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Featuring beauty company creator, Vincent Spinnato, author of My Pursuit of Beauty: A Cosmetic Chemist Reveals the Glitz, the Glam, and the Batsh*t Crazy; Stephen Murray, author of Discreetly Yours; & science writer, Andrew Fazekas, author of National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Night Sky

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Vincent Spinnato runs the beauty company he created that has over 300 products. He’s the author of My Pursuit of Beauty: A Cosmetic Chemist Reveals the Glitz, the Glam, and the Batsh*t Crazy.  He found his passion as a child watching The Young & The Restless

Stephen Murray, author of Discreetly Yours.  It’s a drama that deals with the owner of the most exclusive escort agency in Las Vegas.

Science writer, Andrew Fazekas, The Night Sky Guy, author of National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Night Sky, is back talking about the new space race to Venus and also Bezos vs Branson, the duelling billionaires going into space. 

This week’s guest slate is presented by freelance cameraman, Alex Chabot.

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Featuring Michael J. Raupp, Professor Emeritus of Entomology and Extension Specialist at The University of Maryland; Ralph Blumenthal, author of The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack; & Stuart Nulman with Book Banter

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Michael J. Raupp is Professor Emeritus of Entomology and Extension Specialist at The University of Maryland. He’s known as The Bug Guy and he's here to talk about the current extremely noisy mating season of the cicadas.

Ralph Blumenthal, a former staffer at The New York Times and the author of The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science, and the Passion of John Mack, talks about the increased interest in the sightings of UFO’s and what the US Government does or doesn't know about them.

Stuart Nulman with another edition of Book Banter.  This week’s reviewed title is Constant Comedy: How I Started Comedy Central and Lost My Sense of Humor by Art Bell (Ulysses Press, $24.95). 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!

This week’s guest slate is presented by Carl Blare who runs KDXradio.com, one of the proud homes of The Stuph File Program.

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Featuring actor Gavin MacLeod; Alison Tedford, author of Chronic Profit: Building Your Small Business While Managing Persistent Pain; & science writer, Andrew Fazekas, author of National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Night Sky

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We remember actor Gavin MacLeod, who passed away at the age of 90.  He was a star on two long running television shows, The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Love Boat. We feature part of a conversation from 1994, when he dropped by our studios.

Alison Tedford is the author of Chronic Profit: Building Your Small Business While Managing Persistent Pain.  As a person who works from home she’s not so sure that people will want to head back to the office whenever we get to the new normal.

Science writer, Andrew Fazekas, The Night Sky Guy, author of National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Night Sky, is back talking about future missions to the Moon. 

This week’s guest slate is presented by Marc “Mais Oui” Denis, a legendary Montreal broadcaster whom I had the pleasure to both idolize as a teenager and work with as a broadcaster.  Check out his website where he has tribute pages to both CKGM, Montreal’s former Top 40 giant in the 60’s & 70’s and also 1410 CFOX Montreal

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Featuring Ian Usher, author of A Life Sold – What ever happened to that guy who sold his whole life on eBay?; Clifford Samuels, administrator for the Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association; & Marc Hartzman from WeirdHistorian.com

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A return visit with Ian Usher, who we spoke to eleven years ago.  He’s the guy who sold his entire life on eBay, and wrote the book,  A Life Sold – What ever happened to that guy who sold his whole life on eBay?  He brings us up-to-date with his life, including his new website, HouseSittingMagazine.com.

Clifford Samuels, the administrator for the Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association, on the upcoming Aurora Awards. You can become a member and members are getting ready to vote on the nominees.

Marc Hartzman, from WeirdHistorian.com with the story of when stories were circulating about life on the Moon. 

This week’s guest slate is presented by broadcaster & writer, Richard Deschamps.

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Featuring acting teacher, Howard Fine, author of Fine on Acting: A Vision of the Craft; Trevor Cork, owner of Speedy Glass; & Stuart Nulman with Book Banter

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A return visit with renowned Hollywood acting teacher, Howard Fine, author of Fine on Acting: A Vision of the Craft, as he shares acting tips for the budding thespian. He also offers acting courses online at VisionOfTheCraft.com.

Trevor Cook is the owner of Speedy Glass in Listowel, Ontario. He started a sign war that has now gone viral. You can check out the Facebook pages for both the Perth County Sign Wars and also the Christiansburg, VA Sign Wars where it all began.

Stuart Nulman with another edition of Book Banter. This week’s reviewed title is My West Side Story: A Memoir by George Chakiris (Lyons Press, $24.95). You can also read Stuart’s reviews in The Montreal Times. 

This week’s guest slate is presented by Howard “Stretch” Carr, host of West Indian Rhythms, heard on CKUT 90.3FM Saturdays from 4-7pm. It's Montreal’s first and longest running Caribbean culture radio program.

