Happy Campers: Recent Episodes
Sammy Moskowitz and Julia Lindon
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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.
To learn more about DYF - the organization that runs Camp de los Ninos check out dyf.org and donate!
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!
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.
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!
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).
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If you want to follow Bo, his Instagram handle is @bo.cown!
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.
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Sammy and Julia talk with Bo Cown, who went to Camp Glisten, a Methodist church camp in Georgia!
Lauren Wexler, Director of Summer Programs at 92Y, stuck around and played a round of dream camp with us!
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!
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!
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.
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!
In this mini ep, Jesse Roth stuck around to chat with us about her favorite camp content in TV and movies!
Sammy and Julia chat with comedian Jesse Roth about her time at Camp JCA Shalom in Malibu, California!
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.
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!
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!
Sam Clanon stuck around to tell us about his days as a camper and how he started going to sleep away camp!
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.
Sammy and Julia chat with comedy writer Lizzie Logan about her time t Camp Towanga in California!
Robbie Gothelf, Associate Director of Timber Lake Camp, stuck around to play a game of Dream Camp!
Julia and Sammy chat with Robbie Gothelf, Associate Director of Timber Lake Camp, about his Sunday routine at camp!
Julia and Sammy chat with Tammi Leader Fuller, Founder and Director of Campowerment, a women's retreat program inspired by and powered by CAMP!
Sammy and Julia chat with host of HQ Words and comedian Anna Roisman about her summers at Camp Vega!
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!
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!
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!!
Julia and Sammy talk with Any Lillienthal, director of Camp Winnebago, an all boys sleep away camp in Maine!
Sammy, Julia and Allison chat with friend of the pod and restauranteur Julie Horowitz about the best camp food!
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Molly Hott, Executive Director of SCOPE, stuck around to chat with Sammy and Julia about her career in summer camps!
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!
Sammy and Julia chat with Sherm Jacobs about his experience with "light bullying" as a camper.
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!"
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.
Sammy gives Matthew a few camp-related visual puns to decipher! Follow along on Instagram and see if you can guess before he does!
Sammy and Julia check out Jewish Camp, and take a tour around Eisner Camp in the Berkshires! Among other things, we learned that Shabbat at Jewish camp is SUPER FUN and not at all like the services you sat through at Hebrew School. We think you'll enjoy this tour almost as much as we did!
Sammy and Julia chat with Olivia, a junior in high school who felt a lot of pressure to skip her last summer at camp in order to pursue her dream of playing college volleyball. However, this past summer she made a last minute decision to go back to camp and have one last summer with her camp friends in the JC program - and she did not regret it!
In the first episode of Season 3, Sammy and Julia kick off the 2018 Camp Road Trip Series by visiting Camp Taconic to see CINOCAT and find out what all the fuss was about!
Join us for our first LIVE SHOW with special guests Aaron Zemach, Abby Kohn and Charlie Landsman, and special guest host Essie Zar!!
Julia chats with Nick Bernstein, who went to Camp Taconic. worked there as a counselor, and then returned to produce a comedy show with the oldest age group called Cinocat! (Taconic backwards) Since then the show has become a sacred camp tradition, that Nick continues to produce!
In preparation for Camp Bonfire's final session, we are re-releasing our Bonfire Episode where we recounted the beautiful and amazing weekend we spent at a one of a kind adult camp. Camp Bonfire Adventured us...SO MUCH!!
Sammy talks to sleep expert Nancy Rothstein about developing good sleep habits at camp that we can carry with us for our whole lives!
Sammy and Julia chat with Natalie Rothstein, a licensed therapist and former camp counselor, about mental health at camp!
This week Sammy and Julia have an update from "K", from The Camper Diaries episode two weeks ago, and Rachel is back to read a story she wrote when she was a kid called "One Not So Happy Camper!"
Sammy, Julia, and Allison chat are joined by Rachel to read and discuss some of Rachel's detailed journal entries about some of the (now) hilarious romantic interactions she had at camp!
Camp All Star Alum Julie stuck around to play a sports camp edition of our favorite game - would you rather!
Sammy and Julia chat with former Camp All Star camper Julie about the ins and outs of sports camp!
Bobby and Grace stuck around to play a game where we envisioned a world where none of our camps existed, and it was up to us to create the perfect camp.
