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The Christian O’Connell Show

GOLD and iHeart Australia

Music, Comedy, Comedy Interviews, Music Interviews

4.7 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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This week on the Christian O'Connell Show, Christian and the team dive into the world of curling, the Winter Olympics, and the art of making hats cool again. They discuss the unique sport of curling, where athletes slide stones across the ice, and the team's fascination with the sport's quirky rules. They also tackle the challenge of making hats cool for teenagers, with Christian sharing his own experiences with his kids and inviting listeners to share their thoughts. Plus, they chat with Rebecca Gibney, the host of Millionaire Hot Seat, about her new role and her approach to the show.

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0:27.6	Good morning, happy Friday.
0:30.4	Happy Friday, Pats.
0:31.5	Good morning.
0:34.0	How's everything going at the Winter Olympics?
0:35.5	Have we won any gold yet?
0:36.8	We have not won any gold yet. Come on, Australia! Well, the Brits are curling at the moment against the Czech Republic. That is... That's interesting, isn't that? That is the only sport that Team G.B. will win any goals or silver out. What we got four years ago, we cleaned up in that event. It is the oddest... It is the oddest event you've ever seen. We saw it on the TV in the studio yesterday, Rio. Yeah.
0:57.9	Have you ever seen. We saw
0:55.8	on the TV in the studio yesterday, Rio. Have you ever seen it before? It's a sort of circular
1:00.0	thing that's flung down an ice rink. Someone throws it and other guy's got a small broom and is
1:07.4	buffing up the ice in front of it. And then some other mate then joins...
1:10.9	Comes in at the end.
1:11.9	It comes at the end. I don't even know what training you do for that. Do you know what cardio, strength? Yeah, like... It's obviously skills in it. But I'm just trying to, like, well, how do you train for that? Great question. And why is England so good at it? I don't know. Is it your long history of chimney suites?
1:28.1	I think it is, actually.
1:29.1	I think it's the patron saint of that sport is Dick Van Dyke. He's still alive. He's still alive. He's in the Coldplay video. How dare Chris Martin make a 99-year-old man dance for him on camera? Well, good luck, because you guys need it, I hear. It's our only chance of winning any medals as well. What is curling all about, though? Like, are they grooming the ice? Excuse me? Well, like, what's it about? The Conan's not been mentioned in the files, is it? But, like, to make the way for, what do they call, it's not a shuttlecock, what is the thing? That is a great question. What is that thing? What is that thing? What is that thing? I know what you mean. It's a massive, weighty looking thing. Like a hockey puck or something. Making its path smoother by. Yes. And warm up. Yes. They're warming it as well. So I guess it will then have a different... Projectory? Yeah.
2:21.0	Yeah.
2:21.2	You know,
2:21.4	we've... It's massive. It's a path smoother by... Yes. And warm up. Yes. They're warming it as well.
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