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
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US slaps tariffs on U.S. trading partners and g...
18 min
377
A Canadian canola farmer on how tariffs hit hi...
8 min
378
The “Torpedo” bat takes baseball by storm and h...
8 min
379
How will energy markets change after global tar...
9 min
380
Auto tariffs stay in place, will Canada get any...
9 min
381
Intermittent fasting can be hit or miss, but re...
17 min
382
Why health care reform still matters in this el...
19 min
383
Netflix’s popular series ‘Adolescence’ raises i...
17 min
384
Are we seeing a generation gap developing in th...
18 min
385
Expect extra questions, take a burner phone whe...
18 min
386
Carbon tax goes, tariffs await, what does it al...
18 min
387
Lost for centuries, medieval tales of Merlin an...
16 min
388
Former Governor of the Bank of Canada on one fa...
19 min
389
Why is Mark Carney standing by Liberal candidat...
19 min
390
The Trews’ Colin MacDonald on a new album and C...
17 min
391
April 1, 1975 when Canada went weather metric a...
17 min
392
America’s biggest trade partner including Canad...
18 min
393
Replay: Karl Subban on fatherhood, teaching, ho...
34 min
394
Best of Crosstalk
7 min
395
Made in Canada: Naked and Famous Jeans
10 min
396
How Batman inspired Canadian researchers to cre...
18 min
397
Shark sounds captured for the first time, what ...
17 min
398
Will a change of tone in Canada/US relations la...
19 min
399
What lies beneath Antarctica’s ice?
14 min
400
The sad and soggy end to Vancouver Expo 86’s ic...
7 min