The Stuph File Program

The Stuph File Program

Featuring Marilyn Kriete, author of Paradise Road: A Memoir; relationship coach, Frank Kermit; & science writer Andrew Fazekas

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Marilyn Kriete is the author of Paradise Road: A Memoir. She was a girl with wanderlust, who ran 1,000 miles away from home when she was just 14.  And she spent a lot of time also traveling the world, visiting four continents and 16 cities.

Relationship coach, Frank Kermit talks about dating in the time of the Covid-19 pandemic. It's a topic that Frank has written articles about, one of which you can find here.

Science writer, Andrew Fazekas, The Night Sky Guy, author of National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Night Sky, celebrates April being Global Astronomy Month. Check out the Calendar Of Events, a video trailer and the Beauty Without Borders Photo Campaign.  (Patreon Stuph File Program fans, there is a Patreon Reward Extra where Andrew talks about SpaceX's ongoing launch pad explosions; Virgin Galactic's rocket plane; & the upcoming Space Hotel). 

This week's opening slate is presented by Francis Bradley, the President & CEO of the Canadian Electricity Association.

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Featuring Glenn Frankel, author of Shooting Midnight Cowboy: Art, Sex, Loneliness, Liberation, and the Making of a Dark Classic; Bruce Olav Solheim, author of Snarc 2; & Marc Hartzman from WeirdHistorian.com

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Glenn Frankel is the author of Shooting Midnight Cowboy: Art, Sex, Loneliness, Liberation, and the Making of a Dark Classic.

Bruce Olav Solheim is the author of Snarc 2, the follow up to the graphic novel that follows the continuing saga of Snarc, an intergalactic traveller and his companion, Cosmic Staff.

Marc Hartzman, from WeirdHistorian.com with the story of Lady Wonder, the Nostradamus of horses. 

This week’s guest slate is presented by Rino Varricchio, the co-owner of The Podcast Station, which is also one of the homes of The Stuph File Program.  He’s also the host of The Let's Talk Montreal Podcast that streams on The Podcast Station on Thursday’s at 8pm.

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Featuring Mark Leslie, author of Fear and Longing in Los Angeles; Paul Karwatsky, Marketing & Communications Director of Giant Steps Foundation; & Stuart Nulman with Book Banter

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Mark Leslie is the author of Fear and Longing in Los Angeles.  It follows the ongoing adventures of Michael Andrews, a small town Canadian who turns into a wolf during the full Moon. It's a follow up to the novel, A Canadian Werewolf in New York.

Former CTV Montreal News anchor, Paul Karwatsky, quit his job to become the Marketing & Communications Director for Giant Steps Foundation, to do his part in autism awareness.

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

This week’s guest slate is presented by David Edey, financial planner with The Wealth Management Group.

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Featuring Art Bell, author of Constant Comedy: How I Started Comedy Central and Lost My Sense of Humor; Martha Bolton, co-author of Dear Bob . . .: Bob Hope's Wartime Correspondence with the G.I.s of World War II; & Peter Franklin the Gabby Cabby

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Art Bell is the creator of the cable network, Comedy Central, which is just about to celebrate its 30th anniversary. He's also the author of his memoir entitled, Constant Comedy: How I Started Comedy Central and Lost My Sense of Humor.

Martha Bolton, is the first woman staff writer for Bob Hope, helping to write his television shows, personal appearances and military shows. She's also the co-author of Dear Bob . . .: Bob Hope's Wartime Correspondence with the G.I.s of World War II.

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 reporter & video journalist, Domenic Fazioli, who runs the news site East End Montreal.

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Featuring Marty Essen, author of Hits, Heathens, and Hippos: Stories from an Agent, Activist, and Adventurer; emergency physician and thriller writer, Melissa Yi, author of Scorpion Scheme: Death and Danger on the Nile; & Stuart Nulman with Book Banter

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Adventure writer Marty Essen is back with his latest book, a humorous memoir called Hits, Heathens, and Hippos: Stories from an Agent, Activist, and Adventurer. (You can also listen to a previous conversation with Marty from 2016 on show #0333).

Melissa Yi is an emergency physician who also writes medical thrillers.  Her latest is Scorpion Scheme: Death and Danger on the Nile.

Stuart Nulman with another edition of Book Banter.  This week’s reviewed title is Five Minutes, Mr. Byner: A Lifetime of Laughter by John Byner with Douglas Wellman (Writelife Publishing, $20.95).  You can also read Stuart’s reviews in The Montreal Times. 

