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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72-hour flight couple: how WestJet replaced a f...
17 min
802
Bomb Cyclones, Bombogensis, Atmospheric Rivers:...
16 min
803
Ukraine marks 1000 days since Russia’s invasion...
17 min
804
Move over Honda CRV, a new vehicle tops the lis...
14 min
805
Encouraging signs for men’s health in Canada on...
15 min
806
My kingdom for a hoarse: How researchers spent ...
20 min
807
A father and son affair as Bachman-Turner Overd...
29 min
808
A British PM and an illicit love affair on the ...
35 min
809
The enduring mystery of one of humankind’s most...
32 min
810
The strange, bitter, and wonderful stories that...
32 min
811
Rubik’s Cube celebrates its 50th birthday
17 min
812
A strike heading into the holidays is just anot...
17 min
813
Why you should toss out items such as kitchen u...
13 min
814
How hockey inspires heroes both on and off the ice
30 min
815
Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul: Big money, huge audien...
16 min
816
Swifties spend loads on merchandise as Eras Tou...
17 min
817
Chateau Laurier gets set for the return of the ...
9 min
818
Canadian astronaut Jenni Gibbons on space, the ...
22 min
819
Can anything good come for Canada in a Trump pr...
21 min
820
Canada Soccer coaches organized spying with drones
16 min
821
John LeCarre’s son brings back his most famous ...
35 min
822
The star of Xena: Warrior Princess makes her di...
31 min
823
Canada’s 1st human case of avian flu detected i...
17 min
824
Archac-no-phobia: A new book pays tribute to sp...
19 min
825
A Little More True Crime: The World’s Wildest Cons
35 min