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Tag: Magicians

285 | Shawn Farquhar & Jon Ornoy (Lost in the Shuffle)

Posted on April 16, 2024January 7, 2025 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 285 | Shawn Farquhar & Jon Ornoy (Lost in the Shuffle)
285 | Shawn Farquhar & Jon Ornoy (Lost in the Shuffle)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to magician Shawn Farquhar & director Jon Ornoy about their playing card doc Lost in the Shuffle. (Yo: “Hidden in the cards are the clues to an unsolved 500-year-old murder case.”)

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Hot For Harry Houdini

Posted on March 3, 2020March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on Hot For Harry Houdini
Hot For Harry Houdini

I went to the Art Gallery of Ontario. They’re currently hosting Illusions: The Art Of Magic so I’m brown and down with that.

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118 | Jonah Babins (The Toronto Magic Company)

Posted on May 28, 2019October 20, 2024 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 118 | Jonah Babins (The Toronto Magic Company)
118 | Jonah Babins (The Toronto Magic Company)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks with Jonah Babins magician and co-founder of The Toronto Magic Company.

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097 | Alex McAleer & Richard Young (Champions of Magic)

Posted on December 11, 2018March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 097 | Alex McAleer & Richard Young (Champions of Magic)
097 | Alex McAleer & Richard Young (Champions of Magic)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews 2 of acts in the touring Champions of Magic show: Alex McAleer a mentalist and Richard Young half of the Young & Strange magic duo.

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028 | David Minkin (Magicians: Life In The Impossible)

Posted on May 17, 2016October 20, 2024 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 028 | David Minkin (Magicians: Life In The Impossible)
028 | David Minkin (Magicians: Life In The Impossible)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks tv magic with magician David Minkin as featured in the documentary Magicians: Life in the Impossible.

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027 | Jon Armstrong (Magicians: Life In The Impossible)

Posted on May 10, 2016March 4, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 027 | Jon Armstrong (Magicians: Life In The Impossible)
027 | Jon Armstrong (Magicians: Life In The Impossible)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks magic & comic books with magician Jon Armstrong featured in the doc Magicians: Life in the Impossible.

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Pantsworthy: Hot Docs – May 2, 2016

Posted on May 2, 2016March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan
Pantsworthy: Hot Docs – May 2, 2016

Magic, Science-Fiction and Cinema…flourish because they all have their own society of nerds. Today 3 Hot Docs honors those 3 mediums…if you’re a nerd today is a good day. Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta.

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Pantsworthy: Hot Docs – April 30, 2016

Posted on April 30, 2016 By Sammy Younan
Pantsworthy: Hot Docs – April 30, 2016

Big Day in Hot Docs land.

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  • #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.
  • #SetTheVCR cover for May 19–25, 2025 from My Summer Lair podcast, featuring weekly streaming and TV recommendations curated by host Sammy Younan.
    #SetTheVCR: May 19-25, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    From Pee-wee Herman to Sherlock Holmes this week’s TV Recommendations are loaded with comedy, angst and drama. Plus for this week’s #SetTheVCR you get to shake it like a Polaroid picture.
  • #SetTheVCR TV guide cover for May 12–18, 2025 from My Summer Lair podcast, with curated streaming and broadcast recommendations by Sammy Younan.
    #SetTheVCR: May 12-18, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    Do you have Heart Eyes for fresh TV Recommendations without all the Overcompensating puns? The puns are here to stay that’s what makes it #SetTheVCR.
  • #SetTheVCR: May 05-11, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    Even with your Poker Face I can tell you’re seeking TV Recommendations for your Safe House. No worries with this week’s #SetTheVCR I got it in The Black Bag.
  • #SetTheVCR: April 28 – May 04, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    April showers bring May TV listings: these TV recommendations cover all Four Seasons. It’s #SetTheVCR where I put the On in Conan.
  • #SetTheVCR: April 21-27, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    TV Recommendations can be Havoc; You need help. Well Babygirl: I got you; it's your TV Companion: #SetTheVCR.
  • #SetTheVCR: April 14-20, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    I hope you're a light Nightsleeper because the NBA Playoffs start this week. Will a new champion be Minted? Only way to know is to #SetTheVCR.
  • #SetTheVCR: April 07-13, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    For this week's TV Recommendations we stare into The Abyss and a Black Mirror stares back. Welcome to #SetTheVCR which is about as comfortable and as cool as Morningside.
  • #SetTheVCR: March 31 – April 06, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    Secrets and Serial Killers pepper this week’s TV Recommendations. A combo like that can only mean it’s #SetTheVCR.
  • #CouchWorthy: Bono: Stories of SurrenderMay 29, 2025
    Bono: Stories of Surrender is a vivid reimagining of his one-man stage show Stories of Surrender now streaming on Apple TV.
  • #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.
  • #CouchWorthy: Ernest Cole: Lost and Found April 29, 2025
    Raoul Peck's portrait of South African photographer Ernest Cole offers a harrowing history of Apartheid and chronicles an artist in exile.
  • #CouchWorthy: 2025 Key Midseason & Premiere Dates – April 2025March 28, 2025
    #SetTheVCR is your weekly TV Guide by Sammy Younan to help you plan a fantastic TV schedule from must-watch TV shows to fun discoveries.
  • #CouchWorthy: 2025 Key Midseason & Premiere Dates – March 2025February 28, 2025
    #SetTheVCR is your weekly TV Guide by Sammy Younan to help you plan a fantastic TV schedule from must-watch TV shows to fun discoveries.

  • Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 1: Gotham Nocturne: Overture
    Under-Review: Detective Comics: Gotham Nocturne: Overture
    by Sammy Younan
    My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan reviews Batman - Detective Comics: Gotham Nocturne: OvertureL Volume 1,
  • New Book Alert: California Bear
    by Sammy Younan
    New Book Alert is just that: A useful Yo for a fresh book. from your pal Sammy. What Are You Reading?
  • New Book Alert: The Music Was Just Getting Good
    by Sammy Younan
    New Book Alert is just that: A useful Yo for a fresh book. from your pal Sammy. What Are You Reading?
  • New Book Alert: The Ascent
    by Sammy Younan
    New Book Alert is just that: A useful Yo for a fresh book. from your pal Sammy. What Are You Reading?
  • New Book Alert: Fantastic Four by Ryan North Volume 2
    by Sammy Younan
    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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