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Weekends with Ben O’Hara-Byrne

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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, inclu...

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The Tesla whistleblower and the cost of taking on Elon Musk 31.08.2025 18:14

Guest: Sönke Iwersen, investigative reporter at Handelsblatt, co-author of The Tesla Files: A Whistleblower, a Leak, a Fight for Truth: The Inside Story of Musk's Empire

Harassment, hardship and hope in wildland firefighting 31.08.2025 18:29

Guest: River Selby, former wildland firefighter and author of Hot Shot: A Life on Fire

Trump tariffs illegal? - De minmis crunch - Secretariat jockey remembered - Adults ordering off kids menu? 30.08.2025 41:21

Why Veteran investigative journalist Linden MacIntyre's book on a British general exiled to Newfoundland is a bestseller 30.08.2025 17:56

Guest: Linden McIntyre, longtime investigative journalist and author of An Accidental Villain: A Soldier's Tale of War, Deceit and Exile

The class of 2025 inductees into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame 30.08.2025 17:28

Guest: Gino Vannelli, 2025 Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee

Fit for TV Reveals the Complicated History of The Biggest Loser 30.08.2025 18:41

Guest: Skye Borgman, director, Fit for TV: The Reality of The Biggest Loser

Ice Cube steps off the big screen and picks up the mic again for a North American tour 30.08.2025 10:53

Guest: Ice Cube, American rapper, songwriter, actor, and film producer

Animal Farm turns 80: Why Orwell’s novella is a as relevant as evert 24.08.2025 18:21

Trump tariffs or not, Canada’s BeaverTails is ready to take on the U.S. 24.08.2025 18:25

Ghislaine Maxwell's interview on the Epstein case released, what did we learn? Can she be trusted? 24.08.2025 10:43

What are Canada’s five major cities? A summer of baseball love for the Blue Jays,New poll shows Conservatives inching into lead over Carney’s Liberals, & PM Carney makes his first visit to Ukraine 24.08.2025 39:15

Canada removes retaliatory tariffs on U.S, April’s federal election & Air Canada strike wake up call 23.08.2025 47:50

Rick Mercer Interview 23.08.2025 16:23

Canada gave its citizens the right to die, now doctors are struggling to keep up with demand 17.08.2025 19:31

8-year-old boy is killed by stray bullet while sleeping in his Toronto bedroom 17.08.2025 9:44

Sleep Country co-founder reveals crack addiction in candid memoir 17.08.2025 22:41

Air Canada strike, Canola seed tariffs take effect, Canada’s counter-tariffs 17.08.2025 50:00

Vancouver band Mother Mother celebrates 20 years with new album Nostalgia 16.08.2025 18:01

Guest: Ryan Guldemond, singer, guitarist, songwriter,co-founder of Mother Mother

Exposing the deceptions of direct-selling companies that make their profit not off customers but off their own sales force. 16.08.2025 18:50

Guest: Bridget Read, journalist at New York Magazine and author of Little Bosses Everywhere: How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America

B.C. man survives two weeks in wilderness by drinking pond water 16.08.2025 18:57

Guest: Andrew Barber, survived two weeks in the BC wilderness

Air Canada Strike - Trump-Putin reaction from Kyiv - Amazing octopus encounter 16.08.2025 43:19

Air Canada work stoppage: What now? Guest: John Gradek, Faculty Lecturer, Integrated Aviation Management, McGill University Air Canada grounding: What passengers need to know Guest: Gabor Lukacs, founder and president, Air Passengers Rights What happened at the Trump and Putin meeting in Alaska? Guest: Kira Rudek, member of the Ukrainian parliament and head of the Golos Party Giant Pacific octopus...

Why Canada needs to change strategy in trade negotiations with Trump 10.08.2025 19:31

Guest: Goldy Hyder, president and CEO, Business Council of Canada.

Bestselling Canadian author Linwood Barclay changes tracks with new horror novel 'Whistle' 10.08.2025 18:10

Guest: Linwood Barclay, NY Times bestselling author

Group threatens legal action over 'grossly disproportionate' Nova Scotia woods ban 10.08.2025 12:34

Guest: Christine Van Geyn, Litigation Director, Canadian Constitution Foundation

Air Canada strike looms - Big changes to Aeroplan rewards - Hamas hostage update - AI scams growing 10.08.2025 45:39

Air Canada flight attendants vow ‘day of action’ Guest: Shanyn Elliot, chair of the strike committee for the flight attendants of air canada Big changes are coming to Air Canada's Aeroplan program Guest: Patrick Sojka, founder, Rewards Canada UN Security Council holds rare Sunday meeting over Gaza as families of Hamas hostages fight for their release Guest: Matan Eshet, cousin of Hamas hostage Evy...