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The Stuph File Program

Featuring Brian Graff, CEO & co-founder, Solar Forma Design; Dr. Philip Agrios, author of Life's One Law; & Stuart Nulman with Book Banter

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Brian Graff is the CEO & co-founder of Solar Forma Design. They have managed to create artful solar panels that also take up a very small footprint.

Dr. Philip Agrios is the author of Life’s One Law. After 30 years of searching, he claims he has the answer for turning off one’s self sabotage.

Stuart Nulman with another edition of Book Banter. It's our annual roundup of light vacation reading as summer begins. The reviewed titles are:

Talk of the Devil by Ian Fleming (Morrow, $30)

Steve Martin Writes the Written Word by Steve Martin (Grand Central Publishing, $30)

Big Dumb Eyes by Nate Bargatze (Grand Central Publishing, $40)

The First Gentleman by James Patterson & Bill Clinton (Little, Brown, $32)

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman (Atria Books, $19.99)

You can also read Stuart’s articles in The Main and at BestStory.ca.

This week’s guest slate is presented by Jay Bardeleben, a freelance web developer and radio programmer.

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Featuring Ross Halperin, author of Bear Witness: A Crusade For Justice In A Violent Land; Tara Hodgson, author of Chasing Through Time; & Marc Hartzman, co-author of To The Hilt: A Sword Swallower’s History Of Sword Swallowing

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Ross Halperin is the author of Bear Witness: A Crusade For Justice In A Violent Land. It shares the story of two ordinary men who braved the crime and corruption in Honduras to seek justice.

Tara Hodgson is the author of the YA novel, Chasing Through Time. It’s about two teenage girls who go to the same school, but in two different time generations, yet they manage to connect with each other.

Marc Hartzman, from WeirdHistorian.com and the co-author of To The Hilt: A Sword Swallower’s History Of Sword Swallowing is back, with the weird story for June. This one deals with an armless knife thrower.

This week’s opening slate is presented by Bob Steele, a longtime listener to The Stuph File Program, and before that my old radio show as well.

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Featuring NASA expert, Rod Pyle; Donna Rowley, manager of The Canadian Potato Museum; & Mike Bezemek, author of Mysteries Of The National Parks

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NASA expert Rod Pyle is back on the show to talk about the NASA budget cuts and the effects it will have on US space exploration. Rod is also the author of 20 books, including First On The Moon: The Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Experience & Destination Mars, plus he’s Editor-in-Chief for Ad Astra Magazine, and the co-host of the podcast, This Week In Space.

Donna Rowley is the manager of The Canadian Potato Museum, in O’Leary, Prince Edward Island.

Mike Bezemek is the author of Mysteries Of The National Parks.

This week’s guest slate is presented by Bob Charlap, who is a freelance TV technician at FOX Sports in Dallas.

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Featuring actress Loretta Swit, co-author of SwitHeart: The Watercolour Artistry & Animal Activism of Loretta Swit; Chris Berdik, author of Clamor: How Noise Took Over The World - And How We Can Take It Back; & Stuart Nulman with Book Banter

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We remember actress Loretta Swit, best known for her Emmy winning television role on the long running hit CBS series M*A*S*H. Loretta died of natural causes at her home in New York City on May 30th. We feature an interview done in January 2017, which highlights that she was also an artist and an animal activist and combined those two traits in a book entitled, SwitHeart: The Watercolour Artistry & Animal Activism of Loretta Swit.

Science journalist, Chris Berdik, is the author of Clamor: How Noise Took Over The World – And How We Can Take It Back, a book about urban noise pollution and how society can combat it.

Stuart Nulman with another edition of Book Banter. This week’s reviewed title is When The Going Was Good by Graydon Carter (Penguin Press, $42).You can also read Stuart’s articles in The Main and at BestStory.ca.

This week’s guest slate is presented by science writer Andrew Fazekas, author of National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Night Sky & National Geographic’s Stargazer Atlas: The Ultimate Guide To The Night Sky.

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Featuring  Jeff Margolis, author of We’re Live In 5: My Extraordinary Life In Television; Jerry Jamison, author of Vanishing Act: A Crashed Airliner, Faked Death, & Backroom Abortions; dog trainer, Kathleen Troy, author of Dear Dylan's Dog Squad; & 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

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We remember Emmy Award winning uber producer/director, Jeff Margolis, author of We’re Live In 5: My Extraordinary Life In Television, who passed away on May 23rd at the age of 78. (You can visit our YouTube page to experience the full interview with Jeff. Clicking on YouTube will take you directly to it).

Jerry Jamison is the author of Vanishing Act: A Crashed Airline, Faked Death And Backroom Abortions. This was the true story of Dr. Robert Spears who blew up a plane, killing all the passengers, just to avoid justice himself

Kathleen Troy, author of Dear Dylan’s Dog Squad, who shares a tip or two on dog training. She's also the author of a YA detective mysteries, whose titles include Never Believe A Lie Twice and Never Believe A Con Artist Twice.

