The Stuph File Program

#0582: The Stuph File Program

Featuring Kevin Beresford, founder of The Roundabout Appreciation Society; Steve McChesney, author of Rearranging Change; & Stuart Nulman with Book Banter

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Kevin Beresford the founder of The Roundabout Appreciation Society.  He takes pictures and sells calendars of roundabouts in the UK. 

Steve McChesney a former stuntman who is now a marketing expert and the author of Rearranging Change. Visit Steve's website and you can get a free pdf copy of his book. 

Stuart Nulman with another edition of Book Banter.  This week’s reviewed title is Creature Feature: A Horrid Comedy by Steven Paul Leiva (Magpie Press, $15).  You can also read Stuart’s reviews in The Montreal Times. 

This week's opening slate is presented by Bill Funt, who is a writer/producer/performer and a teacher, who has his Masters in education.  He’s also a very funny guy.  And he’s the son of Alan Funt, the mastermind behind the classic TV show, Candid Camera.

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#0581: The Stuph File Program

Featuring Dr. Daniel Kalla, author of The Last High; travel expert Pete Trabucco, author of A Personal Guide to the Best Thrill Rides and Amusement/Water Parks; & science writer Andrew Fazekas, author of National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Night Sky

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Dan Kalla is back to talk about his latest medical thriller, The Last High, which deals with crime and the opioid crisis in Vancouver. (Patreon Stuph File Program fans, there is a Patreon Reward Extra where Dan talks about why he feels that governments should legalize opioids). 

Travel expert, Pete Trabucco, author of A Personal Guide to the Best Thrill Rides and Amusement/Water Parks, on how and when travel can get back to normal in a post Covid world

Science writer, Andrew Fazekas, The Night Sky Guy, talks about gas on Venus and also how we missed not one, but two asteroids coming our way. 

This week's opening slate is presented by Tom Gliserman, who is a director & visual storyteller.  He’s also someone I went to college with back in the day at Dawson College.

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#0580: The Stuph File Program

Featuring Michael Ian Black, author of A Better Man: A (Mostly Serious) Letter to My Son; Dwayne Clayden, author of Speargrass-Opioid; & Marc Abrahams, founder of Ig Nobel Awards

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Actor Michael Ian Black is the author of A Better Man: A (Mostly Serious) Letter to My Son. 

Dwayne Clayden is the author of Speargrass-Opioid, a thriller that takes place on a First Nation’s reserve and deals with politics, drug addiction and policing. 

Marc Abrahams, the man behind the annual Ig Nobel Awards.  This year was the 30th annual event. 

This week’s opening slate is presented by Lorne Wolf, who works for customer service at Zara, and he also moonlights working on the TV shows, Dragon's Den & Family Feud Canada.

#0579: The Stuph File Program

Featuring Mark Rusin, author of Metro: Sin City Chronicles; actress Nija Okoro, star of The Black Emperor Of Broadway: & Edward Willett, author of The Moonlit World

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Former Vegas police officer turned author, Mark Rusin, whose upcoming book is called Metro: Sin City Chronicles.  He’s also the author of Justice For Dallas, the story of a quadruple homicide case that he worked on when he was an ATF agent.

Nija Okoro, one of the stars of the upcoming film, The Black Emperor Of Broadway.  It’s the true story of the first Black star on Broadway, who even though he was Black, he still had to perform in blackface.

Edward Willett, author of the fantasy novel, The Moonlit World, the third in a series of books. He’s also the editor of the fantasy anthology featuring a host of award winning writers called Shapers of Worlds, plus he hosts the podcast, The Worldshapers.

This week’s opening slate is presented by Mark Lundbek, Station Manager, CKHR, 107.3 FM, Hay River, Northwest Territories, a proud home of The Stuph Program.

#0578: The Stuph File Program

Featuring Richard de Vries, inventor of GreenPees; Paul Derham, operator of Ghost Cruise Tours; & Stuart Nulman with Book Banter

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Richard de Vries is an environmental psychologist in Amsterdam who has created an environmentally friendly outdoor urinal to cut down on peeing in alleys called GreenPees. 

Paul Derham is the operator of Ghost Cruise Tours.  He takes passengers on a ferry around the anchored cruise ships off the English Coast that have all ceased operations due to the pandemic. 

Stuart Nulman is in with another edition of Book Banter.  This week’s reviewed title is The Last High by Daniel Kalla (Simon & Schuster, $22). You can also read Stuart’s reviews in The Montreal Times.

The Guest Slater: Sam Doucet, the Program Director at CKUW–95.9 FM in Winnipeg, one of the proud homes of The Stuph File Program.

