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ReRooting
by Rebelle Summers
Rebelle Summers is a writer and audio engineer/producer who, after being notified they had to leave their home within 30 days in May 2021, embarked on a life-changing path. ReRooting is the audio diary of their thoughts and experiences as they create a new path for their life. After being uprooted they examine the roots they come from in search for the next place to plant them.
Episodes
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Hope
Over concern for their safety due to the recent conflict and the major uptick in antisemitism globally, this will be the last episode of ReRooting. For now. Rebelle discusses the week and their experiences of growing up and living in an antisemitic world amidst trying to figure out what to do to...
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If I Could Turn Back Time
Rebelle looks back at the past year and at some childhood memories that have floated to the surface.
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Head of The Year
At an ungodly hour, Rebelle briefly touches on some aspects of how body image issues have cropped up in their life and reflects on what routes they began taking to learn more about how they felt about themselves.
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Zero to Hero
Rebelle has a rough day with a surprising ending.
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Gibraltar
Rebelle talks about experiencing Gibraltar for the first time
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Welcome to Paradise
Rebelle briefly talks about pre-travel freakouts before they head to Gibraltar, but mostly focuses on the enormous presence of Hawaii on their life in the wake of the wildfire on The Big Island and the community of Lahaina in Maui. If you are able to, please donate what you can to help the…
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Finding My Roots
Rebelle begins to clarify what has been pulling them to do genealogical research, specifically looking into their Sephardi lineage.
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Quick Update
In lieu of a full episode and due to a tight schedule, Rebelle gives a quick update and lets listeners and loved know where they can find Rebelle's latest work.
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Work Mode Activated
Rebelle gives a quick update on life, thinks more about time blindness from their previous convo with Claudia, gushes about Barbie
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A Very ADHD Conversation ft. Claudia
Rebelle and friend Claudia talk about their struggles navigating a neurotypical world with neurodivergent brains, their feelings about many-legged creatures, work and writing milestones, and London Alpacas.
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Communing with the Dead
Rebelle talks developments in their ancestry research as well as tries to process what it means and looks like in practice to be an American in this moment.
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Unexpected Guests
Rebelle talks ADHD, writing developments, and is interrupted by an unexpected guest.
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Things I Didn't Say
Rebelle touches on their struggles with saying what they mean and want in the moment and expressed what they wished they were able to have said in response to a family member they disagree with.
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Home Alone
Rebelle finally begins to grieve the loss of their home that prompted this two year sojourn and reflects a little bit on why finding a sense of belonging has felt so difficult.
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Roots Clues
Rebelle gives a short update on how the ancestry research is coming along.
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Pondering Mediocrity
Rebelle reflects on what it means to be mediocre and comes to no conclusions and possibly confuses themselves even more. Featuring surprise guest, Baloo.
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Perfectionism Prison
Rebelle talks about their struggles with perfectionism and the reemergence of those tendencies from the past few weeks.
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Playing House
Rebelle takes a walk and thinks about the many doors of places they can only return to in memory.
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Internal Resources Cannot Replace External Support and Justice for Jordan Neely
Rebelle discusses their frustration over the overarching narrative that posits that people get through hard times only through bravery, hard work, and resilience without taking into account the contexts in which many people's hardships derive from. Most of which have to do with people being in...
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Knowing When to Move On
Rebelle makes the decision to leave the house they'd hoped to be in for six months. They talk incompatibility and no longer tolerating certain dynamics or contorting themselves into situations they didn't want or sign up for.
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Shoe Shopping is the New Clubbing
Rebelle sits on a bench in Central London thinking about how loud athletic footwear stores are, needing better arch support, and poets inspired by David Bowie.
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Miss Perceptions
Rebelle talks about learning to be more comfortable with people having misconceptions of them, while also feeling braver about correcting folks or bringing concerns about those misperceptions to those they are in relationship with.
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Childfree
Rebelle scratches the surface behind their reasons for being and choosing to remain childfree.
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Space Invaders
Rebelle talks about some of the challenges in their current living situation and reflects on how much of that has been impacted by childhood experiences and what their needs are.
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The Pretenders
CW: Abuse/Domestic ViolenceRebelle considers love as a verb and the consistency and trust that is foundational to loving relationships. They also reflect on the grayness of these conversations while remaining steadfast about what behavioral dealbreakers are for them in relationship where they…
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Norway or the Highway
A congested Rebelle (not COVID-19, just a Spring cold) recounts spending a couple of days in Norway, how it feels to travel and what that clues them into about what home and stability could look like for them, and what it feels like to know when they have enough.
