Ryan O'Connor Breakfast Show

The benefits of hospitality insurance

Hospitality owners can't predict that guests might misbehave or natural disasters might happen. Fortunately there are options for coverage in any unlikely event that causes damage to boutique hotels or guesthouses. We spoke to Julian Chetty from Auto & General who gave us the lowdown of hospitality insurance.

17 Apr 3AM 4 min

When guests go wild

A lot of us will be travelling this weekend. We talk a lot about our getaways and holidays; but we don’t often think about the owners of bed & breakfasts or small guesthouses or boutique hotels – when something goes wrong. So we spoke to a few hospitality owners about…

17 Apr 3AM 4 min

India - SA Global Explorer Episode 8

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 Shaun - a South African who visited India.

16 Apr 4AM 3 min

Relationship red flags

Part of life is learning what you like and don't like in a romantic partner. In the process you often learn about things, petty or otherwise, that just make you run. So we asked you what some of your relationship red flags are.

14 Apr 4AM 6 min

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 4AM 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 3AM 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 4AM 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 3AM 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 6AM 4 min

Ryan's School Run 2025 Ep 7 - Kenridge Primary School

We wrapped up Ryan's School Run at Kenridge Primary School. The school is an institution in the community and celebrates their platinum legacy of 70 years this year.

28 Mar 3AM 7 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 5AM 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 5AM 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 3AM 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 3AM 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 3AM 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 1AM 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 2AM 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 2AM 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 4AM 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 3AM 12 min