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Bill Whittle
Whittle in 2014
Born (1959-04-07) April 7, 1959 (age 65)
New York City, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Florida
Occupations
  • Author
  • director
  • screenwriter
  • editor
  • internet personality
  • blogger
Websitebillwhittle.com
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William Alfred Whittle (born April 7, 1959)

Scott Ott, his former fellow co-hosts of Trifecta. Whittle has also produced videos and writing for other outlets, such as the NRA
and Truth Revolt.

He is a former

featured speaker at universities and a number of Republican and Tea Party events throughout the United States. He is also the co-founder of the independent film studio Declaration Entertainment, and is a narrator for Encounter Books
.

Early life

Whittle was born in New York City to William Joseph Whittle, a hotel manager.

Miami Space Transit Planetarium[4] and was made a console operator by its director Jack Horkheimer after a few months.[5] As a teenager he wrote and directed the planetarium's light shows.[6]

He had intended to become a

Boca Raton Hotel's Caldwell Playhouse.[9]

Career

After leaving the University of Florida, Whittle moved to

The History Channel, and NBC
.

Whittle briefly ran a video editing company during this period which closed down in 1998.[10] He continued working in the TV industry as an editor on the Turner Classic Movies special Movie Monsters Revealed (1999), House Calls (2000), Ed McMahon's Next Big Star (2002), Movie Obsessions (2002), AMC's Sunday Morning Shoot-Out (2007–2008), and Shatner's Raw Nerve (2008).

On July 4, 2010, Whittle announced the creation of Declaration Entertainment, an independent film studio, which used crowdsourcing to finance its projects. Co-founded with Jeremy Boreing, the two had guest hosted for Larry O'Connor's BlogTalkRadio podcast The Stage Right Show earlier that year.[11] Its first feature film, The Arroyo, completed filming in August 2012, and is awaiting an official release date.[needs update]

On January 31, 2017, Whittle began writing for The Daily Wire.[citation needed] Also in January 2017, Whittle began producing video content for the National Rifle Association's NRATV network.[12] Whittle's show for the NRA, titled Hot Mic, was a critique of "left-wing pop culture's war on our freedom and rights".[13]

On July 11, 2019, Whittle announced that he would host a four-part podcast about the Apollo 11 Moon landing, titled Apollo 11: What We Saw. The first episode aired on July 13, 2019 and the second aired on July 15, 2019. In March 2023, he released a second season of What We Saw about the Cold War, entitled The Cold War: What We Saw.

In July 2021, he released a history-focused podcast through The Daily Wire called America's Forgotten Heroes that reached #1 on Apple Podcasts.[citation needed] The podcasts focuses on one American hero per episode, including Booker T. Washington, Jimmy Doolittle, and Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.

Blogging

EjectEjectEject.com

In December 2002, Whittle started his first blog, Eject! Eject! Eject!, writing personal narratives and long format essays which discussed current events and political philosophy. He was inspired to start writing following the death of his father earlier that year.[2][8] He soon developed friendships with fellow bloggers Frank J. Fleming, James Lileks, and P. J. O'Rourke who praised his unique writing style. Whittle has credited O'Rourke, in particular, for "bringing me home to conservatism". Initially, much of the blog's content was focused on Whittle's support for the Iraq War. In 2004, a collection of his essays was published in Silent America: A Democracy at War. They were also quoted in several newspapers across the country.[14][15][16]

Six years after starting Eject! Eject! Eject!, Whittle began writing as a guest columnist for the

National Review Online.[17] Both his original essays and National Review columns have been cited by authors William DeMersseman,[18] Jim Geraghty,[19] and Frank Miniter.[20] Crime fiction author Robert Ferrigno used an excerpt from Whittle's essay "The Undefended City" for the introduction of his 2009 novel Heart of the Assassin.[21]

PJ Media

In December 2008, Whittle moved to PJ Media where he continued blogging and hosted several of its video segments:

  • Afterburner (2009–): A weekly three-minute editorial challenging conventional wisdom about politics and society from a conservative perspective.
  • Scott Ott
    , which offers political commentary on current events.
  • The Firewall (2010–): A series of independently produced video essays based on his early political writing.
  • Klavan & Whittle (2011–): A Q&A video series with Whittle and author Andrew Klavan discussing various political and social topics.

His first Afterburner segment was broadcast on May 7, 2009, as a rebuttal to

Marxist underpinning of critical theory".[24]

Whittle's video "Eat the Rich", presenting his position on the consequences of high taxation on the wealthy,

Real Clear Politics.[29][30]

Later that year, Whittle was hired by

TheBlaze. In November 2011, the Spokane Examiner reviewed one of these videos, based on the 2010 book "The World Turned Upside Down: The Global Battle over God, Truth, and Power" by Melanie Phillips, which purported to present the reasoning behind Communist, Islamist and Neo-Nazi support of the Occupy Wall Street protests. The newspaper complimented the video stating that it "ties the groups together rather nicely".[31]

In his role as a commentator for PJTV, Whittle interviewed personalities including

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer.[32]
Other PJTV segments featuring Whittle included:

Whittle was friends with Andrew Breitbart.[33][34][35]

The Stratosphere Lounge

In May 2012, Whittle started his own weekly podcast, "The Stratosphere Lounge", in which Whittle takes questions from his Facebook followers.[8] It airs live on Thursday evenings via Twitch and is later uploaded on his official YouTube channel.[28] The show is still running and episodes typically last between 1 and 2 hours.

Public speaking

Whittle is a frequent guest speaker at political rallies and other public events.

