This special edition of the podcast features Sarah Debraski and Ted Anderson of The Hub, YALSA's blog dedicated to information about teen reads.  Ted and Sarah decided to try something interesting to broaden their horizons: they each made a list of the types of YA books they don't read, and then each chose a book for the other person to read from those categories, to deliberately force themselves outside of their comfort zones and read something they normally wouldn't. Did it work? Read on!

For episode #99 we're talking New Orleans as we preview some of the upcoming YALSA-oriented events happening at the 2011 ALA Annual Conference. First we talk to Penny Johnson, who gives us the big rundown on The Nuts and Bolts of Serving Teens Pre-conference. Then Blog Manager MK Eagle interviews Matt Moffett about The Table Talk Mashup Program and things close out with Gretchen Kolderup giving us a nice overview of the Speed Networking for YA Librarians event.