What inspired you to start your podcast, Likewise?

We first had the idea to start a podcast in February 2020, but we weren’t completely serious about it at the time. A little backstory about our friendship: neither of us remembers when we first met or how we really started to become friends. We somehow fell into the pattern of running into each other in the hallways of our sorority house and accidentally talking for hours at a time about anything and everything. With our mutual love of talking about personality types and all our favorite music artists, we wanted to record our conversations so that we could listen back for our own enjoyment. Neither of us really listened to podcasts (Sam listened to a few and tried getting Isa to listen to her favorites for months), so we didn’t really know what to do or say or what to expect with the process. One day, we just decided to try it out because Sam had a mic in her room and we had some free time. It was an absolute disaster. There were so many pen clicks in the background audio and so many awkward silences... just an overall mess. We recorded that first “episode” but never aired it.  Our first official episode came out in May, nearly three months later, when we had time to really think and plan ideas out. It’s a really fun outlet for us and we want people to feel like they are part of our conversation, not just listening to a conversation.

What is some advice you would give to your younger self?

Ten years from now, where do you see yourselves?

We have been joking about sharing a home for about two years now, to be called the Likewise Home, of course. We have a shared Pinterest board and have spent some time exploring cities on Zillow. Of course, we both have our own dreams for our individual lives, but we’re twenty-one and twenty-two, so we have plenty of time to grow and change any plans we might think that we have right now. As for Likewise, we really hope to have a designated podcast studio (complete with a neon sign) and to potentially embark on business ventures together outside of Likewise.  We hope that in the next ten years we can also go on some other podcasts as guests and make new friends through this outlet!

How can people best support Likewise?

Honestly, listening is the biggest thing.  We do have an Instagram (@likewise_pod), but we are just so passionate about our stories and our friends’ stories that listening is what means the most to us.  We release episodes every week on Thursdays on pretty much any and every streaming platform (we personally prefer to listen on Spotify, but some of our friends listen on Apple Podcasts)! □

Article Credits

Likewise’s Instagram: @likewise_pod

Isa’s Instagram: @isabela.wilder

Samantha’s Instagram: @thesamlouiseb