The Pan Am Podcast

By Pan Am Museum Foundation

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Episodes: 48

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Experience the legacy of the world’s most iconic airline, Pan American World Airways! This award-winning history and humanities program brings Pan Am’s 64-year history to life through engaging storytelling and insightful interviews from Pan Am employees, passengers, pilots, journalists, historians, authors, fashionistas, and aviation enthusiasts! Hosted by historian Tom Betti, the program has won the following awards: Gold 2024 & 2023 Muse Creative Awards, Gold 2024 Vega Digital Award, Silver 2023 Vega Digital Award, Gold Award from the 2023 Hear Now Palooza of the National Audio Theater Festivals, Silver 2022 Muse Creative Award, Arcturus 2022 Vega Digital Award  (Podcast), and Arcturus 2022 Vega Digital Award  (Best Host). The Pan Am Podcast is brought to you by the Pan Am Museum in Garden City, New York and is sponsored by the generous personal support of Mr. Adam Aron, CEO of AMC Theatres and President of the Pan Am Historical Foundation. The Pan Am Museum Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization and would appreciate your consideration of tax-deductible donations.


Episode Date
Episode 47: The "Nisei" Stewardesses of Pan Am
May 02, 2024
Episode 46: Capt. Mike Bannister, Chief Pilot of British Airways Concorde
Mar 14, 2024
Episode 45: National Airlines
Feb 21, 2024
Episode 44: Capt. Robert Ford and the Long Way Home
Jan 08, 2024
Episode 43: Terror at the Rome Airport, December 1973 Attack
Dec 15, 2023
Episode 42: Operation Babylift: The 1975 Saigon Evacuation
Nov 22, 2023
Episode 41: The Stewardess Labor Movement of the 1960s and 1970s
Sep 29, 2023
Episode 40: Tom Betti and a Rock Song About History
Aug 18, 2023
Episode 39: Madeline Smith and a Romance in the Sky
Jul 30, 2023
Episode 38: Dan Colussy, Pan Am's President and Chief Operating Officer in the 1970s
Jun 11, 2023
Episode 37: Lester Kappel, World War II Aircraft Mechanic with Pan Am
May 14, 2023
Episode 36: Sam Donaldson, Legendary Newsman
Mar 03, 2023
Episode 35: Pan Am's Diversity in the Cockpit
Feb 16, 2023
Episode 34: Junius Kellogg and the Pan Am Jets Wheelchair Basketball Team
Feb 06, 2023
Episode 33: Dr. Johanna O’Flaherty, Helping Others With Weighted Wings
Jan 29, 2023
Episode 32: Terror on the Airline, New Lockerbie Arrest, and the Quest for Justice
Jan 06, 2023
Episode 31: The Last CEO and the Last Clipper
Dec 16, 2022
Episode 30: The Art of Travel Posters
Dec 07, 2022
Episode 29: AIDS Epidemic of the 1980s, Remembering Those We Lost
Nov 25, 2022
Episode 28: The Flying Piano Player
Oct 11, 2022
Episode 27: Flight 73 Hostage Negotiations and Hijacking Aftermath
Sep 26, 2022
Episode 26: Flight 73 Hijacking Remembrance
Sep 01, 2022
Episode 25: An Airline Romance, Marriage in the Middle East During a Coup, and Neighbors with a Pan Am Connection
Aug 12, 2022
Episode 24: Catch Me If You Can…An Interview with Frank Abagnale
Jul 27, 2022
Episode 23: The Stratocruiser, Tragedy Over the Amazon, and a Concert in the Sky
Jul 11, 2022
Episode 22: Max Gurney - WWII Hero, Airline Legend, and Renaissance Gentleman
Jun 06, 2022
Episode 21: White House Press Charters and Flying with Air Force One
May 03, 2022
Episode 20: Flying for TWA, Pan Am, and Living in Afghanistan
Apr 19, 2022
Episode 19: Concorde
Apr 01, 2022
Episode 18: Pan Am in the Movies, From Flight Attendant to Hollywood Actor
Mar 18, 2022
Episode 17: Tenerife Airport Disaster Remembrance
Mar 08, 2022
Episode 16: Aviation Pioneers, Birth of an Airline, and Dodging the KGB
Feb 19, 2022
Episode 15: Pan Am International Flight Academy and Stories From the Flight Deck
Feb 05, 2022
Episode 14: Panamac Computers, the Dawn of the Information Age, and Global Trailblazing Women
Jan 14, 2022
Episode 13: The TWA Edition! Exploring the TWA Museum and TWA Hotel
Jan 01, 2022
Episode 12: Lockerbie and Flight 103 Remembrance
Dec 20, 2021
Episode 11: The Legacy Endures 30 Years After Closing, A Conversation with Ed Trippe
Dec 03, 2021
Episode 10: The Pan Am Building, A Landmark of New York City
Nov 22, 2021
Episode 9: JFK's WorldPort, Global Bargain Hunters, and a Jet-setting Mom
Nov 15, 2021
Episode 8: A Lifetime of Romantic Adventure…From Flying Boats to Jumbo Jets
Nov 01, 2021
Episode 7: Supersonic Transports, An Angry JFK, and Flying the Line
Oct 21, 2021
Episode 6: Hijackings and the Dawn of Global Terrorism
Sep 24, 2021
Episode 5: Missiles, Hotels, and Rebranding an Icon
Sep 13, 2021
Episode 4: Evacuation of Saigon, Wings of Freedom Mission
Sep 02, 2021
Episode 3: Flying Boats, Irish Coffee, and a Hollywood Star
Aug 26, 2021
Episode 2: The First Presidential Flight and the Last Pan Am Flight
Aug 19, 2021
Episode 1: Welcome to the Pan Am Podcast and the Pan Am Museum
Aug 18, 2021
The Pan Am Podcast Trailer
Aug 18, 2021