Out on a Tangent: Recent Episodes
Youth Services
Join Sam and the Youth Services team on a journey through teen literature, fandoms, and more! Sometimes they'll stay on topic, but usually, they'll go out on a tangent.
Becca and Alyssa talk about Pokémon that are based on Japanese Yokai, and just more fun about Pokémon.
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Becca and Jenny talk about some spooky ghost ships.
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Becca and Leah talk historical spies, James Bond, and animal spies as well as some extras.
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Becca and Cathy talk about the origins of the adventure genre and play a version of First In Line with classic adventure stories.
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Becca talks about some real life adventurers from the past.
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Becca talks about the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.
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Becca and Dina talk about the wonderful show Bluey!
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Becca and Leah kick off summer reading with some talk about adventurers in media!
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Becca and Dina discuss resources for LGBTQIA+ teens and families as well as some books in the collection.
Some resources discussed: Suicide and Crisis Line-988
NAMI's Text Crisis Line- text 741741
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) LGBTQIA Resources- https://www.naminh.org/lgbtqia/
NAMI resource line- 1-800-242-6264
PFLAGNH-https://www.pflagnh.org/
Book Lists- queerbooksforteens.com, ALA's Rainbow Book List- https://glbtrt.ala.org/rainbowbooks/
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Becca goes over some staff picks for must read books for teens and tweens.
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Becca goes over the Flume and Isinglass Award nominees for 2024. Voting ends on April 30th.
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Becca talks about the nominees for this years Great Stone Face book awards and how you can vote on your favorites.
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Join Becca and Jenny as they do a listener request all about dealing with stress.
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Becca and Cathy talk about the differences between fairy tales and folklore and a little history behind them as well.
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Join Becca and Cathy as they talk about some Black Authors and stories this month!
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Dina and Becca talk about Lunar New Year and the Chinese Zodiac.
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Becca and Cathy talk Young Adult Dystopian novels.
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Becca does a round of one star review guess who.
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Join Becca and Michelle for a look at some holiday food history.
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Becca and Michelle talk about Winter and Holiday monsters. Content warning: we talk about death.
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Becca and Michelle talk about some Thanksgiving staples and where they come from and why we eat them.
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Dina joins Becca as she raves about dinosaurs! Also Becca Quizzes Dina about some famous dinosaurs. Becca's favorite dinosaur is a stegosaurus. What's yours?
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Becca and Jenny talk about some local ghosts and haunted locations as well as a quiz about some famous ghosts in pop culture. Trigger Warning: there are mentions of suicide in this podcast.
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Becca and Jenny talk about inanimate objects in horror media. What's your favorite?
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Becca and Michelle talk about puppets in pop culture and Becca even gets quizzed.
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Becca and Michelle talk about the intriguing history of puppets and what they are around the world.
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Becca and Cathy talk about why graphic novels are important and useful for readers. Come check out our socials to continue the conversation. We're on Facebook @Merrimack Public Library; Instagram, X (Twitter), and Tiktok @Merrimacklibnh; and our website: www.merrimacklibrary.org
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Dina and Becca talk about both the graphic novel and the movie of Nimona. Spoiler Warning!! We do talk about some of the main differences and there will be spoilers!!
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Becca quizzes Jenny on the first line of books. Can you figure out which books they are?
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Michelle and Becca talk about some New Hampshire cryptids and spooky stuff for a little mid-summer Halloween vibes.
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Becca and Cathy talk about summer camps in books, movies, and their own experiences with camps!
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Becca and Jenny talk about the summer reading program and events happening this year and how you can join in! All Together Now!!
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Becca and Jenny discuss whether they like or dislike the live action remakes of some Disney movies or whether the animation is better. Which ones do they feel did well, failed, or whether a remake should have been done at all.
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Becca and Cathy talk their favorite superheroes and how they consume super hero related media. Becca quizzes Cathy on her super hero knowledge.
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Becca and Cathy talk Dungeons and Dragons monsters inspired by the new movie.
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Mario Trivia with Jenny and Becca
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Today we dive into villains. Something we could spend hours on. Who are your favorite villains? Who chills you to your core? Who do you love to hate? Who do you hate to love? Let us know!
