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316 | Ruth Connell (Supernatural)

Posted on March 4, 2025March 11, 2025 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 316 | Ruth Connell (Supernatural)
316 | Ruth Connell (Supernatural)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to actor Ruth Connell who played Rowena in Supernatural & Night Nurse in Dead Boy Detectives.

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315 | Fefe Dobson (Morningside)

Posted on February 25, 2025March 8, 2025 By Sammy Younan 1 Comment on 315 | Fefe Dobson (Morningside)
315 | Fefe Dobson (Morningside)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to Fefe Dobson the singer-songwriter who stars in the Scarborough set movie Morningside.

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309 | José Lourenço (Young Werther)

Posted on January 15, 2025February 15, 2025 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 309 | José Lourenço (Young Werther)
309 | José Lourenço (Young Werther)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço the writer & director of the movie Young Werther.

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295 | Ali Weinstein (Your Tomorrow: An Ontario Place Documentary)

Posted on June 25, 2024December 6, 2024 By Sammy Younan 1 Comment on 295 | Ali Weinstein (Your Tomorrow: An Ontario Place Documentary)
295 | Ali Weinstein (Your Tomorrow: An Ontario Place Documentary)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to Ali Weinstein; the director of Your Tomorrow which is an Ontario Place documentary. It premiered at TIFF 2024.

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#SetTheVCR: February 19-25, 2024

Posted on February 19, 2024October 19, 2024 By Sammy Younan No Comments on #SetTheVCR: February 19-25, 2024
#SetTheVCR: February 19-25, 2024

Say It Loud: we got TV recommendations for this week from James Brown to Albert Einstein to Giannis Antetokounmpo to Priscilla Presley. If none of that makes you #SetTheVCR no worries: there’s also Zombies.

READ ON “#SetTheVCR: February 19-25, 2024” »

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Morning Tea: The Literal Ongoing History of New Music

Posted on December 17, 2023December 27, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on Morning Tea: The Literal Ongoing History of New Music
Morning Tea: The Literal Ongoing History of New Music

Tonight Edge 102.1 will broadcast the 1,000th Episode of The Ongoing History of New Music. That’s surreal.

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Toronto After Dark Film Festival: Founders Day

Posted on October 20, 2023November 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on Toronto After Dark Film Festival: Founders Day
Toronto After Dark Film Festival: Founders Day

A small town is shaken by a series of ominous killings in the days leading up to a heated mayoral election. Welcome to Toronto After Dark!

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260 | Sammy Younan (640 Toronto – Fan Expo ’23)

Posted on August 29, 2023October 20, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 260 | Sammy Younan (640 Toronto – Fan Expo ’23)
260 | Sammy Younan (640 Toronto – Fan Expo ’23)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan visit radio DJ Pat Perdue at AM 640 Toronto (live radio!) to talk about Fan Expo.

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250 | Chuck Tatham (Offside: The Harold Ballard Story)

Posted on January 17, 2023March 23, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 250 | Chuck Tatham (Offside: The Harold Ballard Story)
250 | Chuck Tatham (Offside: The Harold Ballard Story)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to Chuck Tatham one of the executive producers of Offside: The Harold Ballard Story now streaming on CBC Gem. (A Leafs documentary directed by Jason Priestley.)

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242 | Elizabeth Semmelhack (Future Now: Virtual Sneakers)

Posted on May 31, 2022October 21, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 242 | Elizabeth Semmelhack (Future Now: Virtual Sneakers)
242 | Elizabeth Semmelhack (Future Now: Virtual Sneakers)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to Senior Curator Elizabeth Semmelhack about the Bata Shoe Museum’s exhibition Future Now which includes 3D printed sneakers.

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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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