#CouchWorthy: From Mixtapes to The King of Pop Biopics
A cinematic portrayal of the life and legacy of one of the most influential artists the world has ever known: Respect Gen X.
Category: Television
Happy National Pinball Day! Buying Bold Dreams with Quarters
Celebrating National Pinball Day: a salute to tactile storytelling, analog chaos, and buying bold dreams with quarters in neon-lit arcades.
#CouchWorthy: Batman: Caped Crusader Season 2
Batman: Caped Crusader is a hard-boiled animated series that follows the fearsome vigilante in his early years.
#CouchWorthy: 10 Years of Stranger Things Is Strange…Hype Is For Heathens
10 years later is Stranger Things world-building or just nostalgic hype? A retrospective look at the Duffer Brothers’ pop culture legacy.
#CouchWorthy: Disaster: The Chernobyl Meltdown vs Cold War Wigs
Reviewing CNN’s Disaster: The Chernobyl Meltdown—where Cold War CIA spycraft, satellite delays and 80s wig collections collide.
Pennywise with a Promotion: Is AI Your New Co-Worker or a Cosmic Predator?
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan explores humanizing artificial intelligence—from Pennywise to Rick Deckard.
When It Comes to the MCU Marvel has Miles To Go
Can Marvel truly be the House of Ideas if it keeps re-using the Spider-Man name for Miles Morales? Recycling is lazy storytelling.
#PantsWorthy Hot Docs 2026: Public Access
Fiercely independent journalist Amy Goodman has spent three decades holding the powerful to account, reporting from Democracy Now!
#PantsWorthy Hot Docs 2026: Steal This Story, Please!
Fiercely independent journalist Amy Goodman has spent three decades holding the powerful to account, reporting from Democracy Now!
#CouchWorthy: Speechless
What happens when a society loses the ability to tolerate disagreement and power decides who gets to speak?