Starting a sports-based podcast has reaped benefits for St Patrick's College students Max Roney and Hamish Bateman.
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After getting on the nerves of some teachers with their constant sports chat, the year-nine pair started the Shed Talk podcast and it's already making waves.
"We thought we'd be good on a podcast so we tried it out and it's helped our schoolwork because we don't talk about it as much in class," Roney said.
With conversations ranging from "sports topics to random dribble", the duo hit Spotify's Australian top 10 of sporting podcasts, shocking them with its instant reach.
"It's surprising because we didn't expect it to take off this quickly," Roney said.
"It's been pretty easy and free-flowing, we only sometimes put a couple of dot points down and just dribble after that."
Their two episodes, Pilot and Large with Coke? have collected almost 600 listens, with streamers from Tasmania, Queensland, Victoria and a listener from Singapore tuning in.
Moving back to Tasmania from Queensland last year, Bateman has been encouraging his old schoolmates to give it a listen.
"I've been getting everybody onto it and they all love it," he said.
"They don't understand the AFL talk much but they are still getting around it."
Reaching as high as number eight on their rise through the Spotify charts, the pair saw their name alongside former AFL player Dylan Buckley's podcasts Dyl and Friends and List Cloggers (with Daniel Gorringe) as well as Mark Howard's The Howie Games.
The pair take inspiration from the distinguished company, which are commonly recognised as three of the top sporting podcasts in Australia.
Despite being the main talent on Shed Talk, Roney and Bateman have an ensemble of help behind the scenes with classmate Rhys Lawson producing the show and teachers Miss Dwyer and Mr. Millwood supporting their project.
Having reached a successful amount of listeners in the first two weeks, the eager duo plan to expand to Facebook and feature students from other year levels at St Pat's in the coming months.