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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Oscar! Part 2 (Best Picture and Director)
Episode | March 16th, 2022 | 56 mins 50 secs
Join Sam, Tessa, Megan, and Jack as they finish discussing this year's Academy Award nominees for Best Picture and Best Director.
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Oscar! Part 1 (Best Picture and Director)
Episode | March 14th, 2022 | 54 mins 54 secs
academy awards, adam mckay, belfast, coda, don't look up, drive my car, haruki murakami, kenneth branagh, movies, oscars
Join Sam, Tessa, Megan, and Jack as they run down all of this year's Academy Award nominees! Today, we'll begin breaking down the Best Picture race.
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Sam Watches Star Trek - Episode 8
Episode | March 10th, 2022 | 54 mins 12 secs
deforest kelley, film, george takei, james doohan, khan, kirk, leonard nimoy, mccoy, movie, nichelle nichols, nicholas meyer, recap, roberto montalban, spock, star trek, star trek ii: the wrath of khan, the original series, the wrath of khan, tos, walter koenig, william shatner
A podcast devoted to Sam watching Star Trek.
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Ep. 90 - Spider-man 3, X-men: Age of X-man, The Lightbringer series
Episode | March 7th, 2022 | 1 hr 1 min
age of x-man, beast, bishop, books, brent weeks, bruce campbell, comics, danielle moonstar, ed brisson, fantasy, james franco, jean grey, leah williams, lonnie nadler, magneto, nightcrawler, polaris, sam raimi, sandman, seanan mcguire, spider-man, spider-man 3, storm, the lightbringer, tim seeley, toby mcguire, topher grace, venom, vita ayala, x-23, x-men, x-men comics, x-men: age of x-man, zac thompson
This week, Sam finally finishes 'Spider-man 3,' Tessa reads 'X-men: Age of X-man,' and Andy finishes 'The Lightbringer' series. Plus, what franchises are always on our lists and which ones have we quit?
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Sam Watches Star Trek - Episode 7
Episode | March 3rd, 2022 | 39 mins 29 secs
deforest kelley, film, george takei, james doohan, kirk, leonard nimoy, mccoy, movie, nichelle nichols, recap, spock, star trek, the motion picture, the original series, tos, walter koenig, william shatner
A podcast devoted to Sam watching Star Trek.
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International Films: Flee, Parallel Mothers, The Feast
Episode | February 28th, 2022 | 1 hr 14 mins
danish language film, flee, foreign language film, international film, movie, movie podcast, movies, nikolaj coster-waldau, parallel mothers, pedro almodovar, penelope cruz, podcasts, riz ahmed, spanish civil war, spanish language film, the feast, welsh language film
We cover international films! Oscar nominee Flee! And Parallel Mothers from genius filmmaker Almodovar. Andy covers a Welsh film.
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Tessa Watches LOST - Episode 12
Episode | February 24th, 2022 | 52 mins 46 secs
bad robot, carlton cuse, damon lindelof, jj abrams, lost, recap, rewatch, tv
It's the Season 3 finale! Find out what Tessa thought about "Through the Looking Glass."
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Ep. 88 - Dead Ringer, Limetown, Solo Leveling, AP Bio w/Jarret
Episode | February 21st, 2022 | 1 hr 13 mins
album, ap bio, comics, crime podcasts, dead ringer, glen howerton, jessica biel, jim steinman, limetown, manwha, meatloaf, murder mystery, music, podcast, podcasts, sitcom, solo leveling, television
This week, Sam listens to 'Dead Ringer' by Meatloaf, special guest Jarret watches 'Limetown,' Tessa watches 'AP Bio,' and Andy reads 'Solo Leveling."
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Tessa Watches LOST - Episode 11
Episode | February 17th, 2022 | 34 mins 13 secs
bad robot, carlton cuse, damon lindelof, jj abrams, lost, recap, rewatch, tv
In this episode, Tessa talks about "The Brig," The Man Behind the Curtain," and "Greatest Hits."
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90s Movies and Their OSTs
Episode | February 14th, 2022 | 1 hr 17 mins
allan moyle, christian slater, dolly parton, empire records, i will always love you, kevin costner, pump up the volume, the bodyguard, whitney houston
This week, we're talking about 90s movies that have awesome soundtracks: 'The Bodyguard,' 'Pump Up the Volume,' and 'Empire Records.'
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Tessa Watches LOST - Episode 10
Episode | February 10th, 2022 | 53 mins 33 secs
bad robot, carlton cuse, damon lindelof, jj abrams, lost, recap, rewatch, tv
In this episode, Tessa talks about "Left Behind," "One of Us," "Catch-22," and "D.O.C."
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Tessa Watches LOST - Episode 9
Episode | February 4th, 2022 | 52 mins 32 secs
bad robot, carlton cuse, damon lindelof, jj abrams, lost, recap, rewatch, tv
In this episode, Tessa talks about "Enter 77," "Par Avion," "The Man from Tallahassee," and "Expose."
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Ep. 85 - Golden Girls, The Cure: Trilogy, The Howling
Episode | January 31st, 2022 | 1 hr 7 mins
betty white, bloodflowers, disintegration, golden girls, joe dante, meat loaf, robert smith, the cure, the cure trilogy, the howling
This week, Tessa watches 'Golden Girls,' Sam watches 'The Cure: Trilogy,' and Andy watches 'The Howling.' Plus, we talk about why we get so emotional about celebrity deaths.
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Tessa Watches LOST - Episode 8
Episode | January 27th, 2022 | 42 mins 39 secs
bad robot, carlton cuse, damon lindelof, jj abrams, lost, recap, rewatch, tv
In this episode, Tessa talks about "Not in Portland," "Flashes Before Your Eyes," "Stranger in a Strange Land," and "Tricia Tanaka Is Dead."
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Ep. 84 - "Vaporwave" - Mandy, Johnny Mnemonic, The Neon Demon
Episode | January 24th, 2022 | 1 hr 1 min
Vaporwave time as we talk about The Weekend, Nic Cage in Mandy, Keanu Reeves cyberpunk movie before The Matrix and Keanu also in The Neon Demon
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Tessa Watches LOST - Episode 7
Episode | January 20th, 2022 | 43 mins 52 secs
bad robot, carlton cuse, damon lindelof, jj abrams, lost, recap, rewatch, tv
We're back! Today, we're talking about the Season 3 "pod" (episodes 1-6)