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 Comedy Interviews Narrated by Success Lekabe, Ricky Schroeder
611 Episodes
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The stories and creativity behind a middle name

We have middle names for different reasons. It could be to honour family members, because of family traditions, and to tell people apart who might share a first name. We spoke about it this morning and it turns out, everyone in the team has an interesting story to tell when…
9 Apr 5AM 4 min

United Kingdom - SA Global Explorer Episode 7

SA Global Explorer, brought to you by FNB Private, celebrates South Africans living, working, and traveling abroad. Every Wednesday on the Ryan O’Connor Breakfast Show, we connect with inspiring Global Explorers who share their adventures. This week we connected with Azeemah - a South African who is currently based in…
9 Apr 4AM 3 min

The different ways people jippo the system

Some people call them life hacks. Some people call it cheating. Some of listeners have looked for ways to jippo the system somewhere in life. (Disclaimer: we do not condone any actions presented by our callers)
8 Apr 5AM 6 min

Ryan 'Swiftie' O'Connor

We all hide parts of ourselves out of fear of embarrassment. In Ryan's case, he came clean about something very out of character and joined about 300 million people worldwide. That's right folks...Ryan is officially a Taylor Swift fan.
7 Apr 4AM 4 min

Botswana - SA Global Explorer Episode 6

SA Global Explorer, brought to you by FNB Private, celebrates South Africans living, working, and traveling abroad. Every Wednesday on the Ryan O’Connor Breakfast Show, we connect with inspiring Global Explorers who share their adventures. This week we connected with Lebogang who spent some time in the vibrant country of…
1 Apr 7AM 4 min

Marc Lottering full interview on Smile FM

MARC EUGENE LOTTERING is Marc Lottering’s newest solo show. In this show Lottering shares personal stories with the audience that he has never shared before. Lottering also shares his findings on where he thinks his colourful family tree stems from. As is to be expected, his viewpoints are hilariously outrageous…
27 Mar 6AM 11 min

Greece - SA Global Explorer Episode 5

SA Global Explorer, brought to you by FNB Private, celebrates South Africans living, working, and traveling abroad. Every Wednesday on the Ryan O’Connor Breakfast Show, we connect with inspiring Global Explorers who share their adventures. This week we connected with Bailey who spent some time in the beautiful country of…
25 Mar 6AM 4 min

The family photographer and the Instagram model

A lot of couples have 2 types of people in - one who needs the perfect Instagram picture; and the other who hates taking photos. You'll often see them in public where one poses for a photo and then immediately telling their partner they took the picture wrong.
24 Mar 4AM 5 min

Ralf Schumacher joined us for a chat

There was lots to talk about around this past weekend's Chinese Grand Prix. Broadcaster and former Formula One racing driver Ralf Schumacher joined us on the show this morning to help unpack it all.
24 Mar 4AM 5 min

The stereotypes about the car you drive

You've heard them all before - certain cars don't have indicators and others seem to automatically gravitate towards the fast lane at a slow pace. There are certain stereotypes about the cars we drive. Even though they're not all true, they're still funny to talk about.
20 Mar 4AM 5 min

Ghana - SA Global Explorer Episode 4

SA Global Explorer, brought to you by FNB Private, celebrates South Africans living, working, and traveling abroad. Every Wednesday on the Ryan O’Connor Breakfast Show, we connect with inspiring Global Explorers who share their adventures. This week we connected with Brandon who spent some time in the vibrant country of…
20 Mar 2AM 3 min

The case of Gabriel's missing box

We were talking about items that you borrowed from someone but haven't returned yet and got a VERY interesting call from someone. Gabriel told us that an old friend had borrowed something very peculiar at a cricket game. Josh doesn't seem to want to return it.
19 Mar 3AM 5 min

People fess up about things borrowed and not returned

The City of Cape Town have offered 'amnesty' for outstanding library books this week, giving residents an opportunity to return their overdue books without any fines. Ryan asked about what else people have borrowed and not yet returned.
19 Mar 3AM 4 min

The height of laziness

If you're ever worried that you're lazy just know you're not alone. According to the World Health Organisation almost a third of the world's adult population is inactive. Some people can get very creative when it comes to their laziness.
18 Mar 5AM 5 min

SA's first Miss Universe Margaret Gardiner in studio

Margaret Gardiner is back in Cape Town and joined us in studio to chat about her new book. Not only is Margaret renowned for being the first South African to win the Miss Universe title, but she is also a celebrated journalist and writer. DAMAGED BEAUTY: JOEY SUPERSTAR is not…
17 Mar 4AM 12 min

Ryan's School Run 2025 Ep 6 - Zwaanswyk Academy

In the latest edition of Ryan's School Run we traveled to Retreat to visit Zwaanswyk Academy. They are very well known for an excellent academic programme. At the end of 2024 they were declared an outstanding school by the Schools Evaluation Authority. Their theme for 2025 is “Where Magic happens”.
14 Mar 4AM 6 min

Italy - SA Global Explorer Episode 3

SA Global Explorer, brought to you by FNB Private, celebrates South Africans living, working, and traveling abroad. Every Wednesday on the Ryan O’Connor Breakfast Show, we connect with inspiring Global Explorers who share their adventures. This week we connected with a Cape Townian named Ricardo who spent some time in…
12 Mar 4AM 3 min

Renting out chickens - an idea we could use?

Egg prices in the USA have gone through the roof in the last few months. It's forced Americans to get creative in how they save money - including companies now renting out chickens so people could have a hen lay eggs for them instead of buying in the shop. Would…
12 Mar 4AM 5 min
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