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Figuring out what it means to be grown-up campers in the world

Sammy Moskowitz and Julia Lindon

  • Aug 18, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • every other week NEW EPISODES
  • 34m AVG DURATION
  • 106 EPISODES


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Episode 123 - Professor Dave!

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2020 34:00


To learn more about the Camp Administration and Leadership Master’s program at Gratz College check out their website here.

Episode 122 - Camp Canadensis!

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2020


If you want to learn more about Camp Canadensis, chekc out their website here!

Episode 121 - Camp Yampire!

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2020 46:00


If you want to learn more about Camp Yampire, check out their website https://www.campyampire.com, or check them out their Instagram to learn more!

Episode 120 - Activist Postcard Camp!

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2020 40:00


If you want to learn more about Postcard camp and volunteer as a counselor or register your child, check out www.tinyurl.com/postcardcamp!

Episode 119 - Dream Camp with Tracy Soren!

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2020 15:00


Comedian Tracy Soren stuck around to play a game of Dream Camp with Julia and Sammy!

Episode 118 - Camp Poyntelle Lewis Village with Tracy Soren

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2020 50:00


To learn more about Camp Poytelle Lewis Village, visit https://www.poyntelle.com!

Episode 117 - Diabetes Camp Traditions!

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2020 11:00


Scott Newman stuck around to talk to Sammy and Julia about some of his favorite traditions from Camp de los Ninos, and about some of the ways the camp has started to change the language around talking about diabetes.

Episode 116 - Diabetes Camp with Scott Newman!

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2020 50:20


To learn more about DYF - the organization that runs Camp de los Ninos check out dyf.org and donate!

Episode 115 - Rebecca Shapiro's Ultimate 90's Summer Playlist

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2020 10:00


Music publicist Rebecca Shapiro is back this week to share her ultimate 90's summer playlist!! Rebecca shared some of her favorite 90's summer jams with Sammy and Julia - check out the episode and then check out the playlist on Spotify and enjoy some summer tunes!

Episode 114 - "I Fell in Love with an English Counselor" with Rebecca Shapiro

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2020 35:00


Rebecca Shapiro is a Senior VP at Shore Fire Media, a publicity firm that represents artists and culture makers int he top of their fields. Rebecca resides in downtown Manhattan with her husband and two children. A native of Chicago, IL, Rebecca was educated at Connecticut College. She sits on the board of directors of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, which presents the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, and also works closely with the MPN Research Foundation, a non-profit founded by her father that drives research for rare blood cancers. Her hobbies include watercolors, running, tennis.

Episode 113 - Bravo's Camp Getaway with Randall Klein

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2020 48:45


Located in the idyllic Berkshire Mountains of Kent, Connecticut lies “Camp Getaway,” a 300-acre playground where adults can relax, party and everything in between. The backbone of the adventure resort is the weekend crew that works tirelessly to tend to the campers’ every need. From organizing sporting events to coordinating parties that never end, the staff and counselors are what make “Camp Getaway” so special. Though the counselors are there to work, there is no lack of distraction. Between the plethora of activities, endless guests to flirt with, and bottomless mimosas on tap --- they still find time to have a little summer fun.To be a good Social Coordinator requires a bubbly and outgoing personality, and Randall Klein loves nothing more than to meet new people and make them laugh. On the weekends, she’s ready to take a break from her true passion of being an educator to escape the big city and provide Camp Getaway campers with a memorable weekend... and of course, some carefree flirting. She is ready for some summer sun, summer fun, and perhaps to meet the one!Check out the premier of “Camp Getaway” on May 4th on Bravo!

Episode 112 - Camp Girls with iris Krasnow

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2020 57:08


Iris Krasnow was born and raised in Oak Park, Illinois. After graduating from Stanford University, she worked for the United Press International in Washington, D.C. as a national feature writer. At UPI, Krasnow specialized in celebrity profiles, including Yoko Ono, Billy Graham, Ted Kennedy, Norman Mailer and Queen Noor of Jordan. Iris is also the author of Surrendering to Motherhood, the New York Times bestseller Surrendering to Marriage, Surrendering to Yourself (Miramax Books), and I Am My Mother's Daughter (Basic Books).Her writing has been featured in many national publications, including Parade, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and AARP The Magazine. Iris has been a guest on numerous national television and radio programs including Oprah, Good Morning America, Today, All Things Considered, and has been featured on CNN several times.Her latest book, Camp Girls (Grand Central Publishing), is "a thoroughly enjoyable dip into nostalgia for the simpler times of youth" (Publishers Weekly).

