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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How eating alone at a restaurant went from tabo...
8 min
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Why Michael Kovrig says dropping tariffs on Chi...
9 min
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Jays playoff preview - Ticketmaster collusion? ...
44 min
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Canadian legends Sloan return with a 14th studi...
17 min
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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
90
Catching up with Honeymoon Suite with a new alb...
16 min
91
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
93
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
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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