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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Ep. 83 - Marvel's Spider-Man (2018), Demon's Souls, Veruca Salt
Episode | January 17th, 2022 | 56 mins 26 secs
bloodborne, comics, dark souls, demon's souls, marvel, marvel's spider-man, miles morales. video games, music, peter parker, playstation, playstation 4, playstation 5, ps4, ps5, spider-man, veruca salt
This week, Tessa plays the remake of the PS4 exclusive 'Marvel's Spider-Man,' Andy plays the PS3 exclusive 'Demon's Souls,' and Sam didn't get the memo--she listened to 90s band Veruca Salt.
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Jim Cameron Presents
Episode | January 3rd, 2022 | 56 mins 44 secs
aliens, avatar, avatar 2, dark angel, james cameron, piranha 2, t2, terminator 2, the abyss, the terminator, titanic, true lies
In anticipation of (he promises) 'Avatar 2' this year--and to make good on a joke--Andy, Tessa, and Sam discuss the entirety of James Cameron's oeuvre, focusing on films they've never seen: 'True Lies,' 'The Abyss,' and 'Piranha 2.'
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13 Days of X-Men: The New Mutants
Episode | December 25th, 2021 | 1 hr 17 mins
anya taylor-joy, cannonball, fox, illyana rasputin, magik, maisie williams, sunspot, the new mutants, wolfsbane, x-men
It all comes down to this. It's Christmas Day, which must mean we're talking about 'The New Mutants.' Friend of the pod Melissa joins us for the final episode of the 13 Days of X-Men.
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13 Days of X-Men: Dark Phoenix
Episode | December 24th, 2021 | 1 hr 5 mins
alexandra shipp, beast, cyclops, dark phoenix, evan peters, films, fox, genosha, james mcavoy, jean grey, jennifer lawrence, magneto, michael fassbender, mystique, nicholas hoult, nightcrawler, phoenix, professor x, quicksilver, sophie turner, storm, superheroes, x-men
Tessa and Sam count down to Christmas Day with the 'X-Men' franchise, spreading some holiday cheer along the way. It's Christmas Eve! Today, we're talking 2011's 'Dark Phoenix.'
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13 Days of X-Men: Deadpool 2
Episode | December 23rd, 2021 | 1 hr 2 mins
brad pitt, brianna hildebrand, cable, celine dion, colossus, deadpool, domino, films, firefist, fox, juggernaut, movies, negasonic teenage warhead, ryan reynolds, stefan kapicic, wade wilson, x-men
Tessa and Sam count down to Christmas Day with the 'X-Men' franchise, spreading some holiday cheer along the way. We're almost to Christmas! Today, we're talking 2019's 'Deadpool 2' with special guest Jack!
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13 Days of X-Men: Logan
Episode | December 22nd, 2021 | 1 hr 3 mins
caliban, daphne keen, films, fox, hugh jackman, laura, logan, patrick stewart, post-apocalyptic, professor x, richard e grant, stephen merchant, superhero, weapon x, westerns, wolverine, x-23, x-men
Tessa and Sam count down to Christmas Day with the 'X-Men' franchise, spreading some holiday cheer along the way. Nigel is with us to talk about the 2017 superhero western 'Logan.'
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13 Days of X-Men: X-Men: Apocalypse
Episode | December 21st, 2021 | 1 hr 11 mins
apocalypse, beast, evan peters, fox, hugh jackman, james mcavoy, jennifer lawrence, magneto, michael fassbender, mystique, olivia munn, professor x, psylocke, quicksilver, weapon x, wolverine, x-men
Tessa and Sam count down to Christmas Day with the 'X-Men' franchise, spreading some holiday cheer along the way. Lozy is back with us to talk about the (apocalyptic) disaster that is 2016's 'X-Men: Apocalypse'!
