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
The stresses of returning to the office
16 min
2802
What is the legal impact of the Pope’s apology?
6 min
2803
Chief Judy Wilson discusses apology from Cathol...
11 min
2804
Residential school survivor in Rome reacts to P...
13 min
2805
TSB report into the fatal 2019 derailment of a ...
98 min
2806
What makes an April Fool’s prank work?
12 min
2807
Why do we fall for April Fool’s pranks?
16 min
2808
Why the healthcare system needs to be better pr...
17 min
2809
A Quebec doctor copes with long Covid
17 min
2810
What the TSB report into the fatal 2019 derailm...
17 min
2811
The TSB report into the fatal 2019 derailment o...
15 min
2812
Tackling sexual misconduct in the Canadian Arme...
43 min
2813
Building a network to help house those fleeing ...
16 min
2814
The challenge in providing humanitarian aid to ...
18 min
2815
Afghan Canadian military interpreters plan hung...
17 min
2816
Canadian gymnasts demand investigation into tox...
11 min
2817
Tackling sexual misconduct in the Canadian Arme...
13 min
2818
Former chief of the defence staff pleads guilty...
9 min
2819
Canada-based army veterans set up field hospita...
37 min
2820
Life now for those who fled the fighting in Kyiv
10 min
2821
Why NATO should be doing more to help Ukraine
15 min
2822
Why the federal government’s climate reduction ...
10 min
2823
Navigating the federal government’s climate red...
11 min
2824
Microplastics detected in human blood for the f...
11 min
2825
Russia declares it’s scaling back its military ...
17 min