#0577: The Stuph File Program

Featuring Nick Santora, executive producer & writer of The Fugitive on Quibi; Bizarro creator, Dan Piraro, author of Peyote Cowboy; and Marc Hartzman from WeirdHistorian.com

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Nick Santora is the executive producer of the short from Quibi series reboot of The Fugitive,  starring Keifer Sutherland.  He’s also the author of a couple of favourite books of mine. Slip & Fall and the excellent page turner Fifteen Digits.

Dan Piraro, the creator of the Bizarro comic strip, has written a graphic novel called Peyote Cowboy, that you can read online for free.

Marc Hartzman, author of The Big Book of Mars: From Ancient Egypt to The Martian, A Deep-Space Dive into Our Obsession with the Red Planet is back on the show. He has the website, WeirdHistorian.com, and each month he’ll be here to feature an odd historical fact for the month.

This week’s opening slate is presented by Wendy Barrett-Stuart who is a cat rescuer. She runs Cats Manger Rescue.

#0576: The Stuph File Program

Featuring comedian Rich Little; sports commentator, Kate Delaney; & Stuart Nulman with Book Banter

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Legendary comedian Rich Little who will be doing a live virtual stage show in October in Las Vegas called Rich Little . . . Virtually Speaking.  Rich has also updated and re-released his book, Little by Little: People I’ve Known and Been, with all the book sales benefiting veterans through the Gary Sinise Foundation.

Sports commentator and talk show host, Kate Delaney on sports in a pandemic world. She’s also the author of Deal Your Own Destiny: Increase Your Odds, Win BIG and Become Extraordinary.

Stuart Nulman with another edition of Book Banter. This week’s reviewed title is The Answer Is . . .: Reflections on My Life by Alex Trebek (Simon & Schuster, $32). You can also read Stuart’s reviews in The Montreal Times.

This week’s opening slate is presented by Al Randall a broadcaster and voice guy and a former colleague of mine back in the day at Montreal’s CJFM, FM96.

Featuring journalist Ivor Davis, author of Manson Exposed: A Reporter’s 50-Year Journey into Madness and Murder & The Beatles and Me On Tour; & Peter Franklin the Gabby Cabby

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Investigative journalist, Ivor Davis, author of Manson Exposed: A Reporter’s 50-Year Journey into Madness and Murder and also The Beatles and Me On Tour, is back talking about The Beatles, Elvis, Manson, and being a witness to the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. (You can hear previous chats with Ivor from #0521 and #0287 in The Stuph File Program archives).

Peter Franklin the Gabby Cabby, shares a slice of the Big Apple, from his yellow mobile conveyance lounge.

This week’s opening slate is presented by Natalie Davis, founder & program director of Verdant Square Radio, formerly GDPR: Revolution 99, one of the proud homes of The Stuph File Program.

Featuring Cordelia Oxley, founder of The Book Fairies; Charles Cutter, author of Bear Bones: Murder at Sleeping Bear Dunes; & Stuart Nulman with Book Banter

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Cordelia Oxley, founder of The Book Fairies, who leave books for total strangers to find.

Charles Cutter, author of the mystery thriller, Bear Bones: Murder at Sleeping Bear Dunes.

Stuart Nulman with another edition of Book Banter. This week’s reviewed title is You Can’t Catch Me by Catherine McKenzie (Simon & Schuster, $24). You can also read Stuart’s reviews in The Montreal Times.

This week’s opening slate is presented by playwright Steve Galluccio, Montreal based screenwriter and playwright with such hits as the film Mambo Italiano, based on his successful play, plus Funkytown and also the TV series Ciao Bella. He also wrote the 2018 film Little Italy, starring Emma Roberts, Hayden Christensen, Danny Aiello and Andrea Martin.

Featuring Dr. Katie Mack, author of The End of Everything: (Astrophysically Speaking); Marc Hartzman, author of The Big Book of Mars: From Ancient Egypt to The Martian, A Deep-Space Dive into Our Obsession with the Red Planet; & Andrew Fazekas, author of National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Night Sky

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Theoretical astrophysicist, Dr. Katie Mack, is the author of The End of Everything: (Astrophysically Speaking).  Find out the possible ways that our universe comes to an end.

Marc Hartzman is the author of The Big Book of Mars: From Ancient Egypt to The Martian, A Deep-Space Dive into Our Obsession with the Red Planet.

Science writer, Andrew Fazekas, The Night Sky Guy, author of National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Night Sky, talks about the splashdown of the SpaceX capsule and the Mars mission.