May 18, 2025 • 7 mins
Jack announces he is leaving the show
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
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Speaker 2 (00:10):
You can hear more Gold one I four point three
podcast playlist and listen live on the free iHeart app.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Got anything good? Hey? This is the Christian O'Connell show podcast.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Tits of today's show.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
I'm going to call it now because this is not
going to be a normal show from us.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Today.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Is called a courtesy call because we must just get
into this now. Often on the radio shows they just start,
we start talking in and then you discover what we're
talking about midway through the break. I'm now going to
tell you what we're talking about. We're talking about Jack
Post leaving the show this ride.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
I don't know what to say.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
I'll tell you one thing that's very clear.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
So Jack and I met up yesterday in this radio studio,
and I wasn't sure what kind of version of you
I was going to see. I was really speechless to
see a ten year younger version of Jack actually held
in Patsy in his eyes. You had baby eyes, you
know when we're born and you're seeing Gordon like this,
and I saw my daughters like this. They're just pure
(01:15):
light and loving energy. They're like luminous. That's why I
saw that you had had baby eyes looked so happy.
Speaker 4 (01:20):
I think somewhere in your eyes I saw a bit
of jealousy as well.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
I was frightened, like, is this what it looks like
to leave the compound? It was like Jack mccame Jack dufrain. No,
I'm Brooks.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
I must never leave.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
I'm Brooks forever. Neither of you are Brooks. You could
both last on the outside.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
You're leaving the ship. This has been a really intense
couple of days. I asked Jack to take Thursday and
Friday off to think about it. He told me he
didn't need that time. He was still leaving, which is
he literally called me out of the blue with no
warning that he was thinking about leaving within ten days.
Wednesday afternoon, and he actually called the phone call a
courtesy call.
Speaker 4 (02:00):
Yeah, I would pick my words again if you could
go back to Wednesday.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
But somehow your language gave you away.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
We're going to miss you deeply.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
I'm going to miss you guys so much. And it
does feel abrupt, and I'm glad you're aware.
Speaker 4 (02:16):
I am aware, like I would have wanted it to
finish in a different way. But I leave with nothing
but gratitude and so much love for you guys, and
for the show. I really it has been an amazing
period of my life and in some ways surreal to
say goodbye to it. But I can't tell you how
much it means that you guys have been supportive, accepting,
(02:38):
understanding of this decision. And I'm going to miss you
so much.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
We're going to deeply miss you, Jack, and I miss
you every morning because you know, you and I have
built the show link by link, show by Chouf last
and it is a very uniquely Jack departure.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Jack's famous for leaving.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
When we go out very early. We're two and a
half weeks away from marking seven years of the show.
You couldn't even get that.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
You couldn't even get that victory laps. I'll just call
it Friday.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
I've been calling it seven years. But you're right, it's attached.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Sure, there's always been.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
By the seven years, you're really fitting that seven years.
Speaker 3 (03:12):
You can round it up to seven years, I think.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
And tell us then because people want to know. You know,
if you listen to show reg you know you're a
big part of the show, and people want to know
why you're going because it's very easy to walk out
and shows when they're not going very well, but the
show is number one.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Everything is going very well.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
You and I haven't had a fall out with Sandy's
why many shows actually just break apart.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
You know.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
I'm lovingly letting you go. I want you to be free.
I'm going to deeply miss you. But I could tell
that even when we spoke very suddenly last week, this
was a really really heartfelt decision for you.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
Yeah, and it's not something I do lightly. It's not
like I woke up Wednesday morning and go I've had
enough of this. I'm so proud to be leaving where
it is. The show's at number one. I love you
guys deeply. I wish you all the best for the future.
But it's just time for me to go. Something deep
in my gut that I can't even really articulate, you
saying your time has come, and to find out what
(04:09):
is next, I think I have to say goodbye, breathe
some space into my life away from this radio show,
and see what comes next and what creative energy returns
to me and what I could do after this. There
is no plan there's definitely no Plan A or Plan B.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
This has a bit of surprise for yesterday when I
met Jack over the week, because I was concerned.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
I was. I actually said, Jack, you have for money.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
I was going to lend him some money for a
couple of months.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Jobs around, But it.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Takes real guts and courage to actually take a leap.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
And you're not going to another job.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
No, there's nothing planned.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
And so what you're gonna do like next week, I
don't know. All I could think last night I was
going to better is all I could think about is
like next Sunday, I'll just be here in this same house,
sitting across the from the same people, but I won't
have anything to do the next day. And it scares me,
terrifies me, but it also excites me and fills me
(05:12):
with joy. And it's really hard to explain to people.
