My Summer Lair

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to writer Matt Singer whose book is Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever. My Summer Lair Chapter #292: Do You Miss Gene Siskel & Roger Ebert? Recorded: Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 11:00 am (EST) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to b...

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to actor Morena Baccarin best known for playing Vanessa Carlysle (Deadpool's sassy fun girlfriend) and Leslie Thompkins on Gotham . Morena and real life hubby Ben McKenzie (Jim Gordon on Gotham ) will host a Fan Expo 2024 panel. My Summer Lair Chapter #297: What Was The Nerd TV Show/Movie Where You Discovered Morena Baccarin? Recorded: Wednesday, August 21, 2...

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to actor John O'Hurley best known for being J. Peterman; Elaine's boss on Seinfeld . John and other Seinfeld secondary characters will host a Fan Expo 2024 panel. My Summer Lair Chapter #299: What Is J. Peterman Talking About, Now? Recorded: Friday, August 9, 2024 at 3:00 pm (EST) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com . This is a public episode. If you w...

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to magician Shawn Farquhar and director Jon Ornoy about their playing car documentary Lost in the Shuffle. (Yo: "Hidden in the cards are the clues to an unsolved 500-year-old murder case.") My Summer Lair Chapter #285: What's The Story With The King Of Hearts? Recorded: Monday, April 29, 2024 at 2:00 pm (EST) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com . This...

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to The Movie Man director Matt Finlin, the doc's executive producer Ed Robertson & Keith Stata...the movie man himself! My Summer Lair Chapter #300: What’s Your Favourite (All-Time) Movie Theatre? Recorded: Thursday July 25, 2024 1:30 pm (EST) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other su...

Like LA and like NYC we’ve all visited The Hospital for the Mind on Mount Coquitlam . Located about an hour from Vancouver, any movie or TV show that’s been shot in B.C. in the last 30 years has used this super creepy setting. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mypalsammy.substack.com

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to director Yourgo Artsitas about his Hot Docs documentary: TR(ol)L: New Kids on the Block, Total Request Live and the Chain Letter that Changed the Internet. My Summer Lair Chapter #284: The Next Time There’s An Online Opportunity…Will You Troll The Poll? Recorded: Monday April 22, 2024 1:30 pm (EST) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com . This is a pub...

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to actor Tamara Podemski who plays Deputy Sheriff Joy Hawk a time traveller in Outer Range. Season 2 is now streaming on Prime Video. #SetTheVCR My Summer Lair Chapter #290: What Kind Of Time Machine Would You Use To Go Back In Time? Recorded: Wednesday March 13, 2024 2:00 pm (EST) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com. This is a public episode. If you w...

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to actor Jett Klyne who is the boy in The Boy in the Woods (a Holocaust survival story); directed by Rebecca Snow. My Summer Lair Chapter #291: Could You Survive Alone In The Woods? Recorded: Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 10:00 am (EST) at Ricarda's Restaurant . For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com. This is a public episode. If you would like to discus...

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to Harrison Xu and Ivan Leung...actors, writers and directors of the Asian stoner comedy Extremely Unique Dynamic . My Summer Lair Chapter #289: Who Is The Friend You Have a Extremely Unique Dynamic With? Recorded: Wednesday March 13, 2024 at 2:00 pm (EST) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this...

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to directors Bradford Thomason & Brett Whitcomb about their Reading Rainbow documentary Butterfly In The Sky . My Summer Lair Chapter #287: When Was The Last Time You Saw A Reading Rainbow? Recorded: Friday April 26, 2024 at 2:30 pm (EST) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscri...

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to poet Cassidy McFadzean whose latest poetry collection is Crying Dress. My Summer Lair Chapter #282: When Was The Last Time You Wore Your Crying Dress? Recorded: Wednesday March 13, 2024 at 2:00 pm (EST) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episo...

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to director Hamoody Jaafar and former River Rouge, Michigan Panthers player Legend Geeter about their documentary Rouge now playing at Hot Docs. My Summer Lair Chapter #272: When Was The Last Time You Hustled As Hard As Detroit Hustles? Recorded: Friday February 19, 2024 at 1:30 pm (EST) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com . This is a public episode. I...

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to director Kristian R. Hill whose Detroit techno documentary God Said Give 'Em Drum Machines which screened at Tribeca Film Festival in 2022. My Summer Lair Chapter #235: How Many Of The Techo Six Can You Name? Recorded: Friday, June 17, 2022 11:00 am (EST) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bo...

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to poet Alicia Cook whose latest poetry collection is The Music Was Just Getting Good . It follows the previous two books in her poetry mixtape trilogy Stuff I’ve Been Feeling Lately (2018) and Sorry I Haven’t Texted You Back (2020). My Summer Lair Chapter #272: Do You Leave Or Stay When The Music Is Just Getting Good? Recorded: Tuesday February 13, 2024 at 1...

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to director Alexandre O. Philippe about his latest pop culture documentary: William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill . My Summer Lair Chapter #280: Is Death The Final Frontier? Recorded: Monday, March 18, 2024 at 11:00 am (EST) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get a...

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to actor Lenore Zann who voiced Rogue in the mid-90s Marvel cartoon X-Men: The Animated Series. She's back as Rogue in X-Men '97 . My Summer Lair Chapter #281: You're supposed to know everything, Beast. What makes us like we are anyway? Recorded: Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 3:00 pm (EST) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other su...

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to cartoonist Brian "Box" Brown about his non-fiction graphic novel: The He-Man Effect: How American Toymakers Sold You Your Childhood. My Summer Lair Chapter #270: Just How Powerful Is He-Man, Anyways? Recorded: Tuesday December 19, 2023 at 2:00 pm (EST) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this...

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks Heidy M. an Arts & Culture writer and host of Hye's Musings about the 2024 Podcamp . My Summer Lair Chapter #279: What's A Podcamp? Recorded: Friday, March 1, 2024 at 7:30 pm (EST) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mypalsammy.su...

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to actor Alex Mallari Jr. about his role in Code 8: Part II (now streaming on Netflix) and the joys of being from Scarborough. My Summer Lair Chapter #276: Is Winning Too Much A Real Issue? Recorded: Wednesday, February 14, 2024 at 1:00 pm (EST) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other...

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to director Matthew Hamachek about his ten-part docuseries The Dynasty: New England Patriots now streaming in Apple TV+. My Summer Lair Chapter #276: Is Winning Too Much A Real Issue? Recorded: Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 11:00 am (EST) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subs...

Yo… Any plans this weekend? The movies are fun. Starting today for one week only, Tenet is back in cinemas. Oh, yo. I’ve seen this movie twice now and I still don’t "Nolan" what’s going on...do you get it?! (The physics are not sound as a pound. Inception works the way Tenet’s physics doesn’t fully work.) And…why not check out Kiss The Future ? “Witness the resilience of the people of Sarajevo thr...

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to singer-songwriter Sam Roberts about his sensational album The Adventures Of Ben Blank. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mypalsammy.substack.com

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to director Andrew Jenks about Billion Dollar Babies: The True Story of the Cabbage Patch Kids now playing at select cinemas near you. My Summer Lair Chapter #269: Did You Adopt A Cabbage Patch Kid? Recorded: Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 2:30 pm (EST) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this wi...

We are in the debt of 4.4 million viewers. The day after JFK was assassinated at 5:16 p.m. on Saturday November 23, 1963 the first episode of Doctor Who was transmitted. The first episode was watched by 4.4 million viewers; mostly kids who decided to check out this strange man and his odd TARDIS. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bo...