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
Canada is about to open a consulate in Greenlan...
17 min
2
Ottawa’s two billion trees scheme was a half-bi...
8 min
3
Canadian heading to the Moon - Catherine O'Hara...
47 min
4
He spent five decades in policing but found the...
6 min
5
Award-winning Canadian author Lindsay Wong take...
10 min
6
Is Mark Carney’s new more in-your-face approach...
17 min
7
Revisiting The Spirit of Radio: New doc looks a...
16 min
8
Remembering Catherine O’Hara, a huge talent and...
56 min
9
How Betting Took Over Sports
17 min
10
How Prediction Markets Turned Life Into a Dysto...
17 min
11
Why are senior federal civil servants being for...
11 min
12
Trump's latest threats - Training for a hypothe...
44 min
13
How much is consolidation in the food industry ...
17 min
14
Canadian music icon Bif Naked on a new album, a...
16 min
15
Has Mark Carney bitten off more than he can che...
17 min
16
Ryan Wedding arrested. What's Next? - Brutal wi...
45 min
17
Canadian rock Icon Kim Mitchell on his upcoming...
34 min
18
Why the Crown-Indigenous Relations Ministry wa...
10 min
19
Trump's Greenland Gambit - Legault's resignatio...
45 min
20
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The T...
16 min
21
The musical mind behind the '80s sound of 'Stra...
17 min
22
Why People Set Out on Impossible Quests
17 min
23
Michael Kovrig on the China deal
11 min
24
Canada-China trade deal reaction & analysis - E...
58 min
25
New documentary reveals the good, the bad and t...
17 min