Monkey Off My Backlog

By Tessa Swehla and Sam Morris

Every week, Tessa and Sam exorcise their personal pop culture demons by going through their media to-do lists one item at a time. Each week involves a discussion about the media they listened, watched... more

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The podcast currently has 250 episodes available.

Monkey Off My Backlog episodes:

March 21, 2022 Oscar! Part 3 (Acting)
Sam, Tessa, Megan, and Jack are back to take you through the four acting categories for this year's Academy Awards.
5:39 - Actor in a Supporting Role
16:33 - Actor in a Leading Role
26:31 - Actress in a Supporting Role
35:36 - Actress in a Leading Role
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51min
March 17, 2022 Sam Watches Star Trek - Episode 9
This week, Sam watches Leonard Nimoy's directorial debut: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.
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52min
March 16, 2022 Oscar! Part 2 (Best Picture and Director)
Join Sam, Tessa, Megan, and Jack as they finish discussing this year's Academy Award nominees for Best Picture and Best Director.
00:45 - Dune
12:53 - King Richard
18:51 - Licorice Pizza
24:28 - Nightmare Alley
29:27 The Power of the Dog
39:11 West Side Story
50:10 - Best Director
Come back next week for a rundown of all the other categories!
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57min
March 14, 2022 Oscar! Part 1 (Best Picture and Director)
Join Sam, Tessa, Megan, and Jack as they run down all of this year's Academy Award nominees!
8:20 Belfast
18:34 CODA
27:41 - Don't Look Up
39:44 - Drive My Car
Come back on Wednesday for the next part of our discussion!
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55min
March 10, 2022 Sam Watches Star Trek - Episode 8
This week, Sam watches what is widely considered to be the best Star Trek film: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
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55min
March 07, 2022 Ep. 90 - Spider-man 3, X-men: Age of X-man, The Lightbringer series
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?
1:12 - Spider-man 3
24:46 - The gang discusses what franchises are always on their lists and which ones they have quit
35:43 - X-men: Age of X-man
50:15 The Lightbringer series by Brent Weeks (not the Nintendo game)
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1h 2min
March 03, 2022 Sam Watches Star Trek - Episode 7
It is movie time! This week, Sam embarks on the Star Trek film franchise. First up, Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
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40min
February 28, 2022 International Films: Flee, Parallel Mothers, The Feast
1:45 - Tessa talks about the animated documentary Flee!
34:30 - Sam talks about Parallel Mothers
58:00 - Andy talks about Welsh film - The Feast!
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1h 15min
February 24, 2022 Tessa Watches LOST - Episode 12
It's the Season 3 finale! Find out what Tessa thought about "Through the Looking Glass."
Join us next week for Sam Watches Star Trek!
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53min
February 21, 2022 Ep. 88 - Dead Ringer, Limetown, Solo Leveling, AP Bio w/Jarret
This week, Sam listens to Dead Ringer by Meatloaf, special guest Jarret of the Wild Pretty Things podcast watches Limetown, Tessa watches AP Bio and Andy reads Solo Leveling.
1:07 - Dead Ringer, Meatloaf, and Jim Steinman
21:40 - Jarret talks about abandoning a list and making a new one
26:47 - Limetown
44:32 - AP Bio
1:01:05 - Solo Leveling
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1h 13min

FAQs about Monkey Off My Backlog:

How many episodes does Monkey Off My Backlog have?

The podcast currently has 250 episodes available.