The Stuph File Program

The Stuph File Program

Featuring Dennis Palumbo, author of Panic Attack; Shane Rhinewald, Senior Director of Public Relations at The Museum Of Play; & Marc Hartzman, author of Chasing Ghosts: A Tour of Our Fascination with Spirits and the Supernatural

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Author Dennis Palumbo has released his 6th Daniel Rinaldi mystery.  This one is called Panic Attack. (You can also hear Dennis’ previous appearance on the show where he talks about writing during the pandemic. You can hear the conversation via Audea: Dennis Palumbo – Writing In A Pandemic).

Shane Rhinewald is the Senior Director of Public Relations for the innovative and fun Museum Of Play in Rochester, New York.

Marc Hartzman, from WeirdHistorian.com is back, but he’s here to talk about his brand new book.  It’s called Chasing Ghosts: A Tour of Our Fascination with Spirits and the Supernatural.

Now you can listen to selected items from The Stuph File Program on the new audio service, Audea. A great way to keep up with many of the interviews from the show and take a trip down memory lane to when this show began back in 2009, with almost 600 selections to choose from!

This week’s guest slate is presented by Blair Bartrem, the Regional Program Director for Bell Media’s South Western Ontario Radio Stations.

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Featuring Larry Strauss, author of Light Man; entrepreneur Alex Sanfilippo, founder of Podmatch; & Stuart Nulman with Book Banter

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Author Larry Strauss, a teacher, who is also the son of the late comedic TV star, Charlotte Rae, is on to talk about his fifth novel called Light Man, which pays homage to the quasi-dystopian New York City of his childhood.

Alex Sanfilippo is an entrepreneur and the founder of Podmatch. He’s also a podcaster himself. His show is called Creating A Brand.

Stuart Nulman with another edition of Book Banter. This week’s reviewed title is The President's Daughter: A Thriller by Bill Clinton & James Patterson (Little, Brown/Knopf, $38). You can also read Stuart’s reviews in The Montreal Times.  

Now you can listen to selected items from The Stuph File Program on the new audio service, Audea. A great way to keep up with many of the interviews from the show and take a trip down memory lane to when this show began back in 2009, with almost 600 selections to choose from!

This week’s guest slate is presented by Steve Faguy, a copy editor at The Montreal Gazette and he also has an excellent blog on the media called Fagstein.

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Featuring historian David O'Keefe; Reid Forgrave, author of Love, Zac: Small-Town Football and the Life and Death of an American Boy; & Bart King, author of Time Travel Inn

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Military historian and documentarian, David O’Keefe, author of Seven Days in Hell: Canada's Battle for Normandy and the Rise of the Black Watch Snipers, answers the hypothetical question of if we had social media and today’s press during WWII, could we have pulled off the D-Day Invasion in Normandy? We also talk about the History Channel show he worked on called History's Greatest Mysteries, hosted by Laurence Fishburne.

Reid Forgrave is the author of Love, Zac: Small-Town Football and the Life and Death of an American Boy, the true story of Zac Easter, a high school football player who suffered multiple head traumas playing the game and eventually took his own life.

Bart King is back talking about his latest book for kids.  This one is a choose your own adventure novel called Time Travel Inn. 

Now you can listen to selected items from The Stuph File Program on the new audio service, Audea. A great way to keep up with many of the interviews from the show and take a trip down memory lane to when this show began back in 2009,

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Featuring actor Ed Asner; Jay Van Bavel, author of The Power of Us; & clinical forensic psychologist, Dr. John Huber

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We remember seven-time Emmy-winning actor Ed Asner, who starred as Lou Grant on both the classic sitcom, The Mary Tyler Moore Show and the hourlong drama Lou Grant. Asner died at the end of August at the age of 91. We feature part of a conversation with him from 1995.

Jay Van Bavel, an Associate Professor of Psychology & Neural Science at New York University, and Director of their Social Identity & Morality Lab, is the author of The Power of Us, which explores the dynamics of shared social identities.

Clinical Forensic Psychologist, Dr. John Huber, the CEO & founder of Tripsitter Clinic is back to talk about stress and mental health in these trying times and how his clinic harnesses the power of psychedelics.

Now you can listen to selected items from The Stuph File Program on the new audio service, Audea. A great way to keep up with many of the interviews from the show and take a trip down memory lane to when this show began back in 2009!

This week’s guest slate is presented by Joyce Pillarella, an oral historian, author & urban explorer in Montreal.

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Featuring Dave Pell, author of Please Scream Inside Your Heart: Breaking News and Nervous Breakdowns in the Year that Wouldn't End; Ivan Obolensky, author of Shadow of the Son; & Stuart Nulman with Book Banter

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Dave Pell, the guy behind the excellent newsletter, NextDraft, is the author of the book Please Scream Inside Your Heart: Breaking News and Nervous Breakdowns in the Year that Wouldn't End, which looks back at the year 2020.

Ivan Obolensky is the author of the gothic novel, Shadow of the Son.  It’s the sequel to his first novel Eye of the Moon.

We remember a dear friend, a former colleague and an early contributor to The Stuph File Program. Journalist Steve Walsh, who on this show was Our Man In The Heart Of America Checking The Pulse Of The Nation, has become a victim of Covid-19, succumbing to the virus. I share some moments of Steve and my thoughts about the dangers of the unvaccinated that can lead to senseless deaths.(You can also hear, via Audea, two of the many previous segments that Steve did on this program, including the last segment he did back in May 2010. If you want to hear any more of them all you have...

