Telling America’s story. Inspiring road trips by telling people where to go. Sharing the adventure. It’s what we do at Jim Hinckley’s America
Coffee With Jim is a virtual diner where folks gather over pie and coffee, share a few laughs, talk road trips, and listen to inspirational and thought provoking people. Jim Hinckley's America is a shared adventure so invite your friends, pour yourself a cup, pull up a chair, and join the conversation.
Need added incentive to share this adventure?
Well, we are proud to annouce that Coffee With Jim has been designated an offical Route 66 centennial program.
Guests on previous programs include:
Acclaimed documentary film producer John Paget -
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Jonathan Bullington, a Chicago Tribune senior reporter -
Author and photographer, president of the Oklahoma Route 66 Association and manager of the Preserve Route 66 Initiative at the National Trust For Historic Preservation, Rhys Martin -
Austin Coop, owner of Two Lane America -
Richard Lentinello of Crankshaft Magazine -
Vickie Ashcraft, owner of Enchanted Trails Trading Post & RV Park, and president of the Route 66 Association of New Mexico -
Wayne Pickerill, of the Pinke Elephant Antique Mall -
Episodes
Sunday Aug 03, 2025
Sunday Aug 03, 2025
This morning we served up a double dose of inspiration and a healthy heapin' of thought provoking ideas provided by our guest Anthony Arno of the Route 66 podcast and innovative Route 66 scholarship initiative. Today's program was a deep dive into the changing nature of education, projects that instill a passion for learning, and ideas on how to share the American story by getting students excitied about road trips and Route 66.
Take a listen, and share your thoughts and ideas in the comment section.
Next week on Coffee With Jim, the weekly podcast from Jim Hinckley's America, we will visit with acclaimed Missouri based mural artist Ray Harvey to talk about public art along Route 66, and how public art fuels development of a sense of community. Invite your friends, pour a cup of coffee, pull up a chair, and join us. After all, Jim Hinckley's America is a shared adventure.
Coffee With Jim is sponsored in part by patrons through Patreon. It is also sponsored by the one of a kind Roadrunner Lodge in Tucumcari, New Mexico, Two Lane America - We're making the Great American Road Trip easier than ever... - the iconic Wagon Wheel Motel in Cuba, Missouri, the oldest continuously operated motel on Route 66, Gilligan's Route 66 Tours - experts in delivering world-class, self-drive tours of this journey into America’s heart and soul - Enchanted Trails Trading Post & RV Park in Albuquerque - For a quality RV experience the trail leads here - the 1950s gem that is the Cactus Inn Motel in McLean, Texas, and RouteTrip USA - North America Road Trip Holidays by the experts who have actually been there.
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