Whittle's appearance at the Orange County Republicans' annual

Hispanic-American voters.[36]

Personal life

Whittle is married to Russian photographer Natasha Melnikova.[37]

Aviation

Whittle is an

glider and light aircraft. He studied aviation as a teenager with the intention of entering the U.S. Air Force Academy.[4][38] Author and screenwriter Michael Walsh, in his 2009 novel Hostile Intent, credited Whittle for teaching him the OODA loop.[39]

On July 9, 2005, Whittle was involved in an incident while attempting to land at Visalia Municipal Airport when the front landing gear failed. The airport's runway was closed for an hour, however, neither Whittle nor the other passenger were injured.[40][41] Whittle has described similar incidents in his flying career.[38]

Filmography

Editor

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Movie Monsters Revealed Editor Also camera operator
2000 House Calls Editor
2002 Ed McMahon's Next Big Star Editor
2002 Movie Obsessions Editor
2007–2008 Sunday Morning Shoot-Out Editor
2008 Shatner's Raw Nerve Editor

Himself

Year Film Role Notes
2011–2012 Red Eye Himself Episode: "March 15, 2012"
Episode: "June 4, 2011"
2012 PolitiChicks Himself
2019-present What We Saw Himself

References

  1. ^ Whittle, Bill (July 24, 2006). "CHAPTER ONE: THE WEB OF TRUST". EjectEjectEject.com. Archived from the original on November 23, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
  2. ^ a b Whittle, Bill (December 22, 2002). "HONOR". EjectEjectEject.com. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
  3. ^
    Ustream
    .
  4. ^ a b c Whittle, Bill (February 15, 2003). "COURAGE". EjectEjectEject.com. Archived from the original on April 4, 2014. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
  5. ^
    Ustream
    .
  6. ^ Geoghegan, Jane P. "Jane's Corner". The Planetarian. Vol. 3–5. International Society of Planetarium Educators, 1974. (pg. 21)
  7. ^ Whittle, Bill (September 19, 2008). "TRINITY (part 1)". EjectEjectEject.com. Archived from the original on February 6, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
  8. ^
    Ustream
    .
  9. The Miami Herald
    . An understated and entertaining pitch for funds was made in Whittle's original piece, Going Too Far – would that all those asking for money would do so with such wit.
  10. Ustream
    .
  11. ^ Bill Whittle and Jeremy Boreing (Hosts) (March 16, 2010). The Stage Right Show with Larry O'Connor (Internet radio). United States: BlogTalkRadio.
  12. ^ "NRATV". BillWhittle.com. Archived from the original on December 4, 2018. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  13. ^ Stein, Sam; Markay, Lachlan (February 21, 2018). "NRA Usually Shuts Up After Mass Shootings. Not This Time". Daily Beast. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  14. ^ Dennis, Tom (August 15, 2005). "Don't Call U.S. Soldiers 'Terrorists'". Grand Forks Herald.
  15. ^ "Postscripts – A Roundup of Observations and Reflections". Savannah Morning News. September 12, 2005.
  16. ^ "Random Notes". San Antonio Express-News. September 28, 2008.
  17. ^ Olbermann, Keith (October 8, 2008). Countdown with Keith Olbermann (Television). United States: MSNBC.
  18. ISBN 1-4497-0367-4
  19. ISBN 0-7432-9042-9
  20. ISBN 978-1-59698-150-8
  21. ^ Crandall, Daniel (August 22, 2009). "An evening with Robert Ferrigno and 'Heart of the Assassin'". Seattle Examiner.
  22. ^ Barmak, Sarah (July 4, 2009). "MJ and the mullahs". Toronto Star.
  23. ^ Newby, Joe (October 9, 2010). "Video explains what Tea Party believes". Spokane Examiner.
  24. ^ Baxley, Laura (February 19, 2011). "Now New York liberals need inclusiveness training". Atlanta Examiner.
  25. ^ Edelman, Doug (April 11, 2011). "After the Shutdown Showdown: Reality STILL Bites!". St. Louis Examiner.
  26. ^ Williams, Walter (April 12, 2011). "Tax The Rich? Good Luck With That". Investor's Business Daily.
  27. ^ Baxley, Laura (April 13, 2011). "Townhall articulates horrifying consequences of America going bankrupt". Atlanta Examiner.
  28. ^
    Ustream
    .
  29. ^ "What is wrong with our kids today?". Tampa Bay Examiner. October 15, 2012.
  30. ^ "Why is he so mean to 'These Precious Snowflakes'?". Fayetteville Examiner. November 12, 2011.
  31. ^ "Video explains why Communists, liberals and Islamists support Occupy protests". Spokane Examiner. November 8, 2011.
  32. ^ Whittle, Bill (Interviewer) (December 9, 2011). Gov. Jan Brewer on Border Issues: "We Have an Out of Control, Arrogant Federal Government" (Internet video). United States.
  33. ISBN 978-0-446-58266-7
  34. ^ Whittle, Bill (Performer) (March 1, 2012). IN MEMORIAM, ANDREW BREITBART: PJTV Remembers a True Patriot and Friend (Internet video). United States.
  35. Internet television
    ). United States.
  36. ^ Mickadeit, Frank (June 16, 2011). "Martinez knows how to beat Dems". Orange County Register.
  37. ^ Whittle, Bill (December 13, 2016). The Stratosphere Lounge 136 (Video). Event occurs at 2:37. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
  38. ^
    Ustream
    .
  39. ISBN 0786020423
  40. Fresno Bee
    . July 11, 2005.
  41. ^ "Close call on runway shuts down the airport". Visalia Times. July 11, 2005.

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