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The Hey there, it's Ellen Weatherford.

And we're here with Just the Zoo of Us, your favorite animal review podcast, where this week we're hearing from y'all. This isn't about us. This is about you. Dear listener. Yes. And all of the nice little things y'all sent us in our digital mailbag. Yeah. I'm really excited to dig into some of these. It's a great opportunity to get to hear from y'all. Make this a real two-way conversation as podcasting so seldom is. That being said, if this is your first time

listening to this podcast, I highly advise selecting a different episode because this is not

our usual content. We're hearing from our listeners, and we're going to talk about some of the

stuff we've experienced outside of the podcast over the last few years.

So if you're here for animal facts, this is unfortunately going to be animal fact light.

Yeah.

But it is love.

Not none.

But it is love heavy.

Yes.

And that is because this is part of the Max Fund Drive. When this episode is going

up, we are in week two of the two-week annual Max Fund Drive, which is the annual time of year

where we ask for your support, because we are part of the Maximum Fund Network, which is a network

of podcasts that are owned by the artists who make them

and financially supported by the audience who enjoys them. So what this means is that

me and Christian have the freedom to make this show however we want to make it, and it belongs

to nobody but us. So you don't have to worry about a big corporation looking at their profit spreadsheet and deciding to shut us down.

No, you don't have to worry about stuff like that.

You're stuck with us, unfortunately.

Animals out.

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