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Happy Campers
by Sammy Moskowitz
Figuring out what it means to be grown-up campers in the world
Episodes
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Episode 123 - Professor Dave!
Sammy and Julia chat with Dave Malter about the Master's Program in Camp Administration and Leadership he runs at Gratz College!
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Episode 122 - Camp Canadensis!
Sammy and Julia chat with Pam Malter, director of Camp Canadensis, and her husband Dave Malter, who also works at camp, about what it's like to work with your spouse at camp, and also about the wonderful program at Camp Canadensis!
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Episode 121 - Camp Yampire!
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...
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Episode 120 - Activist Postcard Camp!
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!
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Episode 119 - Dream Camp with Tracy Soren!
Comedian Tracy stuck around to play a round of Dream Camp with Sammy and Julia!
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Episode 118 - Camp Poyntelle Lewis Village with Tracy Soren
Sammy and Julia chat with comedian Tracy Soren about her many summers as a camper and counselor at Camp Poyntelle Lewis Village!
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Episode 117 - Diabetes Camp Traditions!
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.
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Episode 116 - Diabetes Camp with Scott Newman!
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...
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Episode 115 - Rebecca Shapiro's Ultimate 90's Summer Playlist
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!
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Episode 114 - Camp Camp with Rebecca Shapiro
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.
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Episode 113 - Bravo's Camp Getaway with Randall Klein
Julia and Sammy chat with Randall Klein, one of the staff members and stars of the upcoming new Bravo reality series "Camp Getaway" about her time at camp as a kid and her experience of working at Camp Getaway and filming for the show over the summer.
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Episode 112 - Camp Girls with Iris Krasnow
Sammy and Julia chat with journalist, author and camp counselor Iris Krasnow about her new book Camp Girls. We learned all about Iris' 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...
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Episode 111 - Future Farmers of America Camp!
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 -...
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Episode 110 - Crip Camp!
During this time of social distancing, Julia, Sammy and Allison decided to watch a new Netflix documentary called "Crip Camp" about a bunch of kids who met at Camp Jened, a camp for disabled teenagers, in the 60's and 70's who then went on to become the leaders of the activist movement fighting…
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Episode 109 - Nobody Will Tell You This But Bess Kalb
Sammy and Julia chat with Bess Kalb, Emmy nominated comedy writer and author of the new book "Nobody Will Tell You This But Me: A True (as told by me) Story" about her time as a camper at Laurel South in Casco, Maine.
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Episode 108 - Church Camp with Bo!
Sammy and Julia talk with Bo Cown, who went to Camp Glisten, a Methodist church camp in Georgia!
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Episode 108 - Dream Camp!
Lauren Wexler, Director of Summer Programs at 92Y, stuck around and played a round of dream camp with us!
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Episode 106 - 92Y Camps!
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!
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Episode 105 - Wyo and Walden
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!
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Episode 104 - Out at Camp
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.
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Episode 103 - Quaker Camp Take 2!
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!
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Episode 102
In this mini ep, Jesse Roth stuck around to chat with us about her favorite camp content in TV and movies!
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Episode 101 - Our Newest Happy Camper!
Sammy and Julia chat with comedian Jesse Roth about her time at Camp JCA Shalom in Malibu, California!
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Episode 100 - Crossover Episode with Essie's Hour of Love!
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.
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Episode 98 - A Camp Bat Mitzvah!
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!
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Episode 97 - Camp Vibes with Rock N' Roll Playhouse
Sammy and Julia chat with Amy Striem, founder and executive director of The Rock N' 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...
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Episode 96 - Camper Sam!
Sam Clanon stuck around to tell us about his days as a camper and how he started going to sleep away camp!
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Episode 95 - Wilderness CPR
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.
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Episode 94 - Dream Camp Sunbeam!
Comedian Lizzie Logan stuck around to play a round of Dream Camp!
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Episode 93 - Getting Gnarly!
Sammy and Julia chat with comedy writer Lizzie Logan about her time t Camp Towanga in California!
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Episode 92 - Robbie Fuego Returns
Robbie Gothelf, Associate Director of Timber Lake Camp, stuck around to play a game of Dream Camp!
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Episode 91 - How Camp Directors Spend Their Sundays
Julia and Sammy chat with Robbie Gothelf, Associate Director of Timber Lake Camp, about his Sunday routine at camp!
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Episode 90 - CAMPOWERMENT!
Julia and Sammy chat with Tammi Leader Fuller, Founder and Director of Campowerment, a women's retreat program inspired by and powered by CAMP!
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Episode 89 - Calling All Word Nerds!
Anna Roisman, host of HQ Words, stuck around to play a camp-themed word game!
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Episode 88 - Camp Vega with Anna Roisman!
Sammy and Julia chat with host of HQ Words and comedian Anna Roisman about her summers at Camp Vega!
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Episode 87 - Camp Talk Joey Greene from Queer Eye!
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!
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Episode 84 - Like Father Like Son
Julia and Sammy talk with Any Lillienthal, director of Camp Winnebago, an all boys sleep away camp in Maine!
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Episode 83 - The (Pop) Culture of Summer Camp
Julia and Sammy chat with Matt Ralph, creator and curator of summercampculture.com!!
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Episode 82 - Camp Food!
Sammy, Julia and Allison chat with friend of the pod and restauranteur Julie Horowitz about the best camp food!
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Episode 81 - Meet Renee from ACA!
Julia and Sammy chat with Renee Flax, Director of Camper Placement at the American Camp Association, NY/NJ about her career working with camps and families to find the perfect ACA-accredited camp for every child!
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Episode 80 - The Lifelong Camper
Molly Hott, Executive Director of Scope, stuck around to talk to Sammy and Julia about her life as a career camper!
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Episode 79 - SCOPE!
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 a beautiful camp experience!
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Episode 78 - Would You Rathers Return!
Sherm Jacobs returns to do some Would You Rathers with Sammy and Julia!
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Episode 77 - Bully Beware
Sammy and Julia chat with Sherm Jacobs about his experience with "light bullying" at camp.
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Episode 76 - Corporate Takeover Day!
Noah stuck around to tell Sammy and Julia about some of his camp's unique traditions, and then played a quick game of Would You Rather!!
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Episode 75 - Quaker Camp!
Sammy and Julia chat with Noah Wagner about his days as a Friend at Quaker Camp!
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How many episodes does Happy Campers have?
Happy Campers currently has 123 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is Happy Campers about?
Figuring out what it means to be grown-up campers in the world
How often does Happy Campers release new episodes?
Happy Campers publishes regularly with 123 episodes available. Check the episode list for the typical release schedule.
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Who hosts Happy Campers?
Happy Campers is created and hosted by Sammy Moskowitz.
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