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
1026
Why don’t celebrity endorsements work?
17 min
1027
How to cope with post-election anxiety
15 min
1028
US Election Night Panel with Richard Cloutier &...
37 min
1029
US Election analysis with Matthew Lebo
9 min
1030
Democratic Watch Party coverage
6 min
1031
Republicans in Canada watch nervously
8 min
1032
US Election analysis with Mary Ann Akers
11 min
1033
US Election Night Panel with Lauren McNabb & Ke...
38 min
1034
Trump ramps up the voter fraud claims, is there...
17 min
1035
A Good Man in Politics: Lloyd Axworthy’s ‘Kick-...
15 min
1036
A BC mom spent years trying to prove her teen d...
16 min
1037
Paying tribute to the man friends called Q: Qui...
19 min
1038
US election preview + our coverage preview
17 min
1039
Americans bet millions on presidential race
15 min
1040
Why are so many people living with Diabetes mad...
9 min
1041
One of the great alt-rock bands returns with a ...
16 min
1042
RCMP in B.C. dismantles largest drug superlab i...
18 min
1043
Canadian Dollar is at a two-year low, how much ...
15 min
1044
Jody Wilson-Raybould talks history, reconciliat...
34 min
1045
America’s former envoy in Ottawa on what’s at s...
15 min
1046
Federal minister of health talks dental-care pl...
8 min
1047
World Series champion and MVP Freddie Freeman s...
12 min
1048
What the Menendez brothers’ case tells us about...
24 min
1049
Trick or treat: Why shrinkflation on Halloween ...
14 min
1050
A first-hand look at the deepening humanitarian...
14 min