July 20, 2025 • 6 mins
Missing shoes, moldy lunchboxes, and school shopping mishaps - we've all been there as parents scrambling to get the kids ready for the first day back. Alex jumps right in with his own back to school stories after moving to Melbourne.
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
I Heart Podcasts.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
You can hear more Gold one I four point three podcasts,
playlist and listen live on the free iHeart.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
App Done anything good? Hey, this is the Christian O'Connell
show podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Now that my wife and I are empty nests, there
are benefits to being empty nesters. Sit back and laugh
at you long in there, done those hard yards. Now
on the other side of the wall, laughing, and I'm
a candy do frain when he's on that beach, just
sand in that boat.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
We could only find one school shoe last night.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Of course, it's that it's always that Sunday night. Where
have you wait?
Speaker 2 (00:50):
I told you empty school back two weeks ago. Yes, yeah,
so you've got to put about eight washes on batsy,
drying it all out as you go to beds.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
Couldn't find it. So I've had to written and write
a note that she can wear her sneakers today because
she'll probably No, I don't know where it is.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
No, No, the amount of arguments you have where didn't
you empty your look or those? And it's always on
that Sunday night. They're very emotional anyway about going back
to school, and so it's and then it's like coming
you open up the lunch box, which they told you
they'd done two weeks ago, and there's isn't a whole
sort of mold that grows.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
In there, spores like penicillin.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
Yes, the last of us spreading all around Australia right
now and you welcome to the show. Brand new on
the show today is Alex Cunnen Ali. She's doing a
great job on sport. Thank you very much and welcome
to our team.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Guys.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
It's wonderful to finally be here. You know, you build
up the things so much and you're talking about it.
It's nice to finally be here. It's funny you mentioned
school shoes. We were driving around Melbourne yesterday. When you
move somewhere new, you don't know when anything is You
know what I mean that we're the shops. We've got
to get some school shoes. We were in the city.
Know that under the right size. We ended up at
Maulvin Is it Maulvin Central?
Speaker 1 (02:05):
Yep?
Speaker 3 (02:05):
Yeah, Serena. Shout out to Serena at Socks and Shoes.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
She helped us out. Your loving already get a discount.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
I hate you might know, did you did you just
drop down that stellar profile piece over the weekend and
go this is probably good for fifty percent. Yeah, I
mean you can't go Lambeau Guy on Channel nine, but
here on commercial radio.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Feel free to drop whoever you want.
Speaker 4 (02:27):
But all you get is free school shoes instead of k. Hey,
do you know the price of school shoes? Just shy
off fifty k, especially.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
If you're going out Maulva though, mate, Jimmy shoes.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Yeah, real nice.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
It's a nice part of the lot.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
The twins are being like Jimmy's shoas there.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
Drop after I know I should have let my lesson.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
So when did you arrive in in the Melbourne because
obviously you're starting this new job and also you know,
after everything you've been through, and we'll catch up with
that of the next couple of days. But you know,
you and your family have jokes aside. You've been through
a lot last couple of months. But I really hope
and itself one day in the next couple of months
you'll realize that maybe everything that happened to you very
intense time and embarrassing time and public humiliation, may become
(03:16):
actually one of the best things that have happened to
you because I really hope you enjoy working on this
team and the show, and I hope for the next
couple of years you've also got this new mega gig
now at Channel seven. You're the weather guy in the afternoon.
Is that what it is?
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Weather Guy?
Speaker 3 (03:30):
No, Christian, I do love weather though.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Told me with the weather Guy, she's throwing shade you already.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
You know what are you doing there? I am obsessed
by weather though. I love it.
Speaker 3 (03:46):
I've a bit of news news in the afternoon, so
there's extending their news offering.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
So it's like sunset is it sunset Sunrise?
Speaker 3 (03:55):
I'm not sure they thought of a name for the
show yet, but that's a good thing, not tipping point,
I wish.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
So when does that start? Starting?
Speaker 3 (04:04):
Very songe Christian, and I'm looking forward to it because, yeah,
it's fun. It's going to be a show in the
afternoon on Channel seven and they yeah, like I said,
they're having more news offerings, which is good, leading it
to the six pm news in Melbourne. So that's gonna
be fun.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
I'm looking forward to it. Now, are you going to
go with two jobs?
