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Out on a Tangent
Join 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.
Episodes
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Episode 44: What makes a villain with Jenny and Stefanie!
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…
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Episode 43: Real and Fakery Pocahontas
Focusing more on Pocahontas 2 and what Disney STILL got wrong. Here are some fast Pocahontas facts…
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Episode 42: Fact and Fakery in the movie "Anastasia"
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…
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Episode 41: Sampling Flume and Isinglass with Jenny
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…
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Episode 40: One Star Review Guess Who!
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!
Out on a TangentEpisode 39: Annabelle The Doll
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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Episode 38: The Bizarre Bigfoot
This week, Cathy and Sam dive into the various theories surrounding Bigfoot. Do you think Bigfoot exists??
Out on a TangentEpisode 37: The Mysterious Mothman
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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Episode 36: Real or Fake: Children's Book Edition
This week, Sam and Jenny talk about some truly wild children's books. What's your favorite children's book??
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Episode 35: The History of Public Libraries in America and Sam's Brain Malfunctions...
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…
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Episode 34: They're a 10... But... Book Character Edition
This week, Sam quizzes Cathy on her literary knowledge in a game of "they're a 10... but..." Do you have suggestions for future episodes? Let us know! Email…
Out on a TangentEpisode 33: Oceans of Possibilities - Real or Fake: Sea Creature Edition
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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Episode 32: Oceans of Possibilities - Sea Monsters
This week, Michelle and Sam discuss the world's most interesting and creepy sea monsters! Join our summer reading program!!
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Episode 31: Oceans of Possibilities - The RMS Titanic
This week, Sam and Jenny discuss the RMS Titanic's sinking and some conspiracies about the ship! Find out more about Summer Reading here…
Out on a TangentEpisode 30: Oceans of Possibilities - The Bermuda Triangle
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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Episode 29: Reality is MUCH Stranger than Fiction...
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…
Out on a TangentEpisode 28: Flume and Isinglass Nominees 2023!
We're back after a short break! This week, Sam talks to Jenny about the 2023 Flume and Isinglass award nominees! If you'd like to learn more about Flume and…
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Episode 27: Exploring the Manchester Mills!
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…
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Episode 26: The Mandela Effect and Does Sam know Grammar?!?
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…
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Episode 25: Can Cathy and Dina Guess That Book?
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…
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Episode 24 - The Legend of Zelda!
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…
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Episode 23: We Write Fanfiction on the Fly!
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…
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Episode 22: Fan Fiction!
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…
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Episode 21: Books to Movies - The Wizard of Oz!
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…
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Episode 20: Reacting to Vintage Recipes!
This week, Cathy and Sam talk about the weird and wonderful world of vintage recipes!
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Episode 19: How Well Does Cathy Know Her Fandom?
This week, Sam quizzes Cathy on her Marvel Knowledge! Do you think you could beat her in a trivia competition? Let us know!
Out on a TangentEpisode 18: Festivals of Light and Ghost Stories at Christmas???
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…
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Episode 17: Santa Claus Legends and Holiday Movie Conspiracies!
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!!
Out on a TangentEpisode 16: Winter Monsters and Holiday Movies!
This Week, Cathy and Sam discuss some creepy winter monsters and talk about our least favorite holiday movies!
Out on a TangentEpisode 15: What Would You Do Part 2!!
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…
Out on a TangentEpisode 14: MoNsToBeR- Part 3: Vampires and Werewolves!
This week, Cathy and Sam delve into the world of Vampires and Werewolves!
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Episode 13: MoNsToBeR - Part 2: Witches and Zombies!
This edition of monstober features witches and zombies!
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Episode 12: MoNsToBeR- Part 1: Ghosts and Demons!
This week, Cathy and Sam talk about ghosts and demons as a kickoff to our month-long Halloween series!
Out on a TangentEpisode 11 - Anime and Manga with Ben!
This week, Sam talks with Ben about the MPL collection of Anime and Manga!!
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Episode 10: Books we Hate (and are universally hated)!
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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Episode 9- The Great Gatsby- Books to Movies!
Cathy and Sam discuss the Great Gatsby and it's film adaptations!
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Episode 8: 1940s 5 Minute Mysteries!
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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Episode 7 - Guess That YA Book!
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…
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Episode 6: What would you do? With the Youth Services Team
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…
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Episode 5 - Queer History, and LGBTQIA+ booktalks!
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…
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Episode 4: Twilight with Angela from Adult Services!
This week, Cathy and Sam talk twilight with the Merrimack Public Library's resident staff twilight expert, Angela!
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Episode 3 - Books to Movies - Harry Potter and Percy Jackson!
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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Episode 2: True Crime and H.H Holmes: America's "First" Serial Killer!
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…
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Episode 1 - Let us Introduce Ourselves!
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…