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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Should the Canadian government help control gro...
58 min
1302
A hospital chaplain on processing grief and hum...
78 min
1303
Justin Trudeau and Sophie Gregoire Trudeau anno...
71 min
1304
How feasible is space colonization?
84 min
1305
The summer of strikes - what is causing an upti...
77 min
1306
Why is the standard of living falling for Canad...
76 min
1307
Paper Trails: A life in stories from acclaimed ...
94 min
1308
Time is on his side: Mick Jagger turns 80
91 min
1309
How garbage creates an environmental and human ...
92 min
1310
Retired RCMP officer charged in an alleged Chin...
92 min
1311
Remembering the incomparable Tony Bennett
63 min
1312
40th anniversary of the Gimli Glider: A first-h...
92 min
1313
The B.C. port strike is withdrawn, for now - ho...
89 min
1314
The B.C. port strike is back on - union rejects...
94 min
1315
Governor-General feels the heat over Iceland t...
76 min
1316
Would you share houses with a family you don’t ...
65 min
1317
The world record for…most toothbrushes owned?
91 min
1318
Around the world in 8 'amazing' years — a B.C. ...
92 min
1319
A new collection of Canadian true crime stories
79 min
1320
Taking a road trip along all 7700km of the Tran...
82 min
1321
Is Meta’s just launched Threads really the “Twi...
95 min
1322
World’s first fully electric flying car approve...
91 min
1323
How did forensic genealogy help crack a 1975 co...
92 min
1324
Can Hollywood’s abusive culture really change?
86 min
1325
Canada Day Cities Tour
91 min