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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How eating alone at a restaurant went from tabo...
8 min
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Why Michael Kovrig says dropping tariffs on Chi...
9 min
28
Jays playoff preview - Ticketmaster collusion? ...
44 min
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Canadian legends Sloan return with a 14th studi...
17 min
30
New documentary charts soccer star Diana Mathe...
17 min
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Tinder Swindler arrested, one of his victims sp...
18 min
32
Canadian on historic Moon mission - CFL rule ch...
45 min
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The co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit on the game’...
70 min
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Robert Redford’s biographer and friend on the R...
32 min
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Foe and Friend: Vladislav Tretiak pays tribute ...
7 min
36
The Canadian foreign correspondent who alerted ...
18 min
37
The messy, strange and symbolic history of Poutine
18 min
38
What one man learned following in Terry Fox’s f...
12 min
39
Why coffee prices are so high - How you can sho...
77 min
40
Catching up with Honeymoon Suite with a new alb...
16 min
41
MP's back at it Monday - Life on Mars - Who's b...
55 min
42
PM Carney's major projects list - Charlie Kirk'...
45 min
43
Dismantling Big Tech's attention economy and th...
17 min
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Could a 'digital diet' help me fix my bad phone...
18 min
45
Andy Kim still "gently" rocking in 2025 and abo...
15 min
46
Bob Rae on Ken Dryden - Modern day treasure hun...
55 min
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The remarkable missteps that brought about one ...
16 min
48
New documentary takes us back into the legendar...
17 min
49
Remembering Ken Dryden - How Quebec's EV dream ...
36 min
50
UB40 on 45 years of music and a new tour announ...
18 min