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Tag: Politics

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

Posted on August 27, 2021May 30, 2022 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!

Television

#SetTheVCR: December 6-12, 2020

Posted on December 6, 2020August 11, 2022 By Sammy Younan
#SetTheVCR: December 6-12, 2020

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

Television

Reading is FUNdamental: Shadow Network: Media, Money, and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right

Posted on February 26, 2020 By Sammy Younan No Comments on Reading is FUNdamental: Shadow Network: Media, Money, and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right
Reading is FUNdamental: Shadow Network: Media, Money, and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right

Shadow Network details the intertwining of Christian-Americans with Koch brothers and other similar nefarious types. Focus on the Family, 700 Club, Left Behind books…this book went through all the cheeze we’ve been surrounded with growing up in the church or in pop culture in general. (Nicolas Cage starred in the 2014 Left Behind movie.) Whew.

Books, My Summer Lair

145 | Anne Nelson (Shadow Network)

Posted on February 25, 2020 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 145 | Anne Nelson (Shadow Network)
145 | Anne Nelson (Shadow Network)

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.

My Summer Lair, New Book Alert

142 | Meghan Daum (The Problem with Everything)

Posted on February 4, 2020April 15, 2022 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 142 | Meghan Daum (The Problem with Everything)
142 | Meghan Daum (The Problem with Everything)

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.

My Summer Lair, New Book Alert, Podcast

Trailer Alert: The Circus (Season 4 Tease)

Posted on January 4, 2019 By Sammy Younan
Trailer Alert: The Circus (Season 4 Tease)

Oh! I didn’t know this…season four of The Circus premieres on Showtime on January 27 at 8 p.m. I wasn’t sure if it was coming back or not. There’s a teaser but it doesn’t offer up much…one of the Republicans I can’t remember which was on Fox (err…I reversed the channel numbers looking for ESPN…hah!) and he…

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Television
  • #SetTheVCR: August 08-14, 2022
    by Sammy Younan
    Dreams, Devils, and the Dead: ah yes welcome back to #SetTheVCR.
  • #SetTheVCR: August 01-07, 2022
    by Sammy Younan
    Taking a Quantum Leap you'll dig this week's #SetTheVCR: it's got Jokes. And if not the Sandman will come to you with dreams. All win!
  • #SetTheVCR: July 25-31, 2022
    by Sammy Younan
    Pennywise gets a Last Dance. It's that kind of #SetTheVCR week.
  • #SetTheVCR: July 18-24, 2022
    by Sammy Younan
    This is The Captain speaking: We got all kinds of Last Dances for this week's #SetTheVCR. From The Gray Man, a Last Dance from assassins, to Don McLean, to O.J. Simpson, there's something for everyone here. Let's face the music and Last Dance, shall we?
  • #SetTheVCR: July 11-17, 2022
    by Sammy Younan
    Let's have an Uncharted and Unprecedented Hart to Heart about this week's #SetTheVCR.
  • #SetTheVCR: July 4-10, 2022
    by Sammy Younan
    It's a Teen-Tastic week at #SetTheVCR: with characters struggling with Trigger Points seeking their Independence Day. Let's reach for the Moon…haven on TV this week…shall we begin?
  • #SetTheVCR: June 27-July 03, 2022
    by Sammy Younan
    Welcome to #SetTheVCR where this week it is murder most howl! We got a woman's basketball team eliminating the competition, black comics who are killing it, Chris Pratt has gone Terminal, Bond's stylish watch says it's No Time To Die and murders in a building. My "body" of work includes many puns. Let's investigate what's on TV this week.
  • #SetTheVCR: June 20-26, 2022
    by Sammy Younan
    This week starts off with revenge and ends with mindfulness and Zen. In between is a multiverse of possibilities. It's what you'd expect from the Man from Toronto who writes #SetTheVCR.
  • #SetTheVCR: June 13-19, 2022
    by Sammy Younan
    We got miracles and music, high stakes baseball and basketball...so it's either The Summer I Turned Pretty or the latest #SetTheVCR.
  • #SetTheVCR: June 6-12, 2022
    by Sammy Younan
    Netflix Geeks Hustle for stand up-comedy: it's that type of #SetTheVCR week.
  • MSL Space Station Oddity: Contact Photography Festival 2022 | Culture SnapMay 20, 2022
    Sammy is joined by photographer Henry VanderSpek aka Culture Snap to discuss and recommend a happy handful of Contact Photography Festival exhibitions.
  • MSL Space Station Oddity: 2021 Induction Ceremony | Rock & Roll Hall of FameNovember 26, 2021

    Sammy & Stephanie discuss their happy highlights from the 2021 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony broadcast on HBO Max on Saturday, November 20 at 8 p.m.

  • MSL Space Station Oddity: Top 5 Favourite ”Monsters”October 30, 2021

    Sammy & Stephanie discuss their Top 5 Favourite Monsters: from vampires to They Live aliens to Hal 9000 to Annie Wilkes and much more!

  • MSL Space Station Oddity: Being James BondOctober 8, 2021

    Recorded Live on Twitter Spaces: Sammy & Stephanie discuss Being James Bond. The 45 minute documentary TV special in anticipation of No Time To Die.

  • MSL Space Station Oddity: ClickbaitOctober 1, 2021

    Sammy & Stephanie discuss Netflix's Clickbait. An 8 episode limited series released on August 25, 2021.


  • New Book Alert: January 10-14, 2022
    by Sammy Younan

    My weekly collection of new and notable books for your pop culture pleasure and edification: #ReadMoreTweetLess.

  • New Book Alert: January 3-7, 2022
    by Sammy Younan

    My weekly collection of new and notable books for your pop culture pleasure and edification: #ReadMoreTweetLess.

  • New Book Alert: November 8-12, 2021
    by Sammy Younan

    My weekly collection of new and notable books for your pop culture pleasure and edification: #ReadMoreTweetLess.

  • New Book Alert: November 1-5, 2021
    by Sammy Younan

    My weekly collection of new and notable books for your pop culture pleasure and edification: #ReadMoreTweetLess.

  • 221 | Kat Rosenfield (No One Will Miss Her)
    by Sammy Younan

    My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews writer Kat Rosenfield whose latest novel is No One Will Miss Her a fantastic murder mystery thriller.

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