Featuring UK farmer Fiona Wilson; Scott Overton, author of Indigent Earth; & Joyce Merwin from The Train Mount Railroad Museum

Fiona Wilson is the co-owner of Dumble Farms in East Yorkshire in the UK. You can visit the farm to experience cow cuddling.

Scott Overton is the author of the science fiction novel, Indigent Earth.

Joyce Merwin is the office manager at The Train Mountain Railroad Museum in Oregon, which features the world’s largest miniature railroad with over 36 miles of 7.5-gauge track on over 2,000 acres of pine forest. (Also mentioned in the segment is the excellent video done by Mike Downey entitled, Riding the WORLD’S LONGEST Model Train Track! from his YouTube channel, DownieLive.

This week’s guest slate is presented by actor Bruce Dinsmore, who has worked in many animated TV shows, such as being Binky Barnes in Arthur, Tubby Tompkins from The Little Lulu Show, and a host of other animated voices. He also plays a police detective in the live action thriller, Charlie Tango, which will be released in February.

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Featuring Titanic VHS film collector, JD; Madame Maven, author of Death Maven: Having Everyday Conversations About Death And Dying; & Stuart Nulman with Book Banter

JD is a collector.  He has over 2,500 copies of the movie, Titanic, on VHS and he’s hoping to reach a million copies.

Madame Maven is the author of the humorous book, Death Maven: Having Everyday Conversations About Death And Dying.

Stuart Nulman with another edition of Book Banter. This time it’s a look ahead to some of the anticipated titles that will be released in 2024. This week’s suggested titles are:

You can also read Stuart’s reviews in The Montreal Times.

This week’s guest slate is presented by Julie Gedeon, a writer, editor and writing coach.

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Featuring some of the great guests of 2023 in this “Best-Of” year ender Stuph File Program

Melisa Schonfield, author of Bitter or Better: The Melisa Schonfield Story, which chronicles the story of how she spent three years in jail for trying to hire a hitman to kill the abusive boyfriend of her daughter and his son. (First heard on Stuph File Program #0700. Also heard on Audea under the title Melisa Schonfield – Jailed For Hiring A Hitman).

Markus Pukonen spent the last eight years travelling around the globe, but he did it without a plane, train or automobile. In fact, he made the trek without involving anything that had a motor. He even avoided elevators. (First heard on Stuph File Program #0727. Also heard on Audea under the title Markus Pukonen – Travelling The Globe Without A Motor).

Dennis Palumbo, one of my favourite mystery writers, is also a psychotherapist. He talks about how his profession is depicted in film & television. He wrote an essay for Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine about this topic entitled Your Shrinks Might Need To Be Shrunk. He was also the Consulting Producer on the recent Hulu series, The Patient, which is about a therapist held hostage by a serial killer hoping to be cured of his homicidal tendencies. His thriller series contains six Dr. Daniel Rinaldi novels, with the latest one being Panic Attack. (First heard on Stuph File Program #0713. Also heard on Audea under the title Dennis Palumbo – How Therapists Are Depicted In Film & Television).

Julian Sher, author of The North Star: Canada And The Civil War Plots Against Lincoln. (First heard on Stuph File Program #0715. Also heard on Audea under the title Julian Sher – The North Star).

Liz Deacle, author of The Travel Bog Diaries, whose family uprooted themselves to live in New Zealand, then later decided to travel around the world backpacking with her husband and teenage children. She’s also co-hosts the podcast, It’s A Drama: A Wife & Husband Podcast; plus she’s a YouTuber, entrepreneur and professional storyteller. (First heard on Stuph File Program #0723. Also heard on Audea under the title Liz Deacle – The Travel Bog Diaries).

Gothic horror novelist, Jennifer Anne Gordon is back with her latest book that is a collection of stories called, The Japanese Box And Other Stories. She’s also the co-host of a podcast that features discussions with other authors called Vox Vomitus. (First heard on Stuph File Program #0732. Also heard on Audea under the title Jennifer Anne Gordon – The Japanese Box).

