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 the schools the two are leaning towards, and stay tuned to hear which school they end up committing to!By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

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 episode...By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

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, food waste, and how to mitigate these issues.By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

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 questions about being a Japanese-American woman in journalism, how the idea of race has evolved, and how to tell stories thoughtfully and respectfully. Take a listen to hear this extended …

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 loves cute things, and unpack the marketing scheme of cute that they fall victim to every time.By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

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 the stress of college decisions being released this month.By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

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 see how we hold up!By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

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, pirates, dragons, Where'd All The Time Go by Dr. Dog, Beethoven, and more.By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

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 reflect on how we were raised.By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

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 semester as high schoolers.By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

Kids are weird... But I can guarantee we were weirder! Tune in to hear all about our irrational fears and silly tendencies.By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

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 about our recent adventures.By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

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 reflect back on our growth as people and on the show, react to our old episodes, and toast to our accomplishments.By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

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 secrets, advice, and favorite memories.By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

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 accurate we think our wraps are.By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

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 in this week's episode.By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

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 kept them sane.By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

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 about being a girl, and reflect on the community of girlhood.By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

We couldn't record this week, so here are some of our favorite moments of Senior Season so far!By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

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 aversions.By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

To learn more, check out these articles: Timeline- https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/israel-palestine-conflict-timeline-history-explained/ Live updates- https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-middle-east-67165505 Recorded October 12th.By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

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.By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

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 potential Halloween costumes.By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

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.By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

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 how it relates to everything: how we approach our social lives, our thoughts on being seniors, and school-sanctioned events.By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

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 defines a parasocial relationship, discuss celebrity façades, and talk about our own experiences with parasocial relationships.By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

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 emotional experiences.By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

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 senior year, and our goals for the final season of Rice & Shine.By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

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, talked about our personal growth this year, and commiserated over the upcoming college applications battle. Keep up with us over the summer on our Instagram! @riceandshinepodcast…

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 foods, food in the PNW, McDonald's across the world, and debated the age-old question: what instant ramen is best?By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

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 dominated social media lately. Is it worth the watch? Listen in and find out!By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

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 movies and series, and ask the age-old question: "Can a sequel ever be better than the original?"By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

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 the horizon, we return to the topic once again. In this episode, we question how likely the ban is to be upheld, talk about our TikTok usage, and wonder about privacy concerns.…

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 and discuss what comes next for each of us.By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

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 in the world of social media.By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

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 hopes to gain insight into his high school journey, thoughts on navigating the college application process, which colleges he did or did not get into, and affirmative action.…

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 hear about anything from weird food combos to celebrity crushes, make sure to listen in!By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

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 and what she learned after being surrounded by Filipino culture for a full week.By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

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 of their culture: toxic beauty standards. At 10:30, they start to dive into eating disorders and body image issues so we recommend clicking off if that's a trigger for you.…

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. Lauren is up first to talk about her experience going back to Japan (specifically Hokkaido) after 5 years and what differences she found between Hokkaido and Honshu, the mainland.…

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 taste from then versus now, go over our Spotify Wrapped results, and play some of our favorite songs for each other.By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

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 the pressure for us to succeed. The conversation gets deep as we talk about our competitive school, being compared to our siblings, and the pressure we put on ourselves.…

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 distance from them--the language gap, geographical separation, and differences in attitudes.By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

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, mental, or emotional.By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

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 going through our heads in the moment, what the school should do better, the what-ifs of the situation, and our anger at what the lockdown was actually called for. Link to article on the l…

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 about what we did over break, the best holiday gifts, and our New Years' resolutions (or lack of them).By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

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 how eventful (or not) our snow day was.By KMIH 88.9 The Bridge

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 Mercer Island to take care of students' mental health across the school district. Sophie and Michelle talk about the projects and campaigns she has brought to life and what inspires her t…

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 how real it became when the shooting was 20 miles away from us and what change we need to see. This is a heavy topic, so as always our DMs (@riceandshinepodcast) and email (riceandshin…

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 this week's episode, we dive into icks we have, icks we've seen go viral, and discuss whether the ick is a valid basis for no longer liking someone.…