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MSL Space Station Oddity: Contact Photography Festival 2022 | Culture Snap

Posted on May 12, 2022August 16, 2022 By Sammy Younan No Comments on MSL Space Station Oddity: Contact Photography Festival 2022 | Culture Snap
MSL Space Station Oddity: Contact Photography Festival 2022 | Culture Snap

Sammy is joined by photographer Henry VanderSpek aka Culture Snap to discuss and recommend a happy handful of Contact Photography Festival exhibitions.

Space Station Oddity

#PantsWorthy: Hot Docs 2022 – Part 1

Posted on April 27, 2022April 29, 2022 By Sammy Younan No Comments on #PantsWorthy: Hot Docs 2022 – Part 1
#PantsWorthy: Hot Docs 2022 – Part 1

The 2022 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival runs from Thursday, April 28 to Sunday, May 8 in downtown Toronto. (Though if ya can’t get to Toronto you can as a Canadian stream many of the documentaries: so that’s #CouchWorthy nice!) Packages, Passes and Tickets details are all HERE. If you can go…go; this is…

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Movies

231 | Will Di Novi (Hot Docs Podcast Festival)

Posted on January 11, 2022May 23, 2022 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 231 | Will Di Novi (Hot Docs Podcast Festival)
231 | Will Di Novi (Hot Docs Podcast Festival)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews Will Di Novi Special Programs Curator at Hot Docs and co-curator of the Hot Docs Podcast festival.

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228 | Henry VanderSpek (Old World Shoes)

Posted on November 30, 2021April 15, 2022 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 228 | Henry VanderSpek (Old World Shoes)
228 | Henry VanderSpek (Old World Shoes)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews photographer Henry VanderSpek aka Culture Snap Photography whose latest exhibition Old World Shoes is on now!

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213 | Fanny Curtat (Beyond Monet)

Posted on August 10, 2021March 27, 2022 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 213 | Fanny Curtat (Beyond Monet)
213 | Fanny Curtat (Beyond Monet)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews Fanny Curtat an art historian behind Beyond Monet an Immersive Experience. (Now screening in Toronto until February 27, 2022!)

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210 | Virginia Abramovich (Between Waves)

Posted on July 20, 2021March 27, 2022 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 210 | Virginia Abramovich (Between Waves)
210 | Virginia Abramovich (Between Waves)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews director Virginia Abramovich whose multiverse thriller is Between Waves.

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Morning Tea: FilmLA vs FilmToronto

Posted on February 1, 2021 By Sammy Younan
Morning Tea: FilmLA vs FilmToronto

“Los Angeles Filming Hit Record Lows Due to Pandemic.” Sigh. I guess this means more Toronto shooting: nothing destroys suspension of disbelief like lying about the city. The fastest way to ruin suspension of disbelief is with lies. Lies: going to LA’s “City Hall” when the actors are just heading into the ROM. I can…

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Morning Tea

181 | Corey Ross & Svetlana Dvoretsky (Immersive Van Gogh)

Posted on December 8, 2020March 27, 2022 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 181 | Corey Ross & Svetlana Dvoretsky (Immersive Van Gogh)
181 | Corey Ross &  Svetlana Dvoretsky (Immersive Van Gogh)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews Lighthouse Immersive producers Corey Ross and Svetlana Dvoretsky who’ve produced the dynamic Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit.

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159 | Lulu Wei (There’s No Place Like This Place, Anyplace)

Posted on June 9, 2020March 28, 2022 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 159 | Lulu Wei (There’s No Place Like This Place, Anyplace)
159 | Lulu Wei (There’s No Place Like This Place, Anyplace)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews director Lulu Wei whose documentary There’s No Place Like This Place, Anyplace explores redevelopment, gentrification, and displacement following the end of Honest Ed’s.

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156 | David Sax (The Soul of an Entrepreneur)

Posted on May 19, 2020March 28, 2022 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 156 | David Sax (The Soul of an Entrepreneur)
156 | David Sax (The Soul of an Entrepreneur)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews writer David Sax author of The Soul of an Entrepreneur: Work and Life Beyond the Startup Myth.

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  • #SetTheVCR: August 15-21, 2022
    by Sammy Younan
    Welcome back to #SetTheVCR...where we have a She-Hulk.
  • #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.
  • MSL Space Station Oddity: DCEU Is Pee-Ew | Batgirl vs HBO MaxAugust 5, 2022
    Sammy & Rob Gaudette discuss and review the status of the DCEU following the cancellation of Batgirl on HBO Max. Rob still has hope.
  • MSL Space Station Oddity: Contact Photography Festival 2022 | Culture SnapMay 12, 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: A Taylor Hawkins MemorialMarch 28, 2022
    Sammy & Stephanie discuss the shocking and sad passing of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins on March 25, 2022.
  • MSL Space Station Oddity: All The Batmans | Keaton To Nipples to BatfleckMarch 10, 2022
    Sammy & Stephanie discuss All The Batmans: from Michael Keaton to Ben Affleck.
  • MSL Space Station Oddity: 2021 Induction Ceremony | Rock & Roll Hall of FameNovember 25, 2021
    Sammy & Stephanie discuss their happy highlights from the 2021 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

  • 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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