by Jim Heath | Jun 18, 2021 | Jim on History, Jim on YouTube, JimHeath.TV
Jim on History’s first season on YouTube is now history. The first three-month run was a big success, with one of the episodes attracting over 20,000 views. In total, the first season garnered nearly 5,000 new subscribers to the Jim Heath Channel, and tens of...
by Jim Heath | Jun 16, 2021 | Jim on History, JimHeath.TV
Jim on History analyzes the ongoing water crisis out west. Jim Heath and Barack Obama briefly discussed western water concerns over a dozen years ago in South Carolina. The conversation happened before the start of a formal interview back in 2007. This week, water...
by Jim Heath | Jun 14, 2021 | Jim on History, JimHeath.TV
At Joe Biden’s inauguration, Garth Brooks performed a stirring rendition of the classic spiritual “Amazing Grace.” Jim on History looks back to his performance, and more importantly, what happened afterwards. Brooks, in a sign of true bipartisanship,...
by Jim Heath | Jun 11, 2021 | Jim on History, Jim on YouTube, JimHeath.TV
What’s it like to do another job for a day? That was the premise of Jim Heath’s three-part series that aired on KYMA TV over 20 years ago. One of the jobs Jim selected was being a maid for a day. “It’s an unappreciated job that deserves a lot...
by Jim Heath | Jun 9, 2021 | Jim on History, JimHeath.TV
Jim on History recalls the time that longtime Phoenix Bill Close was forced at gunpoint to read a statement – which included a prediction that Phoenix would be invaded by ants – on the air. In May, 1982, Joe Billie Gwin, 28, took four people hostage at the...
by Jim Heath | Jun 7, 2021 | Jim on History, JimHeath.TV
Jim on History recalls the 1980s Iran-Contra scandal. In a nutshell, it was a secret U.S. arms deal by the Reagan administration that traded missiles and other arms to free some Americans held hostage by terrorists in Lebanon, but also used funds from the arms deal to...
