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
Are tough economic sanctions levied against Rus...
13 min
1527
One year later, remembering the night Russia de...
65 min
1528
Are you allowed to protect yourself against hom...
93 min
1529
The Bing Chat bot has feelings and multiple per...
75 min
1530
How Canadian movie studios are utilizing AI to ...
89 min
1531
The truth behind classified documents in the USA
81 min
1532
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki announces retire...
54 min
1533
Beware of the Valentine’s chatbot
59 min
1534
The joys of dining alone
68 min
1535
Toronto mayor John Tory resigns
50 min
1536
How Helsinki is finding success in fighting hom...
51 min
1537
Can we trust online reviews?
54 min
1538
The handshake heard across Canada
71 min
1539
Your Consent is Not Required - a new book exami...
16 min
1540
Two huge earthquakes strike Turkey and Syria
60 min
1541
But wait, there’s more: K-Tel past and present
55 min
1542
ALMC hits rewind with the author of Mixtape: 21...
57 min
1543
Gord Sinclair on life after The Tragically Hip,...
62 min
1544
A fungus from a new HBO series is based on real...
60 min
1545
Why do we have anxiety dreams?
64 min
1546
The Canadian filmmaking duo behind “The Flying ...
73 min
1547
The germiest surface in the kitchen? The answer...
61 min
1548
The end of Ronzoni Pastina
62 min
1549
Raise a glass to the young entrepreneur finding...
56 min
1550
Bruce Cockburn on music, memories, and his upco...
52 min