78 episodes
Same Team Y'all! Eric and Tess
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- Society & Culture
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4.9 • 8 Ratings
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Librarians Eric and Tess discuss things that we’re currently loving, exciting and often heartwarming tales form the library, and life lessons that we’ve learned throughout the week.
Topics covered often range from Disney Princesses, comic books, being a new dad, interesting facts about presidents, Bill Nye and where he buys his bow ties, how sexy Einstein is and how we’re all beautiful just the way we are.
We all want to make the world a better place and this podcast is our small way of trying to make that a reality.
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STY #079- Give Yourself a Present
The inspirational quote for this episode is from the apostle Paul.
Tess’s loves for this episode are the TV show “Only Murders in the Building,” and the movie “You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah.”
Leif’s loves for this episode are drinking coffee (did you know this stuff gives you energy??) and visiting the Museum of the Bible.
In this episode’s tales from the library (for old time’s sake) Tess tells us about being included on her coworker’s zombie apocalypse team, and Leif tells us about a library customer’s Sonic the Hedgehog shirt.
This episode’s life lesson: If you have trouble finding motivation to leave your bed in the morning, try to find just one thing to be excited about.
This will be the last episode of the “Same Team Y’all” podcast for a while. We are taking an extended hiatus to focus on our new podcast “Tree of Life” in which we will read and discuss the bible, in the Leif and Tess way, the way you’ve come to know and love, with humor and tangents galore. Feel free to join us, or we’ll talk to you again in approximately 14 years.
If you’d like, please rate and review our podcast wherever you’re listening, email us, tweet at us, watch us on YouTube, listen to our playlists on Spotify.
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STY #078- Discards Wild!
The inspirational quote for this episode is Proverbs 4:20-27.
Leif’s loves for this episode are “Sonic Prime” on Netflix and the “Sonic Weekly” podcast.
Tess’s loves for this episode are worship music by Maverick City Music and Elevation Worship, and Jungle Jim’s International Market.
This episode’s life lesson: If you don’t let a piece of negative feedback spiral out of control in your mind you can use it to generate even better ideas, like a 1970’s game show inspired training about collection maintenance!
We discontinued our Tales from the Library segment to bring you a segment exploring spiritual topics. In fact we’re so jazzed about the bible we’re planning to launch a separate podcast in which we’ll read and discuss the greatest story ever told. Stay tuned for more info on that…
If you’d like, please rate and review our podcast wherever you’re listening, email us, tweet (or x?) at us, watch us on YouTube, listen to our playlists on Spotify.
And hey. We love you. Not in a creepy way. -
STY #077- May Mama Duck Bless You
The inspirational quote for this episode is from Madonna.
Tess’s loves for this episode are League of Pigs on YouTube and “The Big Nailed It Baking Challenge” on Netflix.
Leif’s loves for this episode are “The Bible in a Year” podcast, and a trip he recently took with his family to Great Wolf Lodge.
This episode’s life lesson: Battling anxiety is a process, not a “poof,” as Tess recently discovered during an encounter with the world’s largest rubber duck.
We’re discontinuing our Tales from the Library segment to bring you a new segment exploring spiritual topics. We’ve placed this segment at the end of the podcast, so folks who are uninterested can easily skip it. But if you choose not to skip, in this episode you’ll hear how one of your hosts was almost recruited into a cult as a teenager…
If you’d like, please rate and review our podcast wherever you’re listening, email us, tweet (or x?) at us, watch us on YouTube, listen to our playlists on Spotify.
And hey. We love you. Not in a creepy way. -
STY #076- The Dentist Chair of Life
The [unconventionally] inspirational quote for this episode is from naturalist Rob Bierregaard.
Leif’s loves for this episode are the TV show “The Chosen,” and the “Barbie” movie.
Tess’s loves for this episode are a nice day she spent recently in Annapolis with her husband, and the TV show “Is It Cake?”
In this episode’s tales from the library Leif tells us about looking for jobs at the Library of Congress, and Tess tells us about getting free snow cones.
This episode’s life lesson: Life is like sitting in a dentist’s chair. Sometimes it’s unpleasant, but you can’t freak out.
If you’d like, please rate and review our podcast wherever you’re listening, email us, tweet at us, watch us on YouTube, listen to our playlists on Spotify.
And hey. We love you. Not in a creepy way. -
STY #075- Exposure Therapy
The inspirational quote for this episode is from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
Tess’s loves for this episode are the TV show “The Chosen,” and the podcast “The Redemption of Jar Jar Binks.”
Leif’s loves for this episode are the Playdate by Panic, and Epic: The Musical.
In this episode’s tales from the library Tess tells us about an exciting upcoming duck-themed storytime, and Leif tells us about two of his fave teen regulars crossing paths for the first time.
This episode’s life lesson: If you find yourself deeply affected by or afraid of something, exposure therapy may make you braver.
If you’d like, please rate and review our podcast wherever you’re listening, email us, tweet at us, watch us on YouTube, listen to our playlists on Spotify.
And hey. We love you. Not in a creepy way. -
STY #074- Provide Access, Not Judgment
The inspirational quote for this episode is from poet Andrea Gibson.
Leif’s loves for this episode are the Final Fantasy XIII trailer, and Freya’s report card.
Tess’s loves for this episode are the “Cat’s Café” books/comics by Matt Tarpley, and the Netflix show “Muster Dogs.”
In this episode’s tales from the library Leif tells us about absolutely destroying a kid on Super Smash Brothers, and Tess tells us about a sweet thank you note from a young customer.
This episode’s life lesson: When dealing with someone who is M.O.A. (Mad On Arrival), don’t try to change their mind. Libraries have become an unexpected battleground in “the culture war” but our job is just to provide access to materials and services, not cast judgment on who accesses them or for what reasons.
If you’d like, please rate and review our podcast wherever you’re listening, email us, tweet at us, watch us on YouTube, listen to our playlists on Spotify.
And hey. We love you. Not in a creepy way.
Customer Reviews
Great podcast
Tess and Eric are here to remind us we can all change the world for the better in little ways like focusing on stuff we love rather than stuff we hate, and looking for meaningful lessons as we go through our every day lives. They’re bringing much needed positivity to the table and I hope more and more people tune in to their philosophy of tolerance. Also they’re pretty funny and I love their pop culture references. Fun to follow on twitter too! Keep up the good work y’all <3
Great!
Great podcast! Brings positivity and reflection to my day.
A great way to start your day
I listen to STY first thing in the grogginess of my morning, when I'm at the gym, and it's a wonderful boost of energy. Eric and Tess are so happy and positive and they never run out of steam. Their banter and sense of humor are great and often force me to pause my exercise to get that laugh out safely. These days when it's so easy to feel overwhelmed by some less-than-great things happening in the world, it's nice to have a show like this.