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Tag: Politics

Morning Tea: Don’t Use AI As An Excuse To Sweatshop Pop Culture

Posted on June 6, 2024June 24, 2024 By Sammy Younan No Comments on Morning Tea: Don’t Use AI As An Excuse To Sweatshop Pop Culture
Morning Tea: Don’t Use AI As An Excuse To Sweatshop Pop Culture

What’s popping in popular culture? My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan steeps some seriously serious tea which prompts reflections.

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Morning Tea: Become Legendary By Being Stupid

Posted on May 29, 2024June 7, 2024 By Sammy Younan No Comments on Morning Tea: Become Legendary By Being Stupid
Morning Tea: Become Legendary By Being Stupid

What’s popping in popular culture? My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan steeps some seriously serious tea which prompts reflections.

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281 | Lenore Zann (Rogue-X-Men ’97)

Posted on March 19, 2024March 21, 2024 By Sammy Younan 2 Comments on 281 | Lenore Zann (Rogue-X-Men ’97)
281 | Lenore Zann (Rogue-X-Men ’97)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to actor Lenore Zann who voiced Rogue in the Marvel’s X-Men: The Animated Series. She returned for X-Men ’97.

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#CouchWorthy:The Circus Is Back In Town on September 19

Posted on August 27, 2021September 25, 2023 By Sammy Younan
#CouchWorthy:The Circus Is Back In Town on September 19

The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth returns on Sunday September 19 at 8pm on Showtime (Crave in Canada.). Woot!

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#SetTheVCR: December 6-12, 2020

Posted on December 6, 2020November 10, 2022 By Sammy Younan
#SetTheVCR: December 6-12, 2020

TV On…Pants off! What’s Good on TV this week…

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145 | Anne Nelson (Shadow Network: Media, Money, and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right.)

Posted on February 25, 2020March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 145 | Anne Nelson (Shadow Network: Media, Money, and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right.)
145 | Anne Nelson (Shadow Network: Media, Money, and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right.)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews author and journalist Anne Nelson whose latest book is Shadow Network: Media, Money, and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right.

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142 | Meghan Daum (The Problem With Everything: My Journey Through the New Culture Wars)

Posted on February 4, 2020March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 142 | Meghan Daum (The Problem With Everything: My Journey Through the New Culture Wars)
142 | Meghan Daum (The Problem With Everything: My Journey Through the New Culture Wars)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews writer Meghan Daum whose latest and greatest book is The Problem With Everything: My Journey Through the New Culture Wars.

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Together, America, We Will Say Goodbye To Cory Booker

Posted on January 14, 2020March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan
Together, America, We Will Say Goodbye To Cory Booker

The 2020 presidential campaign of U.S. Senator Cory Booker was announced on February 1, 2019. Booker suspended his campaign on January 13, 2020.

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Elected To Make Excuses

Posted on January 3, 2020 By Sammy Younan
Elected To Make Excuses

I read this in the NY Times:“Andrew Yang began his closing statement at the last Democratic debate with a charming bit of self-deprecation: “I know what you’re thinking, America. How am I still on this stage with them?” Yang has never been elected to any office. He is a businessman who has never run a major…

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116 | Fred Peabody (The Corporate Coup D’Etat)

Posted on May 14, 2019March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 116 | Fred Peabody (The Corporate Coup D’Etat)
116 | Fred Peabody (The Corporate Coup D’Etat)

My Summer Lair Host Sammy Younan talks with Fred Peabody director of The Corporate Coup D’État, Phillip Martin & producer Jeff Cohen at Hot Docs.

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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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