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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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What lessons Canada learned from the Grenfell Tower tragedy 17.05.2022 13:31

Guest: Graeme Stewart, Principal at ERA Architects and founding director of the Centre for Urban Growth and Renewal

Families of the victims still searching for answers five years after the Grenfell Tower tragedy in London 17.05.2022 17:27

Guest: Karim Mussilhy, nephew of Grenfell Tower victim Hesham Rahman and vice-chair of Grenfell United

What’s up with cryptocurrencies? 17.05.2022 17:24

Guest: Alfred Lehar, finance professor at the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary

The lessons for Canada in the deadly attack on a Buffalo supermarket 17.05.2022 17:18

Guest: Barbara Perry, Professor, Criminology and Justice, Ontario Tech University and Director of the Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism

The Buffalo attack and the rise of violent white supremecist extremism in the United States 17.05.2022 18:30

Guest: Elizabeth Neumann, former Department of Homeland Security official, Chief Strategy Officer for the Moonshot Team

Remembering David Milgaard’s life and legacy 17.05.2022 16:20

Guest: Ron Dalton, Co-President, Exoneree & Accountant, Innocence Canada

What’s causing a baby formula shortage in the US and what impact is it having in Canada, The feud that's killing 'Friday the 13th', The security map of Europe is changing as Finland and Sweden move towards joining NATO & The need to improve internet speed in indigenous communities and reaction to Pope Francis’ Canadian visit - May 13th, 2022 What’s causing a baby formula shortage in the US and...

Why the Indigenous incarceration crisis demands a bolder response 14.05.2022 17:43

Guest: Corey Shefman, a lawyer for Indigenous peoples and organizations at Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP

The need to improve internet speed in indigenous communities and reaction to Pope Francis’ Canadian visit 14.05.2022 17:47

Guest: Chief Joe Alphonse, Tribal Chair of the Tŝilhqot’in (Nationwide Authorities and the Chief of Tl'etinqox-t'in Government

The feud that's killing 'Friday the 13th' 14.05.2022 26:50

Guest: Larry Zerner, entertainment lawyer and actor who played Shelly in Friday the 13th Part 3

The security map of Europe is changing as Finland and Sweden move towards joining NATO 14.05.2022 17:33

Guest: Stephen M. Saideman, Paterson Chair in International Affairs at Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University in Ottawa,

What’s causing a baby formula shortage in the US and what impact is it having in Canada? Guest: Michelle Pensa Br 14.05.2022 14:54

Guest: Michelle Pensa Branco, co-founder, SafelyFed Canada.

Conservative Party leader candidate Pierre Poilievre says he'd replace governor of Bank of Canada, Apple pulls the plug on the iPod, Hearts on Fire: Six Years That Changed Canadian Music 2000 - 2005 & Living through seven weeks of COVID lockdown in Shanghai - May 12th, 2022 Conservative Party leader candidate Pierre Poilievre says he'd replace governor of Bank of Canada Guest: Tim Powers, Chair...

Living through seven weeks of COVID lockdown in Shanghai 13.05.2022 13:07

Guest: Cameron Wilson, Shanghai resident

Demands for an independent investigation into the shooting death of a prominent Al-Jazeera reporter in the West Bank 13.05.2022 17:38

Guest: Sherif Mansour, Committee to Protect Journalists - Middle East and North Africa Program Coordinator

Apple pulls the plug on the iPod 13.05.2022 18:32

Guest: Carmi Levy, Technology Analyst & Journalist

Hearts on Fire: Six Years That Changed Canadian Music 2000 - 2005 13.05.2022 16:44

Guest: Michael Barclay, author of Hearts on Fire: Six Years That Changed Canadian Music 2000 - 2005

Gymnasts launch class action lawsuit against Gymnastics Canada 13.05.2022 17:09

Guest: Amelia Cline, former Team BC gymnast

Conservative Party leader candidate Pierre Poilievre says he'd replace governor of Bank of Canada 13.05.2022 16:22

Guest: Tim Powers, Chairman of Summa Strategies

Afghan interpreters still waiting for approval on applications to come to Canada, Opposition demands more be done to help Afghan interpreters , The Ford F-150 Lightning could be the most important EV to hit the market, Why is keeping the trains running key to Ukraine’s war effort & Journo Corner - May 11th, 2022 Afghan interpreters still waiting for approval on applications to come to Canada G...

The James Webb Telescope sends back stunning imagery 12.05.2022 12:31

Guest: Dr. Robert Smith, Historian of science specializing in astronomy at the University of Alberta, Edmonton

Concerns over the future of Genetic Engineering 12.05.2022 17:44

Guest: Samira Kiani, a professor of genetic engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, co-producer of “Make People Better”, which premiered at Hot Docs

The Ford F-150 Lightning could be the most important EV to hit the market, does it live up to expectations? 12.05.2022 17:58

Guest: Scott Evans, Motor Trend Features Editor

Why is keeping the trains running key to Ukraine’s war effort? 12.05.2022 17:19

Guest: Oleksandr Kamyshin, Ukrainian Railways CEO

Journo Corner: The second CPC leadership debate, and Alberta court rules federal environmental assessment act is unconstitutional 12.05.2022 19:38

Guest: Dave Breakenridge, managing editor of the Edmonton Journal and Edmonton Sun, and host of the 10/3 Podcast