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College is Blind
With college results back, Ava emcees a dating show (think The Bachelor x Love is Blind) where Lauren and Sophie speed-date their potential colleges. Listen in to hear...
Relationships Part 3 (Happy April Fools!)
Lauren, Sophie, and Ava are back to talk about their new love stories in their lives! Make sure to listen until the end to hear all the twists and turns of this episod...
American Overconsumption and Consumerism
In this episode, we tackle the dilemmas of overconsumption and consumerism. We discuss American issues in comparison to other countries, the impacts of fast fashion, f...
Lauren Interviews The Seattle Times' Naomi Ishisaka
Naomi Ishisaka is The Seattle Times' Social Justice Columnist and Assistant Managing Editor for Diversity and Inclusion. Lauren was able to interview her and ask quest...
Why Do We Love Cute Characters So Much?
With Sophie out, Lauren and Ava talk about one of their favorite things: cute characters. They talk all about their love for these characters, dive into why the brain ...
Suffering from Senioritis
The Rice and Shine team has come down with a serious disease... senioritis. In this episode, we go over our struggles to stay motivated as freedom calls our names, and...
Rice and Shine in the Hunger Games
Are you into hypothetical scenarios? If so, you're in for a treat! This week, we put ourselves in the shoes of the victors and losers of the Hunger Games. Listen in to...
To All The Things We've Loved Before
Happy (week of) Valentine's Day! To celebrate, we chat about our favorite things growing up and to this day. Take a listen to hear us rave about Sanrio, Doraemon, pira...
Parent Reform
In today’s episode, we revisit an old topic to start off our reform series: parenting! We explore the iPad kid phenomenon, discuss the Sephora kid epidemic, and reflec...
Second Semester Seniors
We're officially in the second semester of our senior year! As scatterbrained as ever, we go on tangents about our finals, study habits, and our hopes for our final se...
Weird Things We Did as Kids
Kids are weird... But I can guarantee we were weirder! Tune in to hear all about our irrational fears and silly tendencies.
Walking in a Winter Break Wonderland
We're back! After a long winter break, our team is reunited at last. From college acceptances to island getaways, we've got some recapping to do. Listen in to hear abo...
Many Things to Celebrate!
3rd year anniversary of being on podcast platforms, the 100th episode, the holidays, oh my! This episode is a special one--with our 100th episode and anniversary, we r...
We're Not Really Strangers
How well do we really know each other? Today, we play a game called "We're Not Really Strangers" in order to answer this question. Listen in to hear some of our secret...
Our Spotify Wrappeds
It’s the most wonderful time of the year… Spotify Wrapped is out! This week, we review the surprises of this year’s recap of our music taste. Listen in to find out how...
Giving Thanks
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, we decided to go over our family traditions and discuss what we are thankful for. From skiing to sushi, we cover all our unique customs ...
Throwback Thursday...On A Sunday
With Ava out for the week, Lauren and Sophie sit down to remember their time in quarantine. They reminisce as they talk about their nightly FaceTimes and antics that k...
This is Girlhood.
In this episode, we sit down to talk about femininity. We discuss our relationship with pink and being girly as we’ve grown up, internalized misogyny, internet trends ...
Senior Season Highlights
We couldn't record this week, so here are some of our favorite moments of Senior Season so far!
Eating Habits
In this week's episode, we talk all about eating habits; being a picky eater, vegetarianism/veganism, foods we hate, and the privilege of being able to have food avers...
A Note on Israel
To learn more, check out these articles:Timeline- https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/israel-palestine-conflict-timeline-history-explained/Live updates- https://...
Are We The Main Characters?
Life is a movie, but are we really the main characters? This week, we discuss main character syndrome, the benefits of romanticizing life, and TikTok affirmations.
Fall Favs
In a more lighthearted episode, we decided to talk about our favorite fall things! We talk about the pumpkin spice craze, debate the best fall pie, and talk about pote...
The Price of Beauty
In this week's episode, we talk all about beauty: the price of beauty, how the beauty standard is unattainable, and a bit about fast fashion and consumerism.
High School Explained Through Acronyms
YOLO, FOMO, HOCO, WOFO... What do all of these letters have in common? They're all acronyms that represent high school! In this episode, we break down each acronym and...
Parasocial Relationships
Let's be honest--everyone's had an obsession with a celebrity before, right? Well, this week's episode is about that--parasocial relationships! We debate what really d...
The Crying Episode
With the stress of senior year coming in full force, we decided to talk about crying! We discuss our crying habits, different kinds of tears, and reflect on our past e...
Welcome to Season Four: Senior Season!
It's Rice & Shine's senior year and we are back and better than ever! To ring in the new season we talk about our summers, what we're excited about/dreading for our se...
Junior Year Review
On our last day of school (and end of season three), we sat down to review our junior year. We confirmed the myth of junior year being the most difficult academically,...
Childhood Foods with Chloe and Hayley of Eating Adventures
This week, we're joined by fellow KMIH podcasters Chloe and Hayley. In combining their food show, Eating Adventures, with Rice & Shine, we chatted about childhood food...