Big Blend Magazine presents Champagne Sundays  

Join your hosts Nancy J. Reid & Lisa D. Smith (editors of Big Blend Magazine) with a glass of champagne, and enjoy another great Champagne Sundays variety radio show on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009 from 11am – 1pm PST.

MEET OUR SPECIAL GUESTS:

Dr. Barry Popkin - Author ‘The World is Fat: The Fads, Trends, Policies & Products that are Fattening the Human Race’

Over 1.6 billion people are overweight and 600-700 million suffer from malnutrition. Dr. Barry Popkin, global economist and nutritionist, will join us to talk about his new book ‘The World is Fat,’ which explains how food ads, technology and government and NOT biology are making the world fat! Director of the University of North Carolina Interdisciplinary Obesity Center and a professor of global nutrition, Dr. Popkin has studied economics and nutrition for three decades. His research has spanned six continents over the past thirty years, and his work has been featured in hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles, in publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Scientific America.

Dr. Carl Alasko – Author ‘Emotional BS: The Hidden Plague that is Threatening to Destroy Your Relationships – and How to Stop It!

Destroying our relationships in the office, with our partners, friends and families, the hidden plague of Emotional BS wreaks havoc on our society. And the worst part? According to Dr. Carl Alasko, most of us don’t even know we have it. Author Carl Alasko, Ph.D. has been a practicing psychotherapist specializing in couples and families for over 20 years. For the past 13 years he has written a weekly advice column, “On Relationships”, for the Monterey County Herald.

Carlisle Bergquist – Spiritual Therapist & Author – The Coyote Oak: Burgeoning Wisdom

The coming of 2012 on the Mayan calendar looms near and formidably specific, especially given the foreboding signs that play out daily in the world before us. Whether the date is 2012 or beyond we have an obligation to ourselves and to life itself to be able to continue into the next season.  Carlisle Bergquist is a Psychotherapist, Spiritual Therapist and author of ‘The Coyote Oak: Burgeoning Wisdom’, will join us to discusses 2012 and how to prepare for the possible changes that may occur after 2012.

Joan Burns – Wedding & Event Planner Extraordinaire

Yes, you can have your Dream Wedding on a budget! Weddings can cost more than you bargained for if you don’t have some guidelines, so Joan Burns, Wedding & Event Planner Extraordinaire and President of Sampson & Associates, will join us to share tips on how to plan your dream wedding and stay on budget - and how to set a realistic budget.

For more info visit http://www.bigblendmagazine.com/Champagne-Sundays/Jan-11-09.htm