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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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Latest episode

Mar 15, 2026

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Episodes

Lessons learned from being in the Kremlin’s crosshairs for more than a decade 27.04.2022

Guest: Bill Browder, financier and author of Freezing Order:  

Marianas Trench lead singer Josh Ramsay 27.04.2022

Guest: Josh Ramsay, lead singer of Marianas Trench on new solo album: The Josh Ramsay Show

Is Canada doing enough to help Ukrainians hoping to come to this country? 27.04.2022

Guest: Sean Fraser, Federal Immigration Minister and MP for Central Nova 

The challenge with ticks and Lyme Disease 27.04.2022

Guest: Tara Moriarty, Associate Professor at the University of Toronto in the Faculty of Dentistry with cross appointment to the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology in the Faculty of Medicine, head of the Moriarity Laboratory

Will Ottawa’s Emergencies Act Inquiry be transparent enough, Why is Russia’s Church backing Putin’s War in Ukraine, How inflation is driving down real wages in Canada, & Elon Musk takes Twitter 26.04.2022

Will Ottawa’s Emergencies Act Inquiry be transparent enough, Why is Russia’s Church backing Putin’s War in Ukraine, How inflation is driving down real wages in Canada, & Elon Musk takes Twitter  - April 25th, 2022   Will Ottawa’s Emergencies Act Inquiry be transparent enough?    Guest: Stephanie Carvin, Associate Professor of International Relations at the Norman Paterson School of International A...

Why is Russia’s Church backing Putin’s War in Ukraine 26.04.2022

Guest: Scott Kenworthy,  Professor of Comparative Religion, Miami University, Ohio. 

France says “non” to the far-right but Marine LePen makes gains 26.04.2022

Guest: Garrett Martin, Senior Professorial Lecturer at the School of International Service of American University, Co-Director of the Transatlantic Policy Center.

How inflation is driving down real wages in Canada 26.04.2022

Guest: David Macdonald, Senior Economist, Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives 

Ringing up some phone history on National Telephone Day 26.04.2022

Guest: Jay Zagorsky,  Senior Lecturer, Markets, Public Policy, and Law, Questrom School of Business, Boston University

Elon Musk takes Twitter: the impact on the tech sector 26.04.2022

Guest: Carmi Levy, Technology Analyst & Journalist

Elon Musk takes Twitter: the business case 26.04.2022

Guest: Brett Chang, Co-host of The Peak Daily

Will Ottawa’s Emergencies Act Inquiry be transparent enough? 26.04.2022

Guest: Stephanie Carvin, Associate Professor of International Relations at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs.

The world’s first carbon capture soap - and carbon capture devices for buildings 23.04.2022

Guest host Shane Foxman talks with Jaeson Cardiff, Chief Executive Officer, Clean02

. Conservation group's fish carry scheme save thousands of salmon 23.04.2022

Guest host Shane Foxman talks with Ken Gray, Secretary & Director, Mill Bay & District Conservation Society

University of Calgary students convert ATV to solar to help Indigenous communities 23.04.2022

Guest host Shane Foxman talks with Austin Bercier, Metis student from the University of Calgary's Schulich School of Engineering 

Journo Corner: environmental journalist 23.04.2022

Guest host Shane Foxman talks with Emma McIntosh, Ontario Environment Reporter, The Narwhal 

Living a low carbon lifestyle and life as a “Climatarian” 23.04.2022

Guest host Shane Foxman talks with Lloyd Alter, architect, design editor of treehugger.com, professor of Sustainable Design at Ryerson School of Interior Design and author of Living the 1.5 Degree Lifestyle

How nuclear energy can play a role in reducing Canada’s emissions 23.04.2022

Guest host Shane Foxman speaks with Canon Bryan, Chief Financial Officer, Terrestrial Energy

Hungry for competition 22.04.2022

Guest host Shane Foxman speaks with Scott Watkins, competitive eater and founder of the YouTube channel Scott Eats

What are we eating and what role does food play in the prevention of chronic disease? 22.04.2022

Guest host Shane Foxman speaks with Dr. Dylan MacKay, Assistant Professor in Nutrition and Chronic Diseases, University of Manitoba

What does the future of travel look like? 22.04.2022

Guest host Shane Foxman speaks with Claire Newell, travel expert, author and owner of Travel Best Bets, one of the largest agencies in Canada

A farmer's perspective: the cost of everything, understanding the supply chain & feds focused on climate 22.04.2022

Guest host Shane Foxman speaks with Jeff Nonay, Owner/Dairy Farmer, Lakeside Dairy

The nuances of taking in a Ukrainian family 22.04.2022

Guest host Shane Foxman speaks with Tara Rasmussen.

Through the lens of economic history, could we be living in the best of times? 22.04.2022

Guest host Shane Foxman speaks with Dr. Jon Cohen, economic historian and Professor Emeritus at University of Toronto

Canadian beekeepers suffering from massive hive losses 21.04.2022

Guest host Shane Foxman speaks with Jeremy Olthof, President of the Alberta Beekeepers Commission.

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