Smile FM Ryan O'Connor Breakfast Show

Ryan O'Connor Breakfast Show

Cape Town wakes up to the Ryan O' Connor Breakfast Show every weekday morning 6am - 9am with a chance to crack Ryan's R 50 000 Noise! Sucess Lekabe on traffic, Ricky Shroeder on sports, Merentia van der Vent on News and Producer Phil De Lange.
Daily English South Africa News Narrated by Success Lekabe, Ricky Schroeder
683 Episodes
440 – 460

Loadshedding trims, accidental mullets, and other grooming fails

We asked our listeners if they had ever had any fails when it comes to grooming. We heard about how loadshedding humbled Aiden at the barber, how an ambitious trim led to vanishing eyebrows, and how a request for a fringe managed to become a fluffy mullet.
28 Mar 2023 3AM 3 min

A grooming incident gives a new nickname

Bobby had a confession that he may have been part of a small percentage of adults that have sustained an injury whilst grooming themselves. But the way he manage to get the injury got himself a new nickname on Smile Breakfast.
28 Mar 2023 2AM 1 min

Happy 100th birthday Elizabeth Raby!

At Smile FM we celebrated our 10th birthday on the 25th of March. We share our birthday with someone who has a lot of wisdom - Mrs Elizabeth Mona Raby. She turned 100 over the weekend.
27 Mar 2023 1AM 3 min

Robin and Jorine's honeymoon

Last month one of our listeners proposed to his partner live on Smile Breakfast. We then convinced Robin and Jorine to get married the next week on Valentine's Day. We pulled off a wedding in a week and were surprised when Blessing from Love For Africa gifted them with a…
23 Mar 2023 11PM 4 min

Bobby Brown's custom alarm

Smile Breakfast made their very own alarms for you to download and use on your phone. Here is Bobby's idea of what should get you out of bed.
23 Mar 2023 4AM 1 min

Lindy Lehto's custom alarm

Smile Breakfast made their very own alarms for you to download and use on your phone. Here is Lindy's idea of what should get you out of bed.
23 Mar 2023 4AM 1 min

The different ways you wake up

Everyone is different when it comes to their snoozing habits and the alarm tone they choose to start their day with. Smile Breakfast listeners have some questionable ways of waking up.
23 Mar 2023 4AM 4 min

Bobby's bitterness with his lack of whistling skills

Smile Breakfast got talking about things from your childhood that have left a bitter taste in your mouth. Bobby had a very particular incident that left him without the ability to whistle. And for some reason he's held onto it for years.
22 Mar 2023 2AM 2 min

Things you're still salty about from childhood

When you think of your childhood it's often full of happy memories playing with your friends and siblings. But there are also moments that you hold onto with some disdain. Some of those moments might be insignificant in the greater scheme of things, but they can still stay with you…
22 Mar 2023 2AM 3 min

Lindy's self-tan childhood nightmare

Lindy has always felt a bit self conscious about something. It goes back to her childhood when she attempted to use self-tan lotion. The problem is that she only used it on her legs - this was the start point of Lindy's feud with her childhood nemesis Lee.
22 Mar 2023 2AM 3 min

What deserves a better name?

It turns out that there are lots of things that our listeners feel are badly named. Just a warning - we can't always control moments when Lindy gets a bit unhinged.
16 Mar 2023 5AM 2 min

A new name for Spray and Cook

Lindy felt inspired to add to the English language with a much more descriptive name for something she uses every day. Warnings would have been helpful though. 
16 Mar 2023 5AM 2 min

Bobby give Gen Z lingo a bash

Did you know that a native English speaking person has learned about 20 000 words by the age of 20? With language constantly evolving there are new words being added to our lexicon all the time. Bobby found himself trying to interpret Gen Z lingo. Do you know what he's…
16 Mar 2023 4AM 1 min

A.I. and job security in the tech sector

There's a lot of uncertainty around job security in the tech sector with the emergence of artificial intelligence. Bobby takes a closer look in his iSmile Report.
15 Mar 2023 2AM 3 min

The great dishwasher debate

Occasionally we catch wind of domestic disputes in our listeners' homes and we try to solve them. The Smile Breakfast Courtoom has tackled issues before - the granadilla gate scandal of 2020; the kitchen wars of 2022, and now the great dishwasher debate of 2023.
15 Mar 2023 2AM 3 min

Lindy puts her husband to the test

Do you expect your romantic partner to know everything about you? Maybe that's unrealistic but there are a few things that you'd expect them to be able to answer with truth. Lindy put her husband Peter to the test.
15 Mar 2023 1AM 2 min

A pasta incident in Lindy's relationship

Lindy recently found out how important communication with one's partner is. So important that (and quite specific) that she had to implement a rule to "label pasta that the child has played with". The pasta in question was dubbed "siffaroni".
14 Mar 2023 4AM 4 min

Bobby's relationship test

Smile Breakfast recently got talking about rules for a happy relationship. Bobby thinks before any rules are put in place it's best to know your partner first. So he devised a plan to test his partner Nicky and tried to find out how well she actually knows him. 
14 Mar 2023 4AM 2 min
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