Weekends with Ben O’Hara-Byrne

Weekends with Ben O’Hara Byrne will showcase Ben’s signature curiosity, good humour, and love for great Canadian stories - whenever you're listening. Learn new things, hear surprising perspectives, and head into your day with fresh stories to talk about.

Ben O’Hara Byrne brings decades of experience in journalism, broadcast, and connecting with people to the microphone. Throughout his career, he’s held reporting & anchor roles across Canada, from Quebec City to Ottawa to Victoria. He’s been a network bureau chief in Beijing and London, U.K. And, he’s reported on stories around the world, including Afghanistan, North Korea, Libya, Ukraine and Russia.

News
Politics
1
Bob Rae on Ken Dryden - Modern day treasure hun...
55 min
2
The remarkable missteps that brought about one ...
16 min
3
New documentary takes us back into the legendar...
17 min
4
Remembering Ken Dryden - How Quebec's EV dream ...
36 min
5
UB40 on 45 years of music and a new tour announ...
18 min
6
Canada's Iconic K-Tel is still going strong
18 min
7
Why threats against Mitch Marner should be a wa...
8 min
8
The True Story of 200 Forgotten Murder Victims ...
18 min
9
Sprinter in her 90s has muscle cells of someone...
10 min
10
Toward a disease-sniffing device that rivals a ...
8 min
11
Canada axes U.S. counter-tariffs - Defending yo...
26 min
12
The Tesla whistleblower and the cost of taking ...
17 min
13
Harassment, hardship and hope in wildland firef...
17 min
14
Trump tariffs illegal? - De minmis crunch - Sec...
38 min
15
Why Veteran investigative journalist Linden Mac...
17 min
16
The class of 2025 inductees into the Canadian S...
16 min
17
Fit for TV Reveals the Complicated History of T...
17 min
18
Ice Cube steps off the big screen and picks up ...
10 min
19
Animal Farm turns 80: Why Orwell’s novella is a...
17 min
20
Trump tariffs or not, Canada’s BeaverTails is r...
17 min
21
Ghislaine Maxwell's interview on the Epstein ca...
9 min
22
What are Canada’s five major cities? A summer o...
36 min
23
Canada removes retaliatory tariffs on U.S, Apri...
45 min
24
Rick Mercer Interview
15 min
25
Canada gave its citizens the right to die, now ...
18 min