{"id":23643,"date":"2021-03-15T17:00:45","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T17:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/?p=23643"},"modified":"2021-03-15T15:38:37","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T15:38:37","slug":"ul-student-rian-bailey-finds-success-with-lockdown-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/index.php\/ul-student-rian-bailey-finds-success-with-lockdown-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"UL Student Rian Bailey Finds Success With Lockdown Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rian Bailey, a 21-year-old journalism and new media UL student from Sligo, has recently set up a podcast titled \u201cBall Talk\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n

The show includes a wide variety of guest speakers from the sporting world who all bring their knowledge of different sports to create a variety of topics spoken about on the podcast.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Rian always wanted to start up a podcast but never got around to doing it, until the lockdowns allowed him extra time to come up with content and create the podcast itself. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was April last year and I was kind of thinking to myself, is this course right for me? Then I decided how else will I find out if it\u2019s right or not if I don\u2019t try.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Working with 3 Bucks Left opened Rian’s eyes to the variety of content a podcast can cover.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rian\u2019s first guest was Enda Smith, the Roscommon Football Captain, and the response that came from it was huge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Beginning with a topic he knew loads about, Rian made the first 10 episodes about footballers, hurlers and S&C coaches.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0He, then, was lucky enough to get in contact with the \u20183 Bucks Left\u2019 who were three of the men originally from the Hardy Bucks.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe met in a handball alley and recorded the podcast from there and it was brilliant, from then on I decided to record two podcasts a week one sports-related and the other more comedic with different guests like actors or singers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The podcast has gone from strength to strength since its creation a year ago.<\/p>\n

Many of the guests would have been people Rian had looked up to growing up in Sligo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sligo GAA footballers Alan Costello and Brendan Egan have been on ‘Ball Talk’ with Rian as well as many other stars from across the island.<\/p>\n

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People that Rian looked up to have appeared on the show.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIt started out as something I would do weekly for 10 weeks just to see how it went and now, I\u2019m after doing 154 episodes\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Rian like many other students across the country has been affected by Covid-19 when his placement back in September was done remotely.<\/span><\/p>\n

He started in Ocean FM doing trial days of news reading and quickly moved into the sports department. <\/span><\/p>\n

The podcast started to earn some benefits for Rian as Ocean FM in Sligo could see the experience he had gained from starting the podcast during the lockdown. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt helped me a lot on my placement as I was able to go straight into doing news bulletins, live streams of matches and live commentating. It made me look forward to coming back into UL this year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

If you want to check out Rian\u2019s social media or podcast all are listed below:<\/span><\/p>\n

Instagram: ball_talk_podcast<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

YouTube: Ball Talk with Rian Bailey<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Rian Bailey, a 21-year-old journalism and new media UL student from Sligo, has recently set up a podcast titled \u201cBall Talk\u201d. The show includes a wide variety of guest speakers from the sporting world who all bring their knowledge of different sports to create a variety of topics spoken about on the podcast.\u00a0 Rian always […]<\/p>\n

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