The Stuph File Program

The Stuph File Program

Featuring Steve Kettmann, co-founder of The Wellstone Center in the Redwoods; science writer, Andrew Fazekas; & Ron Schaumburg, creator of TrumpIt!

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Steve Kettmann is the co-founder of The Wellstone Center in the Redwoods, a writer's retreat that brings people together in a tranquil and peaceful environment in the Santa Cruz Mountains to provide them with new ideas and inspiration and also by publishing a select number of books through their Wellstone Books imprint.

Science writer Andrew Fazekas, "The Night Sky Guy" is back with space news, this time discussing NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter. Andrew is also the author of Star Trek The Official Guide to Our Universe: The True Science Behind the Starship Voyages

Ron Schaumburg is the creator of a new card game inspired by the wild 2016 Republican presidential. It's called TrumpIt! The Art of the Dealer Card Game, which combines familiar elements of classic trick-taking games that use trumps, like Bridge and Spades, with a dash of Crazy Eights-like unpredictability.

This week's opening slate is presented by Craig Francis, creative director at Kidoons.

Welcome to the latest edition of the Stuph File Program. For a program list of the items included and all their accompanying links in this one hour show, you can find the information on my website in the Stuph File Program section, or just follow this link to #0361. To download the podcast, right click here and select "Save Link As" Featured in this episode: Steve Kettmann, co-founder, The Wellstone Center in the RedwoodsAndrew Fazekas, science writer -- Juno mission to Jupiter Ron Schaumburg, creator, TrumpIt! The Art of the Deal Card Game Click logo for iTunes podcast subscription If you have any comments or suggestions, or items for the mailbag, feel free to click on the "Comments" link below to add your thoughts.

The Stuph File Program

Featuring Chris Epting, co author of Making Waves: My Journey to Winning Olympic Gold and Defeating the East German Doping Program; Dan Meyer, president of Sword Swallowers Association International; and Stuart Nulman with another edition of Book Banter

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Chris Epting is the co-author of Making Waves: My Journey to Winning Olympic Gold and Defeating the East German Doping Program, his collaboration with gold medal winning Olympic swimmer, Shirley Babashoff. It chronicles her battle against East German doping during the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics, and the fallout she suffered for speaking out.

Dan Meyer is the president of the Sword Swallowers Association International, has helmed several highly popular TED Talks, and recently he's been seen performing his death defying feats once again on America's Got Talent.

Stuart Nulman is in with another edition of Book Banter.  This week’s reviewed book is Paul McCartney: The Life written by Phillip Norman, (Little, Brown, $38.50). You can also read Stuart’s reviews in The Montreal Times. 

This week's opening slate is presented by Kim Fraser, Marketing VP for the Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation.

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Featuring Peter James, author of Love You Dead; TV director, Steve Binder, co-author of Fade Up: 26 the Movers and Shakers of Variety Television; & Jack Duffy, author of The Man from 2063

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Peter James is one of the UK's bestselling crime and thriller novelists. His Roy Grace detective novels have sold over 17 million copies worldwide. His 12th novel in the series is entitled Love You Dead

Legendary producer/director Steve Binder, has had a hand in such iconic television specials as the Elvis '68 Comeback Show, Diana Ross' Central Park concert and scores of other variety programs. He's also the co-author of the new book, Fade Up: 26 the Movers and Shakers of Variety Television.

Lawyer Jack Duffy is a terrorism expert, political analyst and the author of the novel on the JFK assassination, The Man from 2063. It looks at what might have been different if John F. Kennedy hadn't been assassinated.

This week's opening slate is presented by Camilla Jiang, a chemical engineering student at McGill University.

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Featuring Zane Buzby, director of The Last Survivors; actress Michael Learned; & Stuart Nulman with another edition of Book Banter

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TV director, Zane Buzby, who has helmed over 200 episodes of network television, including such hits as Golden Girls, Newhart, and Married...with Children, is the founder of The Survivor Mitzvah Project. It helps survivors of the Holocaust still living in Eastern Europe. She also spearheaded an amazing one hour TV special called The Last Survivors: Echoes From The Holocaust. You can see the full special on their website. I urge you to do so.

Four time Emmy Award winning actress, Michael Learned, best known for her role as the matriarch, Olivia Walton on the hit CBS series, The Waltons, is once again spending time this summer on stage in Canada. She stars in Driving Miss Daisy and later she'll be part of a special event called In Conversation with Michael Learned. Both events are taking place at The Victoria Playhouse in Petrolia, Ontario

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

* Shogun written by James Clavell, Dell.* The Stand written by Stephen King, Signet Books.* Modern Classics My Autobiography (Penguin Modern Classics) written by Charles Chaplin, Penguin Books.* The House That Ruth Built: A New Stadium, the First Yankees Championship, and the Redemption of 1923 written by Robert Weintraub, Little, Brown

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

This week's opening slate is presented by Jimmy Lin, an accounting student at McGill University.

