Think NPR’s Fresh Air meets Kevin Smith: My Summer Lair with host Sammy Younan: interviews & impressions on Pop Culture.
Episodes
Friday Jul 11, 2025
Friday Jul 11, 2025
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to Simon Ennis, the director of The Hobby: Tales from the Tabletop. A board game documentary.
My Summer Lair Chapter #327: Are Board Games The Meaning Of Life?
Recorded: Friday, June 13, 2025 at 1:20 pm (EST)
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Thursday Jul 10, 2025
Thursday Jul 10, 2025
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to filmmaker Laurent Bouzereau about his latest retrospective: Jaws @ 50. Now streaming on Disney+ and Hulu. #SetTheVCR
My Summer Lair Chapter #330: As The Jaws Shark's BFF For The Past 50 Years: What's Your Favorite BFF Memory?
Recorded: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 2:40 pm (EST)
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Wednesday Jul 02, 2025
Wednesday Jul 02, 2025
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to producer director Kourtney Roy about her horror movie Kryptic.
My Summer Lair Chapter #324: Have You Seen The Canadian Sooka?
Recorded: Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 11:30 am (EST)
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Tuesday Jul 01, 2025
Tuesday Jul 01, 2025
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to filmmaker Michael Stasko about his B-Movie love letter: Vampire Zombies…From Space!
My Summer Lair Chapter #319: Who Will Defeat Vampire Zombies…From Space!?
Recorded: Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at 12:30 pm (EST)
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Saturday Jun 28, 2025
Saturday Jun 28, 2025
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to actor Steven Ogg who plays Blaine Abel in Revival: Season 1 airing weekly, Thursdays on SYFY and the CTV Sci- Fi channel at 10 p.m. #SetTheVCR
My Summer Lair Chapter #332: Will God Bless Blaine's Holy War?
Recorded: Thursday, January 2, 2025 at 2:30 pm (EST)
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Thursday Jun 26, 2025
Thursday Jun 26, 2025
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to Walter Day (a video game referee) and Billy Mitchell (a video game champion) about Arcades & Love Songs: The Ballad of Walter Day.
My Summer Lair Chapter #321: How Many Songs Have Your Heartbreaks Inspired?
Recorded: Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 3:00 pm (EST)
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Tuesday Jun 24, 2025
Tuesday Jun 24, 2025
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to Jeff Finn the director of Before the End: Searching for Jim Morrison (a 3-part documystery).
My Summer Lair Chapter #308: Did (How?) Jim Morrison Fake His Own Death In 1971?
Recorded: Thursday, January 2, 2025 at 2:00 pm (EST)
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Sunday Jun 22, 2025
Sunday Jun 22, 2025
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to stand-up comic Gavin Stephens whose latest comedy album is Park Bench Ontology.
My Summer Lair Chapter #317: Do You Have A Favourite Park Bench?
Recorded: Wednesday, March 10, 2025 at 2:00 pm (EST)
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Friday Jun 20, 2025
Friday Jun 20, 2025
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to producer Caroline Marsden about Vietnam: The War That Changed America (a 6-part docuseries) now streaming on Apple TV+: #SetTheVCR.
My Summer Lair Chapter #312: Do You Know The Real Story Of Vietnam?
Recorded: Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 10:00 am (EST)
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Thursday Jun 19, 2025
Thursday Jun 19, 2025
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to Fefe Dobson the singer-songwriter who stars in the Scarborough set movie Morningside.
My Summer Lair Chapter #315: What Does Scarborough Mean To You?
Recorded: Thursday, February 20, 2025 at 12:50 pm (EST)
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