The Hidden Egg

For the final episode of The Hidden Egg's 5th season, we interview Medium legend Robin Wilding!! Robin is a variety writer with a heavy emphasis on finding the funny. Many a Wilding piece has sent TAM and mort into giggles and guffaws.

We were happy to take a little tour down Robin's Medium journey and learn about her process and relationship with the platform. Come along, for this educationally hilarious Season Finale!! :D

Robin Wil...

For the Penultimate Episode of Season 5, our Hidden Egg protagonists delve into their own psyche, and the anime that shaped it. TAM and mort discuss their fav anime from the past and present, in this off-topic episode. So, if you do happen to anime and/or weeb, come along and hear us nerd out! XD

Check out the articles that we shouted out during the episode:

The Lasting Legacy of Avatar: The Last Airbender by Ben Ulansey

I’ve Been Sel...

The Hidden Egg decided to tiptoe into the topic of religion, for this 7th episode of the podcast. We found a few articles that spoke to us about the breadth of the concept of religion and they 'whys' people go looking for it. A deep topic, with some silly hosts. :P

Main Articles Showcased:

1. Mainstream Religions Can Never Work Long-term! by Alina Pitt
2. Intelligent Design? by Religion and Politics at The Dinner Table
3. Growing Up with ...

You Good? A great way to check in with a friend and a fantastic writer! This week's episode of The Hidden Egg podcast is an interview with this vulnerable writer and her history with Medium. It was a delightful talk between friends and brings you a (probably) relatable look at someone trying to find the time to devote to some creation. Check out this writer's deep and personal look at life, mental health, and the desire to create! ...

For the depths of July, The Hidden Egg podcast decided to mine some summer memories from the halls of Medium. For some romantic, supernatural reason writing about summertime memories just pulls out some vulnerability. Probably because it always seemed like an experience outside everyday life, or maybe I'm just being a little whimsical about it. lol. Here are the gems we found cooling on the rocks in Medium-land:

Shoutouts:

• It Fel...

Well, Eggheads, do we have a deep topic to cover today. And, it barely matters since the events of the 13th. In the light of the Supreme Court's ruling on the former president's immunity, we decided we wanted to voice our thoughts and those of several impassioned writers on Medium! Which I will list now:

1. The Discord Among Democrats Is Only Natural and Makes Me Proud to Vote Blue by Ben Ulansey
2. This Country Is Screwed by TAM
3. With ...

The Great Nominator himself, Gerald Sturgill, was The Hidden Egg's first interview of the season. A friend of the podcast, TheSturg (as many know him) has been a force to be reckoned with on Medium for years now. We were honored to be able to ask him about his journey to get here. We get to hear his difficulties, his successes, and his favorite articles. Let's all give some reads to this criminally under-boosted mainstay of Medium ...

For this episode, TAM and mort decided to explore a corner or two of the 'manosphere.' What started as a quest researching men's issues turned into a revelation that so much of what men are writing about has to do with the ideas of 'toxic masculinity' and how that affects men.

Our main attractions were:

1. It’s Time to Stop Idolizing Extreme Men by Daniel Midson-Short
2. Not All Masculinity is Toxic by Matthew Maniaci
3. Can’t Make it as an...

The Hidden Egg podcast returns with the first episode of Season 5! Happy Pride, eggheads! This installment, we focused our search through Medium to articles telling us about LGBTQIA+ issues and experiences.

We shared a writer who is a part of our discord community, Murphy's Law, having his sexuality challenged by a well-written character, and marched right into Nanie Hurley telling us how LGBTQIA+ folks are dismantling toxic traditi...

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'...

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 technol...

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 deat...

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 on...

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...

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...

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 strug...