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
1501
The legacy of Kiska, the last Orca to die in ca...
85 min
1502
Why did Flair Airlines see four of its planes s...
91 min
1503
A look behind the curtains at the Oscars and th...
62 min
1504
How to have a bad day
88 min
1505
Seinfeld and Economics: Lessons on everything f...
90 min
1506
The Ongoing History of New Music celebrates 30 ...
74 min
1507
Prime Minister lays out multipronged foreign in...
87 min
1508
What is thundersnow?
96 min
1509
Nordstrom to close all Canadian stores, cutting...
88 min
1510
Trudeau briefed ‘multiple’ times on election in...
95 min
1511
What does a new report into foreign interferen...
65 min
1512
TikTok banned on all Canadian government device...
57 min
1513
One year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Uk...
73 min
1514
Are tough economic sanctions levied against Rus...
13 min
1515
One year later, remembering the night Russia de...
65 min
1516
Are you allowed to protect yourself against hom...
93 min
1517
The Bing Chat bot has feelings and multiple per...
75 min
1518
How Canadian movie studios are utilizing AI to ...
89 min
1519
The truth behind classified documents in the USA
81 min
1520
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki announces retire...
54 min
1521
Beware of the Valentine’s chatbot
59 min
1522
The joys of dining alone
68 min
1523
Toronto mayor John Tory resigns
50 min
1524
How Helsinki is finding success in fighting hom...
51 min
1525
Can we trust online reviews?
54 min