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
What more should Canada do to help Ukraine and ...
16 min
2902
Bracing for a 6th Covid wave , Why Ukraine is w...
68 min
2903
What are Canada’s odds of a successful World Cup
13 min
2904
A look at the 2022 Grammy awards
15 min
2905
Final International Panel on Climate Change report
8 min
2906
Why Ukraine is worth fighting for
24 min
2907
Civilians executed by Russian forces in Kyiv su...
18 min
2908
Bracing for a 6th Covid wave
15 min
2909
Residential school survivor in Rome reacts to P...
66 min
2910
A man who helped evacuate people from Afghanist...
16 min
2911
Tips on how to best handle a return to the office
17 min
2912
The stresses of returning to the office
16 min
2913
What is the legal impact of the Pope’s apology?
6 min
2914
Chief Judy Wilson discusses apology from Cathol...
11 min
2915
Residential school survivor in Rome reacts to P...
13 min
2916
TSB report into the fatal 2019 derailment of a ...
98 min
2917
What makes an April Fool’s prank work?
12 min
2918
Why do we fall for April Fool’s pranks?
16 min
2919
Why the healthcare system needs to be better pr...
17 min
2920
A Quebec doctor copes with long Covid
17 min
2921
What the TSB report into the fatal 2019 derailm...
17 min
2922
The TSB report into the fatal 2019 derailment o...
15 min
2923
Tackling sexual misconduct in the Canadian Arme...
43 min
2924
Building a network to help house those fleeing ...
16 min
2925
The challenge in providing humanitarian aid to ...
18 min