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On the eve of the SpaceX IPO, Steve, Scott and Bill try to figure out how this soon-to-be-TRILLIONAIRE pulls all this off?
On the eve of the SpaceX IPO, Steve, Scott and Bill try to figure out how this soon-to-be-TRILLIONAIRE pulls all this off?
Whether or not they died in vain depends entirely on how — or even if — you remember them.
Donald Trump and the US Navy just put the ’N’ in the BBGN
Kids today! Hangin’ around after school, staying late to fulfill their hormone-driven passion for their CURSIVE CLUBS…
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.
On the eve of the SpaceX IPO, Steve, Scott and Bill try to figure out how this soon-to-be-TRILLIONAIRE pulls all this off?
Kids today! Hangin’ around after school, staying late to fulfill their hormone-driven passion for their CURSIVE CLUBS…
21st Century physics lets you do all sorts of cool things that Old Albert E. would not like AT ALL.
Is this the configuration that will get us back to the surface of the moon?
We thought we might try to humor our way into having you give that nagging medical issue a second thought.
The new Michael Jackson biopic raises some interesting — and disturbing —questions.
We’re going to need a bigger Nashville…
Well, there’s been another attempt on President Trump’s life… but this one, if anything, is even more disturbing.
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.
Today 5-22-2026, Bella, our princess, passed at 15 years, 6 months and a week. Last of our 4 rescue dogs, all dying in under a...Read More
IT'S HAPPENING!Excitement Guaranteed. I stole that one from Elon.15+ hours as of this post. If this goes well, gotta check out cheap flights to...Read More
In the spirit of the previous blog post, I'll post this link to DilleyMemes on X.California Freedom to the Tune of the Momma's and the...Read More
If you guys haven’t seen this, you gotta see it. I think Bill will especially like it. https://x.com/charliebcurran/status/2051647381981290697Watch that and see if you don’t start to...Read More
This is so cool. While others like SLS may hide their miscues, or at least be the least transparent as typical launch providers....SpaceX just released...Read More
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
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
Whether or not they died in vain depends entirely on how — or even if — you remember them.
One man, 36 hours, and seven hundred dollars: a cautionary tale about the future of my home for 37 years.
