By Marin Murray.
For most high school girls, sitting on the floor in your room and talking to your best friend is a rite of passage. But what happens when you turn on the video camera and share those conversations with the rest of the world?
Earlier this fall, juniors Teresa Lopez and Maddie Owen started a podcast called “Boba’s Missing” in hopes of encouraging others and bringing them closer together.
“We started this podcast mainly just to spread positivity and influence people to be more outgoing,” Maddie said. “Teresa and I came up with the idea during the summer, but we started it just recently.”
The two girls became friends last year and are using the podcast as an opportunity to uplift others while continuing to grow closer to one another.
“I watch a lot of podcasts myself,” Teresa said. “It kind of just inspired me to put our own stuff out there and what we believe in.”
In their “Boba’s Missing” episodes, Teresa and Maddie talk about anything from their opinions on fashion to where they are in their faith and everything in between.
“We just talk and chill,” Maddie said. “Sometimes we have to redo it, and sometimes we don’t. We try to make it as raw and genuine as possible, so it’s pretty easy.”
The behind-the-scenes process of the podcast involves creating a script for each episode and filming using one of Teresa’s own cameras, before editing the video together to make the final product.
“The first time I edited it on iMovie on my phone and it took like two full hours,” Teresa said. “It was long, but now I’m editing it on Premiere at the LIFT.”
The two plan on releasing a new episode on their YouTube channel around every two weeks, and eventually they want to have a new guest on the podcast each time.
“My favorite part is just having moments with Maddie,” Teresa said. “We talk about more personal things that we’ve never spoken about, and we have grown as friends together.”
In addition to growing closer to each other, the girls want to be able to forge connections with other people by having guests on “Boba’s Missing” and inviting anyone to participate. In doing this, they hope that others will be able to relate to what they are sharing, inspiring them in the process.
“I want it to be like an outlet for everybody and anybody that can relate to us and anything that could help them,” Teresa said. “I want to impact people by giving them inspiration and making them feel like they’re not alone.”
Right now, the episodes are only available to stream on YouTube, but they hope to expand to other platforms, like Apple Music, in the near future.
“My goals are to reach people that are scared to speak up for themselves and share their stories,” Teresa said. “I hope to inspire people to continue to share their stories.”
