My Summer Lair
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My Summer Lair with affable host Sammy Younan: interviews & impressions on Pop Culture. Think NPR’s Fresh Air meets Kevin Smith.
Checking in with @chlovls after that stunning @fromonmgm season 4 finale. The horrors for her cont. in #SonOfSara, out on digital (streaming on @hoopladigital!) (Even more horror? I asked if fake baby bump allowed her to hide snacks 🩷) #EarJoy 🎧 ⬇️ mysummerlair.com/podcast/my-s...
My Summer Lair featuring Chloe Van Landschoot
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to actor Chloe Van Landschoot who plays Kristi Miller on From & Sara in the horror movie Son of Sara.
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What if your next concert came with botanical wonder? Tomorrow, take the Bridge To Nowhere: Exchange Chemical City for a Summer garden night as Royal Botanical Gardens hosts the Sam Roberts Band for Music in the Garden #PantsWorthy magic you’ll treasure into the Afterlife.
“In 1926, 5 women disappeared from a remote island in Vermont. 100 years later, it’s happening again.” Kiss sleep good-bye. Lock every door. You'll be reading well into the night just to learn who survives the night. @riley.sager returns w/a #NewBookSmell in The Unknown.
Did working with George Lucas establish an indie filmmaker shorthand? Him & Tim Burton both make studio films, yet there’s a sharp indie sensibility that permeates their work. For #TalkyTuesday I asked another outsider-insider Michael Hirsh, author of Animation Nation, about that animating spirit.
Who is your favourite Futurama character? Obviously it's not Zoidberg! (Shots fired...) If fresh Futurama reminds you how brilliant Billy West is...Good News Everybody! His memoir, Voice-A-Versa, is out now from @abramsbooks. Just a Nixon head's up for this #NewBookSmell.
#Futurama doesn't get as much love (or as many memes) as #TheSimpsons or #FamilyGuy. But it's quietly one of TV's smartest comedies. It's an If You Know, You Know kind of show. So you know you can #SetTheVCR on @hulu for 2 brand new episodes. Oh...Zoidberg...
Who is your favourite Futurama character? Obviously it's not Zoidberg! (Shots fired...) If fresh Futurama reminds you how brilliant Billy West is...Good News Everybody! His memoir, Voice-A-Versa, is out now from @abramsbooks. Just a Nixon head's up for this #NewBookSmell.
Shards of TV Recommendations make watching TV feel like Moral Kombat. No worries I got dope #SetTheVCR recommendations for all kinds of Family Ties. Check out this week's #couchworthy finds ⬇️ mysummerlair.com/setthevcr/se...
#SetTheVCR: August 03-09, 2026
Shard of TV Recommendations make watching TV feel like Moral Kombat. No worries I got dope #SetTheVCR recommendations for all kinds of Family Ties.
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In Praise of Green Puke! Wanna know what Steve “The Hair” Harrington is doing after his hit Netflix show? Joe Keery is continuing to discover Stranger Things in Cold Storage (now streaming on MGM+ & Prime Video-Canada.) #EarJoy #SetTheVCR mysummerlair.com/podcast/jonn...
My Summer Lair featuring Jonny Campbell (Cold Storage)
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to director Jonny Campbell about his gross horror-comedy movie Cold Storage.
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“Ever since I met you on a cloudy Monday / I can't believe how much I love the rain.” A meet cute with @raineandchantal at @indigoeatonctr to discuss their meet cute. Bring a bookmark, an open heart & ears that enjoy music. Romance is always #PantsWorthy; #NewBookSmell is perfume.
If you like your #Batman like your eggs...hard-boiled then this season of Batman: Caped Crusader is egg-cellent. Season 2 offers a bolder, bloodier & more Batman-y season. All 10 episodes drop today on @PrimeVideo. #SetTheVCR
Spider-Man, Spider-Man Does whatever a Sammy-can! Spins a web, any size Catches thieves just like flies! Look out! Here comes the Spider-Man... Listen, bud: #SpiderManBrandNewDay is now playing at a cinema near you. Figured this #PantsWorthy post would be Hand...y."
Same Gotham city. Different shadows. 🦇The Bat-signal is always shining for Bat-fans: Return to Gotham with Season 2 of Batman: Caped Crusader now on #PrimeVideo. And pre-order I Am the Night: The Ultimate Unauthorized History of Batman: The Animated Series by Daniel Dockery.
