The Stuph File Program

The Stuph File Program

Featuring Marc Abrahams, from the annual Ig Nobel Awards; JP McLean, author of Blood Mark; & Stuart Nulman with Book Banter

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Marc Abrahams, the man behind the annual Ig Nobel Awards.  This year was the 31st annual event. 

JP McLean is the author of the urban fantasy and supernatural thriller, Blood Mark.

Stuart Nulman with another edition of Book Banter. This week’s reviewed title is Billy Summers by Stephen King (Scribner, $39.99). You can also read Stuart’s reviews in The Montreal Times.  

This week’s guest slate is presented by voice over specialist, David Tyler. Canadians will recognize him as the voice of CTV News.  David is getting ready to launch his keynote speaking business, teaching professionals to connect ideas with audiences. You can find out more about it at DavidTylerSpeaks.com

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Featuring Nate Hendley, author of The Beatle Bandit: A Serial Bank Robber's Deadly Heist, a Cross-Country Manhunt, and the Insanity Plea that Shook the Nation; Guinness World Record holder, Gary Feng; & Marc Hartzman, author of Chasing Ghosts: A Tour of Our Fascination with Spirits and the Supernatural

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Nate Hendley is the author of the true crime novel, The Beatle Bandit: A Serial Bank Robber's Deadly Heist, a Cross-Country Manhunt, and the Insanity Plea that Shook the Nation, the story of 24-year-old Matthew Kerry Smith.

Gary Feng is the Guinness World Record holder for the largest collection of soft drink cans of the same brand.  He has over 11,000 Coca-Cola cans.

Marc Hartzman, from WeirdHistorian.com and the author of Chasing Ghosts: A Tour of Our Fascination with Spirits and the Supernatural is back, with the weird story of October.  The one with the bizarre third-party Presidential candidate in the United States who had the backing of extraterrestrials.

This week’s guest slate is presented by Patrick Gee, a Stuph File Program listener in Montreal.

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Featuring Richard Kahan, producer of Killing Eleanor; Lauri Schoenfeld, author of Little Owl; & science writer Andrew Fazekas, author of National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Night Sky

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Richard Kahan is the producer of the indie film, Killing Eleanor, a funny, yet poignant movie with a dark story line and a leading lady who is 80.

Lauri Schoenfeld is the author of Little Owl, a psychological thriller that features a crumbling marriage and daughters that are missing and presumed dead. Lauri is also the host of The Enlightenment Podcast.

Science writer, Andrew Fazekas, The Night Sky Guy, author of National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Night Sky, talks about William Shatner's journey into space via Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin. (Patreon Stuph File Program fans, there is a Patreon Reward Extra where Andrew and I discuss Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak’s space company to clean up space debris, the three day orbit and return of SpaceX’s Inspiration4 crew, plus you’ve been warned . . . Bennu’s coming!)

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 over 600 selections to choose from!

This week’s guest slate is presented by my nephew, Malik Scantlebury, who is a studio producer and a rapper.  You hear a younger version of him each week heralding in the Idiot Of The Day, and you hear him every Christmas with his older brother as part of the annual replaying of The Meshach & Malik Christmas Show.

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Featuring Cadwell Turnbull, author of No Gods, No Monsters; Margot Holmes, co-producer of Music From The Edges Of Canada; & Stuart Nulman with Book Banter

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Cadwell Turnbull returns to the show to talk about his second sci-fi novel. This one is called No Gods, No Monsters.

Margot Holmes is one of the producers of Music From The Edges Of Canada.  A new national music series bringing 22 artists together in 11 different venues across the country that can be streamed into your homes.

Stuart Nulman with another edition of Book Banter. This week’s reviewed title is Inside Comedy: The Soul, Wit, and Bite of Comedy and Comedians of the Last Five Decades by David Steinberg (Knopf, $40). You can also read Stuart’s reviews in The Montreal Times.  

This week’s guest slate is presented by entrepreneur Ramon Stoppelenburg.  After running an art house movie theater for 11 years in Cambodia he recently moved to the country of Georgia where, he’s looking for a movie theater location in the capital Tbilisi. He first came out our attention many years ago when he travelled the world, staying at the homes of total strangers which he chronicled at the time on his site, LetMeStayForADay.com.

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Featuring David Edey, author of Executor Help: How to Settle an Estate Pick an Executor and Avoid Family Fights; Christopher Turner, founder of The Ring Finders; & Peter Franklin the Gabby Cabby

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Financial advisor and Certified Executor Advisor, David Edey, is the author of Executor Help: How to Settle an Estate Pick an Executor and Avoid Family Fights.

Christopher Turner is the founder of The Ring Finders, an international group of metal detector enthusiasts who will help you find your lost rings.  (You can also check out some of their heartwarming videos on YouTube).

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 Paul Graif, the News Director of K103 Kahnawake.

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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.

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.  

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. 

This week's opening slate is presented by Kim Handysides, an award winning voice over specialist and voice coach.

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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.

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 to do is place Steve's full name in search up above).

Stuart Nulman with another edition of Book Banter.  This week’s reviewed title is Falling by T. J. Newman (Avis Reader Press, $37). You can also read Stuart’s reviews in The Montreal Times.  

This week’s guest slate is presented by Carmi Levy, the Content Marketing Program Director for SHI International.