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
The handshake heard across Canada
71 min
1527
Your Consent is Not Required - a new book exami...
16 min
1528
Two huge earthquakes strike Turkey and Syria
60 min
1529
But wait, there’s more: K-Tel past and present
55 min
1530
ALMC hits rewind with the author of Mixtape: 21...
57 min
1531
Gord Sinclair on life after The Tragically Hip,...
62 min
1532
A fungus from a new HBO series is based on real...
60 min
1533
Why do we have anxiety dreams?
64 min
1534
The Canadian filmmaking duo behind “The Flying ...
73 min
1535
The germiest surface in the kitchen? The answer...
61 min
1536
The end of Ronzoni Pastina
62 min
1537
Raise a glass to the young entrepreneur finding...
56 min
1538
Bruce Cockburn on music, memories, and his upco...
52 min
1539
The Life of a Lighthouse Keeper
58 min
1540
New Zealand’s popular prime minister Jacinda Ar...
58 min
1541
New Canadian guidelines suggest cutting back yo...
59 min
1542
Grocery chains are feeling the heat over high f...
58 min
1543
Time to quiet quit these tired words
Bank watchdog weighs tighter mortgage rules, please quiet quit these tired words & the death of Lisa Marie Presley
76 min
1544
Please quiet quit these tired words and catchph...
15 min
1545
Canadian aid worker in Somalia on a country on ...
13 min
1546
Telecom companies are getting rid of 411 and op...
16 min
1547
The death of Lisa Marie Presley and the pressur...
15 min
1548
Pressure mounts on the federal government to cl...
16 min
1549
Bank watchdog weighs tighter mortgage rules as ...
14 min
1550
How fraudsters are putting homes that don’t bel...
74 min