Coffee With Jim

Coffee With Jim, September 18, 2024

A great visit with artist, muralist, and illustrator Joyce Harbin Cole who is also the owner of Home Again on Route 66 in Pontiac, Illinois. In our wide ranging conversation we talk about the life of the artist, Route 66, the transformation of Pontiac's historic business district, a fascinating museum, building a sense of community, folk artists, Bod Waldmire, and road trips. It's another road trip inspiring, smile inducing, and thought provoking podcast from America's storyteller, author Jim Hinckley. 
 

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!
 

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. 

Coffee With Jim, July 28, 2024

You heard it here first! Will Mesalands Community College in Tucumcari, New Mexico have a course on neon sign repair and creation in time for the Route 66 centennial?
On today's episode of Coffee With Jim, a conversation between David Brenner of the Roadrunner Lodge Motel in Tucumcari, New Mexico and Jim Hinckley of Jim Hinckley's America we talked about chasing dreams, the rewards and challenges of vintage motel ownership on Route 66, mid life career changes, and what makes Route 66 unique. And we talked about a future in which neon glows bright along Route 66 in Tucucmari.  
And we also talked with some fascinating people that see Route 66 as the road of dreams that leads to Tucumcari, land of opportunity. 
If today's program had a theme it would be inspiration. Inspiration to chase dreams. Inspiration to build a sense of community and community purpose. Inspiration to change careers. And inspiration to embrace life. 
 

Coffee With Jim, July 21, 2024

Horneytown, North Carolina. Yes, it's a real place. On this episode of Coffee With Jim the conversation with Professor Nolan Stolz about road trips, Route 66, U.S. 6, Amboy, California, time capsule villages, and the joy of adventures on the open road definitely had some interesting detours. That includes delving into a bit of juvenile humor. 
Stolz is well known in the Route 66 community for interesting adventures, and for uncovering the sotries of forgotten places. These road trip inspiring journeys are shared on his YouTube channel named for Route 66 Suite, a musical composition he is developing to commemorate the storied old highway. Videos and stories also shared with supporters of his projects on Patreon. 
Today's program is sponsored in part by RouteTrip USA, the bespoke road trip holiday specialists for adventures in the United Staes or Canada. It is also sponsored by the Roadrunner Lodge Motel in Tucumcari, New Mexico, the iconic Wagon Wheel Motel in Cuba, Missouri, the mid century gem that is the Cactus Inn Motel in McLean, Texas. and Uranus Fudge Company & General Store. The list of additional sponsors of Jim Hinckley's America projects and programs include Gilligan's Route 66 Tours and Route 66 Navigation.