News of the day from a free thinking independent conservative pompous ass. Published weekly, usually Saturday AM.
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Welcome to Strong Reception with Eli James. This podcast covers a whole host of subjects, ranging from election reform in New York City to the history of cover songs. It's for the civic-minded, the historically curious and those who love exclaiming, "I didn't know that!" Hear a range of great interviews with those who know their stuff, and those who are trying to change stuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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James Strong Show Podcast 392 Government Waste - Theft or Incompetence?
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40:08Government Waste has been here since government began. And waste is a part of it. Everyone agrees it needs to be stopped. No one does anything to stop it. Is Elon Musk and DOGE about to change everything? Today's essay discusses.Oleh James Strong
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James Strong Show Podcast 391 My Firsthand Happy Hour Study
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43:10Recent studies say alcohol is bad for you. Wasn't that obvious? Some are not saying even one drink can cause damage. Strong relates firsthand the effects of imbibing. Both good and bad. Where do you stand on this new epiphany? Listen here.Oleh James Strong
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James Strong Show Podcast 390 DeepSeek and Palestinian Christians
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41:28Conflict from today and thousands of years ago. How are they related? Why should we care? Hand wringing over the unknown and undesirable is a human nature that remains a constant throughout history. Also, sports betting and the Jaguar runs!Oleh James Strong
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James Strong Show Podcast 389 Trials of Buying a New Car
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40:57Cars are expensive, right? So if you are paying more, you should expect seamless, predictable service, right? Strong discusses the trials and tribulations of buying a new car in 2025. Spending a lot of money shouldn't be hard, but it is. Listen here. Also LA fire talk and will drinking really kill you?…
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James Strong Show Podcast 388 Even Weather Is Fake News / California Adventure
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40:17Returning from a trip to Southern California, Strong discusses the fake news involving the weather and LA fires. Midwest USA has no monopoly on weather stories anymore, or the exaggerated aftermath extreme weather brings. Did LA really cut the fire department $17m? Did Mayor Bass really holiday in Ghana while LA burned? Does the City of St. louis n…
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James Strong Show Podcast 387 A Peek At 2025
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48:55The New Year means new happenings. Be it better or worse, there will be changes. Strong takes a look at some of those changes and discusses what they mean for you. Listen here!Oleh James Strong
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James Strong Show Podcast 386 James Bond - The Original Super Hero
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41:03Before movies about Superman and Batman and Spiderman, there was Bond. James Bond. Bond is the original larger than life superhero that supersedes all the rest. Now a creative impasse between the franchise owners (Barbara Broccoli) and the studio (MGM / Amazon) have put all new projects on hold. Amazon wants to expand and update (monetize) the fran…
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James Strong Show Podcast 385 I'm Not Gullible, Am I?
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39:05What can we believe today? Everyone from ad men to government officials tell us what to believe. Drones are just planes. My car is the best. My ED medicine will let you wow the girls. We tend to be gullible, but is it really our fault? is there a way around it. Maybe. Listen here.Oleh James Strong
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James Strong Show Podcast 384 EVs Are The Future, Like Colonies On Mars
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39:24One day we will all be driving electric cars. One day we will have colonies on Mars. Neither is happening any time soon. Low profits, governments struggling to balance budgets, lack of charging stations and low range are the reasons. Car companies, Tesla excluded, can't turn a profit. Today's podcast lists the reason why most of us will be driving …
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James Strong Show Podcast 383 Making Money the Simple Way
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39:02The way to make good money today is simple, but the implementation isn't easy. It takes hard work, education, relocation and or determination. Strong gives examples of several jobs that are in high demand and pay outstanding money. Curious? Listen here.Oleh James Strong
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James Strong Show Podcast 382 UFOs Are STILL Real!
