Coffee With Jim

Route 66 Scholarships, August 3, 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.

 

 

Rental Bikes & Clowns, July 27, 2025

Jenn Tramaglino has come full circle. And she has had her share of adventures from Amsterdam to Las Vegas and Burning Man. Now she has returned to her roots in Kingman, Arizona. And with Kingman Rental Bikes she is adding her infectious enthusiasm to the renaissance that is transforming the historic heart of this desert crossroads on Route 66.

In our wide ranging conversation we talked about the long and winding road that led Jenn to open a gift shop, rental bike store, and bicycle museum on Route 66 in a renovated 1930s service station. And we talked about the power of grassroot initiatives and cooperative partnerships, historic district transformation, bicycle history and trivia, and why Kingman is fast becoming a destination city. 

Next week on Coffee With Jim, the podcast from Jim Hinckley's America, our guest is Anthony Arno of Route 66 Podcast that has launched an innovative Route 66 scholarship program. As a college student Arno bicycled across America as a college student while drawing attention towards the plight of cancer patients.  After college he worked as a social worker with disabled adults.  He began his teaching career in Brooklyn and has received numerous awards and grants, participated in NASA’s Space Camp, and visited Japan as a Fulbright Memorial Fund recipient in 2003.

Coffee With Jim is sponsored in part by Two Lane America, the time capsule Roadrunner Lodge Motel in Tucucmari, RouteTrip USA, bespoke road trip specialists for adventures in the US and Canada, the iconic Wagon Wheel Motel in Cuba, Missouri, Gilligan's Route 66 Tours, Enchanted Trails Trading Post and RV Park in Albuquerque, and Cactus Inn Motel in McLean, Texas. It is also sponsored by patrons on Patreon.