Listen! Real Talk with Roops

About Listen! Real Talk with Roops

A twentysomething brown girl explores the intersection of identity, mental health, and personal growth. This series dives into popular aspects of society and culture, and blends my life experiences with credible voices in the field. This show covers topics like diversity, representation, growth mindsets, self-love and empathy, mental health, and more! Welcome to...Listen!

Publisher

Roops

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Jan 2019

Latest episode

10 Feb 2025

Latest episodes

3 of 45 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   10 Feb 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Take #36: How Can Books Help Us Understand Ourselves Better? - featuring Eliot Schrefer!

   Author Eliot Schrefer discusses how books help us understand ourselves better, diving into themes of mental health, intimacy, and identity formation in literature with host Roopa Ramamoorthi in an interview.

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   7 Jul 2024TRANSCRIPT

   Take #35: How Does One Find Their Identity in Fandom?

   Take #35! Welcome to SEASON 4 of Listen! In this final part of my four-episode fandom series, I chat with my lovely friend Kore about their art journey, finding themselves through art, discovering fandom friendships, their self-taught experience, our very first fandoms, and more. Welcome to...Listen!

3. 

   7 Jul 2024TRANSCRIPT

   Take #34: How Does One Find Their Place in Fandom?

   Take #34! Welcome to SEASON 4 of Listen! In this next part of my fandom series, I chat with my wonderful friend Anchor about impostor syndrome, finding our fandom footings, our writing processes, how we engage with reading fic, reconciling our words with stats, and more. Welcome to...Listen!

Inside a recent episode

Take #36: How Can Books Help Us Understand Ourselves Better? - featuring Eliot Schrefer!

Published 10 Feb 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And nothing you say and do can stop that. And what I really found comfort in with these books, even though I came out of it saying, I think we should just scrap the whole earth thing. I did while I was reading half that feeling of why the time I finished the brightness between us, I remember I sent a text to my friend and I was like, this book really made me realize that our capacity to love and to be loved cannot be diminished regardless of what is happening around us, regardless of regressive policies, regardless of the, you know, sociopolitical strife and the book, especially meaning the second book, you have part six, I were fighting after this, but reading part six, especially I came out of it deeply upset, but also thinking a lot about how, you know, two people in such a difficult situation with so much going on around them, that is the end is near. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

10 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 31 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

31

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

77

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