“My name is Mahek Acharya and I am a Senior at Palatine High School. I have been on the debate team and the girls golf team for four years.”

“I feel like a lot of people know this about me, but my number one artist is Drake. I have recently gone on the top 1% of listeners. I like Metro Boomin too but I think Drake is my number one.”

Through Acharya’s frustration with her golfing season, she expressed her exasperation by creating her own podcast. “The summer of my sophomore year, I had a really bad season. At the beginning of the season I hit my PR and was really loving golf, then all of a sudden, I couldn’t hit the ball. My mental health deteriorated and I had no confidence in myself.” 

“I thought to myself “I am a talker and I love to talk about my problems. What if I create a podcast?” I started this podcast and it helped me a lot.  I didn’t really expect people to listen to it but I felt like if I’m going through this, other people are too. It’s similar to how when you ask a question in class, it’s probably a question that someone else had.”

“The episodes follow a similar format. I have them introduce themselves and tell me how they got into golf. After the introduction, I ask them questions about their mental game. I ask them “If you’re on the course and can’t make a put, what do you do?” I try to make the end pretty fun so I usually end with a 10 question rapid fire of random golf questions.”

“In the past, I’ve interviewed golf coaches and players. More recently I interviewed a University of California, Berkeley player,  an LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association) player, and players our age all over the world. It’s just really awesome to see how many people enjoy my podcast and recently I surpassed 200 listeners so that’s really awesome as well. I’m really excited to continue.”