Ryan O'Connor Breakfast Show

Five actors who sang their own theme song

It's Oscars weekend and Smile FM is celebrating hits from the movies. Lindy brings you her top 5 songs from artists who sang the theme for the movie they starred in.

10 Mar 2023 4AM 5 min

The naughty pets of Cape Town

Having a spoiled pet is one thing, but when they get up to mischief it's another story all together. Smile Breakfast wanted to find out about some of the naughtiest things that Cape Town's pets have done.

9 Mar 2023 1AM 3 min

Pablo's hippos are a big problem

Lindy picked up on a story about Pablo Escobar's exotic pets. The infamous drug lord's legacy seems to include a hippo problem in South America.

9 Mar 2023 1AM 2 min

Bobby loves canned goods a bit too much

To be fair we all have some quirks that we all think nobody else has. Bobby spoke about something he does that left the team a bit green around the gills.

7 Mar 2023 2AM 1 min

Yes you're probably the only one

Our listeners spoke about all the habits they have to try and find out if there's anyone else that does the same thing. We heard it all from memorising number plates to rearranging peoples fridges and taking phone calls in unusual ways.

7 Mar 2023 2AM 2 min

A story of a parent's perseverance and love

The Smile Breakfast team spoke about a viral story of a woman in China who divorced her husband after he refused to sell their home to pay for their son's lifesaving treatment. We got a call from a listener who had been in an almost identical situation.

6 Mar 2023 3AM 5 min

When words betray you

The team spoke about times people misspeak. When your second language fails and while you're angry it's something to behold. And please...always double check your messages before you send them.

3 Mar 2023 6AM 1 min

Why Lindy's husband isn't allowed to do DIY anymore

The Smile Breakfast team got talking about the things we don't allow our partners to do at home. Lindy has had to ban her husband Peter from doing DIY for a very specific reason.

3 Mar 2023 5AM 2 min

Ronan Keating talks to Smile Breakfast

Ahead of his visit to South Africa, Smile Breakfast caught up with Ronan Keating. With 30 years in music behind and still going strong, Cape Town can't wait for his return to Kirstenbosch on Friday 3 March (on his birthday!). We spoke to him about his love for South African…

2 Mar 2023 12AM 10 min

Stuart Taylor's new show 'Laughable'

Comedian Stuart Taylor popped into the Smile Breakfast studio for a chat. He has a new show at Artscape called Laughable. Stuart says the show's a bit of reflection on the last 3 years and his attempt to find the funny in everything that happened.

28 Feb 2023 1AM 2 min

Forgive the second language mishaps

So we heard about times people misspeak both verbally and on text, but when your second language fails you it's an whole other story.

27 Feb 2023 4AM 2 min

You said what?

We all have our moments where the brain short circuits and something comes out your mouth that makes you question your reality. It happened to Bobby when he called it a "water comfort" and not a "water closet". Fortunately it's completely normal and Bobby can take solace in the fact…

27 Feb 2023 4AM 1 min

Water closet or water comfort

We all have our moments where the brain short circuits and something comes out your mouth that makes you question your reality. A simple moment where you misspeak or get phrases mixed up isn't a big deal right? Well if it happens on Smile Breakfast then the childish side of…

27 Feb 2023 4AM 2 min

A bra and panty in the deep freeze

In a conversation about the unusual behaviour of house guests Smile Breakfast got this call from someone about a bra and panty in her deep freeze. Listeners weighed in on how they might have gotten there.

24 Feb 2023 3AM 2 min

Turkish expat Funda Saralian chats to Smile Breakfast

It's been 17 days since the first 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Turkey and Syria. Funda Saralian is a Turkish citizen living in Cape Town. She has family in the affected region and caught up with Bobby & Lindy.

23 Feb 2023 1AM 5 min

Your weirdest visitors

We've all had house guests. While everyone is different, they will sometimes do things at your place that makes you wonder what goes on at their house.

23 Feb 2023 12AM 2 min

Lindy's unusual house guest

In the Smile Breakfast stat chat it was found that, according to a survey, the worst thing a house guest can do is wipe their greasy hands on your couch. Lindy experienced something very bizarre at her husband's 40th.

23 Feb 2023 12AM 1 min

Your pettiest breakups

Following our breakup weekend of music, we decided to hear from our listeners about the petty ways they've dumped someone or the silly excuses others have used to end a relationship.

21 Feb 2023 1AM 2 min

Lindy's break-up made someone happy

The Smile Breakfast team were talking about petty reasons people have been dumped. Lindy confessed to having dated someone for 3 years before breaking up with him because he had cracked heels.

20 Feb 2023 1AM 2 min

Love in unusual places

We asked our listeners how they met someone they started dating. There were the expected stories about church, bars, and through mutual friends. There were also some unusual ones like people finding love at psychiatric clinics, naked dinner events, and even Gumtree.

17 Feb 2023 6AM 1 min