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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...
Teens Review New Hit Show "XO Kitty"
In our last episode, we talked about movie sequels and spin-offs. Continuing that theme, we decided to give our opinions on the new spin-off show "XO Kitty", which has...
Can Movie Sequels Be Better than the Originals?
With Ava out, Lauren and Sophie talk about movie sequels, spin-offs, and live-action remakes. We talk about the various Disney princess remakes, rank the Star Wars mov...
Teens Talk about the TikTok Ban
Throughout our 3 years hosting this show, we have talked about TikTok countless times. With the app being banned recently in Montana and a possible nationwide ban on t...
Grace's Final Episode
After a great 3 years of Rice & Shine, Grace is stepping away from the show. For her last hurrah, we reflect on our personal and professional growth as Rice & Shine an...
Social Media in Our Lives
In this episode, we talk about social media's role in our lives as teenage girls. We get into our over-usage, which apps we each have, and different phases we've had i...
Asians in the Ivy League
With college decisions being finalized among our senior class, Grace decides to talk with current Mercer Island High School senior Ryan Hsi. In this episode, Grace hop...
Sophie and Lauren's Duo Madness
With Grace and Ava being unavailable this week, Sophie and Lauren take this opportunity to compile all of Rice and Shine's unused topics into one mashup episode. To he...
Cultural Connections: Sophie's take on life as a Filipina
In the 3rd edition of our brief series, Cultural Connections, Sophie goes over what it's like growing up as a Filipino in America. She reviews a recent family visit an...
Cultural Connections: Grace on South Korean Beauty Standards
In this second episode of our new series, Cultural Connections, Grace and two of her friends at Washington's Korean Community Service Center discuss a pressing issue o...
Cultural Connections: Lauren in Hokkaido
As the year heats up as juniors we have decided to launch a new series: Cultural Connections where we talk about connections we've had with our respective cultures. La...
Music that Made Us Part 2
You may remember "Music that Made Us" from season 1 in our freshman year, so we decided to bring it back and see how things have changed. We compare/contrast our music...
Finals & The Pressure to Succeed
It's our junior year (aka the most stressful) and so we sit down to talk about how our first round of finals as juniors went. As we talk, the conversation turns into t...
The Generation Gap
After a week of finals, we decide to make a short and sweet episode about the generation gap between us and our grandparents. We discuss the factors that play into our...
Redefining Glow-Up Culture
Being fed up with Tik-Tok "Glow-Up" challenges, today we decide to talk about what glow-ups mean to us. We reminisce about our glow-ups whether they be physical, menta...
Let's Talk: Our School Went On Lockdown
TW for discussions of gun violence and school violence. Our school went into lockdown this week, so we decided to talk about our experiences. We recount what was goi...
Where Have We Been? A Winter Break Catch-Up
We're back!! We've had a long hiatus caused by a corrupted audio file and winter break, but that creates some fun stories to tell. In this catch-up episode, we talk ab...
Snow Day Story Time
After a snow day, we decided to talk about some of our past snow day experiences. We chat about sledding, the myth of seeing the first snow with your true love, and ho...
Youth Mental Health on Mercer Island with Michelle Ritter
In the midst of thanksgiving chaos, Sophie took a step back to talk to Michelle Ritter about students' mental health. Michelle works with various organizations on Merc...
Let's Talk: School Violence
TW: discussions of gun violence In response to the Ingraham High School shooting, we decide to speak out on how we feel about our safety in our school. We talk about ...
Is The Ick Real?
The ick is a topic that has taken the internet by storm, defined as "something someone does that makes you instantly hate the idea of being with them romantically". In...
Cultural Appropriation and Halloween
With Halloween being this week we decided to talk about the problematic side of Halloween costumes: cultural appropriation. As we discuss we get into where things deem...
Ned Fulmer & Separating the Art From the Artist
In this episode, we discuss the internet's favorite recent topic: the Ned Fulmer cheating scandal. As the conversation shifts away from the YouTube star himself, we qu...
MBTI Revisited
After a mixup in plans, we decide to go back to one of our favorite topics--MBTI. Listen to us take the test, explain our answers, and break down our results. We refle...
Let's Talk: Family Relationships
With Lauren out of town, Ava, Sophie, and Grace explore the idea of family. In the chaotic nature of life, many of us have one thing to fall back on--family. But what ...
The American College System and Our Futures
After getting so pumped up on the SAT topic in the last episode, we decided to go all out in this week's to talk about standardized testing, college counselors, our co...