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
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The view of Victory Day from Kyiv
16 min
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Why Russia’s military continues to struggle in ...
18 min
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The war in Ukraine looms large over Victory Day...
15 min
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Mattea Roach’s Phenomenal Run on Jeopardy comes...
58 min
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Geese are wreaking havoc on Canadian cities
15 min
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10-year anniversary of the minting of the last ...
8 min
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Why swearing is good for you
25 min
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Ambitious Like A Mother: Why Prioritizing Your ...
15 min
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Give the gift of sleep to moms with babies this...
8 min
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How much should Canadians be told about governm...
7 min
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Mattea Roach’s Phenomenal Run on Jeopardy comes...
14 min
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CPC leadership race, How a Toronto-born entrepr...
83 min
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How Ben traced his Christmas present back to Ky...
13 min
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New racial data and how it will be put to use i...
16 min
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How a Toronto-born entrepreneur leveraged an ic...
19 min
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Why is the Lytton cleanup still progressing so ...
16 min
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Why last Summer’s heat dome in western Canada w...
8 min
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Covid-19 - two new variants in South Africa
9 min
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CPC leadership race
15 min
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What’s causing long security waits at Canadian ...
67 min
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Why did Anglo-Saxon kings eat such a vegetable-...
13 min
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How a US Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe...
16 min
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The widespread impact on India of a blistering ...
18 min
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A new book looks at why the 1972 war on ice bet...
18 min
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Journos Corner: Talking Defence with David Pugl...
15 min