Episode 111 - Future Farmers of America Camp!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2020 21:26


More information abut Future Farmers of America can be found here. If you want to follow Bo, his Instagram handle is @bo.cown!

Episode 110 - Crip Camp!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2020 17:30


For more information on “Crip Camp” read the review in The New York Times.

Episode 109 - Nobody Will Tell You This But Bess

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2020 40:00


Bess Kalb is an Emmy-nominated writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live. She also writes for The New Yorker's "Daily Shouts." She received a WGA Award in 2016. She wrote for Emmy Awards in 2012 and 2016 and for the Academy Awards in 2017 and 2018. She contributed jokes for Hillary Clinton's Al Smith Dinner speech, costing her the election. Pick up a copy of “Nobody Will Tell You This But Me” here today!

Episode108 - Church Camp with Bo!

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2020 45:00


Sammy and Julia talk with Bo Cown, who went to Camp Glisten, a Methodist church camp in Georgia!

Episode 107 - Dream Camp!

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2020 14:00


Lauren Wexler, Director of Summer Programs at 92Y, stuck around and played a round of dream camp with us!

Episode 106 - 92Y Camps!

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2020 38:04


Sammy and Julia chat with Lauren Wexler, Director of Camp Programs at 92Y Camps about their traditional day camp summer programs and how she came to her roll as director!

Episode 105 - Wyo and Walden

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2020 27:50


Morgan Ingari, former head counselor at Camp Wyonegonic, stuck around and chatted with Sammy and Julia about the differences and similarities between Walden and Wyo!

Episode 104 - Out at Camp

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2020 52:00


Sammy and Julia chat with Morgan Ingari, lifelong camper and staff at Wyonegonic Camps, about her experience as a queer counselor at a single sex camp.

Episode 103 - Quaker Camp Take Two!

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2020 45:00


Julia and Sammy chat with Lina Misitzis, reporter and producer at This American Life, about her time as a camper and counselor at Quaker camp Camp Shiloh!

Episode 102 - Camp Content

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2020 11:38


In this mini ep, Jesse Roth stuck around to chat with us about her favorite camp content in TV and movies!

Episode 101 - Our Newest Happy Camper!

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2020 50:00


Sammy and Julia chat with comedian Jesse Roth about her time at Camp JCA Shalom in Malibu, California!

Episode 100 - Crossover Episode with Essie's Hour of Love!

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2020 69:00


Sammy and Julia chat with Essie and Grace from the podcast Essie's Hour of Love about how everyone came to start and nurture their podcasts, and the love that keeps them going.

Episode 99 - A Camp Bat Mitzvah!

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2019 12:00


Amy Striem, founder and Executive Director of The Rock and Roll Playhouse, stuck around to tell Julia and Sammy about her daughter's bat mitzvah AT camp, during the summer while it was in session!

Episode 98 - Camp Vibes with Rock And Roll Playhouse

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2019 34:00


Sammy and Julia chat with Amy Striem, founder and executive director of The Rock And Roll Playhouse, a weekly family concert series for parents and kids to listen to and engage with great music! Amy tells us about her time at Pinemere Camp and how her love of folk and rock and roll music at camp lead her to start Rock And Roll Playhouse!

Episode 97 - Camper Sam!

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2019 14:38


Sam Clanon stuck around to tell us about his days as a camper and how he started going to sleep away camp!

Episode 96 - Wilderness CPR

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2019 33:00


Julia and Sammy chat with Sam Clanon, who tells us about his summer as a counselor at Stanford Sierra Camp - a family camp in northern California for Stanford University Alumnae.

Episode 95 - Dream Camp Sunbeam!

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2019 12:51


Comedian Lizzie Logan stuck around to play a round of Dream Camp!

