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
1701
An Act of Evil - The untold story of the small...
14 min
1702
Elon Musk gets set to transform Twitter
15 min
1703
Low voter turnout in municipal elections across...
64 min
1704
The many reasons why the Dutch don’t say sorry
14 min
1705
The mysterious rise of food allergies in North ...
13 min
1706
A Canadian leads the Philadelphia Phillies into...
16 min
1707
Looking ahead to the US midterm elections - imp...
15 min
1708
One month since Fiona: Newfoundland and Labrador
9 min
1709
One month since Fiona: Cape Breton
9 min
1710
Low voter turnout in municipal elections across...
13 min
1711
Immigrants and permanent residents now make up ...
50 min
1712
What life skills do young adults today feel the...
13 min
1713
An ode to ginger beef: the hidden history of Ch...
15 min
1714
Pennsylvania’s senate debate reveals the ongoin...
17 min
1715
Journo Corner: The Bank of Canada pushes ahead ...
13 min
1716
Why new arrivals to Canada continue to settle i...
8 min
1717
Immigrants and permanent residents now make up ...
8 min
1718
Should Ottawa be doing more to repatriate Canad...
14 min
1719
Canadian women released from camp for ISIS deta...
61 min
1720
Need a floppy disk, there’s still a company in ...
17 min
1721
A look behind the scenes of hockey broadcasts w...
14 min
1722
Did China’s Communist Party fool the West into ...
17 min
1723
Bank of Canada expected to hike interest rates ...
15 min
1724
Former senior advisor to the Israeli Prime Mini...
14 min
1725
Canadian women released from camp for ISIS deta...
13 min