Speaker 3 (04:23):
That's a great question, Christian.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
You're going to need that.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
To pay off those Scholshes exactly right, Serena. Two jobs,
yeah too. I know, I don't know what I'm gonna do, Like,
there's gonna be like two hours, I think in the middle.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
Of the day. So what I can just collapse? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (04:38):
Maybe what I do in those two hours, I'm not sure.
Do I sleep, Do I go to the gym? I
don't know, it would idea. Yeah, yeah, so that's gonna
be interesting. But look, why not. I haven't done much
in the last six months. Let's face it, now, I'll get
the feeding wife is just pimping a out.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Now she's ringing around networks. He's got, he's got. Now
you should have said, you've got spared.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
Two hours, two hours probably.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Some local community netwhere you can go the weather there
or something.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
One hundred and twenty minutes his spare time.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
When you want to be no, you've got to pay
back all the debt that you cruse the last couple
of months.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Where I was living in Sydney, the hair dresser and
be like, are you still out of a job? What
do you do? One way around?
Speaker 2 (05:22):
And I saw in the in the very nice interview
that you did with Harold someone's Stanner over the weekend
and in the in the photo shoot there sadly obviously
because obviously you haven't been working for six months, you
didn't have any socks and one of the photos.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
So it's either sadly, you know, you don't get paid
for a couple of weeks.
Speaker 2 (05:38):
I'm going to buy some songs for you today. You've
gone from lambeau guy to sock guy.
Speaker 3 (05:44):
I know, and I would never wear any of those clothes.
Can we just make that very I'd like to.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Say, there's there's one outfit where you're scratching your head
and you're appeared to be wearing all beige, you like
a human poop.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
And a brown T shirt.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
And a brown T shirt was like chas of brown.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
My mates gave me so much both for that.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
Now that's not a song. The worst one is the
aggressive groin Shop, the.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
Thrusting of the grind.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
Yeah, I mean, what do you think? Hands in mine
ye head? And it seems to like get a load.
Speaker 4 (06:19):
Of this, ladies.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
The Coldplay CEO in the morning and in the afternoon
on seventh, let me put my news into you.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
It was like Boogie Nights. It's too much for the eyes.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
The Christian O'Connell Show podcast,
I Heart Podcasts.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
You can hear more Gold one I four point three podcasts,
playlist and listen live on the free iHeart.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
App Done anything good? Hey, this is the Christian O'Connell
show podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Now that my wife and I are empty nests, there
are benefits to being empty nesters. Sit back and laugh
at you long in there, done those hard yards. Now
on the other side of the wall, laughing, and I'm
a candy do frain when he's on that beach, just
sand in that boat.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
We could only find one school shoe last night.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Of course, it's that it's always that Sunday night. Where
have you wait?
Speaker 2 (00:50):
I told you empty school back two weeks ago. Yes, yeah,
so you've got to put about eight washes on batsy,
drying it all out as you go to beds.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
Couldn't find it. So I've had to written and write
a note that she can wear her sneakers today because
she'll probably No, I don't know where it is.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
No, No, the amount of arguments you have where didn't
you empty your look or those? And it's always on
that Sunday night. They're very emotional anyway about going back
to school, and so it's and then it's like coming
you open up the lunch box, which they told you
they'd done two weeks ago, and there's isn't a whole
sort of mold that grows.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
In there, spores like penicillin.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
Yes, the last of us spreading all around Australia right
now and you welcome to the show. Brand new on
the show today is Alex Cunnen Ali. She's doing a
great job on sport. Thank you very much and welcome
to our team.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Guys.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
It's wonderful to finally be here. You know, you build
up the things so much and you're talking about it.
It's nice to finally be here. It's funny you mentioned
school shoes. We were driving around Melbourne yesterday. When you
move somewhere new, you don't know when anything is You
know what I mean that we're the shops. We've got
to get some school shoes. We were in the city.
Know that under the right size. We ended up at
Maulvin Is it Maulvin Central?
Speaker 1 (02:05):
Yep?
Speaker 3 (02:05):
Yeah, Serena. Shout out to Serena at Socks and Shoes.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
She helped us out. Your loving already get a discount.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
I hate you might know, did you did you just
drop down that stellar profile piece over the weekend and
go this is probably good for fifty percent. Yeah, I
mean you can't go Lambeau Guy on Channel nine, but
here on commercial radio.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Feel free to drop whoever you want.
