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
551
The vocal history of booing at sporting events,...
17 min
552
Search for answers begins in Delta crash landin...
17 min
553
“'Miracle nobody got killed” says aviation expe...
18 min
554
Is a shared love of certain music the key to fi...
16 min
555
Mike Love and The Beach Boys bring sunshine to ...
39 min
556
Senate confirms Robert Kennedy Jr. as Health an...
13 min
557
What to expect from a Canada-USA showdown at th...
14 min
558
Diving in with the Guinness World Record holder...
16 min
559
WestJet and Lufthansa team up in new massive de...
14 min
560
Why do airlines take passengers seeking compens...
14 min
561
Donald Trump threatens reciprocal tariffs, take...
16 min
562
Journo Corner: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nomin...
18 min
563
Kate Gies on our culture’s desires to “fix” bod...
17 min
564
How to resist the tech takeover of romance
13 min
565
Joe from the ‘I Am Canadian” rant reflects on ...
16 min
566
Should we be worried about an asteroid collidi...
17 min
567
Premiers meet in Washington to discuss tariff t...
8 min
568
Barriers to cancer treatment leave patients and...
17 min
569
Where do they go? A long-time sea turtle myster...
17 min
570
Ron Deibert tackles cyber espionage, subversion...
33 min
571
True Crime Conversations: Convicted killer and ...
16 min
572
Canada pours billions into foreign aid, is it m...
18 min
573
Kendrick Lamar takes his Drake beef to the big...
17 min
574
Best of Super Bowl ads: Celebs, nostalgia and a...
19 min
575
Why Greenland finds itself in Trump’s crosshairs
18 min