My parents didn't understand it when I told them. Many
people who I've told over the last couple of days
have been surprised. There is I'm not got a stepping
stone to the next thing. But I'm comfortable with that,
and I'm calm in the fact that I'll wait for
whatever is next.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
It's incredible, Yeah, I mean, or of your courage to
do that, Jack, to actually have the real courage to
listen to your own life and what it's asking of you.
Most of us, at various times don't listen to that calling.
We've deny it for a bit. But you actually did
slow down and really did listen to that calling. And
you know you've taken a huge decision for you and
also your family as well, because you know we've spoken
(05:53):
a lot on and off air. You have struggled at
times with his as they are really demanding. They are
just demanding ours.
Speaker 3 (05:59):
And I look at it.
Speaker 4 (06:00):
Sometimes I look at you, guys like you've been in
breakfast radio for so much of your life passed.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
When SA look at us, guys, what exactly did that mean?
Succurrege to gorgo you're about to die? Please generation, I thought,
is that twenty seven years? That for me? I'm leaving
just shy of seven of it? Twenty seven I don't
want that.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
No, I think it's commendable.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
I think commendable. So let me just pat me on
the head a commendable young man. John. Yeah, well, shuckers
are out of here.
Speaker 4 (06:29):
But really, sometimes it feels like even though in here
and talking to you guys is so much of a joy.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
Sometimes when you pull back. The whole thing.
Speaker 4 (06:37):
Does feel like like an endurance challenge, like day after day,
week after week, year after a year doing these hours.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
It took his toll on you, mate, and from rut
all the hours.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
Like I'm you're still there.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
With it. Last week I thought you were about to
jump off ship as well.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
She were saying, she's she's got a lot going on
at the moment.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
You didn't hear a Friday when she did the show Cancuss,
so it was hard to tell Wash his normal pats
on what's concuss?
Speaker 1 (07:05):
Pats she head by that shower door.
Speaker 4 (07:08):
But honestly, sometimes it does feel like running a marathon,
and I'm just at the end of what I can
give and run for this show, even though I love
it so much.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
The toothpaste has been squeezed dry.
Speaker 4 (07:20):
I've squeezed it out, and I can't be happier to
leave it where it is and to still feel the
love you guys are giving to me, the support.
Speaker 3 (07:29):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
Well, we're going to miss you, AMENSI chat big, big
part of my life the last seven years. But I
still hope the one day you and I are pass
across we end up working together in some form down
the road.
Speaker 3 (07:40):
I feel we will.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
Okay, I'm going to play a song right now.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
Christian O'Connell show go On podcast
iHeart podcasts.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
You can hear more Gold one I four point three
podcast playlist and listen live on the free iHeart app.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Got anything good? Hey? This is the Christian O'Connell show podcast.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Tits of today's show.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
I'm going to call it now because this is not
going to be a normal show from us.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Today.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Is called a courtesy call because we must just get
into this now. Often on the radio shows they just start,
we start talking in and then you discover what we're
talking about midway through the break. I'm now going to
tell you what we're talking about. We're talking about Jack
Post leaving the show this ride.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
I don't know what to say.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
I'll tell you one thing that's very clear.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
So Jack and I met up yesterday in this radio studio,
and I wasn't sure what kind of version of you
I was going to see. I was really speechless to
see a ten year younger version of Jack actually held
in Patsy in his eyes. You had baby eyes, you
know when we're born and you're seeing Gordon like this,
and I saw my daughters like this. They're just pure
(01:15):
light and loving energy. They're like luminous. That's why I
saw that you had had baby eyes looked so happy.
Speaker 4 (01:20):
I think somewhere in your eyes I saw a bit
of jealousy as well.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
I was frightened, like, is this what it looks like
to leave the compound? It was like Jack mccame Jack dufrain. No,
I'm Brooks.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
I must never leave.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
I'm Brooks forever. Neither of you are Brooks. You could
both last on the outside.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
You're leaving the ship. This has been a really intense
couple of days. I asked Jack to take Thursday and
Friday off to think about it. He told me he
didn't need that time. He was still leaving, which is
he literally called me out of the blue with no
warning that he was thinking about leaving within ten days.
Wednesday afternoon, and he actually called the phone call a
courtesy call.
Speaker 4 (02:00):
Yeah, I would pick my words again if you could
go back to Wednesday.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
But somehow your language gave you away.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
We're going to miss you deeply.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
I'm going to miss you guys so much. And it
does feel abrupt, and I'm glad you're aware.
Speaker 4 (02:16):
I am aware, like I would have wanted it to
finish in a different way. But I leave with nothing
but gratitude and so much love for you guys, and
for the show. I really it has been an amazing
period of my life and in some ways surreal to
say goodbye to it. But I can't tell you how
much it means that you guys have been supportive, accepting,
(02:38):
understanding of this decision. And I'm going to miss you
so much.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
We're going to deeply miss you, Jack, and I miss
you every morning because you know, you and I have
built the show link by link, show by Chouf last
and it is a very uniquely Jack departure.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Jack's famous for leaving.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
When we go out very early. We're two and a
half weeks away from marking seven years of the show.
