Think NPR’s Fresh Air meets Kevin Smith: My Summer Lair with host Sammy Younan: interviews & impressions on Pop Culture.
Episodes
Friday Apr 11, 2025
Friday Apr 11, 2025
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to photographer Henry VanderSpek about his exhibition Urban Scrawl. (His exhibition is part of the Contact Photography Festival.)
My Summer Lair Chapter #320: What Type Of Street Sarcasm Do You Enjoy?
Recorded: Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at 2:00 pm (EST)
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Sunday Apr 06, 2025
Sunday Apr 06, 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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Sunday Mar 23, 2025
Sunday Mar 23, 2025
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to artist and writer Michael Benson about Planetfall, his photography exhibition currently on at The Image Centre.
My Summer Lair Chapter #311: When Was The Last Time You Looked Up At All The Stars In Wonder?
Recorded: Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 12:00 pm (EST)
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Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to filmmaker Tracie Laymon whose feature film debut is Bob Trevino Likes It.
My Summer Lair Chapter #318: When Was The Last Time You Experienced Online Kindness?
Recorded: Friday, March 7, 2025 at 1:05 pm (EST)
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Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to producer Michael Hirsh who after producing over 6, 000 hours of mostly animation has written his memoir: Animation Nation: How We Built A Cartoon Empire.
My Summer Lair Chapter #288: What's The Key To Great Animation?
Recorded: Friday, October 11, 2024 at 11:00 am (EST)
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Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to actor Ruth Connell who played Rowena in Supernatural and Night Nurse in Dead Boy Detectives and Doom Patrol.
My Summer Lair Chapter #316: Why Is Scotland So Supernatural?
Recorded: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at 1:15 pm (EST)
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Tuesday Feb 25, 2025
Tuesday Feb 25, 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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Monday Feb 24, 2025
Monday Feb 24, 2025
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to writer Tricia Romano author of The Freaks Came Out To Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper that Changed American Culture.
My Summer Lair Chapter #293: What's The First Thing That Comes To Your Mind When I Say The Village Voice?
Recorded: Wednesday, September 4, 2024 at 1:00 pm (EST)
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Tuesday Feb 18, 2025
Tuesday Feb 18, 2025
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to Michael Tolajian the director of We Beat The Dream Team (streaming on HBO Max & Crave).
My Summer Lair Chapter #314: Did The Select Team Really And Truly Beat The Dream Team?
Recorded: Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 1:30 pm (EST)
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Monday Feb 10, 2025
Monday Feb 10, 2025
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to stand up comic and actor Ali Hassan about his fresh comedy album Chef's Kiss.
My Summer Lair Chapter #307: If You Like Spicy Comedy Do You Give It A Chef's Kiss?
Recorded: Wednesday, December 4, 2024 at 9:30 am (EST)
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