Coffee With Jim

Coffee With Jim, August 25, 2024

On today's program it is a far ranging conversation about Route 66 events and developments as well as upcoming centennial celebrations with Cheryl Eichar Jett, author and organizer of the annual Route 66 Miles of Possibility Conference, and Dries Bessels, author and founding member of the Dutch Route 66 Association. In this fast paced, smile inducing, road trip inspiring conversation we talk about the upcoming Route 66 Miles of Possibility Conference and European Route 66 Festival, restoration of the Painted Desert Trading Post, developments along Route 66 in the Land of Lincoln, and plans for the highways centennia as well as pay homage to a Route 66 personality.
Next on Coffee With Jim, September 1, 2024 - Dare to imagine! The Route 66 centennial is fast approaching and what better way to ensure that it remains a destination for years to come than to bring the history to life for a new generation. Joey Madia is the creative director at innovative Live It Experiences,. But he is also host of Into The Outer Realms and an escape room designer. This is going to be a very interesting conversation!
 

Coffee With Jim, August 18, 2024

Anne Slanina, author and creator of the delightful Annie Mouse series, joined us for a fun filled, road trip inspiring, and thought provoking conversation. We talked about the myths and the realities of traveling Route 66 as a single female. Then we talked about the Annie Mouse series, using Route 66 as a means of getting children interested in history, and how to travel even on a tight budget. But first we had the opporutnity to illustrate the importance of being flexible when dealing with technology. 

Coffee With Jim, August 11, 2024

What do the book The Luckiest Man: Life With John McCain, a self guided walking tour in Kingman, Arizona, and a Route 66 festival in Missouri have in common? On today's episode of Coffee With Jim, a Jim Hinckley's America program, we talk about unsung heroes (besides my dearest friend), inspirational people, and the people that work tirelessly behind the scenes to transform communities large and small.  
Due to technical difficulties I had to carry the conversation along for a bit. That was followed by a live report from the Birthplace of Route 66 Festival in Springfield, Missouri, and conversation with an inspirational member of Kingman Main Street in KIngman, Arizona. 
Take a listen and see if you are not inspired to make a difference in your home town! 
 

Coffee With Jim, August 4, 2024

2026. The Route 66 centennial. The semiquincentennial of the United States. A year of opportunity. That is the subject of today's informative and thought provoking program that includes an open forum with guests, and sharing lots of Route 66 centennial information about websites, initiatives, events, tours, road trips, preservation, grants, the building of cooperative partnerships, and economic development. 
This is the first in a new series of programs. Each month the first episode of Coffee With Jim will be dedicated to the Route 66 centennial, and America's 250th anniversary, and how these events can be used as a catalyst for historic district revitalization as well as economic development.