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
3001
Train launches new single and announces North A...
20 min
3002
Canadian supplying aid to Ukraine from Poland
17 min
3003
Ukrainian MP on the importance of President Zel...
16 min
3004
Will allies be pressured into providing more he...
18 min
3005
Ukrainian-Canadian Community on Zelenzkyy’s add...
7 min
3006
Assessing President Zelenskyy’s address to parl...
9 min
3007
Stepping up help for those fighting in Ukraine ...
52 min
3008
The return of Tom Brady and the challenges athl...
10 min
3009
China faces surge in COVID cases, can its zero ...
16 min
3010
Scott McGillivray on his new show “Scott’s Own ...
17 min
3011
Will sanctions on Russia help turn the tide on ...
16 min
3012
Russia intensifies its attacks on Ukraine, can ...
16 min
3013
Stepping up help for those fighting in Ukraine
16 min
3014
The politicization of Covid-19 protections and ...
52 min
3015
How the world’s most inaccessible shipwreck was...
18 min
3016
One woman’s uncertain future after fleeing the ...
16 min
3017
Journalist Corner: The war in Ukraine with Otta...
18 min
3018
What’s keeping China from pressuring Russia to ...
17 min
3019
Why policymakers can’t do much to ease the affo...
8 min
3020
The skyrocketing cost of babysitting
7 min
3021
The politicization of Covid-19 protections and ...
16 min
3022
Mask mandates are coming to an end, Award-winni...
47 min
3023
Brittney Griner, US Women’s Basketball star hel...
14 min
3024
A Canadian describes how much life has changed ...
7 min
3025
Kyiv resident reunited with her daughter in Edm...
9 min