Curiouscast
Weekends with Ben O’Hara-Byrne
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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Episodes
The Ziz cult and a shootout on the QC/Vermont border 18.03.2025 30:19
Guest: J. Oliver Conroy, writer and journalist based in New York
Canadian farmers caught in trade war from canola tariffs by China 15.03.2025 19:29
Guest: Chris Davison, President & CEO, Canola Council of Canada.
How are Canadian federal parties gearing up for the next election? 15.03.2025 18:17
Guest: Fred DeLorey, Partner, NorthStar Public Affairs, 2021 federal Conservative national campaign manager.
Mark Carney sworn in as prime minister with new, condensed cabinet 14.03.2025 19:29
Guest: David Akin, chief political correspondent, Global News.
Trump and Musk are gutting the US government; will it bring efficiency or disaster? 14.03.2025 18:13
Guest: Sidney Shapiro, Professor of Law, Wake Forest University.
Is Tesla heading for a head-on crash? 14.03.2025 19:47
Guest: Andrew Hawkins, Transportation Editor, The Verge.
Is America becoming a disinformation and division threat to Canada? 14.03.2025 17:25
Guest: Neil Bisson, a former CSIS intelligence officer who is now director of the Global Intelligence Knowledge Network and teaches at the University of Ottawa's Professional Development Institute.
The many challenges ahead for Prime Minister Mark Carney 14.03.2025 20:27
Guest: John Manley, former MP, deputy prime minister and minister of finance.
Canadian snowbirds get their wings clipped by new US immigration rules 14.03.2025 16:04
Guest: Rudy Buttignol, president of the Canadian Association of Retired Persons.
BC mom fights to get daughter released from US immigration detention 13.03.2025 18:45
Guest: Alexis Eagles, Jasmine Moonie’s Mother.
A global trade war heats up with new US tariffs 13.03.2025 17:37
Guest: Drew Fagan, a professor at the Munk School at the University of Toronto and a former assistant deputy minister for foreign policy.
Vancouver surgeon brings unique surgery to restore sight to Canada 13.03.2025 18:16
Guest: Dr. Greg Moloney, an ophthalmologist and surgeon at Mount Saint Joseph Hospital in Vancouver.
True Crime: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever 13.03.2025 35:20
Guest: Joseph Cox, co-founder of 404 Media and author of Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever.
Journo Corner: What impact will new tariffs have on you? 13.03.2025 17:31
Guest: Joanna Smith, reporter, The Logic.
Trump is threatening to destroy Canada’s auto industry, can he succeed? 12.03.2025 19:25
Guest: Peter Frise, professor of mechanical and automotive engineering, University of Windsor.
Looking back at the Covid-19 pandemic, five years later 12.03.2025 18:13
Guest: Kerry Bowman, Professor of Bioethics and Global Health, University of Toronto.
Chapman’s Ice Cream freezes prices to stand up against USA tariffs 12.03.2025 18:10
Guest: Ashley Chapman, COO, Chapmans Ice Cream.
How seriously should Canadians take Trump’s repeated 51st state threats? 12.03.2025 19:40
Guest: Matthew Lebo, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Western Ontario.
Why tariff threats are already having an impact on Canadian economy 12.03.2025 19:23
Guest: Julian Vikan Karaguesian, a lecturer in the Department of Economics at McGill University and worked for Canadian Ministry of Finance for more than 25 years.
Does Doug Ford have a plan? Is it working? 12.03.2025 18:50
Guest: Colin D’Mello, Queens Park Correspondent, Global News.
The trade war rhetoric hits fever pitch, can cooler heads prevail? 11.03.2025 20:06
Guest: Gordon Giffin. Former US Ambassador to Canada.
Why Canada should cancel its $19B deal for American F35 fighter jets 11.03.2025 15:03
Guest: Michael Byers, professor, political science, UBC and co-founder, Open Space Institute.
The truth about fentanyl production and trafficking in Canada 11.03.2025 21:35
Guest: Jason Eligh, Senior Expert, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.
Cargo ship hits tanker off England's coast, sparking huge fire, fuel leak 11.03.2025 17:24
Guest: Sal Mercogliano, maritime historian, a professor at Campbell University and the host of the What Is Going On With Shipping? show on YouTube.
With an election looming, Canadian voters are a volatile and anxious group 11.03.2025 19:22
Guest: Shachi Kurl, president, Angus Reid Institute.
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