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
2801
Documenting human rights abuses by the Russian ...
16 min
2802
Journo Corner: Gord Steinke
18 min
2803
Passport application delays
16 min
2804
Concern over military spending in the 2022 Budget
17 min
2805
Canada’s aging population and the impact
15 min
2806
The challenge with ticks and Lyme Disease , Les...
68 min
2807
The allure of toxic relationships
13 min
2808
Why isn’t there more focus on a negotiated peac...
17 min
2809
Lessons learned from being in the Kremlin’s cro...
18 min
2810
Marianas Trench lead singer Josh Ramsay
16 min
2811
Is Canada doing enough to help Ukrainians hopin...
17 min
2812
The challenge with ticks and Lyme Disease
15 min
2813
Will Ottawa’s Emergencies Act Inquiry be transp...
57 min
2814
Why is Russia’s Church backing Putin’s War in U...
10 min
2815
France says “non” to the far-right but Marine L...
17 min
2816
How inflation is driving down real wages in Canada
16 min
2817
Ringing up some phone history on National Telep...
16 min
2818
Elon Musk takes Twitter: the impact on the tech...
14 min
2819
Elon Musk takes Twitter: the business case
5 min
2820
Will Ottawa’s Emergencies Act Inquiry be transp...
8 min
2821
The world’s first carbon capture soap - and car...
13 min
2822
. Conservation group's fish carry scheme save t...
16 min
2823
University of Calgary students convert ATV to s...
16 min
2824
Journo Corner: environmental journalist
16 min
2825
Living a low carbon lifestyle and life as a “Cl...
18 min