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
2926
How Russia is spreading disinformation about th...
18 min
2927
Is co-ownership a reasonable answer to affordin...
16 min
2928
When will Canada’s real estate market correct, ...
5 min
2929
How effective is help for housing in the federa...
10 min
2930
The politics of affordability and real estate f...
8 min
2931
Did the Liberals just deliver a sensible budget?
8 min
2932
Unprecedented COVID lockdown in one of the worl...
64 min
2933
Stolen Charles Darwin notebooks returned to Cam...
12 min
2934
Traces of giant prehistoric crocodiles found in...
15 min
2935
Is it time to send a message to aliens again?
14 min
2936
Russia is killing civilians in Ukraine and igno...
15 min
2937
Unprecedented COVID lockdown in one of the worl...
16 min
2938
What more should Canada do to help Ukraine and ...
63 min
2939
A Canadian who went to Ukraine to fight, instea...
10 min
2940
What caused a 100-meter high tsunami in Norther...
17 min
2941
The woman behind the very popular Instagram acc...
18 min
2942
How Lithuania ended its dependence on Russian e...
16 min
2943
Why evidence of war crimes must compel the west...
16 min
2944
What more should Canada do to help Ukraine and ...
16 min
2945
Bracing for a 6th Covid wave , Why Ukraine is w...
68 min
2946
What are Canada’s odds of a successful World Cup
13 min
2947
A look at the 2022 Grammy awards
15 min
2948
Final International Panel on Climate Change report
8 min
2949
Why Ukraine is worth fighting for
24 min
2950
Civilians executed by Russian forces in Kyiv su...
18 min