Our funny Valentine!

octoberskyminute.com/cm/podcast/min… Another great interview by the boys, this one with Dr. Christopher Mark of the great Mine Safety and Health Administration, just about the best federal agency there is. Just a note: In the era of October Sky, most big mines in southern West Virginia used

octoberskyminute.com/cm/podcast/min… The boys talk to the great Scott “Jim Hickam” Thomas who did such a prodigious job in the film. They also dedicate this minute to my brother who, of course, I dearly love. Scott also had an important role on Star Trek Voyager!

The boys during this October Sky Minute properly gush over Jim’s “Miss Riley” - 4th grade teacher and just all-round prodigious person Maureen Lavettre Roeland! octoberskyminute.com/cm/podcast/min…

Very honored to have Appalachian Regional Commissioner (and former First Lady of West Virginia) Gayle Manchin talk about her favorite state! octoberskyminute.com/cm/podcast/min…

octoberskyminute.com/cm/podcast/min… The boys talk to my friend and fellow southern West Virginian Gayle Manchin, head of the Appalachian Regional Commission. She has worked hard for the region and is a special friend of Coalwood and the Rocket Boys.

Excited and proud to do the 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb with my wife's employer, Pierce Mfg ! Thanks to several months of weight loss I'm ready, and anxious to prove to myself that I can do it. Please repost and support if you can - Thank you! NFFF.akaraisin.com/ui/pierce24/p/…

octoberskyminute.com/cm/podcast/min… The boys talk to my great friend Bob Tinnell about food, family, miners, and movies! Bob may be directing a movie based on one of my books!

I always used to say I wouldn't want to fly an airplane that I built. Then, one year, I went to Oshkosh and realized I could gain the skills I needed to do it and there was a whole community to help me along the way. So, here I am, 30 years later, finally building my airplane!

With 24 hours to go, I'm at 93% of my fundraising goal for tomorrow's 9/11 Memorial stair climb. PLEASE consider donating to support the families of fallen firefighters via NFFF . Reposts are greatly appreciated. Thanks! Hal Bryan - Stair Climb (akaraisin.com)

At once proud and humbled to have been the top fundraiser for NFFF during today’s stair climb. Big thanks to Pierce Mfg for being such gracious hosts. facebook.com/share/kNgyEZvB…

The boys talk to Rocket Boy Roy Lee Cooke & Leslie Baker of the Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine about their awesome adventure into modern McDowell County, WV. One thing to keep in mind about the county the #RocketBoys grew up in is the population was over 100,000 in the 1950s,

octoberskyminute.com/cm/podcast/min… The boys of Oct. Sky Minute conduct a fascinating interview about buses & the Greyhound Bus Museum. Not sure where the film makers got the bus in the movie. The bus I took to Indianapolis had Trailways livery & was chartered by the Nat'l Science Fair.

octoberskyminute.com/cm/podcast/min… Yet another interesting podcast by the boys of the #OctoberSky Minute. This minute shows Miss Riley in the hospital visited by Homer. A hospice nurse comments. Miss Riley was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease in 1958, the junior year of the #RocketBoys at

Continuing our conversation with Astronaut Mike Massimino, the man who straddled the Hubble Space Telescope, and helped us see to the other side of the Universe! Mike Massimino Homer Hickam octoberskyminute.com/cm/podcast/min…

Another (sort of) Hickam family reunion! Join us with Homer Hickam, his movie brother Jim (Scott Thomas), and movie mom Elsie (Natalie Canerday) as we get ready for the FINAL WEEK of The October Sky Minute! octoberskyminute.com/cm/podcast/min…

Our penultimate episode! We talk with Anthony L'Abbate, Preservations Manager at the George Eastman Museum, on saving the history of the moving image for future generations. EastmanMuseum octoberskyminute.com/cm/podcast/min…

Here come the holidays! For that perfect gift for readers, how about a #HomerHickam book? We have #RocketBoys plus Don't Blow Yourself Up - his latest memoir of his service in the Vietnam War & other adventures. Also, wife Linda has her new children's books. Wyatt is standing

Proud and excited to do the 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb at Lambeau Field again this year, raising money for fallen firefighter's families thanks to NFFF and Pierce Mfg. Please donate if you can, and reposts are appreciated! bit.ly/4myxzqK

Watching our way through classic NCIS and who do I spy but our pal ChadLindberg tearing it up as gangster Joey Peanut! Great stuff!