Coffee With Jim

Coffee With Jim, September 1, 2024

A 1953 UFO incident in Kingman, Arizona. Route 66 centennial projects. Escape rooms. Road trips. Aviation history in the southwest. Classic films. Educational programs. And direct from the European Route 66 Festival in Prague, a quick call in from Rhys Martin, president of the Oklahoma Route 66 Associaiton, Marian Pavel, developer of the Route 66 Navigation app, Kerry Barrick, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, and Dries Bessels, founding member of the Dutch Route 66 Association. What a wide ranging conversation with Joey Madia, Creative Director at Live It Experiences, host of the Into the Outer Realms program, freelance writer, actor, director, and immersive experience designer
This is probably the most diverse program in the history of Coffee With Jim, the audio podcast from Jim Hinckley's America!

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!