Podcast Corner: Episode With Richie Sadlier is my show of the year
Richie Sadlier. Picture: Moya Nolan
There are no bells and whistles with the first season of Richie Sadlier’s podcast. It’s simply titled Episode, each, er, episode beginning with a general introduction by Sadlier alongside producer Killian Down before they head into their guests’ house for a chat. Afterwards, they reconvene for a quick reflection on how it went. There’s a theme tune that segues between those parts, and that’s it.
But the ‘chat’ is all you need. There are eight episodes in the season, which wrapped last week; each has moments that will stop you in your tracks as Sadlier speaks to well-known and not-so-well-known names about significant episodes in their lives that they’ve found intense, emotional, or life-changing. Sadlier is a former professional footballer turned psychotherapist and author, known to various strands of society as either a soccer pundit on RTÉ (or indeed Second Captains) or the Let’s Talk About Sex presenter. In the past, he has talked about his alcoholism and surviving sexual abuse.
