Conversations with Ben O’Hara-Byrne

Every weeknight, you can count on Conversations with Ben O’Hara-Byrne to feature compelling stories, diverse viewpoints, thoughtful questions, and frank conversations on topics that matter to all Canadians. From politics to public health, diplomacy to discrimination, affordability to artificial intelligence, and the environment to entertainment, the show will deliver a fresh approach to current affairs from a genuinely Canadian perspective.

Who is Ben O’Hara-Byrne? Currently the host of Conversations with Ben O’Hara-Byrne, Ben has more than 20 years broadcast journalism experience. He started in radio in Quebec City in 1998 before working for Global News in Montreal and Global News in Toronto. He moved to Global National’s Ottawa/Parliamentary Bureau in 2005 and served as the network’s Asia Correspondent based in Beijing from 2009 to 2011. He’s also worked as a network bureau chief in Beijing and London, U.K., and an evening news anchor in Victoria, B.C. He has reported from across Canada and from several countries including Afghanistan, North Korea, China, Libya, Egypt, South Africa, Ukraine, and Russia.

News
Politics
76
How a speech therapist lost her ability to spea...
17 min
77
Port of Churchill sees renewed interest as Cana...
17 min
78
Big Bill is Canada’s answer to Carhartt
8 min
79
Nearly 900,000 fewer people went to the U.S. in...
9 min
80
Interest rates held as GTA faces a condo crisis
17 min
81
A Toronto author sets out to find the true stor...
37 min
82
Behind the scenes of the box office smash with ...
17 min
83
Hockey trumps politics: How a crucial Canadiens...
19 min
84
Alberta’s plan for forced treatment of drug us...
7 min
85
Alberta moves ahead with forced treatment plan ...
10 min
86
Tariffs, Trump, reports, and rumours shake Cana...
19 min
87
Ozempic for youth? Childhood obesity care gets ...
16 min
88
How a McMaster economist’s work is being used b...
21 min
89
As trade war tensions rise, one U.S. city sends...
17 min
90
Debate week is here, what’s at stake?
19 min
91
The Explorer’s Gene: Why curiosity and trying n...
17 min
92
45 years later, Terry Fox's brother retraces th...
18 min
93
Will Jennifer Pan go free? Supreme Court orders...
21 min
94
Could Trump’s tariffs drive up the price of tec...
18 min
95
Polls, how they work and why some people doubt ...
18 min
96
A memoir of food, restaurants, chefs, addiction...
35 min
97
Do big election campaign promises on housing ad...
16 min
98
One week from the debates, how solid is the Lib...
19 min
99
Is one of America’s most dangerous volcanoes pr...
19 min
100
The incredible true story of an FBI agent who w...
17 min