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
176
Toward a disease-sniffing device that rivals a ...
8 min
177
Canada axes U.S. counter-tariffs - Defending yo...
26 min
178
The Tesla whistleblower and the cost of taking ...
17 min
179
Harassment, hardship and hope in wildland firef...
17 min
180
Trump tariffs illegal? - De minmis crunch - Sec...
38 min
181
Why Veteran investigative journalist Linden Mac...
17 min
182
The class of 2025 inductees into the Canadian S...
16 min
183
Fit for TV Reveals the Complicated History of T...
17 min
184
Ice Cube steps off the big screen and picks up ...
10 min
185
Animal Farm turns 80: Why Orwell’s novella is a...
17 min
186
Trump tariffs or not, Canada’s BeaverTails is r...
17 min
187
Ghislaine Maxwell's interview on the Epstein ca...
9 min
188
What are Canada’s five major cities? A summer o...
36 min
189
Canada removes retaliatory tariffs on U.S, Apri...
45 min
190
Rick Mercer Interview
15 min
191
Canada gave its citizens the right to die, now ...
18 min
192
8-year-old boy is killed by stray bullet while ...
8 min
193
Sleep Country co-founder reveals crack addictio...
21 min
194
Air Canada strike, Canola seed tariffs take eff...
47 min
195
Vancouver band Mother Mother celebrates 20 year...
17 min
196
Exposing the deceptions of direct-selling compa...
18 min
197
B.C. man survives two weeks in wilderness by dr...
18 min
198
Air Canada Strike - Trump-Putin reaction from K...
40 min
199
Why Canada needs to change strategy in trade ne...
18 min
200
Bestselling Canadian author Linwood Barclay cha...
17 min