Mirror, Mirror: Recent Episodes
Hailey Feller, Sruthi Srinivasan
A podcast by two best friends documenting past experiences and how they influence the present. This podcast is a space for us to reflect and grow in a period of transition to adulthood.
Contact Us! mirrormirror.pod@gmail.com
Welcome back! This week, we dive into everything surrounding leadership: our styles, our personal evolution, the qualities we think make a strong leader, and much more! If you are curious about how we transitioned into our leadership roles in college AND during a pandemic, this is an episode for you! And as a special surprise, we have Tesia Shi guest starring, the founder/ current President of Lean on Me UMD 😮
For this week's episode, we will be unpacking what the differences and nuances are between cultural appropriation, appreciation, and exchange. The lines between each are not black and white, so we thought it would be interesting to give definitions, examples, and talk about our experiences and questions.
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Hi everyone! This week, we will be shifting towards a heavier topic by talking about the concept of race versus ethnicity, since they are often two check marks on surveys and there is a lot we can unpack. We will start out by defining the terms, then shift into examples, personal experiences, and confusions. We hope you are able to gain some perspective and stay tuned for the teaser we introduced here (listen to find out what it is 🙄)!
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Photography has connected Sruthi and me over the years. We've seen each other grow with all of our photoshoots. In this episode, we interviewed each other to compare similarities and differences in what photography means to us and how it's evolved for us individually.
To see what we're up to now, check out our websites:
https://haileyfellerphoto.myportfolio.com/
https://srinivsruthi.wixsite.com/photography
Welcome back! This week, we sit down to discuss the results of our Myers Briggs test on https://www.16personalities.com/. Join in for a conversation about what the test is, our results, and our interpretations of them.
Welcome to our first minisode! This week, Sruthi will be sharing a poem she wrote at the end of her sophomore year of college. As we are both settling into the new school year and figuring out our schedules, we thought we would start having some smaller episodes during the weeks we are unable to have a full recording together. This one goes out to all of the people out there who could use some more hope & love ❤
Inspired by the Netflix documentary "The Social Dilemma", this episode will dive into our thoughts surrounding social media and its impacts on human interactions. Listen for an authentic conversation on our personal experiences with various apps and the pros/ cons of social media in general!
Welcome to season 2 of Mirror, Mirror! To kick off this year, we will be talking about the various aspects of mental health with a very special guest star :) Mental health stigma is very real and it is often brushed off by many people. In this episode, we define mental health, talk about cognitive distortions, emotional and social aspects, and some positive coping mechanisms. There are a lot of wonderful takeaways in this episode, so make sure to give it a listen!
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To wrap up this season, we will be giving our best tips for navigating through your underclassmen years of college! This episode covers everything from pre-college packing to career prep & imposter syndrome navigation. Listen to take a trip down memory lane or to gain some of our insights on what worked best for us pre-COVID and post-COVID! Have a wonderful summer :)
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In this episode we're taking a break from the serious topics and taking it back to some childhood favorites. Here we're talking about our favorite movies, songs, and messages from our top Disney movies. If you're afraid of spoilers for any movie on your watch list or just want to see if you agree with our choices, we mention: Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Big Hero 6, Brave, Coco, High School Musical, Mulan, Moana, Peter Pan, Princess and the Frog, Soul, Tangled, The Lion King, and Zootopia.
What are social determinants of health, and how do they influence disproportionate rates of diseases? What is the source of bias against minorities within the medical community? How does this affect the way minority communities perceive medicine? This week, we wanted to dive deeper into some of the public health disparities we have seen with COVID today, and talk about what they are, where they originate from, and how they relate to mistrust in the medical field. Since there is so much information within this topic, we decided to emphasize a few major social determinants of health. Listen for a quality discussion on the intersectionality between the way people are raised, their ethnic and racial background, and how long they live!
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Welcome back to another week of Coronavirus! In this episode, we go more into the large-scale implications of this pandemic, both within our country, the US, and in comparison to other nations. Although there is much more that COVID has impacted, we decided to pack in as much as we could within the time we had, including aspects of Anti-Asian sentiment, vaccine rollout, and the increase in social/racial justice awareness. Tune in until the end to hear our thoughts on how this pandemic will shape the collective memory of the future!
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The Coronavirus has now taken over our lives for over a year. In this episode, we are reflecting on how it has affected our personal lives; the good and the bad. As the pandemic hit everyone differently, as well as similarly, hopefully there will be pieces that we discuss in which you relate.
In this episode we talk about our aspirations for the future as we go into our 20s. To give us life advice we have invited Amanda Fischer to join us, as she has learned to adult before any of us.
What is love? This week, we decided to talk about the mystery surrounding romantic love. Listen for some deep reflections on our personal definitions compared to Internet definitions, our expectations, our thoughts on the stigma of "I love you", love languages, the evolution of love overtime, and the tough decisions you have to make when things aren't going so well. There's a lot to unpack here, so we decided to draw on our personal experiences to figure out what romantic love really means. Linked below are the articles we talked about when comparing our definitions of love to the Internet:
https://this.deakin.edu.au/self-improvement/how-do-you-define-romantic-love
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/finding-new-home/202002/what-is-romantic-love
Welcome back for another episode on friendships! This one features more of our personal evolution of friendships, and how we hope they will continue to grow. Reflections include how we naturally grew apart from people, the impact of drama, and differences in communication between our younger and older selves. Small amounts of tea may have been spilled.
In this episode, we start to talk about friendship as a whole- what we expect, what it means to us, and who we are with each friend. Give it a listen if you are looking for the meaning of friendship, or just how you can get to know us better! Stay tuned until the end to hear Hailey's tips on making new friends!
We're Hailey and Sruthi, two college kids looking to document our experiences through this podcast! In this episode, we introduce ourselves, talk about why we started this project, and reflect on the origin of our friendship. Enjoy!