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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

We dig into the history of Groundhog Day 03.02.2022

Guest: Peter Geiger, Editor of the Farmer’s Almanac

How much have dating apps changed the way we meet? 03.02.2022

Guest: Nancy Jo Sales, New York-based writer 

Why Canadians are lukewarm on the 2022 winter games 03.02.2022

Guest: Mario Canseco, President Research Co

Is Beijing in an Olympic mood? 03.02.2022

Guest: Mark Dreyer, Founder and reporter at China Sports Insider 

Doctors in Saskatchewan against scrapping proof of vaccine requirements 03.02.2022

Guest: Dr. Eben Strydom, President, Saskatchewan Medical Association 

A breakthrough in talks over a Alberta border blockade 03.02.2022

Guest: Heather Yourex-West, Global National- Alberta Correspondent 

Parliament protests put Ottawa Police in a no-win situation 03.02.2022

Guest: Dave Perry, Global News Security and Crime Analyst; and CEO of Investigative Solutions Network 

Erin O’Toole ousted by CPC: how short are the reins on a party leader? 03.02.2022

Guest: Scott Gilmore, Editor-at-large, MacLean’s Magazine

Alberta Truckers blockade, Campbell River woman stops shoplifter, Erin O’Toole’s Future/End of the Vax Tax 02.02.2022

 Alberta Truckers blockade, Campbell River woman stops shoplifter, Erin O’Toole’s Future/End of the Vax Tax - Feb 1st, 2022   Coutts chaos subsides: Alberta Truckers blockade: Guest: Jim Willett, Mayor of Coutts    Campbell River woman stops shoplifter: Guest: Elaine Gallaway, Campbell River resident who fought off a shoplifter     Erin O’Toole’s Future/End of the Vax Tax Guest: Tasha Kheirriddin,...

Understanding Lebanon’s economic collapse 02.02.2022

Guest: Heiko Wimmen/Crisis Group

Pro sports signing fumbles: price of winning vs. reputational cost 02.02.2022

Guest: Dr. Dan Mason, Professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, University of Alberta (specializing in sports leagues and franchises)

Tom Brady’s legacy & life after football 02.02.2022

Guest: Dave Campbell, Edmonton Elks colour analyst, 630 CHED in Edmonton

Canadian support for the CPC and Conservatism 02.02.2022

Guest: Darrell Bricker, CEO Ipsos Public Affairs

Erin O’Toole’s Future/End of the Vax Tax 02.02.2022

Guest: Tasha Kheirriddin, National Post Columnist 

Dairy prices on the rise: the why, the when & moo-re 02.02.2022

Guest: Jeff Nonay, Lakeside Dairy

Coutts' mayor talks trucker blockade chaos at the border 02.02.2022

Guest: Jim Willett, Mayor of Coutts 

Special Advisor to WHO Director General on vaccine inequity & threat of new variants, Gitksan Wordle: word game adaptation reawakens a language &CPC leader Erin O’Toole on the chopping block & the Canadian flag hijacked 01.02.2022

Special Advisor to WHO Director General on vaccine inequity & threat of new variants, Gitksan Wordle: word game adaptation reawakens a language &CPC leader Erin O’Toole on the chopping block & the Canadian flag hijacked  - Jan  31st, 2022   Special Advisor to WHO Director General on vaccine inequity & threat of new variants: Guest: Dr. Peter Singer, Special Advisor to the WHO Director General    ....

Let the celebrations begin: February 1st is Lunar New Year 2022 01.02.2022

Guest: Linda Hoang, social media strategist & travel, lifestyle and food blogger

Motivation vs. Manipulation: How to get people to do what you want them to do 01.02.2022

Guest: Dr. Travis Langley, distinguished professor of psychology at Henderson State University (specializing in social behaviour) & author and editor of 14 books, best known for Batman and Psychology: A Dark and Stormy Knight

Gitksan Wordle: word game adaptation reawakens a language 01.02.2022

Guest: Aidan Pine, linguist and full-stack developer currently working with the National Research Council's Indigenous Language Technology Project Catherine Blackstock, a hereditary chief of the Gitxsan Nation in northwestern BC and hooked on Gitksan Wordle    

Random crime phenomenon: BC women are taking action 01.02.2022

Guest: Angela Marie MacDougall, Executive Director, Battered Women's Support Services

CPC leader Erin O’Toole on the chopping block & the Canadian flag hijacked 01.02.2022

Guest: Lori Williams, political scientist and Associate Professor in the Department of Economics Justice and Policy Studies at Mount Royal University 

Who’s in Ottawa, indefinite timelines & anticipated outcomes 01.02.2022

Guest: Justin Ling, freelance investigative reporter

The Ottawa experience: protest insights, parliament returns & PM catches COVID 01.02.2022

Guest: Mercedes Stephenson, Ottawa Bureau Chief for Global News and host of The West Block

Special Advisor to WHO Director General on vaccine inequity & threat of new variants 01.02.2022

Guest: Dr. Peter Singer, Special Advisor to the WHO Director General 

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