Conversations with Ben O’Hara-Byrne

Every weeknight, you can count on Conversations with Ben O’Hara-Byrne to feature compelling stories, diverse viewpoints, thoughtful questions, and frank conversations on topics that matter to all Canadians. From politics to public health, diplomacy to discrimination, affordability to artificial intelligence, and the environment to entertainment, the show will deliver a fresh approach to current affairs from a genuinely Canadian perspective.

Who is Ben O’Hara-Byrne? Currently the host of Conversations with Ben O’Hara-Byrne, Ben has more than 20 years broadcast journalism experience. He started in radio in Quebec City in 1998 before working for Global News in Montreal and Global News in Toronto. He moved to Global National’s Ottawa/Parliamentary Bureau in 2005 and served as the network’s Asia Correspondent based in Beijing from 2009 to 2011. He’s also worked as a network bureau chief in Beijing and London, U.K., and an evening news anchor in Victoria, B.C. He has reported from across Canada and from several countries including Afghanistan, North Korea, China, Libya, Egypt, South Africa, Ukraine, and Russia.

News
Politics
1
How does Canada navigate a global trade landsca...
18 min
2
How will Trump’s tariffs impact the American ec...
18 min
3
How do the most recent tariff announcements imp...
18 min
4
US slaps tariffs on U.S. trading partners and g...
18 min
5
A Canadian canola farmer on how tariffs hit hi...
8 min
6
The “Torpedo” bat takes baseball by storm and h...
8 min
7
How will energy markets change after global tar...
9 min
8
Auto tariffs stay in place, will Canada get any...
9 min
9
Intermittent fasting can be hit or miss, but re...
17 min
10
Why health care reform still matters in this el...
19 min
11
Netflix’s popular series ‘Adolescence’ raises i...
17 min
12
Are we seeing a generation gap developing in th...
18 min
13
Expect extra questions, take a burner phone whe...
18 min
14
Carbon tax goes, tariffs await, what does it al...
18 min
15
Lost for centuries, medieval tales of Merlin an...
16 min
16
Former Governor of the Bank of Canada on one fa...
19 min
17
Why is Mark Carney standing by Liberal candidat...
19 min
18
The Trews’ Colin MacDonald on a new album and C...
17 min
19
April 1, 1975 when Canada went weather metric a...
17 min
20
America’s biggest trade partner including Canad...
18 min
21
Replay: Karl Subban on fatherhood, teaching, ho...
34 min
22
Best of Crosstalk
7 min
23
Made in Canada: Naked and Famous Jeans
10 min
24
How Batman inspired Canadian researchers to cre...
18 min
25
Shark sounds captured for the first time, what ...
17 min