Life after sixty slows down but the world seems to be moving faster. In this shared adventure author Jim Hinckley shares a milestone, and provides a darkly comedic update on his ongoing battle with tech.

In this new series from Jim Hinckley's America, Jim will be sharing surprising chapters in the American story, and his thoughts about life lived in the shadow of turning seventy. It's a another shared adventure.

Jim Hinckley's America is made possible through listeners support on Patreon. It is also sponsored by Enchanted Trails Trading Post & RV Park, Two Lane America, Roadrunner Lodge Motel, Gilligan's Route 66 Tours, RouteTrip USA, and Deana Nelson State Farm Insurance.

It's the dawn of a new era at Jim Hinckley's America and we wanted to share some exciting, and a few darkly comedic, updates. On today's program:

• We confirm that Jim Hinckley and Jim Hinckley's America is still going strong -
• Provide an update about Coffee With Jim, our weekly podcast -
• Invite you to check out a few new additions to the Jim Hinckley's America network -
• Spark a bit of excitment about this new chapter in the Jim Hinckley's America story -
• Invite you to share the adventure as we tell America's story and inspire a road trip or two -

On today’s episode of Coffee With Jim we visit with Professor Peter Dedek, author and professor of public history at Texas State University. Peter has a delightful new book, Hip To The Trip, Route 66 centennial edition that provides some interesting perspective on this storied old highway. Aside from a thorough dive into the history of the road and the evoution of its culture, this fully revised update of the classic first edition highlights how the renaissance has reshped Route 66.

Jim Hinckley’s America is a shared adventure. But like a good book, when one chapter ends another begins. The live stream Coffee With Jim podast on Podbean is coming to an end. In mid May the live stream option will no longer be available. Stay tuned for details but at this time it looks like we will be moving the program to our Substack hub or YouTube channel.