Ryan O'Connor Breakfast Show

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 7AM 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 7AM 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 5AM 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 5AM 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 5AM 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 8AM 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 8AM 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 7AM 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 5AM 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 5AM 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 4AM 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 7AM 4 min

Relationship rules to keep the peace

Smile Breakfast asked listeners to call in and tell us if they had to implement any rules to keep the peace at home.

14 Mar 2023 7AM 2 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 7AM 2 min

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