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
2701
The stresses of returning to the office
16 min
2702
What is the legal impact of the Pope’s apology?
6 min
2703
Chief Judy Wilson discusses apology from Cathol...
11 min
2704
Residential school survivor in Rome reacts to P...
13 min
2705
TSB report into the fatal 2019 derailment of a ...
98 min
2706
What makes an April Fool’s prank work?
12 min
2707
Why do we fall for April Fool’s pranks?
16 min
2708
Why the healthcare system needs to be better pr...
17 min
2709
A Quebec doctor copes with long Covid
17 min
2710
What the TSB report into the fatal 2019 derailm...
17 min
2711
The TSB report into the fatal 2019 derailment o...
15 min
2712
Tackling sexual misconduct in the Canadian Arme...
43 min
2713
Building a network to help house those fleeing ...
16 min
2714
The challenge in providing humanitarian aid to ...
18 min
2715
Afghan Canadian military interpreters plan hung...
17 min
2716
Canadian gymnasts demand investigation into tox...
11 min
2717
Tackling sexual misconduct in the Canadian Arme...
13 min
2718
Former chief of the defence staff pleads guilty...
9 min
2719
Canada-based army veterans set up field hospita...
37 min
2720
Life now for those who fled the fighting in Kyiv
10 min
2721
Why NATO should be doing more to help Ukraine
15 min
2722
Why the federal government’s climate reduction ...
10 min
2723
Navigating the federal government’s climate red...
11 min
2724
Microplastics detected in human blood for the f...
11 min
2725
Russia declares it’s scaling back its military ...
17 min