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Featuring actress/stuntwoman, Janeshia Adams-Ginyard; Carole Brody Fleet, author of Widows Wear Stilettos; & Marc Hartzman from WeirdHistorian.com

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Janeshia Adams-Ginyard is an actress, an award winning stuntwoman who has appeared in such films as Black Panther and has been a US National bobsledder and a pro wrestler. She's back on the show because she has just been nominated for an Emmy in the brand new category of Outstanding Stunt Performer.

Carole Brody Fleet is an award winning author, grief recovery expert and speaker. Her first book was Widows Wear Stilettos, and it has just come out with a second edition.(You can also hear Carole's previous appearance on show from 2012 on #0143, or you can hear the conversation via Audea: Carole Brody Fleet - Happily Even After).

Marc Hartzman, from WeirdHistorian.com who shares a weird story for the month about being buried alive. (You can also see Marc's successful appearance on Wheel Of Fortune).

Now you can listen to selected items from The Stuph File Program on the new audio service, Audea. A great way to keep up with many of the interviews from the show and take a trip down memory lane to when this show began back in 2009!

This week’s guest slate is presented by thriller writer, Russell Brooks.  His next novel is called Jam Run, which will be coming out in early 2022.

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Featuring Ahmet Zappa, host of Rock My Collection; Diane Zinna, author of The All-Night Sun; & Marti MacGibbon, author of Fierce, Funny, and Female: A Journey Through Middle America, the Texas Oil Field, and Standup Comedy

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Ahmet Zappa is the host of a new show about music memorabilia called Rock My Collection, seen on AXS TV.

Diane Zinna is the author of the novel, The All-Night Sun.  It’s a story that takes you all the way to Sweden and it’s based partly on a true story from Diane’s past.

Marti MacGibbon is the author of Fierce, Funny, and Female: A Journey Through Middle America, the Texas Oil Field, and Standup Comedy. It’s her second memoir talking about her rough and tumble times.(You can also hear Marti’s previous appearance on show from 2013 on #0181, or you can hear the conversation via Audea: Marti MacGibbon - A Comic Who's Had A Tragic Life).

Now you can listen to selected items from The Stuph File Program on the new audio service, 

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Featuring Seth MacFarlane, creator of Family Guy; mystery writer, Hilary MacLeod; & Stuart Nulman with Book Banter

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With his recent railing against the parent company of his network because of the misleading antics of Fox News (check out an article on the issue here), we feature a conversation from 2000, back when the show first went on the air, with Seth MacFarlane, the creator and major voice talent behind Family Guy on FOX. (Patreon Stuph File Program fans, there are three Patreon Reward Extras where you can listen to three more conversations with Seth. There are two conversations from 2003; one where we talked about the success of the DVD's; a second on the return of the show on the network after a short lived cancellation; and one from 2004 where Seth talks about and the live cast readings that he was preparing to do here in Montreal for Just For Laughs). 

Hilary MacLeod is a broadcaster, professor and mystery writer with six novels under her belt.  All of her mysteries take place in a small PEI village, which is where she summers.(You can also hear Hilary’s previous appearance on show from 2011 on #0080, or you can hear the conversation via Audea: Hilary MacLeod - Revenge Of The Lobster Lover)

Stuart Nulman with another edition of Book Banter.  This week’s reviewed title is The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown, $34). You can also read Stuart’s reviews in The Montreal Times.  

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Featuring Ann Burke, author of The Seventh Shot; filmmaker Marc Price; & science writer Andrew Fazekas

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Ann Burke is the author of the true crime novel, The Seventh Shot, which chronicles a murderer that she actually went to school with.

British film director, Marc Price, who makes micro budget films is back on the show after a decade since of the release of his zombie film Colin, which cost all of $75 to make. His two most recent films are Nightshooters (see the trailer here) and Dune Drifter (see a behind the scenes video here).(You can also hear Marc’s previous appearance on show from 2010 on #0064, or you can hear the conversation via Audea: Marc Price - Horror On A Tiny Budget)

Science writer, Andrew Fazekas, The Night Sky Guy, author of National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Night Sky, talks about the duelling billionaires, Sir Richard Branson with Virgin Galactic and Jeff Bezos with Blue Origin, who recently went to space.

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Featuring Sasha Vosk, author of 400 YEARS OF NEW YORK HISTORY: A PICTORIAL GUIDE: Book 1. NEW YORK as NEW AMSTERDAM in the 1600s (VOSK TIME TRAVEL GUIDE); Alex Sangha, producer of Emergence: Out Of The Shadows; & Marc Hartzman from WeirdHistorian.com

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Sasha Vosk is the author of a very innovative pictorial history tome called 400 YEARS OF NEW YORK HISTORY: A PICTORIAL GUIDE: Book 1. NEW YORK as NEW AMSTERDAM in the 1600s (VOSK TIME TRAVEL GUIDE).  It’s a book with stunning visuals.

Alex Sangha is the producer of the documentary, Emergence: Out Of The Shadows, which looks at the journey of LGBT South Asians, dealing with their conservative parents.(You can also hear Alex's previous appearance on show from 2013 on #0204, or you can hear the conversation via Audea: Alex Sangha - Catalyst)

Marc Hartzman, from WeirdHistorian.com who shares a weird story for the month about the tallest man in the world.

Now you can listen to selected items from The Stuph File Program on the new audio service, Audea. A great way to keep up with many of the interviews from the show and take a trip down memory lane to when this show began back in 2009!

This week’s guest slate is presented by Jen Jones who is a Montreal based fine arts artist.