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
1851
An Act of Evil - The untold story of the small...
14 min
1852
Elon Musk gets set to transform Twitter
15 min
1853
Low voter turnout in municipal elections across...
64 min
1854
The many reasons why the Dutch don’t say sorry
14 min
1855
The mysterious rise of food allergies in North ...
13 min
1856
A Canadian leads the Philadelphia Phillies into...
16 min
1857
Looking ahead to the US midterm elections - imp...
15 min
1858
One month since Fiona: Newfoundland and Labrador
9 min
1859
One month since Fiona: Cape Breton
9 min
1860
Low voter turnout in municipal elections across...
13 min
1861
Immigrants and permanent residents now make up ...
50 min
1862
What life skills do young adults today feel the...
13 min
1863
An ode to ginger beef: the hidden history of Ch...
15 min
1864
Pennsylvania’s senate debate reveals the ongoin...
17 min
1865
Journo Corner: The Bank of Canada pushes ahead ...
13 min
1866
Why new arrivals to Canada continue to settle i...
8 min
1867
Immigrants and permanent residents now make up ...
8 min
1868
Should Ottawa be doing more to repatriate Canad...
14 min
1869
Canadian women released from camp for ISIS deta...
61 min
1870
Need a floppy disk, there’s still a company in ...
17 min
1871
A look behind the scenes of hockey broadcasts w...
14 min
1872
Did China’s Communist Party fool the West into ...
17 min
1873
Bank of Canada expected to hike interest rates ...
15 min
1874
Former senior advisor to the Israeli Prime Mini...
14 min
1875
Canadian women released from camp for ISIS deta...
13 min