Coffee With Jim

Coffee With Jim, December 8, 2024

On today's episode we share America's story and inspire road trips in a conversation about books recommended for the winter reading list. And we share some exciting news about the upcoming Route 66 centennial, Jim Hinckley's America developments, and upcoming episodes of Coffee With Jim. 
Books discussed include James Dean Died Here by Chris Eptig, God's Country: America in the Fifties, Ronald Oakley, A Guide Book To Highway 66, Jack Rittenhouse, Arizona National Parks and Monuments, Roger Naylor, and Oklahoma Route 66, Jim Ross. 

Coffee With Jim, December 1, 2024

Today we travel to Springfield, Illinois on an exciting, road trip inspiring, smile inducing adventure with Scoff Dahl, CVB director, as our guide. Submerged ghost towns, Route 66 and plans for celebrating the highways centennial, a restaurant that opened in the 1880s, a restaurant with a direct link to acclaimed folk artist Bob Waldmire, Abraham Lincoln's home, Route 66 landmarks and a neon sign park are just a few of the stops made during the tour of Springfield. 
It's another shared adventure from Jim Hinckley's America. Come along for the ride!
And after a brief intermission and a tune from The Road Crew, we wrap up with a look at an often overlooked Springfield treasure. And we provide a behind the scenes look at Coffee With Jim, and give our sponsors that will transform your Route 66 adventure a shout out.  

Coffee With Jim, November 24, 2024

If you think of neon and tail fins when the conversation turns to Route 66, today's program will be a surpise. Today we visit with Geoff Ladd, Assistant Director, Illinois Route 66 Scenic Byway and discuss the innovative Route 66 Monarch Flyway project that links conservation and building a sense of community with the most famous highway in the world.
The Illinois Monarch Project that debuted on November 18th, 2020, is a Route 66 centered 66-mile-wide corridor that stretches from Chicago to St. Louis across the state of Illinois. By planting native wildflowers and restoring monarch butterfly habitat a bit of color is added to the roadside, and a threatened species is brought back from the brink. 
For more information about this project contact Geoff at - gladd@illinoisroute66.org

Coffee With Jim, November 17, 2024

Jim Hinckley's America is all about road trips and adventures on the road less traveled. On today's program our virtual guest hosts introduce listeners to an incredible urban trail system in Kingman, Arizona, a town best known for its Route 66 connection.
This trail system blends scenic wonders with historic treasures. When linked to Kingman Tours, the narrated self guided walking tours in the historic heart of the city, and along the Route 66 corridor, Kingman becomes a destination for the adventuresome traveler. 
Join us for this special road trip inspiring program, and set your sights on a great escape from the cold winds of winter. 

Coffee With Jim, November 10, 2024

On today’s program we visit with Steve LeSueur of Talisman Magic Marketing, developer of the innovative Kingman Tours initiative that is transforming the concept of experiential tourism. This innovative multifaceted project launched by Kingman Main Street has transformed the historic heart of Kingman, Arizona into an attraction. We will also be talking about the changing face of marketing, the building of a modern news media outlet, website development, and how AI is transforming everything.
Today's program is sponsored in part by RouteTrip USA, the bespoke road trip holiday specialists. It is also sponsored by the Roadrunner Lodge Motel, Tucumcari, New Mexico, Wagon Wheel Motel, Cuba, Missouri, and Cactus Inn Motel, McLean, Texas. 

Coffee With Jim, November 3, 2024

We are on the road for the annual fall tour. So, we have enlisted the help of a couple guest hosts to share America's story, and to inspire a road trip or two. But their focus seems to be on singing my praises and on telling the story of Jim Hinckley's America. 
I appreciate the compliments and am quite humbled. BUt as our guests aren't real, I will have to accept their praise with a grain of salt. 
Today's program is a glimpse of the future. Today's program is a deep dive into the exciting and unnerving world of AI. It is a manifestation of tinkering with NotebookLM from Google. 
Thoughts? 
 

Coffee With Jim, October 27, 2024

AI and the future of podcasting. New books by Roger Naylor and Denny Gibson. Fall reading recommendations including a haunting book by Filip Muller. Road trips, Route 66 centennial projects, and electric vehicles. Updates from Jim Hinckley's America and the annual fall tour. News about the Kingman Tours project. The Route 66 Miles of Possibility Conference. This could very well be our most diverse episode of Coffee With Jim!
Today's program is sponsored in part by the Roadrunner Lodge Motel in Tucumcari, New Mexico, RouteTrip USA, Cactus Inn Motel in McLean, Texas, the Route 66 Navigation app, and the iconic Wagon Wheel Motel in Cuba, Missouri.

Coffee With Jim, October 20, 2024

Touring the country with one night stands as a stand up comic, hosting a Telly Award winning Route 66 program, and work as an Emmy Award winning producer and writer has given Tom Gregory an intimate knowledge of small town America. But that is only part of the story. 
On today's program Tom shares a twisted path that includes growing up in Chicago, and launching his career with radio programs in the Cajun country of Louisiana. This conversation with Tom, Executive Producer at New Orleans based tGo Productions, is a road trip inspiring deep dive into the magic of small town America and two lane adventures. 
What happens when two storytellers sit down for a Sunday morning conversation? Grab a cup of coffee, pull up a chair, and take a listen.