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The Rosie and Roula Show

Roula Abou Haidar and Rosie Burrows

Unfiltered chats about personal growth gone wrong, stories about the weird things people say and do, and wild rants about the unwritten rules none of us signed up for. Plus plenty of advice that you never asked for, but we can"t help but give.We release episodes for you to listen, laugh and relate to every weekday for free.

society & culture

All Episodes

12:36

179: The Education System is Broken - Here's Why and...

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2025/10/22

In this TikTok live episode, Rosie reveals she’s returning to the classroom as a relief teacher. She candidly reflects on why she left teaching before: the school culture and priorities didn’t serve students, her own mental health was suffering and she was grieving her father’s death. Moving away from family and taking her first full‑time job left her isolated and anxious. Now, older and wiser, she’s registered to teach again but on her own terms—taking short‑term assignments that allow her t...

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16:55

178: Silent Crying, Loud laughter, Gen Z Stares & The...

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2025/10/21

On this TikTok live episode, Roula and Rosie explore our complex relationship with emotions. Roula notices that people laugh loudly but try to hide their tears, prompting a candid conversation about why we call it “ugly crying” and feel ashamed to cry in public. Rosie explains the concept of ugly crying—uncontrollable sobbing complete with puffiness and snot—and they discuss how societal conditioning tells us to apologise for tears. The hosts share their own coping strategies, from having a g...

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6:56

177: LEGO Flowers & Random Acts of Kindness Shared by...

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2025/10/20

In this TikTok live episode, Rosie and Roula invite Barb onto the show while Roula finishes building a parrot‑shaped LEGO flower set. They laugh about how enjoyable yet impractical these sets can be—beautiful to build but expensive and dust magnets. Roula admits she’s been feeling irritable lately, but the conversation quickly turns heart‑warming when Barb shares how a random stranger gifted her flowers. The hosts explore how simple acts of kindness can lift your mood and spark an oxytocin bo...

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9:35

176: Dream, Secrets and Subconscious Fears and Rosie...

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2025/10/19

Dreams, Secrets & Lost Voices (Live TikTok) In this live‑recorded episode, Roula and Rosie dive into the strange world of dreams, subconscious fears and secret‑keeping. Roula wakes up from a terrifying nightmare where she is screaming so loudly that her voice disappears, triggering a discussion about how we use our voices and what it means when we can’t. The pair explore why some people struggle to remember dreams and share a second surreal story about Roula’s cats pulling up the floorboa...

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12:05

175: Personal Style, Work Clothes & Identity: a Gen...

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2025/10/16

In this episode of The Rosie and Roula Show, what starts as a light chat about Rosie’s hair turns into a full-on conversation about personal style, work clothes, self-expression, and generational perspectives . Rosie shares her thoughts on growing out her hair, dressing for teaching, and feeling pressure to fit a certain image — while Roula reflects on her lifelong love for fashion and how style is tied to identity, upbringing, and values. From Chino shorts and sneakers to bucket hats and sta...

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11:58

174: Bad Advice, Blunt Questions & Resting Bitch Tongue

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2025/10/15

In this candid and hilarious episode of The Rosie & Roula Show, They dive into the world of bad advice, unsolicited opinions, and those moments when you realise that the so-called “wisdom” you grew up with is actually… 💩. Rosie opens up about a moment she now calls one of her biggest bullshit advice regrets — telling her sister to “just stick it out” during a difficult time — and why that kind of advice doesn’t always age well. Roula brings in a cultural lens, reflecting on Lebanese

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17:50

173: Coeliac Disease is not Gluten Intolerance nor...

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2025/10/14

This is an eye-opening and never the less hilarious episode of The Rosie and Roula Show, where Rosie shares a shocking story: how her favourite icedcoffee might have been the sneaky culprit behind weeks of coeliac reactions. We dive deep into what coeliac disease really is, how gluten cross contamination happens in ways most people don’t expect, and why even “may contain” labels matter. Rosie opens up about her health journey, label-reading vigilance, and the frustration of being dismissed as...

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10:58

172: What Ticks You Off? Personal Triggers & Fake...

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2025/10/13

In this funny and raw episode of The Rosie and Roula Show, we kick off with a simple question: “What’s the one thing that really ticks you off?” — and end up down a hilarious rabbit hole that includes personal space violations, vomit etiquette, and a passionate rant about fake nails vs natural nails 💥💅. Roula and Rosie share their most personal pet peeves — from people touching them at the wrong time to those who dismiss your feelings with “oh, they’ve never done that to me.” 😤 Then midway,

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10:46

171: Spooning - Can Anyone Really Sleep Like That All...

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2025/10/12

In this episode of The Rosie and Roula Show, we unpack one of the most unrealistic things movies show us: couples sleeping all night in romantic spooning positions 🥄✨. Roula confesses she can’t sleep with her head on her husband’s chest and Rosie shares why she loves spooning… but only for a bit before she wants her space 😅. We dive into: 🛏 The myth of romantic sleeping positions in movies vs. real life 🌙 Sleeping habits and positions — belly sleepers, side sleepers, and the infamous “foot

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8:17

170: Do Your Feet Look Like Your Face? Roula Thinks So!

