Category: My Pal Sammy

#CouchWorthy: Batman: Caped Crusader Season 2

Batman: Caped Crusader is a hard-boiled animated series that follows the fearsome vigilante in his early years.

10 years later is Stranger Things world-building or just nostalgic hype? A retrospective look at the Duffer Brothers’ pop culture legacy.

Reviewing CNN’s Disaster: The Chernobyl Meltdown—where Cold War CIA spycraft, satellite delays and 80s wig collections collide.

Can Marvel truly be the House of Ideas if it keeps re-using the Spider-Man name for Miles Morales? Recycling is lazy storytelling.

Fiercely independent journalist Amy Goodman has spent three decades holding the powerful to account, reporting from Democracy Now!

Fiercely independent journalist Amy Goodman has spent three decades holding the powerful to account, reporting from Democracy Now!

What happens when a society loses the ability to tolerate disagreement and power decides who gets to speak?

Sammy Vibes are the compelling connective tissue between my deep-dive writing on Substack and my curated cultural recommendations.

800 Episodes of The Simpsons proves one thing: Outrage has a shorter lifespan than great comedy. Eat it Hari Kondabolu.

Young cadets train to become Starfleet officers all while facing a mysterious threat to both the Academy and the Federation.