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
1
Animal Farm turns 80: Why Orwell’s novella is a...
17 min
2
Trump tariffs or not, Canada’s BeaverTails is r...
17 min
3
Ghislaine Maxwell's interview on the Epstein ca...
9 min
4
What are Canada’s five major cities? A summer o...
36 min
5
Canada removes retaliatory tariffs on U.S, Apri...
45 min
6
Rick Mercer Interview
15 min
7
Canada gave its citizens the right to die, now ...
18 min
8
8-year-old boy is killed by stray bullet while ...
8 min
9
Sleep Country co-founder reveals crack addictio...
21 min
10
Air Canada strike, Canola seed tariffs take eff...
47 min
11
Vancouver band Mother Mother celebrates 20 year...
17 min
12
Exposing the deceptions of direct-selling compa...
18 min
13
B.C. man survives two weeks in wilderness by dr...
18 min
14
Air Canada Strike - Trump-Putin reaction from K...
40 min
15
Why Canada needs to change strategy in trade ne...
18 min
16
Bestselling Canadian author Linwood Barclay cha...
17 min
17
Group threatens legal action over 'grossly disp...
11 min
18
Air Canada strike looms - Big changes to Aeropl...
42 min
19
A deep dive into the Lobster business reveals a...
17 min
20
Controversial new book charts Prince Andrew's f...
16 min
21
Catriona Le May Doan on her memories of the Can...
4 min
22
Mboko's huge win - Nova Scotia forest ban backl...
42 min
23
A Victoria author shares her story of her finan...
17 min
24
Crunch time for Canada/US trade negotiations - ...
53 min
25
Cringey couple nicknames: why do we use them?
9 min