Rolling the Dice: Recent Episodes
Marina, Freida, Julianne, Johanna
Welcome to Rolling the Dice, a mismatched reunion of four former high school classmates now on the cusp of adulthood. Take a chance engaging in their conversations, covering topics from cultural identity to impossible ethical dilemmas to amusing personal experiences. A toss-up between introspective and playful, it’s never certain when you’ll end up with foolish anecdotes or thoughtful analysis-- you’ll have to roll the dice to find out.
Welcome to the end! This final episode is a compilation of conversations which were never made into episodes of their own-- the team talks about sleep paralysis, embarrassing stories, and pet peeves. We thank the listeners who have supported this summer project of ours over the past three months, and we hope you’ve been entertained by our (sometimes wacky, sometimes serious) discussions!
(TW: mentions of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and grooming) This is the second of two episodes in which the team reflects on their experiences from being teenage girls and now, women. This week, they recount (now) humorous encounters with men, share their thoughts on their own gender expression, and delve into heavier topics.
This is the first of two episodes in which the team reflects on their experiences from being teenage girls and now, women. In this first part, they share stories from their younger years and how they gained consciousness towards the deeply embedded social construct of gender roles. With it comes double standards, internalized misogyny, and white feminism.
Imagine: At this very moment, benevolent aliens beam you up to their spaceship and ask you if you want to join them as they venture out into the universe and all that it has to offer. If you choose to go, you can never return nor tell anyone on Earth about your choice. What do you do? This episode, Johanna presents a series of stupid hypothetical questions from a Reddit thread to the others. Listen at your own risk.
Join the team this episode as they talk about sibling dynamics, being raised by immigrant parents, and what they were like as children. Pro tip: if your parents tell you to “do whatever you want,” you’ve already lost.
Coraline. Club Penguin. Disney Channel. Old school cartoons. Willow Smith's Converse pants. This week's episode is all about the media we consumed while growing up in the 2000s.
What is it like returning to the motherland? The team delves into their experiences visiting family intermittently in their or their parents' home countries, getting hit with the language barrier, and the implications of neoliberalism.
It's 2070 and time for the Tame Impala concert. This week, the team sits down to share some wild and uncomfortable work stories, from plumbing disasters to mercurial coworkers to unsolicited knee touches. Take it as you will, but there's never a seamless day on the job.
Congratulations! You’ve graduated high school. What now? Traditionally, high school grads are expected to enroll in a four-year university, but as many of us know, it’s not as easy as it sounds. What are some alternative options? How do you adjust to big transitions? Do universities, which are often run as corporations, have your best interest in mind? In the second episode of Rolling the Dice, the team explores answers to these questions by reflecting on their own personal experiences.
Join the team for their introductory episode as they share the stories of how they met and their first impressions of one another. If anything is learned this episode, it's that no one works harder than Julianne's mom.