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Tag: Science-Fiction

113 | Alexandre O. Philippe (Memory – The Origins of Alien)

Posted on April 23, 2019March 21, 2024 By Sammy Younan 2 Comments on 113 | Alexandre O. Philippe (Memory – The Origins of Alien)
113 | Alexandre O. Philippe (Memory – The Origins of Alien)

My Summer Lair Host Sammy Younan talks with director Alexandre Philippe about his documentary Memory: The Origins of Alien based on the 79 movie.

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110 | Cory Doctorow (Radicalized)

Posted on April 2, 2019March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 110 | Cory Doctorow (Radicalized)
110 | Cory Doctorow (Radicalized)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews science-fiction writer Cory Doctorow whose new book is Radicalized.

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105 | Katie Douglas (Level 16)

Posted on February 26, 2019March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 105 | Katie Douglas (Level 16)
105 | Katie Douglas (Level 16)

My Summer Lair Host Sammy Younan interviews Katie Douglas one of the actors in Level 16 a dystopian thriller film now streaming on Showtime.

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Admirations of Administrations

Posted on February 4, 2019 By Sammy Younan
Admirations of Administrations

Give credit to the discredited.

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Blue Book’s Blue Balls

Posted on February 1, 2019 By Sammy Younan
Blue Book’s Blue Balls

Remember when governments “eliminated” whistle blowers?

Television

First Things First: A Space Tea Reflection

Posted on January 4, 2019 By Sammy Younan No Comments on First Things First: A Space Tea Reflection
First Things First: A Space Tea Reflection

First Of All…

Handle Your Business

088 | Ryan North (How to Invent Everything)

Posted on September 25, 2018March 21, 2024 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 088 | Ryan North (How to Invent Everything)
088 | Ryan North (How to Invent Everything)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews Ryan North author of How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler.

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066 | Reese Eveneshen (Defective)

Posted on December 5, 2017March 5, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 066 | Reese Eveneshen (Defective)
066 | Reese Eveneshen (Defective)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews Reese Eveneshen writer/director of Defective premiered at Toronto After Dark Film Festival.

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Trailer Alert: The X-Files I Want To Believe

Posted on July 7, 2017February 16, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on Trailer Alert: The X-Files I Want To Believe

I finally finished the X-Files…last year.

Back in the show’s original run (which wrapped in 2002 a delightfully stone age era with dial up internet, black and white Game Boys) I left when the show moved to LA aka Season 6. In 2014 my restless heart desired to finish the series…watch all 202 episodes and the 2 movies. What a marvelous and flawed run.

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040 | Krys Blackwood (NASA JPL)

Posted on April 25, 2017March 5, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 040 | Krys Blackwood (NASA JPL)
040 | Krys Blackwood (NASA JPL)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks NASA and JPL and space and science-fiction tv shows/movies with Krys Blackwood UX Designer at NASA’s JPL.

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    by Sammy Younan
    Welcome to Derry is not the sole vanishing children TV Recommendation this week. #SetTheVCR has lots of Happy Halloween offerings so keep that G.I. Joe nightlight handy.
  • #SetTheVCR: October 13-19, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    This week's TV Recommendations is loaded with TV We Love to Happy Halloween suggestions that'll leave you Scared Shitless. A wonderful range like that can only be: #SetTheVCR.
  • #SetTheVCR: October 06-12, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    With these week's TV recommendations say goodbye to John Candy and the Woman In Cabin 10. But say hello to #SetTheVCR.
  • #SetTheVCR: September 29 – October 05, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    Like a man in the basement I got TV recommendations that are a Chef's Kiss. On The Lost Bus, this is your stop: It's #SetTheVCR!
  • #SetTheVCR: September 22-28, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    I got the Lowdown on this week's TV Recommendations so you don't hafta Go Into The Void all Wayward and lost. Just as The Simpsons keep going, so too does #SetTheVCR.
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    by Sammy Younan
    This week's TV Recommendations are not a Stop Gap Measure. Rather it's a Lilith Fair celebration of charming TV presented as #SetTheVCR.
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    by Sammy Younan
    Lots of TV Recommendations for you to Sheen this week. Like your Cable Guy, I got you hooked up with #SetTheVCR.
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    by Sammy Younan
    Have I Got News for You: I got TV Recommendations for you Winter Spring Summer or Fall. From the Highest 2 Lowest this is #SetTheVCR.
  • #SetTheVCR: August 25-31, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    This week's #SetTheVCR is dedicated to my Stans.
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    by Sammy Younan
    Night Always Comes and like a TV Gambler you seek bold TV Recommendations without going Eenie Meanie. Once again #SetTheVCR is here to help, always cooler than Devo.
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    Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home is one documentary way to say...Smell Ya Later Ozzy Osbourne. Thanks for the music.
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    In Eleanor The Great, June Squibb brings to life the proudly troublesome Eleanor Morgenstein, who after a devastating loss, tells a dangerous tale.
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    The series follows The Savant an undercover investigator as she infiltrates online hate groups to stop domestic extremists before they act.
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    My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan reviews Yaron Weitzman's Tanking to the Top. Trust The Process of The Philadelphia 76ers?
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    What's popping in popular culture? My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan steeps some seriously serious tea which prompts reflections.
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    Trail By Trailer is judging a book by its cover or in this case...a movie by its trailer. Are you 100% IN or is it a Hard Pass?

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    by Sammy Younan
    My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan reviews Yaron Weitzman's Tanking to the Top. Trust The Process of The Philadelphia 76ers?
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    by Sammy Younan
    My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan reviews Batman - Detective Comics: Gotham Nocturne: OvertureL Volume 1,
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    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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