Think NPR’s Fresh Air meets Kevin Smith: My Summer Lair with host Sammy Younan: interviews & impressions on Pop Culture.
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5 days ago
5 days ago
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to film editor for The Globe and Mail and now author Barry Hertz about his dynamic book Welcome to the Family: The Explosive Story Behind Fast & Furious, the Blockbusters that Supercharged the World.
My Summer Lair Chapter #349 Does Your Heart Race When You Talk About Your Family?
Recorded: Monday, January 30, 2026 at 10:30 am (EST)
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Tuesday May 05, 2026
Tuesday May 05, 2026
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to journalist Molly Thomas host of Big [If True] on TVO.
My Summer Lair Chapter #326: What’s Fact And What’s Fiction And What's Big...If True?
Recorded: Monday, June 2, 2025 at 111:00 am (EST)
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Friday Apr 10, 2026
Friday Apr 10, 2026
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to pop culture writer Shea Serrano about his b-ball book: Expensive Basketball.
My Summer Lair Chapter #339: What Are Some Of Your Strongest Basketball Feelings?
Recorded: Friday, October 17, 2025 at 3:00 pm (EST)
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Wednesday Apr 08, 2026
Wednesday Apr 08, 2026
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to Daniel Claridge & Pacho Velez the directors of They're Here, a UFO documentary that screened at Hot Docs 2025.
My Summer Lair Chapter #322: What Would Make You Believe They're Here?
Recorded: Friday, May 16, 2026 at 1:00 pm (EST)
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Wednesday Apr 01, 2026
Wednesday Apr 01, 2026
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to the Reese Eveneshen, the producer and editor of Heather O'Rourke: She Was Here. (The documentary was directed by Brian Pocrass and Nick Bailey.)
My Summer Lair Chapter #353: What Is Heather O'Rourke's Cultural Narrative?
Recorded: Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 2:45 pm (EST)
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Monday Mar 02, 2026
Monday Mar 02, 2026
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to the cast of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy on the blue carpet about what to expect for a brand new Star Trek TV series: Robert Picardo, Zoë Steiner, Karim Diané, George Hawkins and Dale Whibley. Starfleet Academy is no streaming on Paramount+ (and they're currently shooting Season 2).
My Summer Lair Chapter #347: Would You Join Starfleet Academy?
Recorded: Wednesday, January 14, 2026 at 6:30 pm (EST) at TIFF Lightbox
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Thursday Feb 26, 2026
Thursday Feb 26, 2026
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to writer and director Adam MacDonald about his zombie movie This Is Not a Test.
My Summer Lair Chapter #352: If The Zombie Apocalypse Was A Test Would You Pass?
Recorded: Monday, February 16, 2026 at 10:45 am (EST)
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Saturday Feb 14, 2026
Saturday Feb 14, 2026
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to Bif Naked; the focus of Bif Naked: A Documentary now streaming on Super Channel.
My Summer Lair Chapter #343: How Do You Balance Nostalgia With Ambition?
Recorded: Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 2:45 pm (EST)
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Saturday Feb 14, 2026
Saturday Feb 14, 2026
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to director Jonny Campbell about his gross horror-comedy movie Cold Storage.
My Summer Lair Chapter #350: Has Anything You've Put In Cold Storage Heated Up?
Recorded: Wednesday, February 11, 2026 at 11:40 am (EST)
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Sunday Feb 08, 2026
Sunday Feb 08, 2026
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to Tim Kowalski & Colin Brunton & Kevan Byrne; the filmmakers behind Nash the Slash Rises Again! (The documentary played at Blood In The Snow Film Festival.)
My Summer Lair Chapter #342: Who Was That Masked Man?
Recorded: Monday, November 17, 2025 at 6:45 pm (EST)
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