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There's this weird gap in life that's fuelled by cheap tacos and even cheaper tequila - also known as our twenties. It's a specific limbo of being suspended between being a teenager and a Proper Adult, and though it's wildly confusing, often lonely, sometimes embarrassing and frequently daunting...

Since 2021, tens of thousands of readers have devoured the Ask Shameless weekly columns on dating, friendship and self-development, written by the Shameless podcasters and a team of talented young Australian writers. In 4 am, Zara and Michelle have curated forty of their very best columns...

Hello Twigs, Surprise!: Red is a WILD TWIG who loves giving surprises. So when he jumps out and yells ‘SURPRISE’ at his friends, he expects them to laugh – but instead they are shocked and scared. Hello Twigs, How Are You Feeling?: Stump is having a feeling. A feeling he calls ‘GREAT SADNESS’, because he used to live in the Big Tree, until a bolt of lightning struck him out. Poor Stump! He bravely tries to stick himself back onto the tree, but his twiggy friends have a different idea.

The twiggy friends are having a pool party! Ziggy Twig is a brave explorer, and she is sure she can find something bigger, better and splashier for everyone to play in. That is, until she runs into a big, droolly... DRAGON! Will our explorer find her way back to the twigs? Or is her latest adventure one splash too far? Stump's favourite splinter is missing! Can Stump's twiggy friends help him get rid of his grumpy, or will he be grumpy forever?

Red is a WILD TWIG who loves giving surprises. So when he jumps out and yells ‘SURPRISE’ at his friends, he expects them to laugh – but instead they are shocked and scared. Oh dear! Can Red stay wild AND find a better way to surprise his friends? We hope so! Go, Red, go!

Brett, a 25 year old 911 police dispatcher, is fresh from a break up — as is Steve, the handsome and friendly gay waiter at the local Dennys he frequents. Having always been ‘curious’, Brett finds himself open to the advances of the attractive Hispanic waiter. When Brett invites Steve to work out with him at the all night fitness center he finds himself embarking on a tumultuous and erotic journey that takes him to places he never dreamed he'd go.

Nicholas Woodman is a typical nineteen-year old who works in his uncle's locksmith shop and valets at a posh local restaurant to help his mother make ends meet. Things are mostly fine until his mother loses her job running tours at Kennedy Space Center. With things getting tight financially, and losing their home a distinct possibility, Nicholas finds himself unfairly suspended from the restaurant. When an opportunity presents itself to obtain justice for the wrong done him, the teen embarks on a course of action setting him straight in the path of a sadistic serial killer.

Oh no – Stump's favourite splinter is missing! Can Stump's twiggy friends help him get rid of his grumpy, or will he be grumpy forever?

Red is THRILLED when he discovers that he can do magic! But is he really magic, or is something even more incredible going on?

Noodle is an ARTY twig, and today, she's decorating the Big Tree. But her friends joined in – and now the Big Tree is a MESS! Can she find a way to make art she loves and share the fun with her friends?

Ziggy Twig is a brave explorer, and she is sure she can find something bigger, better and splashier for everyone to play in. But Ziggy runs into a big, droolly dragon! Stump's favourite splinter is missing! Red is THRILLED when he discovers that he can do magic! Noodle is an ARTY twig, and today, she's decorating the Big Tree. But her friends joined in – and now the Big Tree is a MESS!

Ziggy Twig is a brave explorer, and she is sure she can find something bigger, better and splashier for everyone to play in. That is, until she runs into a big, droolly ... DRAGON! Will our explorer find her way back to the twigs? Or is her latest adventure one splash too far?

Joe Jackson is an adventurous twelve-year-old boy from the boring English town of Highcross. His exploration of the site of an unexploded World War II bomb will see the beginning of the most amazing experience of his life where he will meet up with Max, an extra-terrestrial from the planet Proxima Centauri b. Joe, Max and their friends, Mo and the Robinson family will embark on an adventure through time and space where they will encounter dinosaurs, Roman legionaries and medieval knights as they try to stop the evil and ambitious Dardan from taking over Planet Earth.

Ziggy Twig wants to prove she’s an awesome explorer, and there's one thing explorers are great at: finding treasure. But what happens when she leads her twiggy best friends on a big treasure hunt ... and they discover they don't actually know what treasure is?

Noodle isn’t just a twig – she’s an ARTIST too. And she knows exactly what she wants to paint. There’s just one problem – the twigs have made red paint, green paint and yellow paint for her to use – but they can’t find any BLUE. Noodle is dismayed … until she discovers that true artists can make up their own rules. Clever Noodle! She always works things out.

Stump is having a feeling. A feeling he calls ‘GREAT SADNESS’, because he used to live in the Big Tree, until a bolt of lightning struck him out. Poor Stump! He bravely tries to stick himself back onto the tree, but his twiggy friends have a different idea. They’ll help you out, Stump. That’s what twigs are for!