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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January 10, 2022 Ep. 82 - Grave of the Fireflies, Subnautica, Starship Troopers w/Toren and Joe
1:00 - Introductions!
7:00 Joe is in too deep with Subnautica
22:30 - Toren is not going to eat the candy from Grave of the Fireflies
33:22 - Andy does his part in Starship Troopers
44:00 - General media talk, Encanto, Search Party, and Arcane among others!
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54min
January 03, 2022 Jim Cameron Presents
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.
1:25 - Why is James Camerson?
11:47 - True Lies
28:14 - The Abyss
41:54 - Piranha 2
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57min
December 27, 2021 Ep. 80 - End of the Year Spectacular Wrap up
3:00 Tessa talks The Simpsons
25:00 Sam talks TayLORE swift
43:30 Andy talks about . . . everything he didnt' cover (kinda)
58:00 Tessa guides us through the big Pop Culture list we didn't talk about this year.
1:04:03 Proudest Moment of the EYar
1:14:24 Disapointment of the year
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1h 24min
December 25, 2021 13 Days of X-Men: The New Mutants
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.
What will be talking about for our third holiday limited series? Listen to find out...
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1h 18min
December 24, 2021 13 Days of X-Men: Dark Phoenix
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 2019's Dark Phoenix.
Come back tomorrow for our final episode (in this holiday series) The New Mutants with special guest Melissa!
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1h 6min
December 23, 2021 13 Days of X-Men: Deadpool 2
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 2018's Deadpool 2 with special guest Jack!
Come back tomorrow for Dark Phoenix!
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1h 3min
December 22, 2021 13 Days of X-Men: Logan
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.
Come back tomorrow for Deadpool 2 with special guest Jack!
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1h 4min
December 21, 2021 13 Days of X-Men: X-Men: Apocalypse
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!
Come back tomorrow for_ Logan_ with special guest Nigel!
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1h 12min
December 20, 2021 13 Days of X-Men: Deadpool
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 Deadpool.
Come back tomorrow for X-men: Apocalypse with returning X-men superfan, Lozy!
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54min
December 19, 2021 13 Days of X-Men: X-Men: Days of Future Past
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!
I'm going to talk about time travel--and thermodynamics?
Come back tomorrow for Deadpool! We have things to say!
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1h 18min

FAQs about Monkey Off My Backlog:

How many episodes does Monkey Off My Backlog have?

The podcast currently has 250 episodes available.