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
2001
What can Canadians expect to learn from inquiry...
15 min
2002
Russia escalates attacks on Ukraine, The scienc...
74 min
2003
The science behind why people have different so...
11 min
2004
Previewing a new season of HGTV’s Making It Hom...
15 min
2005
Has Populism Won? The War On Liberal Democracy
13 min
2006
Hockey Canada CEO and board of directors resign...
16 min
2007
Tech company shows ArriveCan could have been bu...
15 min
2008
Russia escalates attacks on Ukraine, is it time...
13 min
2009
Alberta is about to have a new premier, how wil...
75 min
2010
With high food prices impacting your thanksgivi...
9 min
2011
How to keep misinformation off the menu when yo...
9 min
2012
We’re travelling again - Time to revisit proper...
15 min
2013
Dr. No turns 60: The lasting legacy of James Bond
18 min
2014
The story behind the new biography Down and out...
15 min
2015
Canada’s transportation supply chain is at a br...
16 min
2016
Alberta is about to have a new premier, how wil...
15 min
2017
Thanksgiving costs: how inflation is hitting th...
8 min
2018
UCP leadership race results: Analysis
21 min
2019
UCP leadership results: Analysis
11 min
2020
OPEC+ announces big supply cuts in oil producti...
70 min
2021
How a Vancouver concert helped launch Loretta L...
12 min
2022
How to Make, and Keep, Friends in Adulthood
16 min
2023
A Manitoba man is trying to help end the cycle ...
17 min
2024
Journo Corner: Looking ahead to the results of...
16 min
2025
Why protests in Iran are giving hope to those i...
9 min