My Summer Lair

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 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! Books! Movies! Music! So Many Recommendations!!) tastefully harvested for your divine delight. Once a week a carefully curated edition of My Pal Sammy goes directly to your inbox. Magic or Science? You decide.

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!) -28-  

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) 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! Books! Movies! Music! So Many Recommendations!!) tastefully harvested for your divine delight. Once a week a carefully curated edition of My Pal Sammy goes directly to your inbox. Magic or Science? You decide.

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 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. Stress free pop culture (TV shows! Books! Movies! Music! So Many Recommendations!!) tastefully harvested for your divine delight. Once a week a carefully curated edition of My Pal Sammy goes directly to your inbox. Magic or Science? You decide.

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. -28- 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"

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. -28- p.s. Cover Photo by Culture Snap Photography p.s. Intro/Outro Music by Yung Kartz "Forget Me"

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!

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) 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! Books! Movies! Music! So Many Recommendations!!) tastefully harvested for your divine delight. Once a week a carefully curated edition of My Pal Sammy goes directly to your inbox. Magic or Science? You decide.

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 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! Books! Movies! Music! So Many Recommendations!!) tastefully harvested for your divine delight. Once a week a carefully curated edition of My Pal Sammy goes directly to your inbox. Magic or Science? You decide.

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews writer Charles Soule who has written for Marvel Comics (Daredevil, Darth Vader) and Image Comics (Undiscovered Country, Curse Words). His second novel Anyone (a sci-fi follow up to his debut novel The Oracle Year) is out now. My Summer Lair Chapter #136: Did You Hear About The Sci-Fi Novel Inspired by Pretty Woman? Recorded: Thursday, November 21 at 5:30 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 culture (TV shows! Books! Movies! Music! So Many Recommendations!!) tastefully harvested for your divine delight. Once a week a carefully curated edition of My Pal Sammy goes directly to your inbox. Magic or Science? You decide.

My Summer Lair Host Sammy Younan is at Blood In The Snow Film Festival media day: the first interview is with the Dead Dicks duo Chris Bavota and Lee Paula Springer followed by actress Paula Brancati and director Erin Berry who are behind Majic. My Summer Lair Chapter #135: What Happens When Dead Dicks Meets Majic? Recorded: Saturday November 23, 2019 at 1:30 pm (EST) at Super Wonder Gallery 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! Books! Movies! Music! So Many Recommendations!!) tastefully harvested for your divine delight. Once a week a carefully curated edition of My Pal Sammy goes directly to your inbox. Magic or Science? You decide.

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks with director Audrey Cummings whose genre movie She Never Died (sister sequel to the 2015 Henry Rollins movie: He Never Died) at Blood In The Snow Film Festival. My Summer Lair Chapter #134: What Are Finger Cookies? Recorded: Friday November 8, 2019 at 5:30 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 culture (TV shows! Books! Movies! Music! So Many Recommendations!!) tastefully harvested for your divine delight. Once a week a carefully curated edition of My Pal Sammy goes directly to your inbox. Magic or Science? You decide.  

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews director John Walker whose documentary Assholes: A Theory (heh) is based on the 2012 book also called Assholes: A Theory by Aaron James (a Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Irvine). My Summer Lair Chapter #133: Have I Ever Been An Asshole? Recorded: Monday, December 2 at 11:30 am (EST) at The NFB 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! Books! Movies! Music! So Many Recommendations!!) tastefully harvested for your divine delight. Once a week a carefully curated edition of My Pal Sammy goes directly to your inbox. Magic or Science? You decide.

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks basketball and hip hop with director Darby Wheeler co-creator of Netflix's Hip-Hop Evolution. 3 seasons are on Netflix with the fourth and final season out on January 17, 2020. My Summer Lair Chapter #132: So What Happened When You Hung Out With...A Bad Boy? Recorded: Friday November 1, 2019 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. Stress free pop culture (TV shows! Books! Movies! Music! So Many Recommendations!!) tastefully harvested for your divine delight. Once a week a carefully curated edition of My Pal Sammy goes directly to your inbox. Magic or Science? You decide.

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks horror and heroes with Benjamin Percy writer of Suicide Woods (a short story collection), X-Force and Wolverine for Marvel Comics. My Summer Lair Chapter #131: When Was The Last Time You Went Out Into The Woods...Alone? Recorded: Thursday, October 24, 2019 at 6:30 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 culture (TV shows! Books! Movies! Music! So Many Recommendations!!) tastefully harvested for your divine delight. Once a week a carefully curated edition of My Pal Sammy goes directly to your inbox. Magic or Science? You decide.

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan happily talks with Nicholas Parisi writer of Rod Serling: His Life, Work & Imagination which explores Serling’s entire, massive body of work including The Twilight Zone. My Summer Lair Chapter #130: How Much Do We Know About The Fifth Dimension's Narrator? Recorded: Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at 6:30 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 culture (TV shows! Books! Movies! Music! So Many Recommendations!!) tastefully harvested for your divine delight. Once a week a carefully curated edition of My Pal Sammy goes directly to your inbox. Magic or Science? You decide.

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to writer Kat Rosenfield who co-wrote/co-created A Trick of Light with Stan Lee. Together along with Ryan Silbert and Luke Lieberman they created Stan Lee's final marvelous universe: Stan Lee's Alliances! My Summer Lair Chapter #129: What If...Stan Lee Gave Us One More Amazing and Spectacular Universe Before He Passed Away? Recorded: Friday September 27, 2019 at 6:30 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 culture (TV shows! Books! Movies! Music! So Many Recommendations!!) tastefully harvested for your divine delight. Once a week a carefully curated edition of My Pal Sammy goes directly to your inbox. Magic or Science? You decide.

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to Middle East correspondent Robert Fisk featured in the TIFF 2019 documentary: This Is Not A Movie directed by Yung Chang. My Summer Lair Chapter #128: Is This A Documentary About Robert Fisk Or Is This A Documentary About Journalism? Recorded: Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at 10:30 am (EST) at NFB 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! Books! Movies! Music! So Many Recommendations!!) tastefully harvested for your divine delight. Once a week a carefully curated edition of My Pal Sammy goes directly to your inbox. Magic or Science? You decide.

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to writer Henry Glassie a folklorist and featured in the TIFF 2019 documentary: Henry Glassie: Field Work. My Summer Lair Chapter #127: What Is Field Work? Recorded: Sunday, September 8, 2019 at 3:30 pm (EST) at NFB 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! Books! Movies! Music! So Many Recommendations!!) tastefully harvested for your divine delight. Once a week a carefully curated edition of My Pal Sammy goes directly to your inbox. Magic or Science? You decide.

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks with casting director Laray Mayfield who has worked with David Fincher since Fight Club as well as casting Marvel's Netflix series (Luke Cage, Daredevil, Punisher and Jessica Jones). My Summer Lair Chapter #126: How Do You Look For A Serial Killer? Recorded: Thursday, August 29, 2019 at 6:30 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 culture (TV shows! Books! Movies! Music! So Many Recommendations!!) tastefully harvested for your divine delight. Once a week a carefully curated edition of My Pal Sammy goes directly to your inbox. Magic or Science? You decide.