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Featuring Dr. Daniel Kalla, author of Lost Immunity; farm owner, Lainey Morse, creator of Goat Yoga; & Chris Humphreys, author of One London Day

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Dan Kalla, who writes amazing medical thrillers, is also an ER doctor.  His latest book is a vaccine thriller called Lost Immunity.

Lainey Morse runs a farm in Oregon and is the creator of Goat Yoga. We first met up with her back in 2016 on #0369, so it was time to catch up with her to find out how Goat Yoga has thrived.

Chris Humphreys has long been an actor on stage and screen and he's also an international selling, award winning novelist with 20 successful titles to his name. His latest thriller is called One London Day.

This week’s opening slate is presented by Sherley Joseph, of the Chonilla Network and the Black Canadian Content Creators Facebook Group.

For those of you who would like to try out Audea, the new audio service that is currently in beta testing, here's your chance. Audea is hoping to become in the audio world what YouTube is to video. I've signed up with The Stuph File Program. I will be posting just interview segments, going back to the beginning of the show in 2009, with a sprinkling of current chats as well. So far there are over 170 segments that you can experience. Since it is beta, you'll need an invite to check it out.  Just go to the Audea site and then put in The Stuph File Program promo code, EGWQ4J. That promo code will sign you up as a subscriber to the Audea page of The Stuph File Program, at which point you'll be free to roam around the site, checking out other creators.

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Featuring NASA expert, Rod Pyle; Ross Hall of Dying Art; & Sean Tyler Foley author of The Power To Speak Naked

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NASA expert, Rod Pyle, author of First on the Moon: The Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Experience & Space 2.0: How Private Spaceflight, a Resurgent NASA, and International Partners are Creating a New Space Age, talks about the current mission to Mars, the successful helicopter flight on The Red Planet and the future of Mars missions going forward.

Ross Hall, who operates Dying Art in New Zealand, a company that custom builds colourful coffins that are extremely creative.

Sean Tyler Foley is an actor, instructor and keynote presenter. He's also the author of The Power To Speak Naked. 

This week’s guest slate is presented by Dino Congonidis, a Director Of Photography, Freelance Cameraman and Video Editor.

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Featuring Hollywood icon, Ruta Lee, author of Consider Your Ass Kissed; Amit Kukreja, co-founder of Audea; & Stuart Nulman with Book Banter

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Hollywood legend Ruta Lee is back on the show now that her memoir has been published. It shares stories of her illustrious career and is called Consider Your Ass Kissed.

Amit Kukreja, one of the founders of the new audio distribution platform, Audea. Think of it as an audio version of Youtube. The Stuph File Program is putting selected interviews from through the years up on Audea. Right now it’s still in beta, so if you’d like to listen to them, feel free to sign up on their website, then put in The Stuph File Program promo code, EGWQ4J. That promo code will sign you up as a subscriber to the Audea page of The Stuph File Program. You can also learn more about Audea by checking out one of Amit's YouTube videos.

Stuart Nulman with another edition of Book Banter.  This week’s reviewed title is Mike Nichols: A Life by Mark Harris (Penguin Press, $47). You can also read Stuart’s reviews in The Montreal Times.  

This week’s opening slate is presented by John Mouw, manager for media services & classroom technology & chief engineer at WLSL-LP 92.7 Dade City, FL, Saint Leo University Radio.

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Featuring Sara Dykman, author of Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration; V.K. Tritschler, author of A Town Called Nowhere; & Marc Hartzman from WeirdHistorian.com

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Sara Dykman is the author of Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration.

V.K. Tritschler is the author of the paranormal romance novel, A Town Called Nowhere.  It’s a story that deals with were-panthers.

Marc Hartzman, from WeirdHistorian.com with the story of Toby the Sapient Pig. 

This week’s guest slate is presented by voice over specialist, Donald James, a radio pal from back in the day.

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Featuring Francis Bradley, CEO & President of The Canadian Electricity Association; comedian John Poveromo; & Stuart Nulman with Book Banter

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Francis Bradley, is the CEO & President of the Canadian Electricity Association. It's an organization that this year is celebrating its 130th anniversary. Francis is also the host of the electricity-centric podcast called The Flux Capacitor.

John Poveromo is a standup comic. He talks about his new film called Duppet. It deals with depression in the form of a puppet. John is also the host of the podcast, Dystopia Tonight.

Stuart Nulman with another edition of Book Banter.  This week’s reviewed titles are:

A Canadian Werewolf in New York by Mark Leslie (Stark Publishing, $19.99)

Stowe Away: A Canadian Werewolf Novella by Mark Leslie (Stark Publishing, $14.99)

Fear and Longing in Los Angeles by Mark Leslie (Stark Publishing, $19.99)

You can also read Stuart’s reviews in The Montreal Times. (Patreon Stuph File Program fans, there is a Patreon Reward Extra where Stuart and I vent about the books we hated, plus there is bonus track featuring a dramatic reading of one of the worst books, written by the worst actress ever). 

This week’s guest slate is presented by Marc Hartzman from WeirdHistorian.com. He's also 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.