In case you were wondering, the earth’s circumference is 24,900 miles around and the moon 238,857 miles away. What does this have to do with a podcast about Southwest Airlines? Well this podcast is about travel. Whaaa? A podcast from Southwest Airlines about travel?

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Length: 13:35
Extreme stand-by travel and Parents Day sponsored by the Southwest Airlines Pass Bureau.

This episode of Red Belly Radio was recorded in Dallas and in Denver and it is about a triple header of events. Denver launched some new non-stop service; we opened up a new Provisioning base in Denver; and we handed off a bunch of backpacks and school supplies to some great kids who have a parent service in Iraq or Afghanistan.

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Length: 11:21
This cake, made to look like one of our peanut bag wrappers, for the guests at the triple event. New Denver service, a new Denver Provisioning base, and we handed off backpacks with school supplies to some great kids who have a parent serving in Iraq or Afghanistan.

I can’t believe it.  Summer is almost over, and Halloween is just around the corner.  This will be my fifth Halloween as Southwest’s CEO, and little did I know what kind of impact my costumes would have.  In 2004, I portrayed mega-rock star, Gene Simmons of KISS, [asset|