Movie night is a staple of the summer camp experience. But how well do movies (and other forms of entertainment) portray the camp experience? Joined by our friends Benji Orlansky and Herschel Bleefeld, we watched the 1994 classic movie Camp Nowhere to find out what camp would be like if teenagers created a summer camp all to themselves … Continue reading Ep. #33: Camp Movie Night – Camp Nowhere Edition
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Ep. #32: Like The Time I Got To Play In The Upper Senior Basketball Game (w/ Seth Davis)
Nowadays Seth Davis is an esteemed sportswriter, currently one of the faces we see every March during CBS' coverage of March Madness (as well as the executive editor of soon-to-launch CBB site The Fieldhouse). But growing up, Seth was a camper like you and me, spending his summers at Camp Equinunk in Pennsylvania. His time … Continue reading Ep. #32: Like The Time I Got To Play In The Upper Senior Basketball Game (w/ Seth Davis)
Ep. 31: Like the Time Wet Hot American Summer Was Based On My Camp Experience (w/David Wain)
Many things serve as inspirations for this podcast, but one of them is the delightful summer camp movie romp 'Wet Hot American Summer'. So you can imagine our excitement to be joined by David Wain, cocreator and director of everything within the WHAS universe, including WHAS: Ten Years Later, recently released on Netflix. David has … Continue reading Ep. 31: Like the Time Wet Hot American Summer Was Based On My Camp Experience (w/David Wain)
Ep. 29: Like the Time Camp Was Ruined by an Electric Razor (w/ Stephanie Butnick)
Deputy editor of Tablet Magazine and co-host of the popular 'Unorthodox' podcast Stephanie Butnick joins Micah to discuss her time at Camp Point O' Pines, break down the differences between Jewish camps and camps for Jews, and share a harrowing story of a summer gone wrong thanks to an electric razor (or few). Take a … Continue reading Ep. 29: Like the Time Camp Was Ruined by an Electric Razor (w/ Stephanie Butnick)
Ep. 28: Like the Time I Had A Threesome at Camp…Sort of (w/Lindsay Fram)
Noted sex educator Lindsay Fram is back to dish on the latest from the frontlines of gender and sexuality at summer camps. Plus we discuss the definition of "Camp Hot", our favorite camp cheers, the best way to spend a day off, and of course, Lindsay's super-mature Shabbat Walk threesome (spoiler alert - it's not … Continue reading Ep. 28: Like the Time I Had A Threesome at Camp…Sort of (w/Lindsay Fram)
Ep. 27: Like The Time We Found Out What Camp Directors Do In The Winter (w/Macy Hart and Ron Klotz)
With summer camps in full swing, we talk to longtime directors Macy Hart (father of Micah) and Ron Klotz about their years running camps in Mississippi and Indiana and how they got ready for each summer. We learn about how they got involved in the camping world, the funniest postcards ever sent home from camp, … Continue reading Ep. 27: Like The Time We Found Out What Camp Directors Do In The Winter (w/Macy Hart and Ron Klotz)
Ep. 26: Like the Time the Director Was an NFL Quarterback (w/ Jay Fiedler)
Every camp is special, but not every camp can boast the former quarterback for the Miami Dolphins as camp director! Longtime NFL signal caller Jay Fiedler joins Micah and Sara to talk about leading Brookwood Camps in upstate NY and his summers growing up at Camp Lenni Lenape, as well as the similarities and differences … Continue reading Ep. 26: Like the Time the Director Was an NFL Quarterback (w/ Jay Fiedler)
Ep. 25: Like the Time Paris Hilton Broke Color War (w/ Stacy Davidowitz)
A summer at camp wouldn't be complete without a good ole fashioned Color War (aka Maccabiah Games, Yom Sport, Special Day, etc.). Whatever you want to call it, everyone left it all on the field for the green, the red, the yellow, and the blue. Author Stacy Davidowitz joins Micah and Sara to recount her … Continue reading Ep. 25: Like the Time Paris Hilton Broke Color War (w/ Stacy Davidowitz)
Ep. 24: Like That Time I Made a Movie About Camp (w/Micah Barber & Tony Faia)
Austin-based filmmakers Micah Barber and Tony Faia didn’t go to camp together, but they did make a movie about a young boy who escapes from his lonely summer camp in the magical “Into the Who Knows”. In our conversation with them, we hear stories from Micah’s days at band camp (where he played the french … Continue reading Ep. 24: Like That Time I Made a Movie About Camp (w/Micah Barber & Tony Faia)
Ep. 22: Like the Time I Bought a Camp (w/Joe Mendes)
Some of us live for camp, dreaming and wishing that we could spend our entire life in the place we truly call “home.” But would you actually ever *buy* one? Well, this week’s guest Joe Mendes did just that. When Camp Roosevelt-Firebird came available to buy in 2015, Joe finally realized his decades-old dream … Continue reading Ep. 22: Like the Time I Bought a Camp (w/Joe Mendes)
Campfires and Color Wars 