Christopher Bouzy is a tech entrepreneur who is the creator of the new social media platform called Spoutible. (You can also find me on Spoutible as paholder) (First heard on Stuph File Program #0739. Also heard on Audea under the title Christopher Bouzy – Spoutible).

Doogie Lish Sandtiger is a collector.  He’s also known as the King of Crocs because he has over 2,100 pairs of the colourful shoes. (First heard on Stuph File Program #0714. Also heard on Audea under the title Doogie Lish Sandtiger – King Of Crocs).

Fashion model Paul Mason, better known as Fashion Santa.  He started Fashion Santa back in the middle of the last decade as a way to help raise funds for worthy causes, such as Save A Child’s Heart. (First heard on Stuph File Program #0725. Also heard on Audea under the title Paul Mason – Fashion Santa).

Rebecca Whitlinger is one of those rare women who not only got to wear her bridesmaid dress more than once, she’s worn it in many different circumstances and in many parts of the world, ever since she first wore it just six months after the wedding, back in 1988. (First heard on Stuph File Program #0736. Also heard on Audea under the title Rebecca Whitlinger – The Bridesmaid Dress That Has Seen The World).

This week’s guest slate is presented by Don Deschamp, a long time listener of The Stuph File Program.

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Featuring a perennial favourite holiday program. It’s The Meshach & Malik Christmas Special

This is a special one hour show for the holidays. The Meshach & Malik Christmas Show, an irreverent children’s program unlike anything you’ve heard before during the holidays. So just sit back, down another eggnog and enjoy!

Music heard on this week’s show includes:

This week’s opening slate is presented by Biff Wellington, the manager of The North Pole Reindeer Stables.

(If you want a little background into how this special Christmas show was created, Patreon subscribers to The Stuph File Program can enjoy a Patreon Rewards Extra that features info on how the show was created and outtakes of the boys!)

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Featuring Herbie J Pilato, author of The Bionic Book: The Six Million Dollar Man And The Bionic Woman Reconstructed; model railroader, Harrison; & science writer Andrew Fazekas, author of National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Night Sky and National Geographic’s Stargazer Atlas: The Ultimate Guide To The Night Sky

Herbie J Pilato is the author of The Bionic Book: The Six Million Dollar Man And The Bionic Woman Reconstructed.

Model railroader Harrison has quite the YouTube following on his site SMT Mainline, where he shares information, tips and layouts about model trains.

Science writer, Andrew Fazekas, The Night Sky Guy, author of National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Night Sky and National Geographic’s Stargazer Atlas: The Ultimate Guide To The Night Sky, is back to talk about, among other things, the Peregrine Lunar Lander, the first time that NASA will be launching rockets by a private company.
(Patreon Stuph File Program fans, there is a Patreon Reward Extra where we’ll discuss the latest from the James Webb Telescope; plus scientists finding hydrogen in the Moon rocks collected by the Apollo astronauts; looking into Mercury’s exotic glaciers; oxygen on Mars and more).

This week’s guest slate is presented by Andrew Caddell, the Principal Partner for QIT Canada. He’s also Town Councillor in Kamouraska, Quebec and President of the Task Force on Linguistic Policy.

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Featuring filmmaker, Catherine Gray; producer Marty Krofft; & Stuart Nulman with Book Banter

Catherine Gray is one of the executive producers of the new documentary film, Show Her The Money, which exposes the gender gap in financing women in business.

We remember Marty Krofft, one half of the iconic sibling TV production company, Sid & Marty Krofft Productions.  Marty passed away last week at the age of 86 and we remember him with an interview that we did with the legendary showman in 2018.

Stuart Nulman with another edition of Book Banter. It’s our annual roundup of great holiday book ideas. This week’s suggested titles are:

You can also read Stuart’s reviews in The Montreal Times.

This week’s guest slate is presented by Sam Fisher who is the Beverage Manager at Montreal’s Restaurant Hélicoptère.

