MINI: 3 Word Weekend

The Christian O’Connell Show

GOLD and iHeart Australia

Music, Comedy, Comedy Interviews, Music Interviews

4.7 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Christian shares a personal story about his weekend, where he questioned whether following his favorite team was worth the stress and emotional rollercoaster. He talks about how his wife's words of caution and his own experiences with the team's ups and downs made him realize the true extent of his emotional investment. Christian also touches on the impact of technology on our viewing experiences, specifically how easily we can look up information during TV shows, and how this can ruin the enjoyment of the moment.

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0:00.0	IHart Podcasts. You can hear more Gold 104.3 podcast, playlist and listen live on the free IHart app.
0:09.2	Got anything good?
0:11.1	Hey, this is the Christian O'Connell Show podcast.
0:18.8	A couple of things I learned over this weekend.
0:21.8	Everything in your life is better if your team win.
0:25.2	It shouldn't be so.
0:27.1	We should be at a touch from our sports teams, but I'm sorry, it isn't so.
0:31.6	Everything about your life is better when your team are winning.
0:35.0	100%.
0:35.7	Your bed feels better.
0:37.3	Your relationship feels better. Your relationship feels better.
0:39.3	The weather feels better.
0:40.6	You feel better.
0:41.7	Everything is better when your team win.
0:43.9	It's crazy how much of your own happiness you entrust with 18 strangers that you will never
0:49.2	see or never know in your life.
0:51.5	It's almost too much, isn't it really?
0:53.5	It's terrifying.
0:55.0	And so yesterday I was watching the game Sunday afternoon, and at half time, I thought, I actually thought, you know what, I'm just going to not follow this team anymore. This isn't worth the stress. I'm not nice to be around. I was watching at home. I was in a good mood. I did a great weekend. And then my wife was just like, I think I'm going to go and walk the dog.
1:11.8	And she was just like, whatever happening you hear this fog. There's a darkness. She actually said at one point, just don't, maybe don't watch the second half. It's going to do this to you. I'm involved. I can't. It's like a bad relationship with your team. It goes up and it goes down. Then in the second half they come back, they win. Everything's
1:28.6	amazing. Everything is awesome.
1:31.0	And they win.
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