Camp has changed a lot since I was a youngster, and at the same time, the spirit is still very much the same. To get a sense of how much has happened over the past few decades, we sat down with the president of the American Camp Association, Tom Rosenberg, to get his take on … Continue reading Ep. #63: Like the Time I Sang an Ode to the Camp Store With Banjo Billy
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Ep. #60: Like the Time I Debated Summer Camp With The Guy Who Says Summer Camp Sucks
Summer camp. Everyone loves it, right? Certainly most of the people who visit this blog or listen to the podcast must have some fondness for it. So when someone turns up with a decidedly different point of view on the value of camp, that's just someone we gotta talk to. Mac Schwerin, a freelance journalist … Continue reading Ep. #60: Like the Time I Debated Summer Camp With The Guy Who Says Summer Camp Sucks
Ep. #58: Like the Time I Vanquished My Nemesis at Debate Camp (w/Geraldine DeRuiter)
Geraldine DeRuiter* only went to camp for one summer - but what a summer it was. You might think a few weeks at debate camp wouldn't make for much in the way of memorable moments, but after talking to Geraldine it's plausible there's a teenage rom-com based on her experience there in our collective future. … Continue reading Ep. #58: Like the Time I Vanquished My Nemesis at Debate Camp (w/Geraldine DeRuiter)
Ep. #56: Like the Time I Met My Spouse at Camp, Vol. 3
It's Valentine's Day, and love is in the air, and so for the third straight year we are back with a special camp-couple themed episode of the podcast, featuring Artie and Jen Lieb. Artie and Jen met at Camp Coleman in Cleveland, GA, back in the summer of 2000, her first time EVER at an … Continue reading Ep. #56: Like the Time I Met My Spouse at Camp, Vol. 3
Ep. #55: Like the Time The 4th of July Fireworks Blew Up a Truck
There are many things that can go wrong during a summer at camp, but if you had to imagine one area ripe for disaster, it has to be 4th of July fireworks, right? Well imagine no more, as HuffPost senior editor Alana Horowitz Satlin joins the podcast to share her story of every camper's dream, the … Continue reading Ep. #55: Like the Time The 4th of July Fireworks Blew Up a Truck
Ep. 54: Like The Time We Went To Our 60th Camp Reunion
We're back! After a summer hiatus that was much like a summer camp experience in its own right, the podcast returns with a very personal trip down memory lane. Michelle Weltman joins to break down all the fun and nostalgia from GUCI's 60th Anniversary Reunion weekend in Zionsville, Indiana, where we spent many glorious summers … Continue reading Ep. 54: Like The Time We Went To Our 60th Camp Reunion
Ep. #51: Like the Time I Starred on a Reality Show about Summer Camp (w/Annette Richmond)
Annette Richmond loves camp. Not only was she on the Disney summer camp show Bug Juice back in the day, but this summer she is starting her own body positive summer camp called Fat Camp. We talk about her experience as a TV star, how camp helps you find comfort in your own skin, and how … Continue reading Ep. #51: Like the Time I Starred on a Reality Show about Summer Camp (w/Annette Richmond)
Ep. #48: Camp Movie Night – Indian Summer Edition
It's time for another edition of Camp Movie Night, featuring the 1993 classic (?) Indian Summer, starring Alan Alda, Kevin Pollak, Bill Paxton, Diane Lane, and the girl from Tommy Boy! Co-host of the podcast K, Have You Seen Kari O'Hara and our shadow producer Jare Akchin join to break down this stroll down camp memory … Continue reading Ep. #48: Camp Movie Night – Indian Summer Edition
Ep. #47: Like the Time I Didn’t Shower For a Whole Summer And Still Had a Girlfriend
At Campfires and Color Wars, we love supporting artistic endeavors that feature the world of summer camp. So it's no surprise that when we heard about "Boys vs. Girls", the summer-camp movie filmmaker Mike Stasko is making, we knew we had to talk to him about it. Stasko's experiences growing up at Camp … Continue reading Ep. #47: Like the Time I Didn’t Shower For a Whole Summer And Still Had a Girlfriend
Ep. #46: Like the Time I Grew Up at Camp But My Spouse Did Not
Camp is great, we all know that. Or do we? What happens when a couple gets together and one of them is a die-hard, lifelong camper, and the other lacks any connection to that world? In our latest episode, Rebekah Page-Gourley and her husband Jason join to talk about how you integrate the umfamiliar into … Continue reading Ep. #46: Like the Time I Grew Up at Camp But My Spouse Did Not