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2025/10/09

This episode starts with a simple question: what’s your favourite body part? Then it takes a sharp left turn into feet pics, OnlyFans jokes, and a surprisingly wholesome chat about learning to like the bits of ourselves we usually overlook. Rosie admits she almost started selling feet pics to fund her van upgrades (don’t worry, she didn’t), and Roula shares a wild magazine article claiming your feet actually resemble your face. That sends us spiralling into an experiment, some foot-care confe...

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9:50

169: Why We Don’t Always Practice What We Preach

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2025/10/08

It started as a chat about waiting rooms and somehow turned into a full-blown confession. Rosie admits to committing the ultimate social sin — making a call on speakerphone in public — and Roula is shook. But underneath the laughter, we unpack something bigger: why we throw our values out the window the moment we feel flustered, stressed, or under pressure. From phone etiquette to emotional regulation, this one’s about those tiny moments that reveal who we are when we’re not thinking straight...

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11:14

168: We Finally Talk About Our Reality TV Addiction...

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2025/10/07

Rosie has a confession: she fell into a reality TV rabbit hole and binge-watched Dating Naked. Hours of nudity, awkward first dates, and one very curious fascination with how penises move when men walk. Naturally, Roula had thoughts. What starts as a guilty pleasure chat turns into a surprisingly honest talk about why reality TV pulls us in, the double standards in how men and women carry themselves, and how queer and older dating shows can actually teach us something real about love and vuln...

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8:37

167: We Don’t Want Your Newsletter (Seriously, Stop...

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2025/10/06

Roula’s had it with newsletters. The constant sign-up popups, the endless “limited-time offers,” the inbox chaos—it’s too much. In this episode, she and Rosie dive into the growing epidemic of newsletter fatigue, why it’s become the new social media hustle, and whether anyone’s actually reading them anymore. They unpack how something that was meant to feel personal turned into another marketing machine, share their love-hate relationship with online content, and debate if “audio newsletters” ...

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10:38

166: Roula Dreamt Rosie Was An Imposter!

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2025/10/05

Roula had a dream — and Rosie was in it… sort of. Except the Rosie in the dream had long hair, seemed suspiciously nice, and might not have been Rosie at all. Cue the chaos. This episode starts with a bizarre dream about an imposter Rosie, then veers into everything from dream meanings and sleeping techniques to height differences, Dutch genetics, and Roula’s wild theory about what it means when Rosie dreams she has a penis. It’s equal parts hilarious, inappropriate, and weirdly wholesome — b...

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13:45

165: Not a headache it’s a migraine. A raw rant...

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2025/10/02

In Episode 165, Roula takes listeners on a raw, candid journey into her decades‑long battle with migraines. It isn’t just a headache—it’s a debilitating condition that has stolen weeks of her life. She explains how her migraine began just as her husband left for Greece, ruining the solitude she had been looking forward to. Rosie listens empathetically as Roula vents about friends and co‑workers who casually compare migraines to headaches; she bluntly tells them to “shut the f*** up” bec...

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6:48

164: Hate Your Voice: Why Rewatching Yourself Matters...

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2025/10/01

Roula and Rosie tackle a common insecurity among creators: cringing at your own voice or appearance on recordings. Roula kicks things off by noting how many people say “I don’t watch my recording—I don’t like my voice, I don’t like to see myself on video.” Rosie has no patience for that excuse; she believes people sometimes say it to avoid sounding vain, but replaying your own work makes you a better speaker and content creator. Watching herself helped her notice filler word...

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7:26

163: Can Generosity Go Too Far? Balancing Giving and...

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2025/09/30

Rosie and Roula explore the awkward side of generosity in this short, high‑energy episode. Roula admits she feels uncomfortable around friends who are so generous that she never gets a chance to reciprocate: “They’re quicker than us because they don’t want us to pay them back.” She wonders how to deal with the imbalance when someone keeps giving. Rosie reflects that many of us treat kindness as a ledger—if you buy me dinner, I must get the next one—but turning relationships into transactions ...

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6:47

162: Are You Your Mother? Ageing, Sexism and the...

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2025/09/29

Rosie and Roula tackle a saying that has followed women around the world: “If you want to know how your wife will look later, look at her mum.” Roula explains she heard this sexist expression throughout her childhood in Lebanon and even from Europeans, while no one tells men to check their future father‑in‑law. She and Rosie discuss how ageing stereotypes and gender roles create pressure on women to stay youthful, hide their birthdays and buy different creams for every body part. Rosie notes ...

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7:34

161: Why Do People Use Speakerphone in Public? It’s...

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2025/09/28

In this short episode of The Rosie & Roula Show, we tackle a modern-day annoyance: people blasting their phone conversations on speaker in public. From buses and trains to shops and streets, “speakerphone culture” is taking over but is it convenience, entitlement, or just plain rude? Rosie and Roula debate noise pollution, privacy, empathy, and why so many of us have stopped calling it out. They unpack how this small behavior reflects bigger shifts in modern manners and social aware...

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14:29

160: The New Cigarette: Are Phones Ruining Live Events?

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2025/09/25

Roula shares how the sea of glowing screens at a recent show made her stomach turn, Rosie admits she hasn’t been to a concert in almost a decade (and would probably lose her mind now), and together we explore whether banning phones from concerts, theatres, and even restaurants might actually make life better. This episode also spirals into Roula’s dream of opening a no-phone café, Rosie’s struggle with being offline at a campsite, and why we’re starting to think phones are the new cigarette—a...

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