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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The sweet science of chocolate
17 min
377
Journo Corner: French debate reaction
18 min
378
How a speech therapist lost her ability to spea...
17 min
379
Port of Churchill sees renewed interest as Cana...
17 min
380
Big Bill is Canada’s answer to Carhartt
8 min
381
Nearly 900,000 fewer people went to the U.S. in...
9 min
382
Interest rates held as GTA faces a condo crisis
17 min
383
A Toronto author sets out to find the true stor...
37 min
384
Behind the scenes of the box office smash with ...
17 min
385
Hockey trumps politics: How a crucial Canadiens...
19 min
386
Alberta’s plan for forced treatment of drug us...
7 min
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Alberta moves ahead with forced treatment plan ...
10 min
388
Tariffs, Trump, reports, and rumours shake Cana...
19 min
389
Ozempic for youth? Childhood obesity care gets ...
16 min
390
How a McMaster economist’s work is being used b...
21 min
391
As trade war tensions rise, one U.S. city sends...
17 min
392
Debate week is here, what’s at stake?
19 min
393
The Explorer’s Gene: Why curiosity and trying n...
17 min
394
45 years later, Terry Fox's brother retraces th...
18 min
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Will Jennifer Pan go free? Supreme Court orders...
21 min
396
Could Trump’s tariffs drive up the price of tec...
18 min
397
Polls, how they work and why some people doubt ...
18 min
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A memoir of food, restaurants, chefs, addiction...
35 min
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Do big election campaign promises on housing ad...
16 min
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One week from the debates, how solid is the Lib...
19 min