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
2901
How effective is help for housing in the federa...
10 min
2902
The politics of affordability and real estate f...
8 min
2903
Did the Liberals just deliver a sensible budget?
8 min
2904
Unprecedented COVID lockdown in one of the worl...
64 min
2905
Stolen Charles Darwin notebooks returned to Cam...
12 min
2906
Traces of giant prehistoric crocodiles found in...
15 min
2907
Is it time to send a message to aliens again?
14 min
2908
Russia is killing civilians in Ukraine and igno...
15 min
2909
Unprecedented COVID lockdown in one of the worl...
16 min
2910
What more should Canada do to help Ukraine and ...
63 min
2911
A Canadian who went to Ukraine to fight, instea...
10 min
2912
What caused a 100-meter high tsunami in Norther...
17 min
2913
The woman behind the very popular Instagram acc...
18 min
2914
How Lithuania ended its dependence on Russian e...
16 min
2915
Why evidence of war crimes must compel the west...
16 min
2916
What more should Canada do to help Ukraine and ...
16 min
2917
Bracing for a 6th Covid wave , Why Ukraine is w...
68 min
2918
What are Canada’s odds of a successful World Cup
13 min
2919
A look at the 2022 Grammy awards
15 min
2920
Final International Panel on Climate Change report
8 min
2921
Why Ukraine is worth fighting for
24 min
2922
Civilians executed by Russian forces in Kyiv su...
18 min
2923
Bracing for a 6th Covid wave
15 min
2924
Residential school survivor in Rome reacts to P...
66 min
2925
A man who helped evacuate people from Afghanist...
16 min