My Summer Lair

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews writer Pete Croatto whose excellent basketball book is From Hang Time to Prime Time: Business, Entertainment, and the Birth of the Modern-Day NBA. My Summer Lair Chapter #182: How Did The NBA Evolve From Hang Time To Prime Time? Recorded: Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 4pm (EST) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com. Bonus Fun? Sign up for my newslet...

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews Lighthouse Immersive producers Corey Ross and Svetlana Dvoretsky who've produced the dynamic Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit. My Summer Lair Chapter #181: What’s Your Favourite Van Gogh Painting? Recorded: Thursday, December 17 at 5pm (EST) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com. Bonus Fun? Sign up for my newsletter because the F in FOMO doesn't stand for...

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews poet Alicia Cook whose third poetry collection/book is Sorry I Haven't Texted You Back. My Summer Lair Chapter #180: How Do You Express Your Hope? Recorded: Friday, November 20 at 3:00 pm (EST) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com. Bonus Fun? Sign up for my newsletter because the F in FOMO doesn't stand for Fun. Stress free pop culture (TV shows! B...

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews Forbes writer Zack O'Malley Greenburg whose latest finance focused book is A-List Angels: How a Band of Actors, Artists, and Athletes Hacked Silicon Valley. My Summer Lair Chapter #179: If you could invest in any company with any celebrity: who would you choose? Recorded: Friday, December 4 at 5:00 pm (EST) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com. Bon...

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews director Kyle Thrash whose documentary on Philadelphia Eagles fandom is Maybe Next Year. My Summer Lair Chapter #177: What's The Best Way For A Sports Fan To Show Love For His Team? Recorded: Thursday, November 5 at 4:30 pm (EST) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com. Bonus Fun? Sign up for my newsletter because the F in FOMO doesn't stand for Fun....

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews writer and director and stuntman Bj Verot who wrote and directed The Return. My Summer Lair Chapter #176: If you could be taken out by any classic movie good guy who you would you want to take you out? Recorded: Friday, October 30 at 2:00 pm (EST) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com. Bonus Fun? Sign up for my newsletter because the F in FOMO doesn...

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews horror writer and film programmer Carolyn Mauricette about the Blood In The Snow Film Festival. My Summer Lair Chapter #175: What Makes A Horror Classic A...Classic? Recorded: Monday, October 26 at 12:30 pm (EST) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com. Bonus Fun? Sign up for my newsletter because the F in FOMO doesn't stand for Fun. Stress free pop c...

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to Sam Roberts of the Sam Roberts Band whose latest album is All Of Us. My Summer Lair Chapter #174: Do You Like The Way I Talk About The Future? Setlist: Track 1: All of Us by Sam Roberts Band Track 2: I Like the Way You Talk About the Future by Sam Roberts Band Recorded: Tuesday, October 27 at 1:30 pm (EST) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com. Bonus...

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews to Vancouver comedian Randee Neumeyer whose debut comedy album is Bad Baby. My Summer Lair Chapter #173: What Does A Man's Favorite Adam Sandler Movie Say About Him? Recorded: Wednesday, October 21 at 4:30 pm (EST) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com. Bonus Fun? Sign up for my newsletter because the F in FOMO doesn't stand for Fun. Stress free pop...

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews director Cavan Campbell whose psychological horror short film is Receiver. My Summer Lair Chapter #172: What Happens When You Play A Different Kind Of Phone Tag? Recorded: Thursday, November 12 at 1:30 pm (EST) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com. Bonus Fun? Sign up for my newsletter because the F in FOMO doesn't stand for Fun. Stress free pop cul...

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to astronaut painter Scott Listfield about his dynamic paintings and Quarantine his recent solo show at Spoke Art NYC. My Summer Lair Chapter #171: Is Just Me Or Does The Astronaut Remind You Of Gary Larson's Far Side Comics? Recorded: Tuesday, September 29 at 4:00 pm (EST) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com. Bonus Fun? Sign up for my newsletter becau...

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to science writer Sarah Scoles who wrote They Are Already Here: UFO Culture and Why We See Saucers. My Summer Lair Chapter #170: Have You Ever Looked Up At The Night Sky And Seen An Unidentified Flying Object? Recorded: Monday, October 5 at 2:00 pm (EST) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com. Bonus Fun? Sign up for my newsletter because the F in FOMO doe...

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews writer Ryan North who (along with Albert Monteys) skillfully adapted Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five as a graphic novel. My Summer Lair Chapter #169: If You Haven't Read The Book Will You Be Willing To Read The First-Ever Graphic Novel Adaptation Of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five? Recorded: Tuesday December 29 at 1:00 pm (EST) For more show note...

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews painter and poet Paul Vermeersch whose latest collection is Shared Universe: New and Selected Poems 1995-2020. My Summer Lair Chapter #167: When You Get Lost In The Poetic Shared Universe...Who Do You Ask For Directions? Recorded: Monday December 28, 2020 at Noon (EST) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com. Bonus Fun? Sign up for my newsletter becau...

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews stand up comic Stuart Jones whose debut comedy album is By The Slice. My Summer Lair Chapter #166: Did You Hear The One About The Diversity Of Animal Poop? Recorded: Monday, August 3 at 4:00 pm (EST) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com. Bonus Fun? Sign up for my newsletter because the F in FOMO doesn't stand for Fun. Stress free pop culture (TV sh...

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" -28-

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) For more show notes visit My...

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, 202...

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" -28-

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) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com. Bonus Fun? Sign up for my newsletter be...

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) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com. Bonus Fun? Sign up for my newsletter because the F in FOMO doesn't stand for Fun...

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) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com. Bonus Fun? Sign up for m...

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) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com. Bon...

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) For more show notes visit MySummerLair.com. Bonus Fun? Sign up for my newsletter because the F in FOMO doesn't stand for Fun. Stress free pop culture (TV shows!...

"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...