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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Did the Liberals just deliver a sensible budget?
8 min
2877
Unprecedented COVID lockdown in one of the worl...
64 min
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Stolen Charles Darwin notebooks returned to Cam...
12 min
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Traces of giant prehistoric crocodiles found in...
15 min
2880
Is it time to send a message to aliens again?
14 min
2881
Russia is killing civilians in Ukraine and igno...
15 min
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Unprecedented COVID lockdown in one of the worl...
16 min
2883
What more should Canada do to help Ukraine and ...
63 min
2884
A Canadian who went to Ukraine to fight, instea...
10 min
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What caused a 100-meter high tsunami in Norther...
17 min
2886
The woman behind the very popular Instagram acc...
18 min
2887
How Lithuania ended its dependence on Russian e...
16 min
2888
Why evidence of war crimes must compel the west...
16 min
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What more should Canada do to help Ukraine and ...
16 min
2890
Bracing for a 6th Covid wave , Why Ukraine is w...
68 min
2891
What are Canada’s odds of a successful World Cup
13 min
2892
A look at the 2022 Grammy awards
15 min
2893
Final International Panel on Climate Change report
8 min
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Why Ukraine is worth fighting for
24 min
2895
Civilians executed by Russian forces in Kyiv su...
18 min
2896
Bracing for a 6th Covid wave
15 min
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Residential school survivor in Rome reacts to P...
66 min
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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
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The stresses of returning to the office
16 min