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40:53In 1953 Donald Keyhoe coined the Phrase "UFOs Are Real". Luis Elizondo said UAP are real in last week's government UAP (UFO) hearings. More military officials with more strong testimony, and still no disclosure. Why? What are they hiding? Or do they really have no idea what these phenomena are? Listen here.…
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James Strong Show Podcast 381 Strongman's Take On the 2024 Election
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40:15Why did Trump win the 2024 election? Why did the GOP win the Senate and as of November 10, probably the House? Superior candidates? The right message at the right time? probably not. Why we did what we did on November 5 from an independent perspective.Oleh James Strong
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James Strong Show Podcast 380 Florida, Coffee and Saudi Slaves
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40:40Strong discusses his latest trip to the Florida Panhandle, then waxes eloquently about Elon Musk, Lithium, Saudi Slavery and why Starbucks can't get the cream in your coffee right. Don't see the relationship here? Then listenup.Oleh James Strong
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James Strong Show Podcast 379 New Economy + Colorado Adventure
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39:42Today's twin spin is about the new kings of the economy and my recent adventure in Colorado. Facts, finance and fun all on the Strong Show.Oleh James Strong
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James Strong Show Podcast 378 Germany or Florida
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44:02Florida is our Germany, home to the oddball free spirits. We discuss one thing Floridians get right (electric power), and one they get wrong (living on a beach in hurricane country). Batting .500 isn't bad, depending on the outcome. Listen here.Oleh James Strong
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James Strong Show Podcast 377 The Changing Sport That Was MLB
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43:38Major League Baseball has changed over the past 10-15 years. Batting average, RBI, Pitcher wins really don't matter. OPS, and wiff rate matter. Good or bad, its a fact. Has the change made the game a better product? Attendance is up. Listen here.Oleh James Strong
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James Strong Show Podcast 376 The Frank Sinatra Jr. You Never knew
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39:47The only son of Frank Sinatra, Jr. was a singer, musician, composer and conductor who took his material from The Great American Songbook. Some thought he simply rode the old man's coat tails. Not True! Sinatra Jr. as hard working and determined as his old man. He ran the show for his father as his health and confidence waned. Listen here for the st…
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James Strong Show Podcast 375 White Mountain Peak Adventure
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40:24The White Mountain Wilderness is difficult to access, so few people go there. I did. Number three son and I explored the wilderness, camped in the wilderness and undertook a climb of 14252 feet. The travel and acclimation process is a challenge in itself. The assent? Listen here.Oleh James Strong
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James Strong Show Podcast 374 The Adaptable Human Being
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40:29Of all the plants and animals on earth, we humans are the most adaptable. Change forces adaptability. The result of failure is extinction. We are prospering, in spite of poor governments and constant change. Listen here for the details.Oleh James Strong
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James Strong Show Podcast 373 Do As I Say...
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42:16Individualism is a bellwether of America. But the fine line between confidence and arrogance has widened exponentially. Politicians, Captains of Industry, even common folk looking for a bit of help are morphing from cutting edge leaders to clueless asses. Strong notes 5 cases where the "do as I say" statement doesn't ring true. Maybe we should care…
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James Strong Show Podcast 372 Is It Always About The Money
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40:06Utopian New Zealand has hit hard times. It's natural beauty is worthless if it's citizens can't pay the bills, so they are emigrating in droves. So is it really always about the money? Kind of...yes. Strong explains.Oleh James Strong
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James Strong Show Podcast 371 Bad Economy is a Relative Term
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39:47What designates a bad economy? No food? No home? Your vacation is cut short? Hardship today for many of us first world residents isn't like it was once upon a time. What designates a bad economy? Listen here.Oleh James Strong
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James Strong Show Podcast 370 Walking Away From The Day Job
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35:30On July 31 Strong walked away from the day job. The one that earned the money, not the podcast. Call it retired if you like, but the Strongman is moving onto the next adventure. What will it be? How is the podcast affected? Listen here.Oleh James Strong
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James Strong Show Podcast 369 Things We Are Told
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39:43Many tell us many things. Some True (Dow Jones up 1% today). Some hyped (our product is the best). Some Lies (most political ads). Strong discusses several items told to us or others that perhaps expected one reaction, but received another. Southwest Air's recent decision to assign seats is one. Relax and listen to the spin doctors smile and lie!…
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James Strong Show Podcast 368 Will You Live To Be 150?