This week’s guest slate is presented by Bob Welch who is an Agent for New York Life Insurance Company serving New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Massachusetts & Vermont.

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Featuring Oscar winning actor, George Chakiris, author of My West Side Story: A Memoir; & science writer Andrew Fazekas

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Oscar winning actor, George Chakiris, is the co-author of his life story called My West Side Story: A Memoir. (You can also listen to a previous conversation with George from 2011 on show #0116).

Science writer, Andrew Fazekas, The Night Sky Guy, author of National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Night Sky, talks about the multiple missions from different countries that are currently focused on Mars.

This week’s guest slate is presented by video editor Tyson Hodgson.

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Featuring former Secret Service agent, Melanie Lentz, author of Agent Innocent: How the Secret Service Changed My Life; psychotherapist & author, Dennis Palumbo; & Marc Hartzman from WeirdHistorian.com

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Former Secret Service agent, Melanie Lentz who became an agent at the age of 22 in a job that traditionally has very few women in its ranks.  She’s the author of Agent Innocent: How the Secret Service Changed My Life.

Author Dennis Palumbo, who is also a psychotherapist specializing in dealing with writers and creative types, talks about how the current pandemic period has been for writers. It's a follow up to an article he wrote for Writers Guild Of America West. Dennis is also the author of the amazing Daniel Rinaldi series of mysteries.  He has five in the series so far, starting with Mirror Image, followed by Fever Dream, Night Terrors, Phantom Limb, and Head Wounds, with a sixth coming out in September. He's also the author of the page turner of a mystery anthology collection of short stories called From Crime to Crime - Mind-boggling Tales of Mystery and Murder.

Marc Hartzman, from WeirdHistorian.com with the bizarre tale of The Great Race of 1908, a car race that went from New York to Paris, France. 

This week’s guest slate is presented by Kris LeBlanc from The Podcast Station.

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Featuring folk singer, Melanie; & Robert G. Penner, author of Strange Labour

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Folk music icon, Melanie, who was one of only three solo women to perform at Woodstock, has just been nominated for a Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Folk Music Awards.

Robert G. Penner is the author of the post apocalyptic novel, Strange Labour.

This week’s guest slate is presented by me, Peter Anthony Holder, as we mark another milestone with our 600th show.

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Featuring actor Christopher Plummer; Jennifer Anne Gordon, author of Beautiful, Frightening, and Silent; & Stuart Nulman with Book Banter

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Legendary classically trained actor, Christopher Plummer, the oldest living actor to ever win an Oscar, has died at 91. The Oscar, Tony & Emmy winner was the pride of his hometown of Montreal, Canada. We remember him with part of a conversation we had with him from June 18, 1993.

Gothic horror novelist, Jennifer Anne Gordon, is the author of a ghost novel with a twist called Beautiful, Frightening, and Silent. She's also one of the three hosts of a podcast that features discussions with other authors called Vox Vomitus.

Stuart Nulman with another edition of Book Banter.  This week’s reviewed title is The Last Days of John Lennon by James Patterson (Little, Brown, $38).  You can also read Stuart’s reviews in The Montreal Times. 

This week’s guest slate is presented by Luc Gauthier, a freelance director/cameraman currently working in Brazil.

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Featuring Phil Sklar, co-founder & CEO of The National Bobblehead Hall Of Fame & Museum; actress Cloris Leachman; & science writer Andrew Fazekas

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Phil Sklar, the co-founder & CEO of The National Bobblehead Hall Of Fame & Museum.  They have turned Senator Bernie Sanders' look at the recent Presidential Inauguration into a best selling bobblehead.

We remember Oscar and multiple Emmy winning actress, Cloris Leachman, who died this past week, by featuring a conversation we had which ironically, was live on the radio, 16 years to the day before her death. A conversation from January 26, 2005. We also talked about her ex-husband, George Englund's book, The Way It's Never Been Done Before: My Friendship with Marlon Brando. (Patreon Stuph File Program fans, there is a Patreon Reward Extra featuring almost 40 minutes of this same conversation from 2005 with more details and interaction with the audience).

Science writer, Andrew Fazekas, The Night Sky Guy, author of National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Night Sky, talks about, among other things, space trash and also wine in space.

This week’s guest slate is presented by writer Steven Taibbi, a double heart transplant recipient and author of Grateful Guilt: Living in the Shadow of My Heart.  He’s been on the show a couple of times in the past. You can listen to him on #0545 & #0525.