Speaker 4 (02:27):
But all you get is free school shoes instead of k. Hey,
do you know the price of school shoes? Just shy
off fifty k, especially.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
If you're going out Maulva though, mate, Jimmy shoes.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Yeah, real nice.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
It's a nice part of the lot.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
The twins are being like Jimmy's shoas there.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
Drop after I know I should have let my lesson.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
So when did you arrive in in the Melbourne because
obviously you're starting this new job and also you know,
after everything you've been through, and we'll catch up with
that of the next couple of days. But you know,
you and your family have jokes aside. You've been through
a lot last couple of months. But I really hope
and itself one day in the next couple of months
you'll realize that maybe everything that happened to you very
intense time and embarrassing time and public humiliation, may become
(03:16):
actually one of the best things that have happened to
you because I really hope you enjoy working on this
team and the show, and I hope for the next
couple of years you've also got this new mega gig
now at Channel seven. You're the weather guy in the afternoon.
Is that what it is?
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Weather Guy?
Speaker 3 (03:30):
No, Christian, I do love weather though.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Told me with the weather Guy, she's throwing shade you already.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
You know what are you doing there? I am obsessed
by weather though. I love it.
Speaker 3 (03:46):
I've a bit of news news in the afternoon, so
there's extending their news offering.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
So it's like sunset is it sunset Sunrise?
Speaker 3 (03:55):
I'm not sure they thought of a name for the
show yet, but that's a good thing, not tipping point,
I wish.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
So when does that start? Starting?
Speaker 3 (04:04):
Very songe Christian, and I'm looking forward to it because, yeah,
it's fun. It's going to be a show in the
afternoon on Channel seven and they yeah, like I said,
they're having more news offerings, which is good, leading it
to the six pm news in Melbourne. So that's gonna
be fun.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
I'm looking forward to it. Now, are you going to
go with two jobs?
Speaker 3 (04:23):
That's a great question, Christian.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
You're going to need that.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
To pay off those Scholshes exactly right, Serena. Two jobs,
yeah too. I know, I don't know what I'm gonna do, Like,
there's gonna be like two hours, I think in the middle.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
Of the day. So what I can just collapse? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (04:38):
Maybe what I do in those two hours, I'm not sure.
Do I sleep, Do I go to the gym? I
don't know, it would idea. Yeah, yeah, so that's gonna
be interesting. But look, why not. I haven't done much
in the last six months. Let's face it, now, I'll get
the feeding wife is just pimping a out.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Now she's ringing around networks. He's got, he's got. Now
you should have said, you've got spared.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
Two hours, two hours probably.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Some local community netwhere you can go the weather there
or something.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
One hundred and twenty minutes his spare time.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
When you want to be no, you've got to pay
back all the debt that you cruse the last couple
of months.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Where I was living in Sydney, the hair dresser and
be like, are you still out of a job? What
do you do? One way around?
Speaker 2 (05:22):
And I saw in the in the very nice interview
that you did with Harold someone's Stanner over the weekend
and in the in the photo shoot there sadly obviously
because obviously you haven't been working for six months, you
didn't have any socks and one of the photos.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
So it's either sadly, you know, you don't get paid
for a couple of weeks.
Speaker 2 (05:38):
I'm going to buy some songs for you today. You've
gone from lambeau guy to sock guy.
Speaker 3 (05:44):
I know, and I would never wear any of those clothes.
Can we just make that very I'd like to.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Say, there's there's one outfit where you're scratching your head
and you're appeared to be wearing all beige, you like
a human poop.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
And a brown T shirt.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
And a brown T shirt was like chas of brown.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
My mates gave me so much both for that.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
Now that's not a song. The worst one is the
aggressive groin Shop, the.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
Thrusting of the grind.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
Yeah, I mean, what do you think? Hands in mine
ye head? And it seems to like get a load.
Speaker 4 (06:19):
Of this, ladies.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
The Coldplay CEO in the morning and in the afternoon
on seventh, let me put my news into you.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
It was like Boogie Nights. It's too much for the eyes.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
The Christian O'Connell Show podcast,
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