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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Airlines try to crackdown on air rage incidents...
17 min
902
The humble origins of one of the world’s most e...
16 min
903
Giving a gift? Turns out late isn’t a bad thing...
16 min
904
A top FBI criminal profiler on what we’ve learn...
35 min
905
Man suspected of killing United Healthcare CEO ...
18 min
906
Syrians around the world react to the fall of A...
17 min
907
How cancer can mean ‘staggering’ costs for pati...
16 min
908
40 years since Do They Know It’s Christmas and ...
17 min
909
The fragile place we call Earth and how the uni...
17 min
910
How much higher can Bitcoin climb?
18 min
911
What’s hot and what’s not in Canadian real esta...
17 min
912
2024’s most mispronounced words
16 min
913
Notre-Dame Cathedral reopens
17 min
914
Health-care workers hope to revolutionize frost...
17 min
915
The Ford government’s plan to send nuclear powe...
17 min
916
Ride like the wind: A new documentary pays tri...
34 min
917
Manhunt continues for shooter in NYC murder of ...
17 min
918
Grocery prices could jump by 3-5% in 2025; Some...
17 min
919
An iconic style of Canadian movie theatre is qu...
18 min
920
Journo Corner: Canadian music funding body FACT...
17 min
921
There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught Ameri...
33 min
922
Air Canada drops carry-on bags for basic fare c...
16 min
923
How a term coined back in the 1850’s became the...
17 min
924
How small acts of kindness and connection reall...
15 min
925
Trump needles Trudeau about Canada becoming the...
20 min