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
2626
Documenting human rights abuses by the Russian ...
16 min
2627
Journo Corner: Gord Steinke
18 min
2628
Passport application delays
16 min
2629
Concern over military spending in the 2022 Budget
17 min
2630
Canada’s aging population and the impact
15 min
2631
The challenge with ticks and Lyme Disease , Les...
68 min
2632
The allure of toxic relationships
13 min
2633
Why isn’t there more focus on a negotiated peac...
17 min
2634
Lessons learned from being in the Kremlin’s cro...
18 min
2635
Marianas Trench lead singer Josh Ramsay
16 min
2636
Is Canada doing enough to help Ukrainians hopin...
17 min
2637
The challenge with ticks and Lyme Disease
15 min
2638
Will Ottawa’s Emergencies Act Inquiry be transp...
57 min
2639
Why is Russia’s Church backing Putin’s War in U...
10 min
2640
France says “non” to the far-right but Marine L...
17 min
2641
How inflation is driving down real wages in Canada
16 min
2642
Ringing up some phone history on National Telep...
16 min
2643
Elon Musk takes Twitter: the impact on the tech...
14 min
2644
Elon Musk takes Twitter: the business case
5 min
2645
Will Ottawa’s Emergencies Act Inquiry be transp...
8 min
2646
The world’s first carbon capture soap - and car...
13 min
2647
. Conservation group's fish carry scheme save t...
16 min
2648
University of Calgary students convert ATV to s...
16 min
2649
Journo Corner: environmental journalist
16 min
2650
Living a low carbon lifestyle and life as a “Cl...
18 min