Do you remember Wham!’s classic Freedom video released back in 1984? The music video opens with reflections from George & Andrew on their China visit before running a compilation of charming highlights. Think of that Freedom video as a trailer for #Wham10DaysInChina. Now Playing. #PantsWorthy
Shawty...what that thang do?! With the whimsy of Winston & the discipline of Coach @theaglassman traces #NewGirl with the deft skill of Jess Day making jam: from Prince to all the alt jokes. If you like to chicken dance in slow-mo, Who's That Girl is a must read. #NewBookSmell
TV You can be Furious about these TV Recommendations from The Devil's Mouth. Or you can just #SetTheVCR. Check out this week's #couchworthy finds ⬇️ mysummerlair.com/setthevcr/se...
#SetTheVCR: July 27 - August 02, 2026
TV You can be Furious about these TV Recommendations from The Devil's Mouth. Or you can just #SetTheVCR.
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🎙️ Some storytellers build worlds. The best ones make you feel at home in them. If you can’t chill with @jefflemire at #SDCC2026, revisit this #MSL episode with the creator behind Sweet Tooth, Black Hammer, Gideon Falls & so many unforgettable stories. mysummerlair.com/podcast/jeff...
My Summer Lair featuring Jeff Lemire (10,000 Ink Stains)
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to comic book creator Jeff Lemire about his memoir 10,000 Ink Stains, published by Dark Horse Comics.
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✏️ From small towns to strange Absolute worlds... @jefflemire has a distinct talent of finding the humanity inside every comic book story. The creator behind Sweet Tooth & Black Hammer heads to #SDCC2026: from @darkhorsecomics to @dccomics... Hang out with the creator...Of Two Worlds. #PantsWorthy
🎙️ @boxbrown is at #SDCC2026! Before his WTF Is a Podcast graphic novel arrives, revisit this #MSL ep about The He-Man Effect, a deep dive into how toys, cartoons, nostalgia and marketing built our childhood worlds.b #EarJoy mysummerlair.com/podcast/bria...
🌙 Marvel’s upcoming Midnight Universe is bringing a darker side of the Marvel mythos to #SDCC2026. Cosmic Horror & Creepy Superheroes. Sounds like a #PantsWorthy discovery at #SDCC…but only if you’re tired of the Light.
🎙️Go Rogue at #SDCC2026! (She'll be at #SDCC all weekend!) A #TBT #MSL podcast with @lenorezann — the iconic voice behind Rogue in #XMen97. We talk mutants, memories, movies & unpack why Rogue remains one of the #XMen’s most beloved characters. #EarJoy mysummerlair.com/podcast/leno...
281 | Lenore Zann (Rogue-X-Men '97) My Summer Lair featuring 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 & in X-Men '97.
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The middle eastern Cheech & Chong... just replace weed with shawarma. Happy Birthday @davemerheje! This week may you surround yourself with lots of Good Friends & Bad Grammar.
A #PantsWorthy #SDCC2026 Recommendation: A legendary podcast becomes a graphic novel? WTF for real. Marc Maron's WTF redefined podcasting. Now @marcmaron, Brendan McDonald and cartoonist @boxbrown bring the story behind the show to the page with WTF Is a Podcast.
🎙️ From #StephenKing to Marvel's Midnight U at #SDCC2026... @benjamin.percy has always known how to tell unsettling stories that keep your nightlight handy. Revisit this #MSL podcast about his collab with Stephen King on The End Times, out March 27! mysummerlair.com/podcast/benj...
A #PantsWorthy #SDCC2026 Recommendation: My friend @fearless_fred puts the Mad in @madcavestudios with The Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre. If that title doesn't make you stop & ask questions...well, then do you even nerd? Visit Booth 2806 to pick up Volume 1...say Yo!
Convention Season > Wedding Season: A "Sweet Christmas!" for all nerds as #SDCC2026 is happening soon. And right after that @fanexpocanada invites you to Harlem to hang out with Power Man. That's Yellow Shirt #PantsWorthy. If you're a nerd this season...no Cage is gonna hold ya.
A #PantsWorthy #SDCC2026 Recommendation: Hall H becomes...Hell H. 20 years after Pan's Labyrinth lured us into its haunting world, Guillermo del Toro reunites with Ivana Baquero, Doug Jones & cinematographer Guillermo Navarro for a special anniversary panel. Some doors are worth opening twice. 🗝️
And now… a geopolitical WHAM! documentary. WHAM! 10 Days in China revisits that surreal moment when Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go met the complexities of the Cold War. Choose Life and…Pants. You have the #PantsWorthy Freedom to check it out July 28.
