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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New documentary charts soccer star Diana Mathe...
17 min
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Tinder Swindler arrested, one of his victims sp...
18 min
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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
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The Canadian foreign correspondent who alerted ...
18 min
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The messy, strange and symbolic history of Poutine
18 min
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What one man learned following in Terry Fox’s f...
12 min
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Why coffee prices are so high - How you can sho...
77 min
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Catching up with Honeymoon Suite with a new alb...
16 min
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MP's back at it Monday - Life on Mars - Who's b...
55 min
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PM Carney's major projects list - Charlie Kirk'...
45 min
89
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
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Andy Kim still "gently" rocking in 2025 and abo...
15 min
92
Bob Rae on Ken Dryden - Modern day treasure hun...
55 min
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The remarkable missteps that brought about one ...
16 min
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New documentary takes us back into the legendar...
17 min
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Remembering Ken Dryden - How Quebec's EV dream ...
36 min
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UB40 on 45 years of music and a new tour announ...
18 min
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Canada's Iconic K-Tel is still going strong
18 min
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Why threats against Mitch Marner should be a wa...
8 min
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The True Story of 200 Forgotten Murder Victims ...
18 min
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Toward a disease-sniffing device that rivals a ...
8 min