Think NPR’s Fresh Air meets Kevin Smith: My Summer Lair with host Sammy Younan: interviews & impressions on Pop Culture.
Episodes
Tuesday Feb 04, 2020
Tuesday Feb 04, 2020
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews writer Meghan Daum whose latest and greatest book is The Problem With Everything: My Journey Through the New Culture Wars.
My Summer Lair Chapter #142: Is This Book (In A Way) Thinking Out Loud?
Recorded: Tuesday, January 28 at 1:30 pm (EST)
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Tuesday Jan 28, 2020
Tuesday Jan 28, 2020
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews actress Laura Mennell who plays Mimi Hynek on History Channel's Project Blue Book. Mimi is the real-life wife of ufologist Josef Allen Hynek on which this fantastic Robert Zemeckis sci-fi tv show is based.
My Summer Lair Chapter #141: What Is Project Blue Book?
Recorded: Tuesday, January 21 at 3:00 pm (EST) at Corus
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Monday Jan 27, 2020
Monday Jan 27, 2020
Around 4 p.m. on Sunday, January 26, 2020, I heard Kobe Bryant had died. Which is one of those times when your brain sputters and fails to turn over like an old car trying to start on a cold winter morning. This...does not compute.
It still hasn't fully sunk in; even as I see all the tributes from fans, from NBA players, from celebrities. Are we sure he is gone? I made a strong tea and hit record. I did not know what else to do or how else to process this. To accept this new reality.
Thanks for listening. (My Summer Lair will return this is just a one-off!)
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Tuesday Jan 21, 2020
Tuesday Jan 21, 2020
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews supa dope band Featurette about their latest album Dream Riot.
(One of the singles off Dream Riot is You Do You a video that features...Sammy all smiling and he's joined by so many other cool and creative individuals. Check it out!)
My Summer Lair Chapter #140: Who Is The White Rabbit?
Recorded: Wednesday January 15, 2020 5:30 pm (EST)
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Tuesday Jan 14, 2020
Tuesday Jan 14, 2020
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews director Richard Lowenstein whose documentary Mystify: Michael Hutchence deftly explores the life and tragedy of the INXS front man we lost in 1997.
My Summer Lair Chapter #139: Who Was Michael Hutchence?
Recorded: Tuesday, January 7 2020 at 6:00 pm (EST)
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Saturday Dec 28, 2019
Saturday Dec 28, 2019
Shortly after Midnight, a recap of my 2019 Christmas Break TV viewing including my thoughts and feeling on The Chosen 3:
For All Mankind (Apple TV)
Drake's Plan (CBC Gem)
Kevin Hart: Don't Fuck This Up (Netflix)
Thanks for listening.
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p.s. Cover Photo by Culture Snap Photography
p.s. Intro/Outro Music by Yung Kartz "Forget Me"
p.s. Middle Music by Mela "Pegasus"
Thursday Dec 26, 2019
Thursday Dec 26, 2019
Every Christmas break I pantlessly sit and watch and absorb a lot of pop culture (books, comic books, tv shows and movies) and then I have tea and I think a lot and I write a lot I’m recording a handful of My Pal Sammy episodes; this is my Captain’s Log...a record of some of the pop culture I've been consuming and some of the stuff I've been thinking about over my 2019 Christmas Break. I did this last year hence...Round 2!!
Tonight...Santa has come and gone...Christmas is kinda over. Shortly after Midnight, my tea-fuelled-thinking is focused on Come With Me If You Want To Live. Or...trust. This topic was prompted by:
I'm Going to Break Your Heart
Hate Inc.: Why Today's Media Makes Us Despise One Another by Matt Taibbi
Thanks for listening.
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p.s. Cover Photo by Culture Snap Photography
p.s. Intro/Outro Music by Yung Kartz "Forget Me"
Tuesday Dec 24, 2019
Tuesday Dec 24, 2019
Every Christmas break I pantlessly sit and watch and absorb a lot of pop culture (books, comic books, tv shows and movies) and then I have tea and I think a lot and I write a lot so this time I’m recording a handful of My Pal Sammy episodes; this is my Captain’s Log...a record of some of the pop culture I've been consuming and some of the stuff I've been thinking about over my 2019 Christmas Break.
I did this last year and so I'm back with Round 2!
Yo: Welcome to My Pal Sammy I am your pal Sammy Younan and this is my 2019 Christmas Break podcast!
Tuesday Dec 17, 2019
Tuesday Dec 17, 2019
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews Ali Hassan stand up comic (We Ain’t Terrorists), performer of his one-man show Muslim, Interrupted and his fantastic CBC work: as host of Laugh Out Loud and Canada Reads; and the occasional guest host of Q. We also happily talk about ribs!
My Summer Lair Chapter #138: What's Your Recipe For Delicious Ribs?
Recorded: Monday, December 23 at 11:30 am (EST)
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Tuesday Dec 10, 2019
Tuesday Dec 10, 2019
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to Elizabeth Semmelhack the Creative Director and Senior Curator of the Bata Shoe Museum and author of two excellent books on sneakers and sneaker culture: Out of the Box: The Rise of Sneaker Culture and Sneaker X Culture: Collab.
My Summer Lair Chapter #137: It Is Weird To Use Nike (A Billion Dollar Business) For Self-Expression?
Recorded: Tuesday, December 11 at 10:00 am (EST) at Bata Shoe Museum
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