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One will never understand the soul of Great Britain without fully grasping the power of the Royal Navy in their national consciousness.
One will never understand the soul of Great Britain without fully grasping the power of the Royal Navy in their national consciousness.
NO ONE was ready for the response when Trump played his trump card.
After 77 years, the greatest alliance in human history is definitely showing its age.
Bill Whittle, Scott Ott and Steve Green bring you three different perspectives on three of the week’s top stories, with penetrating analysis, assorted-grade humor, and just a pinch of artisanally-selected, steel-cut snark; plus, an informal, wide-ranging, hour-long Member’s Only Backstage show: every week, without fail, since 2014.
One will never understand the soul of Great Britain without fully grasping the power of the Royal Navy in their national consciousness.
After 77 years, the greatest alliance in human history is definitely showing its age.
Even the trajectory of Artemis II — let alone the entire program — seems a little too chill.
Is there a deeper magic that Hollywood has not only abandoned, but learned to despise?
Many times life is not about good and bad options; many times it’s about bad and worse ones.
From Genesis to the Green Lantern, we humans have learned all of our moral values from the stories we tell to one another. In this brand-new series, host Bill Whittle will be having in-depth discussions with the mechanics that build our stories, as well as discussing the mechanics of how a good story is built. Confirmed so far are Jon Voight, Gary Sinise, Mike Rowe, Tom Dreesen, Adam Baldwin, Burt Rutan, Dick Rutan and Kelly Carlson, with more to follow. While we will release snippets from each episode, in the main this will be Members-Only content for the Citizen Producers here at BillWhittle.com.
Jon Voight reveals how to play The Heart of Gold and does a beat-by-beat walkthrough of Midnight Cowboy
Gary Sinise on Ken Mattingly and Supertruth in Apollo 13 and returning from the dead in Forrest Gump
Tom Dreesen uses his impeccable comic timing to kill with a joke, plus life on the road with Sinatra
Adam Baldwin on how to walk a fine line as the Tough Guy, and how to deadpan for a laugh in Firefly
Aeronautical design genius Burt Rutan talks about building his own space program and how to think outside the box.
Kelly Carlson on how a nice girl plays the femme fatale on Nip/Tuck and reflects on some of the dangers that come with celebrity.
The living embodiment of the Steely-Eyed Missile Man, Dick Rutan talks about driving the Hun low and fast over Vietnam and flying for nine days without sleeping.
One thing and one thing alone remains the foundation of the human experience: THE STORY.
Pace, Pitch, Volume and Tone: these are the fundamental tools of Storytelling 101
Mike and Bill discuss their methods used to reduce stage fright in this most stressful of storytelling scenarios.
I don’t think a day goes by without me seeing something genuinely wondrous on the internet, and so I finally decided that I would have to share them with as many people as I could. No politics here: just the weird and the wonderful without the slightest order or method. Just sit back and enjoy.
She was called ‘The Most Beautiful Woman that Ever Lived.’ They may have been right.
Distributed Intelligence is such a difficult thing for elitists to understand… not so much intellectually as emotionally. Here you will find some of the finest examples of this phenomenon: brilliant and funny insights from the thousands of Members here at BillWhittle.com. It’s just one of the many benefits available to our Members, and one that I make a point to check as often as I can. To see more of those benefits, see the section immediately below.
You may have seen reports of Sir Winston Churchill being removed from Bank of England five-pound notes here in the UK. Well, it’s true, and...Read More
The title of this piece is a line from Shakespeare spoken by the Duke of Bourbon as he gazed in bewildered grief at the shattered...Read More
How to create questions for Monday's Stratosphere Studio? This might be a dumb question but I'm trying to figure out where to post the questions for...Read More
Died of cancer 2-27-2026 at 11. Of 4 original rescue dogs, only Bella at 15 years old is left.Part catahoula leopard, mother was purebred, never...Read More
You may have seen there was a bit of a to-do over the BAFTA (Britain’s Oscars) awards this year. Not the nauseating stream of woke,...Read More
Dear Conservative Friends,In church Sunday, the Episcopal priest implied that ICE is recruiting Proud Boys to carry out law enforcement actions. Any mention of Proud...Read More
I’m not a writer, but I’m inspired by the last Stratosphere Studio about the discovery of the construction droid. I’m working on the story, but...Read More
I've been with Bill Whittle.com from the beginning. I was here during Covid when it was little more than a zoom call between, like, 20...Read More
After AI 'clicked', I wanted to create a cheatsheet to help others get a head start with AI. Here's the result. Criticism (constructive or otherwise)...Read More
Now if you haven't read it, go read "My encounter with Neil Armstrong" on this blog.It was sometime between 1976 to 1977 if I remember...Read More
Yes, that Neil Armstrong. I am posting this on reply to an overwhelming request when I asked if anyone wanted to read it. ....and my meeting...Read More
MAJOR MACE MATTINGLY and the Last Men on the Moon will be Bill’s irreverent look at the politics of today by viewing 2024 America through the eyes of four Steely-Eyed Missile Men who have been on a Top Secret US Military Moonbase since 1966! Rendered in the Unreal 5 game engine, this CGI series will be visual knockout as well as a heck of a lot of fun.
The Stratosphere Lounge! Live and in living color since 2011. Come join the rest of the Stratoloungers at 9pm ET / 6pm PT (usually). Any topic, any time, will get you two to three hours of top-quality bloviation absolutely free. Especially popular with insomniacs and those in induced medical comas.
Catching up with backlogged uploads. Recorded 10/12/23
Catching up on old TSL episode postings. Please scroll down to The Stratosphere Lounge page for more in sequence.
Recorded 10/05/23
Catching up on backlogged TSL episodes.
Recorded 09/28/23
Catching up on re-posting old TSL episodes. Recorded 09/21/24
Sick to death of politics? ME TOO. That’s why we launched The Stratosphere Studio: entertainment, filmmaking, computer animation and pop-culture questions only, please. Live talks every Monday at 9pm ET / 6pm PT (usually) covering screenwriting, character archetypes and lessons and observations about the art of storytelling. Also, tons of work-in-progress renders of animation projects in the works, specifically The Colonies and D is for Dungeon… which is worth a watch.
Our biggest attention-getters, old and new
One man, 36 hours, and seven hundred dollars: a cautionary tale about the future of my home for 37 years.