Episode 94 - Getting Gnarly!

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2019 40:00


Sammy and Julia chat with comedy writer Lizzie Logan about her time t Camp Towanga in California!

Episode 93 - Robbie Fuego Returns!

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2019 14:32


Robbie Gothelf, Associate Director of Timber Lake Camp, stuck around to play a game of Dream Camp!

Episode 92 - How Camp Directors Spend Their Sundays

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2019 60:00


Julia and Sammy chat with Robbie Gothelf, Associate Director of Timber Lake Camp, about his Sunday routine at camp!

Episode 91 - CAMPOWERMENT!f

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2019 35:21


Julia and Sammy chat with Tammi Leader Fuller, Founder and Director of Campowerment, a women's retreat program inspired by and powered by CAMP!

Episode 90 - Calling All Word Nerds!

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2019 13:00


Anna Roisman, host of HQ Words, stuck around to play a camp-themed word game!

Episode 89 - Camp Vega with Anna Roisman!

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2019 59:00


Sammy and Julia chat with host of HQ Words and comedian Anna Roisman about her summers at Camp Vega!

Episode 88 - Camp Talk with Joey Greene from Queer Eye!

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2019 34:00


Sammy and Julia chat with Joey, the hero from Season 3 Episode 2 of Queer Eye! Joey tells us about how he got into working at summer camps, and his camp and life philosophies, as well as his experience on the show!

Episode 87 - Flipping the Script

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2019 28:00


This week Sammy and Julia are interviewed by Cole Kelly, director of camp Weequahic, and host of the podcast Campfire Conversation about how Happy Campers came to be and everything they've learned so far!

Episode 86 - Run Like an Antelope Out of Control!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2019


Sammy and Julia chat with Julien Bousquet, co-founder and head recruiter of Running Abroad, a running camp for teens in the south of France!!

Episode 85 - Like Father Like Son!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2019 13:00


Julia and Sammy talk with Any Lillienthal, director of Camp Winnebago, an all boys sleep away camp in Maine!

Episode 84 - The (Pop) Culture of Summer Camp!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2019 35:00


Julia and Sammy chat with Matt Ralph, creator and curator of summercampculture.com!!

Episode 83 - Camp Food!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2019 37:00


Sammy, Julia and Allison chat with friend of the pod and restauranteur Julie Horowitz about the best camp food!

Episode 82 - Meet Renee from ACA!

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2019 40:00


For more information about ACA or to chat with Renee about finding a camp for your child, please visit www.acanynj.org, or call 212-391-5208.

Episode 81 - The Lifelong Camper

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2019 20:00


Molly Hott, Executive Director of SCOPE, stuck around to chat with Sammy and Julia about her career in summer camps!

Episode 80 - SCOPE!

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2019 34:00


Sammy and Julia chat with Molly Hott, Executive Director of SCOPE - Summer Camp Opportunities Promote Education - a non-profit organization that provides children from underserved communities with summer camp experiences!

Episode 79 - Would You Rathers Return!

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2019 15:00


Sherm Jacobs returns to do some would you rathers with Sammy and Julia!

Episode 78 - Bully Beware!

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2019 50:00


Sammy and Julia chat with Sherm Jacobs about his experience with "light bullying" as a camper.

Episode 77 - Corporate Takeover Day!

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2019 17:00


Noah stuck around for a mini episode to tell Sammy and Julia about some of his camp's unique traditions, and then played a quick game of "Would You Rather!"

Episode 76 - Quaker Camp!

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2019 39:00


Sammy and Julia chat with Noah Wagner about his summers at Quaker Camp!

Episode 75 - Jesus Camp

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2018 50:07


Sammy and Julia are joined by filmmaker and director Rachel Grady, who directed the documentary films Jesus Camp and One of Us. We talked about her experience going to an evangelical Christian camp to film the movie and learn about the camp's teachings and beliefs.

Episode 74 - Always a Camper

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2018 17:24


Episode 73 - Sammy's Punday Sunday

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2018 12:54


Sammy gives Matthew a few camp-related visual puns to decipher! Follow along on Instagram and see if you can guess before he does!

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