For Robert "Ruby" Bishai, this tension is not only part of his personal journey but also the heartbeat of his ministry. Ruby, an Arab Israeli believer in Yeshua, has found a profound calling to serve both the Jewish and Arab people of Israel. Growing up in a Jewis…

This "Medical Insider" episode of Big Blend Radio features author Marschall Runge, M.D., PhD, who is the executive vice president for Medical Affairs at the University of Michigan, dean of the Medical School, and CEO of Michigan Medicine. He earned his doctorate in molecular biology at Vanderbilt University and his medical degree from Johns Hopkins…

We are very proud to present the first episode of our first "spin-off" podcast, "That's What She Said", hosted by Bethany Yingling and Veronica "Ronnie Ronstadt" Brestenksy, women. In their inaugural episode, Beth and Ronnie are joined by Licensed Town Guide Rosanne Zajko to talk about one tough lady: Elizabeth Thorn, who dug almost 100 graves whil…

THIS EPISODE DROPS LIVE ON PATREON at 7:30 AM EST TODAY! Join and listen with fellow Gettysnerds You know how we like to do a series of shows on one topic. Right? Right. Well, this episode is the first on the subject of Reconstruction. I know, I know. You're saying "Reconstruction? How boring." Or maybe, "Reconstruction? Whatever, dude." And some o…

On this episode of Big Blend Radio, Lance Laber, Executive Director of the DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun, talks about the latest exhibits featuring southwest artist Ted DeGrazia's "Roadrunners" and "Enamel on Copper Paintings." DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun is a 10-acre historic landmark nestled in the foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains in Tucso…

In honor of American Artist Appreciation Month, this episode of Big Blend Radio's BIG DAILY BLEND with co-host Joey Stuckey and author Kathleen Walls, celebrates America's music, musicians, singers, and songwriters. Co-host of Big Blend Radio's BIG DAILY BLEND Show every 4th Sunday, Joey Stuckey is known as the Music Ambassador of Macon, Georgia "T…

Summary Imagine discovering that one of the most influential figures in Biblical history may have been misunderstood for centuries. That’s the compelling problem Ryan Lambert tackles in his book, The Weird Apostle. As a Messianic Jew, Lambert challenges the traditional portrayal of the Apostle Paul, urging us to see Paul not as a renegade who sough…

LBG Charlie Fennell is back to talk about who he thinks the heroes of Culp's Hill are, well, just SOME of them. If you're studying for the guide exam, you will want to make sure you listen to this episode. You'll also want to make sure you join us on Patreon for hundreds of epsiodes about, not only, the Battle of Gettysburg, but the Civil War as a …

Susan Wall is a living historian who can often be found doing her thing at the George Spangler Farm. If you haven't gone out there yet, make sure you do as soon as you get the chance. The farm was carefully and truthfully restored to its 1863 appearance through diligent research by the Gettysburg Foundation and is well worth your time. In this epis…

In celebration of American Artists Appreciation Month and the upcoming National Park Service anniversary (Aug. 25, 1860), this episode of Big Blend Radio's WORLD OF ART Podcast with artist Victoria Chick features photographer Tanya Ortega. Hear their discussion covering the Then & Now of Art and Artists in Parks and Public Lands. Talking about the …