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13 Days of X-Men: Deadpool
Episode | December 20th, 2021 | 53 mins 23 secs
brianna hildebrand, colossus, deadpool, films, fox, negasonic teenage warhead, ryan reynolds, stefan kapicic, wade wilson, x-men
Tessa and Sam count down to Christmas Day with the 'X-Men' franchise, spreading some holiday cheer along the way. Next up, it's 2016's 'Deadpool.'
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13 Days of X-Men: X-Men: Days of Future Past
Episode | December 19th, 2021 | 1 hr 17 mins
back to the future, beast, elliot page, evan peters, fox, hugh jackman, ian mckellen, james mcavoy, jennifer lawrence, kitty pryde, magneto, michael fassbender, mystique, patrick stewart, peter dinklage, professor x, quicksilver, the rogue cut, time travel, wolverine, x-men
Tessa and Sam count down to Christmas Day with the 'X-Men' franchise, spreading some holiday cheer along the way. Next up, it's 2011's 'X-Men: Days of Future Past (The Rogue Cut)' with special guest Elyse!
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13 Days of X-Men: The Wolverine
Episode | December 18th, 2021 | 45 mins 32 secs
comic books, film, fox, hugh jackman, james mangold, japan, logan, marvel, movie, mutants, silver samurai, wolverine, x-men
Tessa and Sam count down to Christmas Day with the 'X-Men' franchise, spreading some holiday cheer along the way. Next up, it's 2013's 'The Wolverine' with MoMBl cohost, Andy!
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13 Days of X-Men: X-Men: First Class
Episode | December 17th, 2021 | 1 hr 1 min
beast, fox, hugh jackman, james mcavoy, jennifer lawrence, magneto, michael fassbender, mystique, professor x, wolverine, x-men
Tessa and Sam count down to Christmas Day with the 'X-Men' franchise, spreading some holiday cheer along the way. Next up, it's 2011's 'X-Men: First Class' with special guest Colby!
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13 Days of X-Men: X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Episode | December 16th, 2021 | 39 mins 52 secs
comic books, deadpool, film, fox, gambit, hugh jackman, liev schreiber, marvel, movie, mutants, professor x, ryan reynolds, sabertooth, weapon x, will i am, wolverine, x-men
Tessa and Sam count down to Christmas Day with the 'X-Men' franchise, spreading some holiday cheer along the way. Next up, it's 2009's 'X-men Origins: Wolverine.'
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13 Days of X-Men: X-Men: The Last Stand
Episode | December 15th, 2021 | 1 hr 14 mins
anna paquin, beast, cyclops, fox, halle berry, hugh jackman, ian mckellen, jean grey, juggernaut, kitty pryde, magneto, mystique, patrick strewart, professor x, rogue, storm, wolverine, x-men
Tessa and Sam count down to Christmas Day with the 'X-Men' franchise, spreading some holiday cheer along the way. Next up, it's 2006's 'X-Men: The Last Stand' with special guest Lozy!
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Sam Watches Star Trek - Episode 6
Episode | December 14th, 2021 | 54 mins 49 secs
kirk, mccoy, recap, spock, star trek, the original series, tos, tv
A podcast devoted to Sam watching Star Trek
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13 Days of X-Men: X2
Episode | December 14th, 2021 | 1 hr 2 mins
anna paquin, brian cox, cyclops, fox, halle berry, hugh jackman, ian mckellen, jean grey, magneto, mystique, patrick strewart, professor x, rogue, storm, wolverine, x-men
Tessa and Sam count down to Christmas Day with the 'X-Men' franchise, spreading some holiday cheer along the way. In the second episode of the 13 Days of X-men, the hosts are joined by special guest Megan to discuss 2003's 'X2.'
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13 Days of X-Men: X-Men
Episode | December 13th, 2021 | 52 mins 8 secs
anna paquin, cyclops, fox, halle berry, hugh jackman, ian mckellen, jean grey, magneto, mystique, patrick strewart, professor x, rogue, storm, wolverine, x-men
Tessa and Sam count down to Christmas Day with the 'X-Men' franchise, spreading some holiday cheer along the way. Up first is the film that started it all, 2000's 'X-Men.'