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 inroads that smaller companies have had in space and what that means for space exploration in the future.

This week’s guest slate is presented by Velma Candyass, a burlesque dancer who runs Candyass Cabaret, here in Montreal.

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Featuring Andrew Forbes, author of Field Work: On Baseball And Making A Living; musician, Jackiem Joyner, author of Bold Moves: Quotes And Reflections For Building Confidence And Resilience; & Marc Hartzman, co-author of To The Hilt: A Sword Swallower’s History Of Sword Swallowing

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Sports journalist, Andrew Forbes, author of Field Work: On Baseball And Making A Living, is back to discuss Major League Baseball's decision about Pete Rose and the other list of players from 1919 who were banned for life from baseball's Hall Of Fame.

Saxophonist, music producer and author, Jackiem Joyner, talks about his career and his book, Bold Moves: Quotes And Reflections For Building Confidence And Resilience.

Marc Hartzman, from WeirdHistorian.com and the co-author of To The Hilt: A Sword Swallower’s History Of Sword Swallowing is back, with the weird story for May. This one deals with getting messages to the Martians. (This story is from Marc's previous book, We Are Not Alone: The Extraordinary History Of UFO’s And Aliens Invading Our Hopes, Fears And Fantasies).

This week’s opening slate is presented by Marc-Andre Francoeur, a real estate agent with Re/Max.

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Featuring film producer, Peter Samuelson, author of Finding Happy: A User's Guide To Your Life, With Lessons From Mine; Natasha Marsh, co-owner of The Dorchester Jail Bed & Breakfast; & Stuart Nulman with Book Banter

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Legendary film producer, Peter Samuelson, the author of Finding Happy: A User’s Guide To Your Life, With Lessons From Mine. He’s also the founder of The Starlight Children’s Foundation and FirstStar.org.

Natasha Marsh is the co-owner, along with her husband, Bill Steele, of the Dorchester Jail Bed & Breakfast in New Brunswick. They live in the 150 year old prison and have turned it into a bed and breakfast where people can spend the night behind bars.

Stuart Nulman with another edition of Book Banter. This week’s reviewed title is Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live by Susan Morrison (Random House, $48).You can also read Stuart’s articles in The Main and at BestStory.ca.

This week’s guest slate is presented by Matt Cundill, owner of Sound Off Podcast Network.

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Featuring Steve Williams, author of Notorious: Leadership Lessons From History's Most Notorious Leaders; Jonni Jordyn, author of The Calling Of The Grull; & Andrew Forbes, author of Field Work: On Baseball And Making A Living

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Steve Williams is the author of Notorious: Leadership Lessons From History’s Most Notorious Leaders.

Jonni Jordyn is the author of The Calling Of The Grull. The Grull are an ancient clan of people that lived 10,000 years ago.

Andrew Forbes is the author of Field Work: On Baseball And Making A Living. It’s a book about the jobs that early baseball players also had during their playing career off the diamond as well.

This week’s guest slate is presented by Hudson Foga, a writer, translator and broadcaster.

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Featuring Doug Lawrence, author of Grief: The Silent Pandemic; D. H. Morris, author of The Girl Of Many Crowns; & 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

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Doug Lawrence is the author of Grief: The Silent Pandemic.

D. H. Morris is the author of the novel, The Girl Of Many Crowns, a story that is set in the 9th Century and deals with a princess named Judith

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 latest Blue Origin space flight that featured an all female crew; and cleaning up the human waste left behind on the Moon from the Apollo astronauts over 50 years ago.(Patreon Stuph File Program fans, there is a Patreon Reward Extra where we discuss a new comet drawing the attention of stargazers; the most powerful explosions in space may have been the source of our gold; the largest structure in the universe; and hints of alien life on a exoplanet).

This week’s guest slate is presented by Carolyn Fe, an extremely talented artist here in Montreal.  She’s a singer, actress & playwright.

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Featuring game show host, Wink Martindale; author, software engineer & indie game developer, Ziah Miller; & Stuart Nulman with Book Banter

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We remember game show legend, Wink Martindale, who recently passed away at the age of 91, with a conversation we had a quarter of a century ago, from May 2000.

Ziah Miller is a best-selling author, a software engineer and an indie game developer. He’s currently writing a book called 101 Bullets In 101 AD.

Stuart Nulman with another edition of Book Banter. This week’s reviewed title is Countdown 1960 by Chris Wallace and Mitch Weiss (Dutton, $48).You can also read Stuart’s articles in The Main and at BestStory.ca.

This week’s guest slate is presented by military historian, documentary filmmaker, David O’Keefe. He has several books out, and he’s currently working on his latest one coming out in 2026 called Missing: Presumed Dead about the mysterious actions of Canadian bomber crewmen shot down over Europe in 1944. Some of his previous books include Seven Days in Hell: Canada’s Battle for Normandy and the Rise of the Black Watch Snipers & One Day in August: The Untold Story Behind Canada’s Tragedy at Dieppe.