Learn what makes a good villain here
Here and here were lists we referenced in making this!
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Focusing more on Pocahontas 2 and what Disney STILL got wrong. Here are some fast Pocahontas facts.
https://www.theindigenousfoundation.org/articles/the-true-story-behind-disneys-pocahontas
https://ictnews.org/archive/true-story-pocahontas-historical-myths-versus-sad-reality
https://historicjamestowne.org/history/pocahontas/
https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/pocahontas
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Do you love Fox's 1997 movie Anastasia? Do you hate it?
"Journey to the Past" to find out what the movie got right, what the movie got wrong, and what got left out entirely.
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Jenny takes you through some books on the long list for 2024 books!
There is only ONE WEEK LEFT to nominate your books for the 2024 shortlist for the two NH Teen Book Awards! New Hampshire teens in grades 7-12, teachers, and librarians can nominate books they are (or they know teens are) enjoying. Fiction and Non-fiction titles are accepted. Nominated books must have been published no earlier than September 2021 to be eligible for the 2024 award. If the book you'd like to nominate is part of a series, it must be able to stand alone, meaning the reader doesn't need to have read other books in the series to understand what is going on.
To nominate a title, please fill out the form below. Currently, nominated titles will be considered for the 2024 Flume and Isinglass Awards. Nominations will be accepted through December 9, 2022.
Isinglass books are books for students in 7th and 8th grade. Flume Books are for 9th-12th grade.
You can find where to nominate by using the link HERE
Or follow the address below:
https://forms.gle/HKQgFVp18HqLoogX6
To see current nominations or to give your input on books currently nominated:
Click here!
Or visit https://flumeisinglass.wordpress.com/
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Cathy uses you as her cohost today where she'll give you one star reviews of books on Goodreads and you have to guess which of the 8 books it is!
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This week, Jenny and Sam talk about the true story behind Annabelle the doll from the conjuring film series. Let us know what you think!!
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This week, Cathy and Sam dive into the various theories surrounding Bigfoot. Do you think Bigfoot exists??
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This week on Monstober, Sam and Cathy Debate the existence of Mothman.
Do you think Mothman exists? Let us know....
Buzzfeed Unsolved
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This week, Sam and Jenny talk about some truly wild children's books. What's your favorite children's book??
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This week, Sam and Cathy discuss the history of Public Libraries in America, as well as the history of the Merrimack Public Library. If you're interesting in exploring the virtual exhibit that Sam used as a resource, check it out here.
We'll see you in 3 weeks!
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This week, Sam quizzes Cathy on her literary knowledge in a game of "they're a 10... but..."
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This week, Sam quizzes Cathy on her knowledge of the ocean with a game of Real or Fake: Sea Creature edition!
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This week, Michelle and Sam discuss the world's most interesting and creepy sea monsters!
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This week, Sam and Jenny discuss the RMS Titanic's sinking and some conspiracies about the ship!
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This week, Cathy and Sam discuss the Bermuda Triangle. Would you travel to Bermuda if you had to pass through the triangle? Let us know in the comments!
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This week, Cathy and Sam talk about our upcoming teen kickoff for summer reading, a murder mystery dinner party- by playing our favorite game "What Would you Do?" with True Crime scenarios. What would you do? Let us know in the comments!!
If you'd like to register for the Murder Mystery Dinner...
https://www.merrimacklibrary.org/events/2022/03/30/teen-kick-murder-mystery-dinner-lock
If you'd like more information about Summer Reading
https://www.merrimacklibrary.org/events/2022/06/13/2022-summer-reading-program-oceans-possibilities#
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We're back after a short break! This week, Sam talks to Jenny about the 2022 Flume and Isinglass award nominees! If you'd like to learn more about Flume and Isinglass, check out their website - https://flumeisinglass.wordpress.com/
If you'd like to learn more about the Merrimack Public Library's Summer Reading Program -
https://www.merrimacklibrary.org/2022-summer-reading-program
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This week, Sam and Jenny dive into the history of the Manchester, NH mills and talk about our library's museum pass to the Millyard Museum! What would you like to know about our museum passes? Let us know!
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This week we're talking about the Mandela effect. Does the Monopoly Man have a monocle? Does Curious George have a tail? What color are C3P0's legs? Can Sam remember basic spelling and grammar? The answer to these questions and more can be found in this episode!
