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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A day of reckoning in the global economy, how ...
9 min
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What could 25% tariffs mean for Canada’s auto i...
7 min
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Trump’s auto tariffs lead to layoffs on both si...
10 min
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How does Canada navigate a global trade landsca...
18 min
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How will Trump’s tariffs impact the American ec...
18 min
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How do the most recent tariff announcements imp...
18 min
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US slaps tariffs on U.S. trading partners and g...
18 min
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A Canadian canola farmer on how tariffs hit hi...
8 min
434
The “Torpedo” bat takes baseball by storm and h...
8 min
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How will energy markets change after global tar...
9 min
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Auto tariffs stay in place, will Canada get any...
9 min
437
Intermittent fasting can be hit or miss, but re...
17 min
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Why health care reform still matters in this el...
19 min
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Netflix’s popular series ‘Adolescence’ raises i...
17 min
440
Are we seeing a generation gap developing in th...
18 min
441
Expect extra questions, take a burner phone whe...
18 min
442
Carbon tax goes, tariffs await, what does it al...
18 min
443
Lost for centuries, medieval tales of Merlin an...
16 min
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Former Governor of the Bank of Canada on one fa...
19 min
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Why is Mark Carney standing by Liberal candidat...
19 min
446
The Trews’ Colin MacDonald on a new album and C...
17 min
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April 1, 1975 when Canada went weather metric a...
17 min
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America’s biggest trade partner including Canad...
18 min
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Replay: Karl Subban on fatherhood, teaching, ho...
34 min
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Best of Crosstalk
7 min