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