James Strong Show Podcast

Strong asks the the pop culture question, "How Long Will We Live". Some scientists say 150 years will be commonplace. Others, not so much. While most will live longer, none will surpass certain boundaries. The oldest person died in 1997. She was 122. No one has surpassed her. It's been nearly thirty years. Have we hit the limit? do we really want to pass it? And some UFO talk as well!  

News of the day, second page. That's been the topic of this show for the past 20+ years, be it on terrestrial radio or via podcast. Strong links these three unrelated topics and melds them into a web of the times, where everyone thinks they have the answers, but many don't have a clue. Intrigued? Enjoy.

We're all getting older, even the youngest among us. After 30, things get tougher. After 60, really tougher. I'm planning another 14,000 foot mountain climb now that my foot has healed. What was wrong? How did I fix it? Surgery? New age medicine? Not quite. Simple, but not easy ways to do more with an older body.  

Who says Ufo's are real? More and more former military and government workers who were involved in the investigations. Retired Colonels and Admirals, Pentagon officials, website publishers who have had their homes raided to name a few. Where there's smoke, there's fire? Yes indeed.   

Climate change is a real thing. It always has been. You can wring your hands and cry about it, or you can accept it and adapt to the new reality. From cars to coffee, Strong discusses the way prudent thinkers are adapting to the new normal. You can too!

Japanese academic Kohei Saito has suggested that Degrowth Communism will solve the climate change problem. How? Everyone cuts way back and government manages who gets to use the little bit of energy that is doled out. Undoable? Ridiculous? But it's an idea proposed by an academic. Strong discusses this silly man's pipe dream.  

AI is here to stay. It bolsters productivity, performs long mundane tasks more efficiently, and will make life better, for most. Will it steal your intellectual property? US laws say no. Strong discusses how things are and proposes how things will be in today's podcast. 

Today's headlines are so crazy that UFO talk actually sounds reasonable. Especially when newly released documents show that Senators Schumer, Rubio, McCain, Reid and Lieberman say captured UFOs actually exist and are (were) trying to get reverse engineering funding. UFO talk today on The Strong Show!

There's a battle going on between the economy and the ecology. Two types of green. Extremists on both sides say it's one or the other. It can, and should, include both. We don't need to trash the earth and we don't need to return to being hunter-gatherers. The world economy is set to skyrocket with the US leading the way via increased productivity. This takes electric energy. Strong discusses how we can indeed have our cake and eat it too.

Each cause results in an effect. Each effect happens due to causes. Today's essay discusses three interesting topics, The Rich Chinese Exodus, EV Setbacks and the most recent UFO sightings. All explained as the result of specific causes. Life is like a trigonometry problem. If you have enough information you can solve for the angle or line. Listen here. 

Times are changing, as they always have. A new Industrial Revolution is underway spurred by record oil production. Blue collar and management positions that pay six figures can't be done from home, but don't require a college education, are being staffed by the younger generation. They aren't "afraid to work" and are acquiring wealth and security boomers never imagined. Listen here to discover more. 

Once again, the US Government has officially denied ET aircraft, or at least our capture and reverse engineering of ET aircraft. The explanation is that those who say we are don't know the full story. But they don't disclose the full story either. Nifty! If there are no "Little Green Men" Then we must have authentic Little Men in Black. Right? Listen here for details.

Death Valley has had rain. Lots of rain. So where the roads aren't washed out one can witness flowers, lakes and amazing sights not seen for decades. Strong chronicles another Death Valley adventure different from the others. Check it out here. 

LA Dodger star Shohei Ohtani had a $4.5 million dollar withdraw from his bank account to a bookie named Matthew Bowyer. First it was said Ohtani meant for it to be payment for his interpeter and friend Ippei Mizuhara's gambling debt. Then Mizuhara said he did it himself without Ohtani's knowledge. They a spokesman said Muzuhara just stole it from Ohtani. MLB doesn't allow players to bet on baseball. California law doesn't allow sports betting at all. If Ohtani is guilty as suspected, he could and should be done in MLB. And unless there's a clause in his $700 million contract, the Dodgers are on the hook to pay Ohtani for not playing. Just like Trevor Bauer. Will the spin continue?     

A society it difined by its laws (rules) and the public's acceptance of said laws. Don't like them, change them. Today, many just ignore them, with no consequence. Parking rules, speed limits, auto tags, minimum auto insurance all seem to be a suggestion rather than a law. Strong discusses. 

The market is up. Wages are up. So is inflation. It seems that everyone is getting paid, but how can you spend it smartly? Strong discussed who's getting paid and how everyone can make the buck last longer without cutting out the fun factor.

Bob Heil was a giant in the recording industry. He innovated the Heil Talk Box, quadrophonic sound and the RCA DirectTV system among others. I use Heil Sound microphones here in the studio. How big was Bob Heil? Listen here.

"Money makes the world go 'round" said Bob Fosse. He's not wrong. While money isn't everything, it does make most everything easier if you have enough, or more difficult if you do not. Some Ideas and stories on how some spend, earn and perceive money. Hint, young and old don't always agree.

A new bomb that kills without collateral damage and a multi-billionaire with a passive love for wealth. Are these stories related? Of course not, but you will find them both riveting! Oh yeah, I touch on the super bowl too. Listen here.

Once upon a time, China was a whisker away from overtaking the US as the world's biggest economy. With four times the population, I agreed it was a forgone conclusion. Not anymore. As Xi doubles down on privatization, sable rattling, sentencing opponents to death and hamstringing the economy, China is regressing, big time. Why? What's the solution to fix it? Listen here.