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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

Solving the mystery of Alberta's dinosaur graveyard 22.05.2025

Guest: Emily Bamforth, Paleontologist and Curator of the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum’.

NASA warns of huge solar flares that could cause blackouts on Earth 21.05.2025

Guest: Walter Stoddard, Senior Scientist, Ontario Science Centre.

Bell outage: New rules were put in place after the massive Rogers outage in 2022, did Bell follow them? 21.05.2025

Guest: Ritesh Kotak, Technology Analyst, Ritesh Kotak Consulting.

The US Dollar has ruled the world for ages, is that reign under threat? 21.05.2025

Guest: Ken Rogoff, former director of the International Monetary Fund, professor of Economics, Harvard University, author of Our Dollar, Your Problem: An Insider's View of Seven Turbulent Decades of Global Finance, and the Road Ahead.

Daughter/father duo from Orangeville take the Renovation Resort title 21.05.2025

Guest: Graham and Hollie Laird, father/daughter and winners of Renovation Resort season two on Home Network.

Everyone Knew His Name: paying tribute to George Wendt of Cheers! 21.05.2025

George Wendt, an actor with Everyman charm who played the affable, beer-loving barfly Norm on the hit 1980s TV comedy “Cheers” and later built a stage career that took him to Broadway in productions such as “Art,” “Hairspray,” and “Elf,” has died.

No easy answers to the problems plaguing Canada Post 21.05.2025

Guest: Ian Lee, an Associate Professor in the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University.

45 years after the deadliest volcanic eruption in US history, what have we learned from Mount St. Helens tragedy 20.05.2025

Guest: George Bergantz, professor emeritus, Dept. Earth & Space Sciences, University of Washington.

BC architect and adventurer on his 500-kilometre trek through Canada’s frozen Arctic 20.05.2025

Guest: Kevin Vallely, BC architect and explorer.

A baby name consultant dissects the top names for 2024 17.05.2025

Guest: Taylor Humphrey, Baby Name Consultant.

Apple and China: How Did their lucrative union begin and why is it under strain 16.05.2025

Guest: Patrick McGee, author of Apple in China: The Capture of the World’s Greatest Company.

Canada’s EV Industry already had a Bumpy Road Ahead, it just got bumpier 16.05.2025

Guest: Brendan Sweeney, managing director, Trillium Network for Advanced Manufacturing.

Peace talks between Ukraine and Russia on the road to nowhere fast 16.05.2025

Guest: John Herbst, senior director, Eurasia Center, Atlantic Council and former US Ambassador to Ukraine.

The weird, wacky and downright bizarre food being served up at the Calgary Stampede this year 16.05.2025

Guest: Ashley Warner, Midway Manager, Calgary Stampede.

Big grocers warn that tariffs could start to take a bite out of your budget 16.05.2025

Guest: Mike Von Massow, professor in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Guelph.

Leafs fans confront a familiar and dreaded sinking Spring feeling 15.05.2025

Guest: Dave Feschuk, sports columnist, Toronto Star.

Oscar-nominated director tackles the tale of a Winnipeg sportscaster’s spectacular fall from grace 15.05.2025

Guest: Charlie Siskel and Ben Daughtrey, directors of The Sexiest Man in Winnipeg.

Montreal launches one of the world’s toughest crackdowns on short-term rentals 15.05.2025

Guest: Martin Patriquin, Quebec correspondent, The Logic.

Prime Minister Carney’s new cabinet gets to work, will it live up to its “new and improved” billing? 15.05.2025

Guest: Justin Ling, freelance journalist and author of the Bug-eyed and Shameless newsletter on Substack.

Your health data may be being sold to third parties, how do you protect your medical information? 15.05.2025

Guest: Sheryl Spithoff, family physician, Women’s College Hospital in Toronto.

The Menendez brothers could be granted parole for the infamous 1989 murder of their parents 15.05.2025

Guest: Michele McPhee, senior writer, LA Magazine.

Great Big Sea’s Sean McCann sets out on Great Big Canadian Road Trip 15.05.2025

Guest: Sean McCann, singer/songwriter, founding member of Great Big Sea.

How do Canadian honking habits compare to our peers? 14.05.2025

Guest: James McCay, Digital PR Advisor, Compare The Market Australia.

Digging into the crates with the author of The Vinyl Diaries 14.05.2025

Guest: Pete Crighton, author of The Vinyl Diaries.

Prosecution star witness takes the stand in the Sean “Diddy” Combs sex trafficking trial 14.05.2025

Guest: Germania Rodriguez Poleo, Chief U.S. Reporter and host of the Trial of Diddy podcast for the Daily Mail.

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