Monkey Off My Backlog
Monkey Off My Backlog
Andy Bowman, Tessa Swehla, Sam Morris
A Pop Culture Productivity Podcast! Every week Andy, Tessa, and Dr. Sam exorcise their personal pop culture demons by going through their media to-do lists one item at a time. Each week involves a spoiler-free discussion about the media they listened, watched, read, played, or experienced that week along with encouragement to continue tackling these backlogs.
Tessa Watches LOST - Episode 11
In this episode, Tessa talks about "The Brig," The Man Behind the Curtain," and "Greatest Hits."
Feb 17, 2022
34 min
Ep. 87 - The Bodyguard, Pump Up the Volume, Empire Records
This week, we're talking about 90s movies that have awesome soundtracks: The Bodyguard, Pump Up the Volume, and Empire Records. 1:05 - The Bodyguard 21:25 - The 90s and Original Motion Picture Soundtracks 45:53 - Pump Up the Volume 59:34 - Empire Records
Feb 14, 2022
1 hr 17 min
Tessa Watches LOST - Episode 10
In this episode, Tessa talks about "Left Behind," "One of Us," "Catch-22," and "D.O.C."
Feb 10, 2022
53 min
Ep. 86 - Romance - She Drives Me Crazy, The Broken Hearts Gallery, A Promise of Fire
Our second romance themed episode! Tessa is joined by Elyse and Melissa to talk favorite tropes, inappropriate grand gestures, and what romance novels they would like to see adapted. Elyse reads She Drives Me Crazy, Melissa watches The Broken Hearts Gallery, and Tessa reads A Promise of Fire. 1:11 - The Twitter contraversy surrounding the Washington Post's interview with Dana Schwartz about her new romance Anatomy: A Love Story 14:00 - She Drives Me Crazy 25:37 - Melissa talks about her introduction to romance as a genre 28:10 - The Broken Hearts Gallery 38:13 - Favorite tropes 46:26 - Favorite adaptations of romance novels/series 55:55 - A Promise of Fire
Feb 7, 2022
1 hr 16 min
Tessa Watches LOST - Episode 9
In this episode, Tessa talks about "Enter 77," "Par Avion," "The Man from Tallahassee," and "Expose."
Feb 4, 2022
52 min
Ep. 85 - Golden Girls, 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. 1:00 - Golden Girls 22:00 - Why celebrity deaths hit us so hard 30:47 - The Cure: Trilogy 50:24 - The Howling We have new technology! And we're only sort of compotent at making it do stuff!
Jan 31, 2022
1 hr 7 min
Tessa Watches LOST - Episode 8
In this episode, Tessa talks about "Not in Portland," "Flashes Before Your Eyes," "Stranger in a Strange Land," and "Tricia Tanaka Is Dead."
Jan 27, 2022
42 min
Ep. 84 - "Vaporwave" - Mandy, Johnny Mnemonic, The Neon Demon
1:15 - Andy talks about Nic Cage's Mandy 13:15 - What is Vaporwave (A Bad Take) 38:00 - Johnny Mnemonic - does Sam remember it? 45:15 - Tessa talks about everything she loved about the Neon Demon 45:16 - Tessa talks about The Neon Demon
Jan 24, 2022
1 hr 1 min
Tessa Watches LOST - Episode 7
We're back! Today, we're talking about the Season 3 "pod" (episodes 1-6): "A Tale of Two Cities" "The Glass Ballerina" "Further Instructions" "Every Man for Himself" "The Cost of Living" "I Do"
Jan 20, 2022
43 min
Ep. 83 - Marvel's Spider-Man (2018), Demon's Souls, 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. 1:08 - Marvel's Spider-Man 15:25 - More Spider-Man 22:35 - Demon's Souls 37:45 - Veruca Salt
Jan 17, 2022
56 min
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