Best Rivals
Best Rivals
Brianna, Julia
The podcast where besties turned “rivals”—Incoming University of Wisconsin-Madison student, Julia, and University of Minnesota Twin-Cities student, Brianna—discuss life, and get along surprisingly well. Disclaimer: The Best Rivals podcast is not affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison or the University of Minnesota Twin-Cities.
Are You a Good Person?
In this episode, Julia and Brianna are back to reflect on YouTuber SNEAKO's video titled "Are you a Good Person?". They discuss the attainability and definition of success, cancel culture and growing from one's mistakes, their overthinking nature, and how perspective comes into play when considering what makes an individual "good".
Jun 29, 2021
17 min
Pros and Cons of Social Media
In this episode Julia and Brianna discuss the upcoming Logan Paul and Floyd Mayweather fight, the upsides and downsides to using and consuming social media, and Julia's exciting encounter with a spider and a very scary deer.
Jun 5, 2021
25 min
Cereal Milk...and Graduation
In this chill conversational episode, Julia and Brianna say goodbye to high school, as this episode is being posted on their last day. They discuss everything from cereal milk flavored cake to living in the present, their controversial podcast art, summer excitement, and minimalism. They reflect on their final year of high school and how they're feeling about the abrupt sense of moving on.
May 29, 2021
20 min
Highschool Advice
In this episode Julia and Brianna discuss their experience throughout high-school, and how time has flown by as they're now seniors. They share their best pieces of advice--ranging from exercise, to friendships, to mentality--and hope to help any incoming freshman or current high-school students in this episode.
May 22, 2021
19 min
Time is Money
In this episode, Julia and Brianna discuss the value of time, how the world revolves around money, fear and uncertainty regarding their future careers, the accuracy of The Game of Life, and Julia's brief visit to the hospital.
May 15, 2021
16 min
How We Met
In this lighthearted introductory episode, Julia and Brianna reflect on the beginnings of their friendship--how they met through basketball, and their younger years--what 8th grade graduation was like, and how soon high-school graduation has arrived. They discuss upcoming college plans, senioritis, and the origins of the Best Rivals podcast.
May 8, 2021
12 min