Sam Morris
Co-Host of Monkey Off My Backlog
Sam Morris (she/they) is Monkey's resident Gen Xer. She is an assistant professor of English, specializing in young adult literature and secondary English education. Sam writes primarily about music (mostly pop), television, and movies. Elsewhere, she has written about John Green, Harry Potter, and The Hunger Games; Hayley Williams as the anti-manic pixie dream girl; and Pearl Jam as utopian philosophers.
Here, she is your source for all things Taylor Swift, Keanu Reeves, Friday Night Lights, and all manner of pop culture trivia. She may not remember what he had for dinner last night, but she can tell you some obscure fact from an album’s liner notes that she read thirty years ago.
Sam Morris has hosted 188 Episodes.
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9 Days of Fast & Furious: Fast & Furious 6
Episode | December 21st, 2020 | 33 mins 8 secs
dwayne johnson, elsa pataky, fast & furious, gal gadot, gina carano, jason statham, jordana brewster, justice for han, ludacris, luke evans, michelle rodriguez, movies, paul walker, sung kang, the rock, tyrese gibson, vin diesel
Tessa and Sam count down to Christmas Day with the 'Fast & Furious' franchise and spread some holiday cheer. Today they're talking about the sixth film in the franchise, 'Fast & Furious 6.'
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9 Days of Fast & Furious: Fast 5
Episode | December 20th, 2020 | 1 hr 4 mins
dwayne johnson, elsa pataky, fast & furious, gal gadot, jordana brewster, justice for han, ludacris, michelle rodriguez, movies, paul walker, sung kang, the rock, tyrese gibson, vin diesel
Tessa and Sam count down to Christmas Day with the 'Fast & Furious' franchise and spread some holiday cheer. Friend of the podcast Megan Spell stops by to help discuss the fifth film in the franchise, 'Fast Five.'
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9 Days of Fast & Furious: Fast & Furious
Episode | December 19th, 2020 | 36 mins 45 secs
fast & furious, gal gadot, jordana brewster, justice for han, michelle rodriguez, movies, paul walker, sung kang, vin diesel
Tessa and Sam count down to Christmas Day with the 'Fast & Furious' franchise and spread some holiday cheer. Today they're talking about the fourth film in the franchise, 'Fast & Furious.'
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9 Days of Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift
Episode | December 18th, 2020 | 40 mins 49 secs
bow wow, fast & furious, justice for han, locas black, movies, sonny chiba, sung kang, tokyo drift, vin diesel
Tessa and Sam count down to Christmas Day with the 'Fast & Furious' franchise and spread some holiday cheer. Friend of the podcast Martha Pietruszewski stops by to help discuss the third film in the franchise, 'The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.'
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9 Days of Fast & Furious: 2 Fast 2 Furious
Episode | December 17th, 2020 | 30 mins 2 secs
2 fast 2 furious, devon aoki, eva mendes, fast & furious, ludacris, movies, paul walker, tyrese gibson
Tessa and Sam count down to Christmas Day with the 'Fast & Furious' franchise and spread some holiday cheer. Today they're talking about '2 Fast 2 Furious.'
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9 Days of Fast & Furious: The Fast and the Furious
Episode | December 16th, 2020 | 48 mins 44 secs
fast & furious, jordana brewster, michelle rodriguez, movies, paul walker, the fast and the furious, vin diesel
Tessa and Sam count down to Christmas Day with the 'Fast & Furious' franchise, spreading some holiday cheer along the way. Friend of the podcast Colby Waddell stops by to help discuss the first film in the franchise, 'The Fast and the Furious.'
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Ep. 27 - Mr. Robot, Fiddler on the Roof, Head
Episode | November 30th, 2020 | 52 mins 50 secs
head, les bi honest, movies, mr. robot, music, podcasts, the monkees, tv. fiddler on the roof
'Mr. Robot,' 'Fiddler on the Roof,' The Monkees' feature film 'Head.' While Andy is spending time with his new baby, Tessa and Sam are joined by James McKeon of the 'Les Bi Honest' podcast.
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Ep. 23 - Kipo and the Age of the Wonderbeasts, Spirited Away, Cobra Kai, Richard III w/Colby Waddell
Episode | November 2nd, 2020 | 59 mins 50 secs
We talk with Colby from The Four Nations Report! Andy reveals an embarrassing story. 11:00 Colby talks about Kipo and the Wonderbeasts 19:45 Tessa talks about Miyazaki's Spirited Away 32:35 Sam talks about Cobra Kai (and The Karate Kid) 45:08 Andy...
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Spooktober, Episode 4
Episode | October 26th, 2020 | 59 mins 47 secs
Spooktober IV: Ghost Protocol! All month, we're talking about pop culture associated with Halloween. We recorded for nearly two hours this week, so watch out for a bonus episode later this week! 2:33 - Finding time for pop culture when life is...
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Spooktober, Episode 3
Episode | October 19th, 2020 | 45 mins 52 secs
Spooktober III: Son of Spooktober! All month, we're talking about pop culture associated with Halloween. This week we're talking the Spanish-language horror film The Orphanage and two novels by the first family of horror. 01:20 - Our...
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Spooktober, Episode 2
Episode | October 12th, 2020 | 52 mins 8 secs
Spooktober continues with even more horror related films and TV Shows. With this weeks discussion question we talk about whether or not we start with a series at the beginning or jump in wherever (if you live in chaos, like ONE of our hosts). 13:20 -...
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Spooktober, Episode 1
Episode | October 5th, 2020 | 51 mins 49 secs
Spooktober! All month, we're talking about pop culture associated with Halloween. This week we're talking about scary movies from four different decades. This week's guest is David Bax of Battleship Pretension. 11:30 - David talks about The Cabinet of...