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40:20Strong 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 t…
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James Strong Show Podcast 367 Western Civilization, UFO's and Jaguars
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42:31News 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.…
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James Strong Show Podcast 366 Old School or New School?
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35:35We'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.…
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James Strong Show Podcast 365 Who Says UFO's Are Real?
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41:06Who 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.Oleh James Strong
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James Strong Show Podcast 364 Climate Change...Embrace It
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40:34Climate 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!Oleh James Strong
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James Strong Show Podcast 363 Communism is the New Green
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34:14Japanese 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.…
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James Strong Show Podcast 362 Will you Ride The AI Boom?
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41:31AI 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.Oleh James Strong
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James Strong Show Podcast 361 The World is Crazy, So Lets Talk UFOs!
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42:26Today'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!…
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James Strong Show Podcast 360 Green VS Green
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42:55There'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.…
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James Strong Show Podcast 359 Cause and Effect
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37:01Each 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 …
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James Strong Show Podcast 358 Young Americans Are Driving Prosperity
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41:07Times 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 b…
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James Strong Show Podcast 357 Little Green Men or Little Men in Black?
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40:21Once 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? List…
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James Strong Show Podcast 356 Another Death Valley Adventure
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43:10Death 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.Oleh James Strong
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James Strong Show Podcast 355 Shohei Ohtani Bets On Baseball?
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38:24LA 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 O…
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James Strong Show Podcast 354 The New Wild Wild West
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38:08A 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.Oleh James Strong
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James Strong Show Podcast 353 Getting Paid And Spending It
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39:47The 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.Oleh James Strong
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James Strong Show Podcast 352 Remembering Bob Heil
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37:46Bob 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.Oleh James Strong
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James Strong Show Podcast 351 It's The Economy Stupid
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40:01"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.Oleh James Strong
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James Strong Show Podcast 350 The Ginsu Bomb and The Billionaire
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39:15A 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.Oleh James Strong
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James Strong Show Podcast 349 China's Continued Slide
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39:33Once 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 …
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James Strong Show Podcast 348 The Annexation of Puerto Rico
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42:07This podcast is about my recent vacation to sunny tropical Puerto Rico, not annexation. I just stole the phrase from the movie Little Giants. Highlights, lowlights advantages and disadvantages of going to Puerto Rico when it's cold in to Midwest US. Also, other travel tips discussed.Oleh James Strong
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James Strong Show Podcast 347 America's Misconception of Happiness
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40:14A recent report says American's are suffering at unprecidented rates. Really? Fake news? No, because the report figures are based on people's perception. Is perceved suffering still suffering? Sure. But there's a difference between being out of food and a slow internet that won't let you finish first in an on line gaming session. Is America the lan…
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James Strong Show Podcast 346 Cause and Effect
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39:55Cause and Effect are responsible for most results. If studied correctly, there should be few suprises in life. Three examples this week include MyPillow, Chinese car exports and promotions for work from home people. "If you do this, the result is usually that".Oleh James Strong
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James Strong Show Podcast 345 The Nightmare That Is Xi Jinping
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36:05Xi Jinping, the dictator for life in the PRC, recently reversed the one child policy in the PRC. That's after years of forced abortions, sterilizations, and penalties for having too many children (more that one). This resulted in an aging population where women are rejecting marrage and childern for economic reasons. Xi's attempts to force women's …
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James Strong Show Podcast 344 Biggest Threat in 2024? War!
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41:16The economy drives the west and threat to the economy is war. Not just in Ukarine and the Middle East, but Benin, Niger, Somolia, Kenya, The Red Sea and Guyana. These are all countries where US troops are stationed and fighting or supporting troops fighting wars. And the list is growing. War is expensive and takes its toll on resourses and funds. I…
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What's an SAHG? It's a stay at home girlfriend. It's the brand new trend that some young women dream about. No commitment, no kids, no work. Actually, this NEW Phenomenon is nothing new. It used to me called a mistress, but that term is demeaning to women. Perhaps I'm off base. Listen and let me know.…
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