Julia and Sammy chatted with Bobby and Grace, who are the children of the former directors of Camp Caribou and Camp Winnebego respectively, about what it was like growing up as the director's kid at camp!
Julia and Sammy chat with Max and Mary Pat about the founding summer of Pocono Springs Camp!
Julia and Sammy chat with Ryan about that time he went to Space Camp when he was ten, and then played a space trivia game!
Sammy and Julia chat with Adam Blumenthal, owner of Tannen's Magic Store and Magic Camp about growing up going to Tannen's Magic Camp, and about how the camp runs today!
Julia chats with former horse camp camper and counselor Sarah Lazarus about the ins and outs of riding camp!
Sammy and Julia chat with Dori and Lindsay about Camp Pinecliffe's 100th anniversary reunion!
Sammy, Julia and Allison chat about the holidays, and some of their favorite Happy Campers moments from 2017, and what they're looking forward to in the new year!
Sammy and Julia chat with Aaron and Rick, a couple of improv guys from the Magnet Theater who attended IMPROV CAMP this summer!!
Julia sits down with her friend Randi to chat about her experience at Camp Towanda, where the movie Wet Hot American Summer was filmed!
Sammy, Julia and Allison return to their childhood camp - Camp Walden in the last installment of the Camp Road Trip Series.
Part two of our profile of Camp Sunshine, a camp for families of children with life threatening illnesses, as part of our Camp Road Trip Series
Sammy, Julia and Allison visit Camp Sunshine, a camp for families of children with life threatening illnesses.
Sammy and Julia reporting from the mysterious and wonderful land of boys camp!! We learn all about Camp Cobbossee and talk to a few campers about what makes camp so special to them.
Julia & Sammy went to The Summer Camp annual fundraiser and asked the ultimate question (among others): Who would you be if you never went to camp?
Sammy and Julia profile The Summer Camp, a camp in Maine for underserved girls from low income and foster families!
We have a quick announcement - Happy Campers Season 1 has WRAPPED! But don't worry! We will be back in September for Season 2 with some GREAT new episodes!!
Sammy and Julia chat with step-grandpa Stewart about his experience at boy scout camp when he was a kid in the 40's!
Julia and Sammy chat with Julia's step-grandpa Stewart about when he was a counselor at boys camp in the 50's! Beware of Tim Tyler and getting left in the dust.
Julia and Sammy talk to Cat, Matty and Louis from Americamp about the process of placing British counselors at camps across the U.S. and Canada!
This week, Sammy talks to Netta, who is heading into her second summer at Jacobs camp to tell us everything she's looking forward to this summer, now that she knows the ropes!
This week, we thought it would be fun for Sammy and Julia to have a one-on-one conversation about their camp experience, and all the ways it has influenced who we are as adults, and the passions we have pursued as a result!
Julia and Sammy are joined by Essie, host of the podcast Essie's Hour of Love, to talk about her unique experience as a camp counselor, and how her camp circle has helped shaped her life
WARNING: If you are squeamish about medical stories and/or stories about breaking bones, you should probably skip this episode and come back next week! If you stick around, Julia talks to our friend Katie Goodman about her epic hiking injury, and how she managed to make it off the mountain.
Allison Kadin, our wonderful and amazing producer, brought her mom along to talk about the process of packing for camp - the do's and don'ts, and the best and worst packing faux pas.
Playwright and author of the Camp Rolling Hill series Stacy Davidowitz stuck around to play a new game with us, and read some more of her old camp letters
Sammy and Julia talk to Stacy Davidowitz about her series for teens and tweens called Camp Rolling Hills, what went into the process of writing them, as well as the musical on which they are based. She also reads some hilarious letters she wrote home as a camper.
This week, Sammy and Julia chat with Amy, who decided to work at sleep away camp as an adult with her two daughters, and learned the ins an outs of camp life!
Sammy and Julia are joined by prankster Danielle to play a pranking game, and then we hear some of the pranking stories our listeners sent in!
Julia and Sammy are back after a two week break to bring you a super fun episode about camp pranks! This week we sit down with Danielle, the ultimate prankster to talk about what makes a good prank, what about camp makes it a heightened pranking environment, and hear some crazy stories about the height of her pranking days!