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
901
Anxiety in children in the social media age
18 min
902
Standing On The Shoulders of Kitties: The Trail...
14 min
903
What could legalizing mushrooms in Canada look ...
15 min
904
Ketchup named Canada’s signature potato chip fl...
12 min
905
Why is Donald Trump taunting Canada?
15 min
906
What did Canadians check out on YouTube in 2024?
7 min
907
Brain Rot is the Oxford Word of the year
10 min
908
Why Canada’s housing crisis showed few signs of...
17 min
909
How immigration became a dominant topic in Cana...
16 min
910
Trudeau founders, incumbents stagger, Trump ret...
18 min
911
After a devastating wildfire, Jasper ends 2024 ...
17 min
912
What events, people, and trends Canadians were ...
17 min
913
The surprising ways in which games have changed...
17 min
914
Airlines try to crackdown on air rage incidents...
17 min
915
The humble origins of one of the world’s most e...
16 min
916
Giving a gift? Turns out late isn’t a bad thing...
16 min
917
A top FBI criminal profiler on what we’ve learn...
35 min
918
Man suspected of killing United Healthcare CEO ...
18 min
919
Syrians around the world react to the fall of A...
17 min
920
How cancer can mean ‘staggering’ costs for pati...
16 min
921
40 years since Do They Know It’s Christmas and ...
17 min
922
The fragile place we call Earth and how the uni...
17 min
923
How much higher can Bitcoin climb?
18 min
924
What’s hot and what’s not in Canadian real esta...
17 min
925
2024’s most mispronounced words
16 min