My Summer Lair

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to Takahide Hori the creator and director of Junk World, a stop-motion animated feature from Japan. (Which screened at TIFF 2025.)

My Summer Lair Chapter #337: Why Does Junk World Have So Much Value?

Recorded: Friday, September 12, 2025 at 2:45 pm (EST) at Hotel Intercontinental

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My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to Claudia Wells who played as Marty McFly's OG girlfriend Jennifer Parker in the first Back to the Future.

My Summer Lair Chapter #336: When Was The Last Time You Went Back To The Future?

Recorded: Thursday, August 21, 2025 at 10:30 am (EST)

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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.

My Summer Lair Chapter #333: How Inspiring Is A Blank Page?

Recorded: Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at 2:00 pm (EST)

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My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to Simon Ennis, the director of The Hobby: Tales from the Tabletop. A board game documentary.

My Summer Lair Chapter #327: Are Board Games The Meaning Of Life? 

Recorded: Friday, June 13, 2025 at 1:20 pm (EST)

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My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to filmmaker Laurent Bouzereau about his latest retrospective: Jaws @ 50. Now streaming on Disney+ and Hulu: #SetTheVCR.

My Summer Lair Chapter #330: As The Jaws Shark's BFF For The Past 50 Years: What's Your Favorite BFF Memory?

Recorded: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 2:40 pm (EST)

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My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to producer director Kourtney Roy about her horror movie Kryptic.

My Summer Lair Chapter #324: Have You Seen The Canadian Sooka?

Recorded: Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 11:30 am (EST)

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My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to filmmaker Michael Stasko about his B-Movie love letter: Vampire Zombies…From Space!

My Summer Lair Chapter #319: Who Will Defeat Vampire Zombies…From Space!?

Recorded: Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at 12:30 pm (EST)

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My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to actor Steven Ogg who plays Blaine Abel in Revival: Season 1. Now streaming on Peacock (US) and on Crave (Canada): #SetTheVCR

My Summer Lair Chapter #332: Will God Bless Blaine's Holy War?

Recorded: Monday, June 23, 2025 at 2:30 pm (EST)

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My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to Walter Day (a video game referee) and Billy Mitchell (a video game champion) about Arcades & Love Songs: The Ballad of Walter Day.

My Summer Lair Chapter #321: How Many Songs Have Your Heartbreaks Inspired?

Recorded: Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 3:00 pm (EST)

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My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to Jeff Finn the director of Before the End: Searching for Jim Morrison (a 3-part documystery).

My Summer Lair Chapter #308: Did (How?) Jim Morrison Fake His Own Death In 1971?

Recorded: Thursday, January 2, 2025 at 2:00 pm (EST)

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