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Featuring fly cast painter, Ben Miller; Nzondi, author of Oware Mosaic; and puzzlemaker Bill Shunn, creator of Tylogram

Ben Miller is the world’s only fly-cast painter, who makes amazing pieces of art using a rod & reel and pinpoint precision.

Nzondi is a triple threat. He’s an actor, musician and the Bram Stoker award winning author of Oware Mosaic, a novel about a futuristic young, Black female medical examiner, but with several twists.

Bill Shunn is an author and puzzle maker. He is the creator of the bi-weekly game, Tylogram, plus, he’s the creator of The Spelling Bee Solver. (Bill is also the author of The Accidental Terrorist: Confessions of a Reluctant Missionary, which chronicles the true story of his service as a Mormon missionary and the events that led to his arrest and conviction on terrorism related charges. You can hear that chat on show #0328).

This week’s guest slate is presented by Lisa Christensen, a licensed mechanic and the host of CJAD’s Car Show. She is also a Montreal City Councillor for the borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles.

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Featuring singer/songwriter Lars; JP McLean, author of Scorch Mark; & Marc Hartzman, author of We Are Not Alone: The Extraordinary History Of UFO’s And Aliens Invading Our Hopes, Fears And Fantasies

Lars, a singer/songwriter from Sweden who is an internet sensation with a huge fanbase. His songs went viral with about 400 million streams, including over 330 million on Spotify alone.

JP McLean is the author of Scorch Mark, which is the third book in her Dark Dreams series.

Marc Hartzman, from WeirdHistorian.com and the author of We Are Not Alone: The Extraordinary History Of UFO’s And Aliens Invading Our Hopes, Fears And Fantasies is back, with the weird story for November. This one deals with the plot to steal Abraham Lincoln’s body.

This week’s guest slate is presented by Zoe Chee who is the Program Director at Astronomers Without Borders.

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Featuring Oksana Kukurudza, author of Sunflowers Bend But Rarely Break; Kalee Boisvert, author of MoneyWise Mabel’s Bursting Bank; & Stuart Nulman with Book Banter

Oksana Kukurudza is an American-born Ukrainian-American who is writing a non-fiction narrative about her Ukrainian parents and their experience in Nazi slave camps. The book will be called Sunflowers Bend But Rarely Break.

Kalee Boisvert is a financial planner who has written a book about money managing for children called MoneyWise Mabel’s Bursting Bank. She’s also the author of a money managing book for women called Make Money Your Thing: Ditch the Shame and Design your Dream Life.

Stuart Nulman with another edition of Book Banter. This week’s reviewed title is Killin’ Generals by Dwayne Epstein (Citadel Books, $37.99). You can also read Stuart’s reviews in The Montreal Times.

This week’s guest slate is presented by Yvette Samuel, my niece in Ottawa.

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Featuring sci-fi writer, Robert J. Sawyer, author of The Downloaded; Professor Sheldon H. Jacobson; & science writer Andrew Fazekas, author of National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Night Sky and National Geographic’s Stargazer Atlas: The Ultimate Guide To The Night Sky

Canadian sci-fi legend, Robert J. Sawyer, has his 25th novel out, called The Downloaded. But what’s unique is, for the first six months of its release, it’s only out as an audio book via Audible.

The biannual time change is once again upon us, meanwhile the debate over why we still have to do this rages on. Sheldon H. Jacobson, a professor of computer science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, proposes a simple compromise between Daylight Saving and Standard time.

Science writer, Andrew Fazekas, The Night Sky Guy, author of National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Night Sky and National Geographic’s Stargazer Atlas: The Ultimate Guide To The Night Sky, is back to talk about the use of AI in space exploration.
(Patreon Stuph File Program fans, there is a Patreon Reward Extra where we give some love to Venus; learn about kilonova explosions that can kill us all; plus, just how old is the Moon?).

This week’s guest slate is presented by Bilal Butt, the afternoon host at Montreal’s CHOM 97.7, “The Spirit of Rock”.  He’s also in to voiceovers, event hosting, music production.

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