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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Andy Assigns: Anime Rom-Coms
Episode | June 6th, 2022 | 56 mins 15 secs
Andy assigns Tessa, Loz, and Elyse some anime rom coms to watch - Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, Kaguya-Sama Love is War, Horimiya, and My Dress Up Darling
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Ep. 101 - Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance, In The Mouth of Madness, Cosmic Horror Vol 2 WITH TOREN!
Episode | May 23rd, 2022 | 45 mins 18 secs
Andy joins Toren Atkinson, lead singer of Darkest of the Hillside Thickets in discussing the 1972 classic action film series Lone Wolf and Cub. We also talk Sam Neil in John Carpenter's In The Mouth of Madness and talk cosmic horror
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Nigel Assigns! The Mountain Goats, Help! I'm a Fish, Bridge of Clay
Episode | May 9th, 2022 | 1 hr 23 mins
albums, animated, book, books, bridge of clay, film, help! i'm a fish, literary fiction, markus zuzak, music, tallahassee, the mountain goats, zopilote machine
In our first ever guest hosted episode, Nigel assigns each host pop culture content that is important to her: The Mountain Goats, 'Help! I'm a Fish,' and 'Bridge of Clay.'
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Sam Watches Star Trek - Episode 15 (A Pod-wraiths Takeover)
Episode | April 28th, 2022 | 1 hr 36 mins
anton yelchin, chris pine, film, idris elba, john cho, justin lin, karl urban, kelvinverse, kirk, leonard nimoy, mccoy, movie, recap, shohreh aghdashloo, simon pegg, spock, star trek, star trek beyond, the original series, tos, zachary quinto, zoe saldana
Sam Watches Star Trek - Episode 15 (A Pod-wraiths Takeover)
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Pitchfork's 200 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years, Part 2
Episode | April 25th, 2022 | 1 hr 45 mins
fiona apple, madvillain, music, neutral milk hotel, pitchfork, radiohead
Sam and Tessa are joined by friend of the pod Lozy to break down Pitchfork's 200 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years. Why do so many people hate joy?
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Pitchfork's 200 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years, Part 1
Episode | April 25th, 2022 | 1 hr 20 mins
frank ocean, kendrick lamar, music, pitchfork, sufjan stevens, tame impala, the strokes, vaporwave
Sam and Tessa are joined by friend of the pod Jarret to break down Pitchfork's 200 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years. Turns out we're not through with vaporwave just yet!
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Sam Watches Star Trek - Episode 14
Episode | April 21st, 2022 | 52 mins 46 secs
alice eve, anton yelchin, benedict cumberbatch, captain pike, chris pine, eric bana, film, jj abrams, john cho, karl urban, khan, khan noonien singh, kirk, leonard nimoy, mccoy, movie, pike, recap, simon pegg, spock, star trek, star trek: into darkness, the original series, tos, zachary quinto, zoe saldana
Sam Watches Star Trek - Episode 14
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Sam Watches Star Trek - Episode 13
Episode | April 15th, 2022 | 57 mins 25 secs
anton yelchin, captain pike, chris pine, eric bana, film, jj abrams, john cho, karl urban, kirk, leonard nimoy, mccoy, movie, pike, recap, simon pegg, spock, star trek, the original series, tos, zachary quinto, zoe saldana
Sam Watches Star Trek - Episode 13
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Alfred Hitchcock
Episode | April 11th, 2022 | 1 hr 22 mins
alfred hitchcock, alma reville, cinema, family plot, film podcast, filmmaking, films, grace kelly, hitchcock, horror, jimmy stewart, rear window, sabotage, the master of suspense, thriller
This week, Tessa and Sam are joined by Matt to discuss films from three different eras of the Master of Suspense: 'Sabotage' (1936), 'Rear Window,' and 'Family Plot.'
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Sam Watches Star Trek - Episode 12
Episode | April 8th, 2022 | 54 mins 19 secs
deforest kelley, film, george takei, james doohan, kirk, klingons, leonard nimoy, mccoy, movie, nichelle nichols, recap, spock, star trek, star trek vi, star trek vi: the undiscovered country, the original series, the undiscovered country, tos, walter koenig, william shatner
Sam Watches Star Trek - Episode 12
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Sam Watches Star Trek - Episode 11
Episode | March 31st, 2022 | 46 mins 58 secs
deforest kelley, film, george takei, james doohan, kirk, leonard nimoy, mccoy, movie, nichelle nichols, recap, spock, star trek, star trek v, star trek v: the final frontier, the final frontier, the original series, tos, walter koenig, william shatner
Sam Watches Star Trek - Episode 11
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Video Games
Episode | March 28th, 2022 | 1 hr 1 min
Playstation 5 and Nintendo Switch game time! We play Ghost of Tsushima, The amazing Hades, and Don't Starve!
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Sam Watches Star Trek - Episode 10
Episode | March 24th, 2022 | 45 mins 54 secs
deforest kelley, film, george takei, humpback whales, james doohan, kirk, leonard nimoy, mccoy, movie, nichelle nichols, recap, spock, star trek, star trek iv: the voyage home, the original series, the voyage home, time travel, tos, walter koenig, whales, william shatner
A podcast devoted to Sam watching Star Trek.
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Oscar! Part 4 (Everything Else)
Episode | March 23rd, 2022 | 50 mins 14 secs
In the final part of our Academy Award discussion, Sam, Tessa, Megan, and Jack take you through all of the remaining awards.
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Oscar! Part 3 (Acting)
Episode | March 21st, 2022 | 50 mins 7 secs
aaron sorkin, andrew garfield, being the ricardos, coda, denzel washington, j.k. simmons, javier bardem, jessica chastain, joel coen, jonathan larson, kristen stewart, lucille ball, macbeth, nicole kidman, olivia colman, penelope cruz, rent, the eyes of tammy faye, the lost daughter, the power of the dog, tick tick boom, troy kotsur
Sam, Tessa, Megan, and Jack are back to take you through the four acting categories for this year's Academy Awards.
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Sam Watches Star Trek - Episode 9
Episode | March 17th, 2022 | 51 mins 30 secs
christopher lloyd, deforest kelley, film, george takei, james doohan, kirk, leonard nimoy, mccoy, movie, nichelle nichols, recap, spock, star trek, star trek iii: the search for spock, the original series, the search for spock, tos, walter koenig, william shatner
A podcast devoted to Sam watching Star Trek.