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