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
2776
The politics of affordability and real estate f...
8 min
2777
Did the Liberals just deliver a sensible budget?
8 min
2778
Unprecedented COVID lockdown in one of the worl...
64 min
2779
Stolen Charles Darwin notebooks returned to Cam...
12 min
2780
Traces of giant prehistoric crocodiles found in...
15 min
2781
Is it time to send a message to aliens again?
14 min
2782
Russia is killing civilians in Ukraine and igno...
15 min
2783
Unprecedented COVID lockdown in one of the worl...
16 min
2784
What more should Canada do to help Ukraine and ...
63 min
2785
A Canadian who went to Ukraine to fight, instea...
10 min
2786
What caused a 100-meter high tsunami in Norther...
17 min
2787
The woman behind the very popular Instagram acc...
18 min
2788
How Lithuania ended its dependence on Russian e...
16 min
2789
Why evidence of war crimes must compel the west...
16 min
2790
What more should Canada do to help Ukraine and ...
16 min
2791
Bracing for a 6th Covid wave , Why Ukraine is w...
68 min
2792
What are Canada’s odds of a successful World Cup
13 min
2793
A look at the 2022 Grammy awards
15 min
2794
Final International Panel on Climate Change report
8 min
2795
Why Ukraine is worth fighting for
24 min
2796
Civilians executed by Russian forces in Kyiv su...
18 min
2797
Bracing for a 6th Covid wave
15 min
2798
Residential school survivor in Rome reacts to P...
66 min
2799
A man who helped evacuate people from Afghanist...
16 min
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Tips on how to best handle a return to the office
17 min