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
1526
Eight Canadian police officers killed on the jo...
90 min
1527
Former governor general David Johnston named ra...
88 min
1528
The legacy of Kiska, the last Orca to die in ca...
85 min
1529
Why did Flair Airlines see four of its planes s...
91 min
1530
A look behind the curtains at the Oscars and th...
62 min
1531
How to have a bad day
88 min
1532
Seinfeld and Economics: Lessons on everything f...
90 min
1533
The Ongoing History of New Music celebrates 30 ...
74 min
1534
Prime Minister lays out multipronged foreign in...
87 min
1535
What is thundersnow?
96 min
1536
Nordstrom to close all Canadian stores, cutting...
88 min
1537
Trudeau briefed ‘multiple’ times on election in...
95 min
1538
What does a new report into foreign interferen...
65 min
1539
TikTok banned on all Canadian government device...
57 min
1540
One year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Uk...
73 min
1541
Are tough economic sanctions levied against Rus...
13 min
1542
One year later, remembering the night Russia de...
65 min
1543
Are you allowed to protect yourself against hom...
93 min
1544
The Bing Chat bot has feelings and multiple per...
75 min
1545
How Canadian movie studios are utilizing AI to ...
89 min
1546
The truth behind classified documents in the USA
81 min
1547
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki announces retire...
54 min
1548
Beware of the Valentine’s chatbot
59 min
1549
The joys of dining alone
68 min
1550
Toronto mayor John Tory resigns
50 min