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Dorm Room Diaries
Hosted by Lily Pampolina, Leila Siskind · EN
Meet Lily and Leila, two first-year college students navigating life and academics. Tune in on Fridays for new episodes where they talk about their highs and lows of college and share some of their funniest life stories!
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Ep 12 - Season Finale: Favorite Moments from Dorm Room Diaries & Current Campus Faves 🩷
Apr 25, 202500:27:41Tap to summarizeHappy Season 4 FINALE of Dorm Room Diaries! We are so grateful to have you along for the ride! In today's episode, Lily and Leila dive into their favorite moments across four seasons of the podcast! They also discuss some of their campus favorites: coffee shops, snacks, study spots! An episode not to be missed! Enjoy the summer and see you again soon! 🩷
Transcribe →Ep 11 - Dorm Room Draft
Apr 18, 202500:31:24Tap to summarizeThis year seems to have flown by and suddenly Lily and Leila will be moving out in a month's time. In honor of it being that time of year when incoming college freshman choose their schools, Lily and Leila bring back their beloved episode about dorm room essentials from last year but with a fun twist! Tune in to hear them build their dream dorm room, drafting dorm essentials!
Transcribe →Ep 10 - Recent Updates & Self Improvement Culture
Apr 11, 202500:28:55Tap to summarizeThings have been pretty busy recently for Lily and Leila! In today's episode, they sit down to catch you (and each other) up on what's been going on! Tune in to hear about exciting major declaration updates, and more on college life. Plus a surprise fire inspection after setting the alarm off at 1:30am!
Transcribe →Ep 9 - April Fools!
Apr 4, 202500:28:00Tap to summarizeHappy April Fools Week!! In honor of Tuesday's pranks, we decided to celebrate with some April Fools of our own, a day late (we love an element of surprise)! Today Lily and Leila share their favorite moments from April Fools this year (and a few honorable mentions from before). Tune into hear about hot sauce flavored milk, soda skincare and more. Plus, a few prank calls!
Transcribe →Ep 8 - Connections & Categories!
Mar 28, 202500:28:14Tap to summarizeAnyone familiar with the New York Times's connections puzzle will know exactly what today's episode is about! Lily and Leila play a fun game guessing categories based on rankings of items within those categories! Play along with them as they guess each other's categories! Plus, tune in to listen to ice rankings, juices and a strange coincidence on great coffee shops in Chicago!
Transcribe →Ep 7 - What It's Like Reporting on Sports 🏈
Mar 21, 202500:25:31Tap to summarizeAs many of you know, Lily has worked for the sports section of our school newspaper for over a year now, becoming an editor earlier this year! In this role, she has written over 50 articles covering games ranging from lacrosse, basketball, soccer and football to name a few. In today's Q&A style episode Leila asks Lily all about her sport's journalism journey so far. Tune in to learn about the process of writing a sports piece, from the game to its publishing and Lily's favorite sports to write on. Plus, sports she wants to report on and future career plans?!
Transcribe →Ep 6 - This or That
Mar 7, 202500:30:41Tap to summarizeWe are back with another split episode (much to Lily and Leila's avail) as we navigate the madness of midterms week. In today's episode, Lily and Leila share some hot takes in a game of This or That! Tune in to hear their views on pets, food, tv and more. Plus, a guest appearance (you'll never guess who 👀) and the tea on Martha Stewart?!
Transcribe →Ep 5 - Advice we Would Give to our College Freshmen Selves
Feb 28, 202500:27:30Tap to summarizeIt's been a year and a half since Lily and Leila met during orientation they freshman year of college! In that time they have learned so much about navigating life at college. In today's episode, they share advice they would have wanted their freshmen selves to know! Tune in to hear Lily talk scheduling, Leila's advice on navigating living far from home (she's British in case you weren't already aware) and much more. Plus, the most unexpected things about their sophomore year so far!
Transcribe →Ep 4 - Roommate Realities!
Feb 21, 202500:26:10Tap to summarizeHave any of you ever wanted to know the real truth about Lily and Leila's life as roommates? If so, this is the episode for you! Today, Lily and Leila talk all things rooming. From sharing their move in stories, favorite moments in the room, learning to live with a stranger and offering advice, this episode covers it all. Plus, they discuss navigating tensions that arise when living with a roomate!
Transcribe →Ep 3 - February & Valentine's Day Favorites 💌
Feb 14, 202500:26:51Tap to summarizeHappy Valentine's Day! In celebration, Lily and Leila spend today's episode chatting about all the things they've been loving this February. Tune in to hear about scarves, sleep and some soda controversy! Plus, a few special sound effects so listen out!
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