Tessa Swehla
Co-Host of Monkey Off My Backlog
Tessa watched Star Trek way too young, so of course she turned out to be an English PhD obsessed with sci-fi and fantasy. When she isn't writing, she hosts two podcasts: Monkey Off My Backlog and Nanny Ogg's Book Club. You can find her on Twitter, Letterboxd, and Storygraph @thebiparadox.
Tessa Swehla has hosted 191 Episodes.
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Son of Spooktober: Creature Features
Episode | October 10th, 2022 | 1 hr 50 mins
bae doon, bong joon-ho, creature from the black lagoon, godzilla, john carpenter, kaijus, kurt russell, shin godzilla, spooktober, the host, the thing, universal horror
Tessa and Sam are joined by Melissa to talk about creatures--from the Black Lagoon ('Creature from the Black Lagoon'), from Outer Space ('The Thing'), and from...dusty formaldehyde bottles ('The Host')?
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Sam Watches Star Trek - Episode 22
Episode | October 7th, 2022 | 1 hr 1 min
crusher, data, klingons, la forge, picard, recap, riker, star trek, star trek: the next generation, the next generation, tng, troi, tv, worf
A podcast devoted to Sam watching Star Trek: The Next Generation
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Son of Spooktober: Meta-Horror
Episode | October 3rd, 2022 | 1 hr 13 mins
halloween, horror film, horror movie, kevin williamson, nightmare on elm street, scary movie, sci-fi film, sci-fi horror, scream, shock horror, slasher, spooktober, spooky movie, the faculty, wes craven
Tessa and Sam are joined by former host Andy to talk about meta-horror, specifically works of meta-horror created by Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson: 'Wes Craven's The New Nightmare,' 'The Faculty,' and 'Scream.'
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Sam Watches Star Trek - Episode 21
Episode | September 30th, 2022 | 57 mins 37 secs
crusher, data, la forge, picard, recap, riker, star trek, star trek: the next generation, the next generation, tng, troi, tv, worf
A podcast devoted to Sam watching Star Trek: The Next Generation
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Pop Culture for When You're Feeling Down
Episode | September 26th, 2022 | 53 mins 51 secs
about a boy, burn notice, emma stone, high fidelity, hilarie burton, jonah hill, maniac, matt bomer, nick hornby, psych, white collar
This week, we're talking about pop culture we were told we should watch when we're feeling down. But we didn't...because you're not the boss of us. Tessa finally starts watching 'Maniac,' Sam picks back up on 'White Collar,' and Andy reads 'High Fidelity.'
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Sam Watches Star Trek - Episode 20
Episode | September 23rd, 2022 | 54 mins 27 secs
crusher, data, la forge, picard, recap, riker, star trek, star trek: the next generation, the next generation, tng, troi, tv, worf
A podcast devoted to Sam watching Star Trek: The Next Generation
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Ep. 117 - The Afterparty, Fire Island, Jurassic World Dominion
Episode | September 19th, 2022 | 57 mins 29 secs
Andy talks the Afterparty and Tessa talks the queer Jane Austen adaptation Fire Island. Sam discusses Dinosours.
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Sam Watches Star Trek - Episode 19
Episode | September 16th, 2022 | 57 mins 58 secs
crusher, data, la forge, picard, recap, riker, star trek, star trek: the next generation, the next generation, tng, troi, tv, worf
A podcast devoted to Sam watching Star Trek: The Next Generation
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Elyse Assigns! Holiday, One, Two, Three, Time After Time
Episode | September 12th, 2022 | 1 hr 36 mins
billy wilder, cary grant, dark comedy, george cukor, h. g. wells, holiday, jack the ripper, james cagney, katherine hepburn, malcolm mcdowell, mary steenburgen, nicholas meyer, one two three, problem film, screwball comedy, time after time, time travel
It's time for Elyse Assigns! Elyse assigns us three of their favorite films from their childhood: 'Holiday,' 'One, Two, Three,' and 'Time After Time.'
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Sam Watches Star Trek - Episode 18
Episode | September 9th, 2022 | 50 mins 20 secs
crusher, data, la forge, picard, recap, riker, star trek, star trek: the next generation, the next generation, tng, troi, tv, worf
A podcast devoted to Sam watching Star Trek: The Next Generation
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Sam Watches Star Trek - Episode 17
Episode | September 2nd, 2022 | 1 hr 3 mins
crusher, data, la forge, picard, recap, riker, star trek, star trek: the next generation, the next generation, tng, troi, tv, worf
A podcast devoted to Sam watching Star Trek: The Next Generation
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The Hugo Awards! Part 3 (Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form, Best Novella, and Best Novel)
Episode | August 31st, 2022 | 1 hr 12 mins
a desolation called peace, across green grass fields, andy weir, arcane, arkady martine, becky chambers, book club, books, for all mankind, hugo awards, light from uncommon stars, loki, marvel, project hail mary, reading, ryka aoiki, seanan mcguire, she who became the sun, shelley parker-chan, star trek, star trek: lower decks, the expanse, the hugo awards, the martian, the wheel of time, tv, tv show
Join Sam, Tessa, and Lozy as they run down this year's Hugo Awards nominees! In the final part of this series, we break down down the nominations for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form, Best Novella, and Best Novel.
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The Hugo Awards! Part 2 (Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form, the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, and Best Novelette)
Episode | August 30th, 2022 | 1 hr 6 mins
a snake falls to earth, book club, books, caroline m. yoachim, catherynne m. valente, chaos on catnet, charlie jane anders, darcie little badger, david lowery, denis villeneuve, dev patel, dune, encanto, fran wilde, hugo awards, iron widow, john wiswell, jordan ifueko, marvel, naomi kritzer, naomi novik, oghenechovwe donald ekpeki, reading, redemptor, shang-chi and the legend of the ten rings, space sweepers, suzanne palmer, the green knight, the hugo awards, the last graduate, victories greater than death, wandavision, xiran jay zhao
Join Sam, Tessa, and Lozy as they run down this year's Hugo Awards nominees! In part two of this series, we break down down the nominations for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form, the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, and Best Novelette.
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The Hugo Awards! Part 1 (Best Graphic Story or Comic and Best Short Story)
Episode | August 29th, 2022 | 59 mins 27 secs
alix e. harrow, blue neustifter, book club, books, catherynne m. valente, comics, die, far sector, graphic novels, hugo awards, josé pablo iriarte, kieron gillen, lore olympus, majorie liu, monstress, mr. death, n.k. jemisen, once and future, proof by induction, rachel smythe, reading, sarah pinsker, seanan mcquire, short stories, strange adventures, tangles, the hugo awards, the sin of america, tom king
Join Sam, Tessa, and Lozy as they run down this year's Hugo Awards nominees! Today, we'll begin breaking down the nominations for Best Graphic Story or Comic and Best Short Story.
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Sam Watches Star Trek - Episode 16
Episode | August 26th, 2022 | 48 mins 26 secs
crusher, data, la forge, picard, recap, riker, star trek, star trek: the next generation, the next generation, tng, troi, tv, worf
A podcast devoted to Sam watching Star Trek: The Next Generation
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James Van Der Beek! (Dawson's Creek, Varsity Blues, Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23)
Episode | August 22nd, 2022 | 1 hr 40 mins
dawson's creek, don't trust the b---- in apartment 23, james van der beek, kevin williamson, krysten ritter, varsity blues
Lozy joins Tessa and Sam to talk about three works of pop culture that just so happen to all feature James Van Der Beek. Why? Because we can!