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Featuring Lisa Luckett, founder of Cozmeena Enlightened Living; Bob Dorigo Jones with Wacky Warning Labels; & Edward Meyer from Ripley's Believe It Or Not

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Lisa Luckett is the founder of Cozmeena Enlightened Living. She's also a cancer survivor, a 9/11 widow and single mother. So she is certainly qualified to talk about how to deal with grief.

The nominations for the 2016 Wacky Warning Label Contest are in. Once again we talk to Robert B. Dorigo Jones, president of the Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch, the non-profit group working to raise public awareness of frivolous litigation. You can also hear Bob's segments, Let's Be Fair, regularly on this show.

Edward Meyer, the VP of Exhibits & Archives from Ripley's Believe It or Not!, is back with deals for a new writing contest open to four different age categories of kids, called My Believe It Or Not! Moment. It's a chance to win cash prizes and be part of Ripley's Believe It Or Not! history.

This week's opening slate is presented by Quentin Li, a finance student at McGill University.

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Featuring science writer Andrew Fazekas; Jacquie Jordan, CEO of TV Guestpert & Stuart Nulman with another edition of Book Banter

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Science writer Andrew Fazekas, "The Night Sky Guy" is back to talk space news, including the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module that is being tested at the International Space Station; and the ever ongoing lifespan of the Hubble Telescope. Andrew is also the author of Star Trek The Official Guide to Our Universe: The True Science Behind the Starship Voyages.

Is Daytime talk TV dead? That's the question that Jacquie Jordan, CEO of TV Guestpert, pondered in a recent excellent article in the Huffington Post. We discuss it with her.

Stuart Nulman is in with another edition of Book Banter.  This week’s reviewed book is Leggings Revolt (Orca Currents) written by Monique Polak, (Orca Currents, $9.95). You can also read Stuart’s reviews in The Montreal Times. 

This week's opening slate is presented by Susan Carinci, Senior Product Manager at Shire Canada.

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Featuring Frank Befera, from Living Sexy Radio; actress & screenwriter Kim Kopf; & Peter Franklin, The Gabby Cabby

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Sex robots. They're freakishly realistic and until now it would have been unthinkable - but we could have them in our homes - and beds - this year. We talk to digital media visionary, Frank Befera, from Living Sexy Radio about them.

We have a return visit from actress & screenwriter Kim Kopf. She has written a horror/drama set in a mental hospital, called Experiment 77, which takes place at the underfunded and forgotten mental institution, Safe Haven. But she's here with news about the casting of an A-list star.

Peter Franklin, the Gabby Cabby, is in New York to share a slice of the Big Apple from his yellow mobile conveyance lounge. He's also the author of the book The Gabby Cabby: Life on the Street from New York's Radio-Active Cabdriver.

This week's opening slate is presented by Elizabeth Kwan, a researcher at City University of Hong Kong. She's working in the positive psychology field exploring the relationship between memory bias and anxiety.

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Featuring Bart King, author of The Drake Equation; Charlotte Stewart, actress & author of Little House in the Hollywood Hills: A Bad Girl's Guide to Becoming Miss Beadle, Mary X, and Me; & Stuart Nulman with another edition of Book Banter

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Bart King is back on the show. He's the prolific author who has churned out such books as The Big Book of Girl Stuff, The Big Book of Spy Stuff, The Big Book Of Gross Stuff and most recently, The Big Book Of Superheroes. But this time Bart has gone in a different direction, writing his first novel. It's called The Drake Equation.

Actress Charlotte Stewart is best known for playing the beloved schoolteacher, Miss Beadle on Little House on the Prairie and as Betty Briggs on Twin Peaks. She has just released her memoirs entitled Little House in the Hollywood Hills: A Bad Girl's Guide to Becoming Miss Beadle, Mary X, and Me.

Stuart Nulman is in with another edition of Book Banter.  This week’s reviewed book is Toni Tennille: A Memoir written by Toni Tennille, (Taylor Trade, $25). You can also read Stuart’s reviews in The Montreal Times. 

This week's opening slate is presented by Kristy Zhang, an anatomy & cell biology student at McGill University who also dabbles in media & communications..

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Featuring Chris Pollack; Kate McCallum & Adam Doolittle from FullTimeCanada.ca; & John Cherrington, author of Walking to Camelot: A Pilgrimage through the Heart of Rural England

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A real life superhero is patrolling the streets of New York City. And now he's looking for other costumed crusaders to join his real life "Justice League." Chris Pollack, aka Dark Guardian is the founder of the New York Ronin. It's a superhero academy that began with a successful GoFundMe campaign back in 2013.

Kate McCallum & Adam Doolittle are former broadcasters who recently got pink-slipped by the radio station they worked at. But their employment misfortune has lead them down a new road, literally. They have a website called FullTimeCanada.ca and they are RVing full time.

John Cherrington is the author of Walking to Camelot: A Pilgrimage through the Heart of Rural England, which chronicles his journey walking a foot path that stretches across all of England.

This week's opening slate is presented by Wendy Barrett-Stuart a cat rescuer with Cats Manger Rescue. They are having an adoption day on June 4th at the Animalerie Bailey Blu, DDO location in the Blue Haven Shopping Center, 3681 Boul. St. Jean.