For this special between-the-seasons episode of the Hidden Egg podcast, we did a shallow dive into three YouTube channels that are all about rescuing animals! From three very different perspectives, we saw selfless humans donating their time, care, and attention to the health and happiness of some very vulnerable furry and feathery friends.

The YouTube channels we checked out were Rocky Kanaka, A Chick Called Albert, and Tabby Tail's Cat Rescue. We ooh'd and aah'd through this Special Episode and we hope that you enjoy it! :D

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For the first time in the history of The Hidden Egg, TAM and mortal welcome special guest, Ben Ulansey!! (applause noises here)

We talked with Ben about his experiences with Medium since he started on the platform. As someone that has been recognized by the platform many times, we wanted to get to know the writer and what his art meant to him. We went a few different places with our first interview, discussing Ben's views on technology and the internet and what it all means for our futures and touching on some of the articles he wrote about popular media. We even took a brief dive into one of his articles on religion. It was a wonderful time, with a fantastic writer and we hope you enjoy the talk!

(Ben asks that listeners forgive the audio quality of his iPhone during the interview.)

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TAM & mort (that's us) discovered several banger articles dealing with parenthood that we wanted to share with you all! As parents ourselves, vulnerable articles about raising a human connects with us very closely and we just had to give you this little peak at some of the great content on Medium!

We started this week's episode with author Jacqueline Dooley heart-breaking, yet uplifting recounting of how she got through the death of her child. This week's middle child gave us a detailed view of what it is like for a mother of 6 to be diagnosed with Bipolar I, written by Lindy Vogel. Our feel-good ending article was written by Michelle A. Cmarik taking us through her decision to split her family, for the sake of everyone's happiness, and the struggles along the path. We hope you enjoy listening and that you find smiles! :D And follow yourself, always.

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eternallymortal & TAM found articles dealing with some of the struggles that women are going through. For this HIdden Egg episode, come with us as we delve deeper into what it is like to be a woman.

We kicked off the episode with author Ajah Hales teaching us about Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder with an emotional and also educational article. Our middle article by Aabha Gopan walked us through the nightmare of having to make one of the most difficult choices to make. And we rounded out with Bonnie J Sludikoff's piece about the Netflix series "Baby Reindeer' and how it made her feel, having had a relating experience.

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TAM and mort tackle some articles that address the various feelings that revolve around loss. Loss is such a huge topic that there will always be plenty of writings about the topic, but we found some articles that we responded to.

Our beginning article by Ute Luppertz showed us some examples of animals experiencing loss. The heavy-hitter in the middle shared what losing a parent to dementia looks like for author Darren Weir. And we ended on a lighter note with a story by Molly Davies inviting us to the beach for her medical emergency.

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TAM & I focused on some articles that were as vulnerable, but not as hard-hitting as some in the past. I wouldn't necessarily call it 'vulnerability light," but maybe 'vulnerability with less of an edge.'

We started with a witty use of perspective written by Kendra Sparkles and then found ourselves reading a deep-dive into one mother's acceptance. Our ending article was a true celebration of her unapologetic choices for her life.

It truly was a bit lighter of a ride and we found smiles while discussing all three.

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In this episode, mortal and TAM highlight 3 personal, vulnerable articles and finding or expressing the writer's truth in the midst of illusions and smoke screens.

We start with an article by Matthew Maniaci about "opinions" on human rights. Followed by Amelie D. Phoenix's piece about the realization and escape from an abusive partner. We round out the episode with a very personal piece by Annie Trevaskis about her son and his struggles to ask for help.

As you might be familiar with, plenty of deep talk and tangents, as only TAM and mort can do. :D

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This week's episode of The Hidden Egg has us traversing through the emotions surrounding some specific relationship changes. Time affects all things, even our relationships with others. Come along as TAM and mortal talk about their thoughts.

TAM and mort begin Ep 2 with a couple of article shout-outs and flow into a very deep and vulnerable article about being an early millennial. They round out the episode discussing another article from AbuseRD and end with an article celebrating Medium as a platform and reminiscing about the decline of an old fav writing platform. Come along and experience the vulnerability ride! :D

TAM and mort kick off season 4 of the Hidden Egg podcast talking about some Medium articles and their reactions to the content of those articles. To check out TAM's article about this episode, here's the Hidden Egg Publication!