Think NPR’s Fresh Air meets Kevin Smith: My Summer Lair with host Sammy Younan: interviews & impressions on Pop Culture.
Episodes
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Recorded a new and solo My Pal Sammy podcast talking about...
Virus apocalypse literature from Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay to Chuck Wendig's Wanderers.
How To Fitbit Your Reading...
And the strange case of The Sci-Fi Senior.
p.s. Intro Music by Yung Kartz "Forget Me"
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Tuesday Aug 18, 2020
Tuesday Aug 18, 2020
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to director Robert McCallum about his current documentary Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe and his upcoming documentary: Documenting Mr. Dressup.
My Summer Lair Chapter #165: You Know Who He-Man Is; Do You Know Who Mr. Dressup Is?
Recorded: Wednesday, December 16 at 1:00 pm (EST)
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Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan comic book artist and writer Tom Scioli whose latest "issues" are Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics (a graphic novel biography on Jack Kirby) and Fantastic Four: Grand Design (which removes the seams from the FF's comic book continuity.)
My Summer Lair Chapter #164: Does Jack Kirby’s Real Life Reveal A Grand Design?
Recorded: Thursday December 10, 2020 at 1:30 pm (EST)
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Friday Aug 07, 2020
Friday Aug 07, 2020
Recorded a new and solo My Pal Sammy podcast talking about...
Mourning culture: It’s sad baby!
AGO: Illusions: The Art of Magic running until November 8, 2020: It’s magic baby!
NBA’s Return: It’s hoops baby!
The Umbrella Academy Mariachi Band: it’s music baby!
p.s. Intro Music by Yung Kartz "Forget Me"
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Tuesday Aug 04, 2020
Tuesday Aug 04, 2020
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews pop culture writer/curator Whitney Matheson who along with Dean Haspiel co-edited Pandemix: Quarantine Comics in the Age of 'Rona a comic book anthology.
My Summer Lair Chapter #163: How Do You Creatively Respond To A Pandemic?
Recorded: Thursday, July 30 at 1:30 pm (EST)
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Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews director David Oster whose SYFY documentary Todd McFarlane: Like Hell I Won't documents the comic book creator.
My Summer Lair Chapter #162: What Is Todd McFarlane's Image In Comics?
Recorded: Sunday, July 26, 2020 at 6:00 pm (EST)
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Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews writer David Kamp whose latest book is Sunny Days: The Children's Television Revolution That Changed America.
My Summer Lair Chapter #160: Of The Many TV Shows That Make Up The Children's Television Revolution...Which Are Your Favourites?
Recorded: Wednesday, October 14 at 1:00 pm (EST)
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Tuesday Jun 09, 2020
Tuesday Jun 09, 2020
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews director Lulu Wei whose documentary There's No Place Like This Place, Anyplace explores redevelopment, gentrification, and displacement following the end of Honest Ed's.
My Summer Lair Chapter #159: When I Say Honest Ed's What's The First Thing You Think Of?
Recorded: Saturday, May 30, 2020 at 2:00 pm (EST)
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Tuesday Jun 02, 2020
Tuesday Jun 02, 2020
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews co-host of Talking Raptors and comedian Nick Reynoldson whose debut comedy album is I'll Be Fine.
My Summer Lair Chapter #158: What Is Scarborough?
Recorded: Friday, May 22, 2020 at 2:00 pm (EST)
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Friday May 29, 2020
Friday May 29, 2020
"Entering the 1997-98 NBA season, the Chicago Bulls had won 5 championships in the previous 7 years. But as they sought their second three-peat, the future of the dynasty was in doubt. As preparations begin for the 1997-98 season, Jordan and the Bulls granted unprecedented access to a film crew for the entire year."
As Jordan was preparing to conclude his time with the Bulls: 3 friends in Toronto were about to graduate from University. This is their story as seen through the ESPN/Netflix docu-series The Last Dance.
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan hangs out with Jigar Talati and Denny Chan.