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
1001
The Insect Epiphany: How Our Six-Legged Allies ...
15 min
1002
Why Fernando Valenzuela’s legacy extends far be...
18 min
1003
McDonald’s in the U.S. hit by deadly e-coli out...
15 min
1004
Bank of Canada cuts key rate by 50 basis points...
14 min
1005
Journo Corner: Trudeau faces frustrated Liberal...
16 min
1006
How a former federal Liberal cabinet minister i...
15 min
1007
A decade later, those who rushed to try to save...
14 min
1008
The new Matthew Perry Foundation of Canada will...
16 min
1009
The science of motivating young people and how ...
34 min
1010
How scholars and librarians became the unlikely...
15 min
1011
How to talk to people when you live alone
How to talk to people when you live alone
16 min
1012
Loverboy’s Paul Dean restores lost 1970 album f...
35 min
1013
Navajo code talker who helped allies win Second...
17 min
1014
RBC Cybersecurity series: Popular scams and how...
14 min
1015
Nazem Kadri on his hockey dreams and becoming t...
17 min
1016
B.C. election result: still too close to call
17 min
1017
Membership has its privileges: A surprise birth...
10 min
1018
How companies remake markets, cash in, and keep...
17 min
1019
Why the B.C. election is still too close to call
19 min
1020
How much are Canadian attitudes about immigrati...
14 min
1021
Five tumultuous years in Montreal shaped Kamala...
32 min
1022
New Trump biopic shot in Toronto sees drama on ...
17 min
1023
TikTok influencers: The Blonde Brewer on their ...
15 min
1024
Ontario to require provincial approval for new ...
18 min
1025
U.S. moves ahead on Click-to-Cancel rules to ma...
15 min