Ryan O'Connor Breakfast Show

Your best and worst exam experiences

In the middle of exam time for students you might be reminiscing about your days in an exam hall and the stress that goes with it. Smile Breakfast listeners shared some of their experiences that they would rather forget but just can't.

23 Nov 2022 2AM 2 min

Punishment for smoking we would NOT recommend

Smile Breakfast had a conversation about a recent increase in teenagers experimenting with vaping. They caught up with UCT's Prof Richard van Zyl-Smit who explained that there are a lot of concerns about his departments reports of a sharp rise in matric students using vapes. Listeners called in and shared…

22 Nov 2022 2AM 2 min

Vaping is a serious problem in teenagers

A recent report by UCT's Lung Institute showed a sharp increase in vaping in matric students and teenagers. Smile Breakfast caught up with Professor Richard van Zyl-Smit who says it is definitely something to be concerned about.

22 Nov 2022 2AM 3 min

iSmile - A Christmas present for your pet

With just a few weeks left until Christmas, some of us will choose to leave a gift from Santa under the tree not just for our human family; but for our pets too. Bobby review some gadgets that'll be fun for both the owner and animal.

21 Nov 2022 2AM 2 min

These words increase a dog's heart rate by 50%

We all have our own ways that we talk to our pets but some words have more of an impact than others. According to Lindy's Stat Chat there's a phrase that can get a dog's heart rate up by at least 50%.

21 Nov 2022 2AM 1 min

The ref changes his mind

In a controversial turn of events, the Smile Secret Sound referee changed his mind and gave away R25 000 to a caller who he turned down on Thursday 17 November 2022. Yolanda Hoffman from Lakeside had called in and guessed that the sound is a fluorescent light tube being changed…

18 Nov 2022 1AM 4 min

Julia Anastasopoulos (Tali's Joburg Diary) on Smile Breakfast

It's the show that's taken South Africa by storm and Tali's back! Having shared her wedding in Tali’s Wedding Diary and then her pregnancy in Tali’s Baby Diary, Tali moves back to Joburg in Season 3, determined to get her son Jayden into the best preschool around, and reclaim her…

17 Nov 2022 3AM 5 min

13% of babies born this year will have this

The world's population has now officially reached 8 billion people. With so many babies entering world, Lindy found something interesting in her Stat Chat - that 13% of babies born this year have something specific in common.

16 Nov 2022 6AM 2 min

"Watching him recover makes him so sexy"

Smile Breakfast recently had a conversation about People magazine's sexiest man alive - Chris Evans. We asked listeners to tell us why they think the man in their life is actually the sexiest man alive. Then we got a call from Aqeelah who reminded us how love and romance can…

15 Nov 2022 7AM 2 min

Busting medical myths with Dr. Siya

Smile Breakfast had a conversation about the things parents told us that we now know are rubbish. We heard a lot of health related myths like swallowing gum, standing in front of the microwave, and cracking your knuckles. So we decided to catch up with our friend Dr. Siya who…

15 Nov 2022 7AM 4 min

Madonna and a naughty question

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.

15 Nov 2022 3AM 1 min

Lindy's dad and his cabin light

Lindy recently learned that it is not illegal to do this in the car. It's something a lot of us grew up believing based on how our parents used to react if we put the cabin light on.

15 Nov 2022 2AM 1 min

The lies your parents told you

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.

15 Nov 2022 2AM 1 min

The silliest arguments you've had with your partner

Bobby & Lindy recently revealed that there are inconsequential and ongoing tiffs in their houses - about a garage remote and olives respectively. So Smile Breakfast listeners shared the silliest arguments they've had with a partner.

15 Nov 2022 12AM 1 min

Lindy's ongoing argument with her husband

Lindy has on ongoing argument with her husband Peter. It has to do with something in the kitchen and the beef between them gets quite heated.

14 Nov 2022 2AM 1 min

Bobby's pettiest argument at home

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.

14 Nov 2022 2AM 2 min

The first game console for the outdoors

You might already be thinking about what to get the kids for Christmas. If you have concerns about your children spending too much time in front of a screen but don't necessarily want to take their video games away from them, Bobby featured some tech that can give you the…

14 Nov 2022 2AM 2 min

Elon Musk's Musk for extra money

Since Elon Musk bought Twitter, there is a lot of talk of the world's richest man scrambling to recover the money he spent on buying the social media platform. Lindy had an idea for him - to enter the world of perfume and sell his very own scent.

11 Nov 2022 6AM 1 min

iSmile - Robots doing stand-up

The advent of artificial intelligence has seen scientists and programmers playing around with stand-up comedy. Can a robot write and perform a comedy set?

11 Nov 2022 12AM 4 min

The reason Bobby is hotter than Chris Evans

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.

10 Nov 2022 6AM 1 min