You couldn't even get that.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
You couldn't even get that victory laps. I'll just call
it Friday.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
I've been calling it seven years. But you're right, it's attached.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Sure, there's always been.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
By the seven years, you're really fitting that seven years.
Speaker 3 (03:12):
You can round it up to seven years, I think.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
And tell us then because people want to know. You know,
if you listen to show reg you know you're a
big part of the show, and people want to know
why you're going because it's very easy to walk out
and shows when they're not going very well, but the
show is number one.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Everything is going very well.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
You and I haven't had a fall out with Sandy's
why many shows actually just break apart.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
You know.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
I'm lovingly letting you go. I want you to be free.
I'm going to deeply miss you. But I could tell
that even when we spoke very suddenly last week, this
was a really really heartfelt decision for you.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
Yeah, and it's not something I do lightly. It's not
like I woke up Wednesday morning and go I've had
enough of this. I'm so proud to be leaving where
it is. The show's at number one. I love you
guys deeply. I wish you all the best for the future.
But it's just time for me to go. Something deep
in my gut that I can't even really articulate, you
saying your time has come, and to find out what
(04:09):
is next, I think I have to say goodbye, breathe
some space into my life away from this radio show,
and see what comes next and what creative energy returns
to me and what I could do after this. There
is no plan there's definitely no Plan A or Plan B.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
This has a bit of surprise for yesterday when I
met Jack over the week, because I was concerned.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
I was. I actually said, Jack, you have for money.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
I was going to lend him some money for a
couple of months.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Jobs around, But it.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Takes real guts and courage to actually take a leap.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
And you're not going to another job.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
No, there's nothing planned.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
And so what you're gonna do like next week, I
don't know. All I could think last night I was
going to better is all I could think about is
like next Sunday, I'll just be here in this same house,
sitting across the from the same people, but I won't
have anything to do the next day. And it scares me,
terrifies me, but it also excites me and fills me
(05:12):
with joy. And it's really hard to explain to people.
My parents didn't understand it when I told them. Many
people who I've told over the last couple of days
have been surprised. There is I'm not got a stepping
stone to the next thing. But I'm comfortable with that,
and I'm calm in the fact that I'll wait for
whatever is next.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
It's incredible, Yeah, I mean, or of your courage to
do that, Jack, to actually have the real courage to
listen to your own life and what it's asking of you.
Most of us, at various times don't listen to that calling.
We've deny it for a bit. But you actually did
slow down and really did listen to that calling. And
you know you've taken a huge decision for you and
also your family as well, because you know we've spoken
(05:53):
a lot on and off air. You have struggled at
times with his as they are really demanding. They are
just demanding ours.
Speaker 3 (05:59):
And I look at it.
Speaker 4 (06:00):
Sometimes I look at you, guys like you've been in
breakfast radio for so much of your life passed.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
When SA look at us, guys, what exactly did that mean?
Succurrege to gorgo you're about to die? Please generation, I thought,
is that twenty seven years? That for me? I'm leaving
just shy of seven of it? Twenty seven I don't
want that.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
No, I think it's commendable.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
I think commendable. So let me just pat me on
the head a commendable young man. John. Yeah, well, shuckers
are out of here.
Speaker 4 (06:29):
But really, sometimes it feels like even though in here
and talking to you guys is so much of a joy.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
Sometimes when you pull back. The whole thing.
Speaker 4 (06:37):
Does feel like like an endurance challenge, like day after day,
week after week, year after a year doing these hours.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
It took his toll on you, mate, and from rut
all the hours.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
Like I'm you're still there.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
With it. Last week I thought you were about to
jump off ship as well.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
She were saying, she's she's got a lot going on
at the moment.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
You didn't hear a Friday when she did the show Cancuss,
so it was hard to tell Wash his normal pats
on what's concuss?
Speaker 1 (07:05):
Pats she head by that shower door.
Speaker 4 (07:08):
But honestly, sometimes it does feel like running a marathon,
and I'm just at the end of what I can
give and run for this show, even though I love
it so much.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
The toothpaste has been squeezed dry.
Speaker 4 (07:20):
I've squeezed it out, and I can't be happier to
leave it where it is and to still feel the
love you guys are giving to me, the support.
Speaker 3 (07:29):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
Well, we're going to miss you, AMENSI chat big, big
part of my life the last seven years. But I
still hope the one day you and I are pass
across we end up working together in some form down
the road.
Speaker 3 (07:40):
I feel we will.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
Okay, I'm going to play a song right now.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
Christian O'Connell show go On podcast
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