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On Mute
Rebelle talks about their struggles with Selective Mutism.
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Holding the Pain
During a week of processing waves of grief around family, specific thoughts and feelings about Rebelle and their relationship to their mom bubbled to the surface.
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Solving the World’s Problems ft. New Roomie Jane
Rebelle is joined in conversation with their new housemate, Jane. They work through what it means to heal and live in the transitions.
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One Week
In a ReRooting flashback recorded on March 9th, 2022, Rebelle - after multiple waves of panic - reflected on their first week after arriving in London. They spoke excitedly about the fellowship application they had just submitted (and was later rejected), how they hoped job applications wouldn’t...
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When it Rains it Pours
Rebelle wonders whether houses themselves let you know when they want you to go.
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It’s A New Dawn, It’s A New Day, It’s a New Life
Finally out of brain fog, Rebelle reflects on the meaning attached to being in a “good” mood and on what living as a hermit in Lisbon has meant as their time in Portugal approaches its end.
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Rewiring
As Rebelle tries to manage another week of small successes with feeling majorly depressed, they talk about the difficulty and importance around untangling their thoughts and feelings from how things were in the past. A quote by psychologist Nedra Tawwab on the impacts of manipulation on the brain...
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Bed Bound
Rebelle’s Fibromyalgia flares up and they are reminded that it is ok to feel disappointed and down about life sometimes.
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Plot Twist
Rebelle discovers possible family ties to Portugal and a renewed sense of purpose for the the rest of their time there.
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Playback/Recall
A recent job inquiry has Rebelle relistening to her past work in music. They think about the projects themselves, how their relationship to making music has shifted since they left the industry 6 years prior after a fibromyalgia diagnosis, and the cosmic hilarity of it all.
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Learn to Fly
Recorded a few days before the 2023 New Year, Rebelle reflects on some significant growth.
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Festival of Lights
Rebelle visits the only synagogue in Lisbon. The Sha’are Tikvah Synagogue was just built in 1904 and is only one of five synagogues in all of Portugal. The only way to enter the synagogue is to either be a member, schedule a guided tour, or fill out a request to attend services.The Spanish and...
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Bugging Out
Rebelle battles an infestation and irrational fears.
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One Year Plan
Rebelle talks burnout and trying to make finding a more permanent home a reality by the end of next year.
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Whirlwind
Rebelle reflects on a whirlwind of a week
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10 Year Ritual
Rebelle lands in Portugal and thinks back on their first solo trip exactly 10 years prior.
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Season 2 Premiere: Romantic and Emotional ft. Alissa
For the Season 2 premiere of ReRooting, Rebelle invites their friend Alissa to talk about how their friendship has grown over the past year, the role games play in bonding with others, and how to navigate change in others and within ourselves. Note: Alissa sometimes refers to Rebelle by their…
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ReRooting One Year Anniversary ft. Childhood BFF Sami
In the one year anniversary and season finale of ReRooting, Rebelle chats with their childhood BFF Sami about a friendship that has spanned three decades, Sami as a witness to a year of rerooting, and experiences that shaped them both. Note: Sami sometimes refers to Rebelle by their birth name,...
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A Milestone and A Plea
Rebelle talks about how taking circus classes has shown how far their relationship with their body has come as well as expresses sadness and fear over not being able to vote in the 2022 midterms due to their housing status.
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Tattoo Taboo
Rebelle talks getting their first tattoo
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Micro Relationships
Rebelle thinks about the relationships that last for mere moments
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Breathing Room
Rebelle makes it to Chicago and begins to process the previous whirlwind week in New York working at NYCC.
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Back In The Saddle
On the eve of working NYCC 2022, Rebelle reflects on their feelings of choosing to come back and what else has been on their mind for last couple of weeks.
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Scooped
Recorded on September 24th 2022, Rebelle takes a minute to reflect on their new surroundings with a non-spon sweet treat.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Rebelle Summers is a writer and audio engineer/producer who, after being notified they had to leave their home within 30 days in May 2021, embarked on a life-changing path. ReRooting is the audio diary of their thoughts and experiences as they create a new path for their life. After being uprooted they examine the roots they come from in search for the next place to plant them.
HOSTED BY
Rebelle Summers
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Rebelle Summers is a writer and audio engineer/producer who, after being notified they had to leave their home within 30 days in May 2021, embarked on a life-changing path. ReRooting is the audio diary of their thoughts and experiences as they create a new path for their life. After being uprooted...
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