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Category: Girth Radio Blog

Illuminated Chronicles: Run The Jewels Visits Portlandia

Posted on December 30, 2016 By Sammy Younan
Illuminated Chronicles: Run The Jewels Visits Portlandia

Sammy Younan

Girth Radio Presents…

It’s 2016…practically 2017 so how do you drop an album now? Run The Jewels visits Portlandia for some “helpful” album drop suggestions…let the LOL commence:

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Illuminated Chronicles: Ascension

Posted on December 30, 2016 By Sammy Younan
Illuminated Chronicles: Ascension

Sammy Younan Girth Radio Presents… Over Christmas break I checked out Ascension a 2014 Syfy mini-series on Netflix. Back in the 60s JFK launched an inter-generational space shuttle…it was going to take 100 years for it to reach its destination: Proxima Centauri. (The show was inspired by the real-life concept of Project Orion which Kennedy ultimately…

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Trailer Alert: The Man in the High Castle (Season 2)

Posted on December 17, 2016 By Sammy Younan

Sammy Younan

Girth Radio Presents…

Money switches hands; power does not.

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Illuminated Chronicles: Santanormal Activity Trailer

Posted on December 16, 2016 By Sammy Younan
Illuminated Chronicles: Santanormal Activity Trailer

Sammy (@mypalsammy) Younan

Girth Radio Presents…

It’s that time of year when the jolly man returns. Philistine I ain’t talking about Santa!

I’m talking about Grant Cermak. He and his “elves” release a horror trailer every Christmas. (Horrible trailer? Yeah that too…check out the last year’s winner: The Xmas-Men Trailer!

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Illuminated Chronicles: Heritage Minute: Viola Desmond

Posted on December 9, 2016 By Sammy Younan
Illuminated Chronicles: Heritage Minute: Viola Desmond

Sammy Younan Girth Radio Presents… Canada’s currency is getting a face-lift. Best pun I can do under the circumstances. Viola Desmond will grace Canada’s $10 bill starting in late-2018. (And that’s not all. According to the Globe and Mail: “Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada’s first prime minister, will move from the $10 to a higher…

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RE: Bodyguards Media Screening

Posted on December 3, 2016 By Sammy Younan
RE: Bodyguards Media Screening

Sammy Younan Girth Radio Presents… Super exciting to attend last night’s premiere of Bodyguards: Secret Lives from the Watchtower. Directed by Girth Radio’s own Jaren Hayman (Seal 6 Radio!), narrated by Kim Coates and produced by Jeremy Bieber (if the last name is familiar it’s Justin’s Dad). So yes Justin Bieber and Scooter Braun are…

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Host Haiku In Session With Girth…Neon Dreams

Posted on November 17, 2016February 20, 2023 By Sammy Younan
Host Haiku In Session With Girth…Neon Dreams

As inspired by listening to Neon Dreams’s To You EP

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Host Haiku In Session With Girth…James Clark Institute

Posted on October 27, 2016February 20, 2023 By Sammy Younan

As inspired by listening to CJames Clark Institute’s Yesterday’s Misadventures

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Host Haiku In Session With Girth…Aiko Tomi

Posted on October 20, 2016February 20, 2023 By Sammy Younan

As inspired by listening to Aiko Tomi’s Music

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Host Haiku In Session With Girth…Veronica

Posted on October 13, 2016February 20, 2023 By Sammy Younan

As inspired by listening to Veronica’s Music

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    by Sammy Younan
    From a Red Eye to Area 51 this week’s TV Recommendations will make you put up your Twisted Metal. I dunno what that means, either, though I do know it’s #SetTheVCR time.
  • #SetTheVCR: July 21-27, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    OPEN Happy Gilmore 2 is the TV Pick. TEXT This week’s TV Recommendations range from a Holy War to a Code of Silence. And Happy Gilmore is back…with a (golf) range like that it can only be #SetTheVCR.
  • #SetTheVCR: July 14-20, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    Welcome To The Summer I Turned on The TV enjoying an Apocalypse and many Home Runs. With these recommendations #SetTheVCR is for TV Rif Raf and Amateurs.
  • #SetTheVCR: July 7-13, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    #SetTheVCR is your Institute for TV Recommendations: from Trainwrecks to Jaws I drop it like it's hot!
  • #SetTheVCR: June 30 – July 6, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    New Sandman means new TV dreams for this week to let your Old Guard down and enjoy TV Recommendations just like Sinners. It’s #SetTheVCR so let’s get Lost Together.
  • #SetTheVCR: June 23-29, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    Here's a Countdown of TV Recommendations. For those who're Young Werther or those with an Ironheart this is #SetTheVCR.
  • #SetTheVCR: June 16-22, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    TV Recommendations for a Magic Lover you can watch week down by The Waterfront just watch out for Sharks. I'm not a Liar...look it's #SetTheVCR.
  • #SetTheVCR: June 09-15, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    Without a TV Guide TV Recommendations can quickly go FUBAR quickly like checking into a Hell Motel. To avoid that Trainwreck #SetTheVCR is your TV Revival.
  • #SetTheVCR June 2–8, 2025 TV recommendations image from My Summer Lair, featuring a retro-style television graphic promoting a weekly pop culture column by podcast host Sammy Younan.
    #SetTheVCR: June 02-08, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    Your Presence is required for these TV Recommendations which range from Power Moves to a Resident Alien. #SetTheVCR for Good Night, and Good Luck.
  • #SetTheVCR TV recommendations cover for May 26 – June 1, 2025, from My Summer Lair podcast, highlighting curated weekly streaming and television picks by Sammy Younan.
    #SetTheVCR: May 26 – June 01, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    Here stories from Birbiglia to Bono: it’s a Brave New World filled with TV Recommendations. Wanna Live The Good Life? Enjoy this week’s #SetTheVCR.
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    What's popping in popular culture? My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan steeps some seriously serious tea which prompts reflections.
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    Trail By Trailer is judging a book by its cover or in this case...a movie by its trailer. Are you 100% IN or is it a Hard Pass?
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  • #CouchWorthy: Super Team CanadaMay 16, 2025
    Super Team Canada follows six lesser known and underrated Canadian superheroes, tasked with saving the world.
  • #CouchWorthy: Murderbot: Season 1 May 15, 2025
    Murderbot a private security cyborg hides its acquired autonomy, while completing dangerous assignments is simultaneously drawn to humans.

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    My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan reviews Batman - Detective Comics: Gotham Nocturne: OvertureL Volume 1,
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    New Book Alert is just that: A useful Yo for a fresh book. from your pal Sammy. What Are You Reading?
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    by Sammy Younan
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