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
Why do we fall for April Fool’s pranks?
16 min
2927
Why the healthcare system needs to be better pr...
17 min
2928
A Quebec doctor copes with long Covid
17 min
2929
What the TSB report into the fatal 2019 derailm...
17 min
2930
The TSB report into the fatal 2019 derailment o...
15 min
2931
Tackling sexual misconduct in the Canadian Arme...
43 min
2932
Building a network to help house those fleeing ...
16 min
2933
The challenge in providing humanitarian aid to ...
18 min
2934
Afghan Canadian military interpreters plan hung...
17 min
2935
Canadian gymnasts demand investigation into tox...
11 min
2936
Tackling sexual misconduct in the Canadian Arme...
13 min
2937
Former chief of the defence staff pleads guilty...
9 min
2938
Canada-based army veterans set up field hospita...
37 min
2939
Life now for those who fled the fighting in Kyiv
10 min
2940
Why NATO should be doing more to help Ukraine
15 min
2941
Why the federal government’s climate reduction ...
10 min
2942
Navigating the federal government’s climate red...
11 min
2943
Microplastics detected in human blood for the f...
11 min
2944
Russia declares it’s scaling back its military ...
17 min
2945
Canada-based army veterans set up field hospita...
13 min
2946
The Slap heard around the world, Alcohol-relat...
58 min
2947
Canada’s men’s soccer team qualifies for its fi...
13 min
2948
Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk dies at age 62
5 min
2949
Indigenous leaders meet with Pope Francis at th...
11 min
2950
Canada identifies the F-35 as its preferred cho...
9 min