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

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Sammy and Julia chat with Dave Malter about the Master&#39;s Program in Camp Administration and Leadership he runs at Gratz College!

Episode 123 - Professor Dave!

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Sammy and Julia chat with Pam Malter, director of Camp Canadensis, and her husband Dave Malter, who also works at camp, about what it&#39;s like to work with your spouse at camp, and also about the wonderful program at Camp Canadensis!

Episode 122 - Camp Canadensis!

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Sammy and Julia chat with Yam and Pie, creators of Camp Yampire, a weekend-long zoom camp for adults that occurs once a month! Because of Covid-19 and the resulting social distancing measures now in place, Yam and Pie saw an opportunity to help, and started an online summer camp for adults to attend through Zoom - every camp session is packed full of fun activities and games and lead by guest camp counselors - from dance parties to a live game of Clue, Camp Yampire is a great virtual space for people to connect and have some fun!

Episode 121 - Camp Yampire!

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Julia and Sammy chatted with Naomi Greenfield, who created a Zoom camp that teaches kids about voting and civic engagement, and then sets them up to write campaign postcards to voters in swing states to encourage them to register to vote and/or request a mail-in ballot!

Episode 120 - Activist Postcard Camp!

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

Episode 119 - Dream Camp with Tracy Soren!

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Sammy and Julia chat with comedian Tracy Soren about her many summers as a camper and counselor at Camp Poyntelle Lewis Village!

Episode 118 - Camp Poyntelle Lewis Village with Tracy Soren

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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.

Episode 117 - Diabetes Camp Traditions!

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Sammy and Julia chat with Scott Newman about his many summers at various diabetes camps, including Camp de los Ninos! We learned a lot about Type 1 diabetes and all the physical and emotional strength it takes to manage on a day to day basis, and why camp is a wonderful community for kids who are growing up and learning to manage their diabetes. To learn more about DYF - the organization that runs Camp de los Ninos check out <a href="https://dyf.org" rel="nofollow">dyf.org</a> and donate!

Episode 116 - Diabetes Camp with Scott Newman!

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Music publicist Rebecca Shapiro is back this week to share her ultimate 90&#39;s summer playlist!! Rebecca shared some of her favorite 90&#39;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 115 - Rebecca Shapiro's Ultimate 90's Summer Playlist

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Sammy and Julia chat with Rebecca Shapiro, a VP of marketing at Shore Fire Media, about her camp experience, and the story she told in the book Camp Camp, about her first boyfriend who she met as a counselor at Camp Walden in Michigan.

Episode 114 - Camp Camp with Rebecca Shapiro

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Julia and Sammy chat with Randall Klein, one of the staff members and stars of the upcoming new Bravo reality series &#34;Camp Getaway&#34; about her time at camp as a kid and her experience of working at Camp Getaway and filming for the show over the summer.

Episode 113 - Bravo's Camp Getaway with Randall Klein

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Sammy and Julia chat with journalist, author and camp counselor Iris Krasnow about her new book Camp Girls. We learned all about Iris&#39; camp experience, how she ended up going back to work at camp 40 years after she left, and how camp made her a big strong girl and a big strong adult woman who can DEAL!

Episode 112 - Camp Girls with Iris Krasnow

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This week we are back with Bo Cown to talk about his time at Future Farmers of America Camp! We talked about the kinds skills Bo learned at FFA camp, like getting his gun license, cooking classes, and learning how to run an ethical and sustainable farm. And then Bo told us his famous Goat Story - overall a great mini episode!

Episode 111 - Future Farmers of America Camp!

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During this time of social distancing, Julia, Sammy and Allison decided to watch a new Netflix documentary called &#34;Crip Camp&#34; about a bunch of kids who met at Camp Jened, a camp for disabled teenagers, in the 60&#39;s and 70&#39;s who then went on to become the leaders of the activist movement fighting for rights for disabled people in the 70&#39;s and 80&#39;s. We loved this movie and learned so much about the Americans with Disabilities Act, and we encourage you to listen to this episode and then watch the movie!

Episode 110 - Crip Camp!

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Sammy and Julia chat with Bess Kalb, Emmy nominated comedy writer and author of the new book &#34;Nobody Will Tell You This But Me: A True (as told by me) Story&#34; about her time as a camper at Laurel South in Casco, Maine.

Episode 109 - Nobody Will Tell You This But Bess Kalb

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

Episode 108 - Church Camp with Bo!

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

Episode 108 - Dream Camp!

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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 106 - 92Y Camps!

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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 105 - Wyo and Walden

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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 104 - Out at Camp

Camp Buddies Talk Camp!

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