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 Oct 19, 2025
Sunday Oct 19, 2025
Cyrus Stevens Avery is known today as the Father of Route 66. But he was more, much more. Visionary highway commissioner, businessman, pioneering rangleand conservationist, and innovator. The legacy of the U.S. Highway 66 Association, a manifestation of Avery's genius and ability to build a network of cooperative partnerships, lives on as the Route 66 renaissance.
On today's episode we visit with Joey Madia that is bringing the Cyrus Avery story to life for a Route 66 centennial road show, and a series of educational programs. Madia is a master at bringing historic personalities to life. His list of accomplishments is lengthy - novelist, screenwriter, playwright, actor, historical educator, storyteller, and director. He has designed history based puzzles for escape rooms in North Carolina, Scotland, and the Mothman Museum in Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
To contact Madia and schedule a Cyrus Avery program - joeymadiawriter@gmail.com
Today's program is sponsored in part by supporters of Jim Hinckley's America through Patreon. It is also sponsored by Deana Nelson State Farm in Kingman, Arizona, Gilligan's Route 66 Tours, Roadrunner Lodge Motel, Wagon Wheel Motel, Two Lane America, RouteTrip USA, Cactus Inn Motel, and Enchanted Trails Trading Post & RV Park.
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