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This week, Cathy and Dina go head to head as Sam quizzes them on their literary knowledge of classic literature with terribly written summaries!
Did you play along? How many did you get right? Let us know in the comments!
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This week, Michelle is back - and she joins Sam to talk about the Legend of Zelda video game series! Sam's Nana taught her how to play video games, Michelle gets quizzed on her Zelda knowledge - we talk about the craziness that is the Hyrule timeline - and of course, we go out on a tangent. Do you want more episodes with Michelle? Let us know in the comments!!
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This week, Cathy and Sam dive deeper into fanfiction by attempting to write their own on the spot! Will they break down from laughter, or will they come up with an idea for the next great YA novel??
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This week, Cathy and Sam dive into the world of fanfiction. What makes a fanfiction a fanfiction? Cathy quizzes Sam on Archive of Our own jargon, and we talk about the strangest fanfictions we've ever read.
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This week, Cathy and Sam discuss the Wizard of Oz series by L. Frank Baum, and it's many adaptations!
If you'd like to check out the Land of Oz theme park...
https://www.landofoznc.com/
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This week, Cathy and Sam talk about the weird and wonderful world of vintage recipes!
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This week, Sam quizzes Cathy on her Marvel Knowledge! Do you think you could beat her in a trivia competition? Let us know!
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This week, Cathy and Sam talk about festivals of light around the world, and Cathy and Michelle talk about the strange tradition of telling ghost stories at Christmas!
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This week, Cathy and Sam discuss some legends and myths about Santa Claus and his other aliases, as well as some interesting holiday film conspiracy theories!!
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This Week, Cathy and Sam discuss some creepy winter monsters and talk about our least favorite holiday movies!
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This week, Cathy, Sam, and our New YS staff member Michelle play another round of What Would You Do?
CONTENT WARNING: Mental Health
Cathy and Sam also talk about some mental health resources and books in our collection with mental health representation, as someone requested on our instagram.
Mental Health Resources:
NAMI NH: https://nami.org/Find-Your-Local-NAMI/Affiliate?state=NH
NAMI for kids, teens, and young adults: https://nami.org/Your-Journey/Kids-Teens-and-Young-Adults
NH Bureau of Mental Health Services: https://www.dhhs.nh.gov/dcbcs/bbh/
Lifeline Suicide Prevention: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
The Trevor Project: https://www.thetrevorproject.org
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This week, Cathy and Sam delve into the world of Vampires and Werewolves!
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This edition of monstober features witches and zombies!
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This week, Cathy and Sam talk about ghosts and demons as a kickoff to our month-long Halloween series!
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This week, Sam talks with Ben about the MPL collection of Anime and Manga!!
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This week, Cathy and Sam discuss books that we read and weren't our cup of tea. Let us know what you think! Do you agree with us?!?
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Cathy and Sam discuss the Great Gatsby and it's film adaptations!
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We're back after technical difficulties! This Week, Cathy and Sam delve into the world of 1940s radio shows- and it gets a little silly! We hope you enjoy!!
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This week, Cathy and Sam play "Guess that YA book from a terrible description", and go on a tangent about high school english, all while fighting technical difficulties! Enjoy!
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This week, your youth services team is answering a bunch of "what would you do?" questions and debating our responses! We had SO much fun with this episode, and we hope you'll have fun listening to it!!
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This week, Cathy and Sam discuss queer history and book talk some of our teen collection's books that have characters and/or authors in the LGBTQIA+ community, to recognize that June is pride month.
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This week, Cathy and Sam talk twilight with the Merrimack Public Library's resident staff twilight expert, Angela!
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This week, Cathy and Sam discuss the differences between the films and books of the Harry Potter and Percy Jackson and the Olympians series.
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This week, Cathy and Sam delve into the mysteriously eerie world of H.H Holmes, America's "first" serial killer. We also discuss some great books about murder and/or true crime that you can check out from our teen section! We hope you enjoy!
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Hi, Everybody, and welcome to episode 1 of Out on a Tangent, the Merrimack Public Library's teens only podcast! We're introducing you to your Youth Services team, and talking about our favorite books!
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