{"podcast":{"title":"Route 66 Podcast","slug":"route-66-podcast-323925","podcast_index_feed_id":323925,"rss_url":"https://route66podcast.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://route66podcast.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/8/9/7/f/897f5adda352e5dc/Route_66_Podcast_logo_Cover_Art_2.jpg","author":"Anthony Arno","episode_count":70,"summary":"Talks with people living and working along the Mother Road","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T12:18:24.144158+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/route-66-podcast-323925"},"episode":{"title":"47. The 2021 Route 66 Scholarship Winners","slug":"47-the-2021-route-66-scholarship-winners","published_at":"2022-03-16T13:49:20+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/route-66-podcast-323925/47-the-2021-route-66-scholarship-winners","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/route-66-podcast-323925","url":"https://route66podcast.libsyn.com/47-the-2021-route-66-scholarship-winners","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/route66podcast/Route_66_Scholarship_FINAL.mp3?dest-id=405613","summary":"Our latest episode features a talk with the Route 66 Podcast Scholarship winners! A very special thanks to everyone who participated including the Patreon members, those who helped promote the program, and applicants who submitted entries. At the middle school level, the winning entry was submitted by a former virtual student of mine, Kiera. Kiera's design (pictured above) includes the outline of a shield containing four Route 66 related images inside. Kiera says that she spent few weeks working on the shield and her first step was listening to past episodes of the podcast for ideas. It was during her research Kiera discovered the Wigwam Motel completely on her own, as the podcast has not yet featured the iconic motel on the show. At the college level, Deanna DeValve was selected to receive a $1000 college scholarship. Deanna is from Catoosa, Oklahoma, which is home of the Blue Whale along Route 66. In addition to attending Oral Roberts University Deanna works part time at the Route 66 Native Arts Alliance in Catoosa. Deanna submitted an original song, Remember, and was able to connect her Cherokee heritage in music and words with the verse below: My native blood calls out to me Don't forget your history I listen to the beckoning And follow where she takes me REMEMBER Other submissions include original and digital artwork, a radio broadcast featuring an interview with Bob \"Crocodile\" LIle, and an introduction of Missouri Route 66 using American Sign Language (ASL). The scholarship program began in 2020 and this past year was extended to include an award at the college level. While the submissions were very diverse, it is my hope that even more students will submit an entry for the 2022 - 2023 academic year once the program opens up. The overall goal of the scholarship…","meta_description":"Our latest episode features a talk with the Route 66 Podcast Scholarship winners! A very special thanks to everyone who participated including the Patreon…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3956,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/route-66-podcast-323925/episodes/47-the-2021-route-66-scholarship-winners/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/route-66-podcast-323925/47-the-2021-route-66-scholarship-winners.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}