Out on a Tangent

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!! 

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??

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.  Join our teen discord server to join the conversation! 

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/

This week, Cathy and Sam talk about the weird and wonderful world of vintage recipes! 

This week, Sam quizzes Cathy on her Marvel Knowledge! Do you think you could beat her in a trivia competition? Let us know!

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! 

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!! 

This Week, Cathy and Sam discuss some creepy winter monsters and talk about our least favorite holiday movies! 

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=N...

This week, Cathy and Sam delve into the world of Vampires and Werewolves! 

This edition of monstober features witches and zombies!

This week, Cathy and Sam talk about ghosts and demons as a kickoff to our month-long Halloween series! 

This week, Sam talks with Ben about the MPL collection of Anime and Manga!! 

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?!?

Cathy and Sam discuss the Great Gatsby and it's film adaptations! 

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!! 

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! 

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!! 

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. 

This week, Cathy and Sam talk twilight with the Merrimack Public Library's resident staff twilight expert, Angela! 

This week, Cathy and Sam discuss the differences between the films and books of the Harry Potter and Percy Jackson and the Olympians series.  

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! 

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!