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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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We’re in a trade war now: Why? And who loses? 05.03.2025 19:31

Guest: Kevin Bryan, Associate Professor, Strategic Management Area, University of Toronto.

How to escape Trump’s trade trap? Put food first 04.03.2025 16:46

Guest: Lisa Ashton, agriculture policy lead, RBC.

Can Ukraine survive Trump’s wrath and will its allies step up? 04.03.2025 21:17

Guest: Roman Waschuk, former Canadian ambassador to Ukraine.

The PM meets with King Charles amid concerns about his silence on Trump’s annexation threats 04.03.2025 8:25

Guest: Justin Vovk, Royal historian, advisory board member, Institute for the Study of the Crown in Canada.

Michigan helped elect Trump so why are his supporters concerned about his tariffs? 04.03.2025 11:04

Guest: Rick Jones, former Michigan senator.

How much fentanyl is really moving across the Canadian border into the US? 04.03.2025 17:42

Guest: Commissioner Thomas Carrique, Ontario Provincial Police.

How could tariffs hit the Canadian economy 04.03.2025 17:39

Guest: Jim Kilpatrick, Global Supply Chain and Network Operations Leader, Deloitte Canada.

Canada braces for Trump’s tariffs with decision coming on Tuesday 04.03.2025 18:58

Guest: James Blanchard, former US Ambassador to Canada.

Gene Hackman’s connections to Canada and what made him one of the greatest actors of his generation 01.03.2025 20:15

Guest: Christopher Rosen, news director, Gold Derby.

Spring break 2025 is shaping up to be an expensive one, how you can find a last minute deal 01.03.2025 17:27

Guest: Jennifer Weatherhead, travel journalist.

Why is Britain so silent on Trump’s Canada threats? 01.03.2025 20:54

Guest: Greg Quinn, former British diplomat and president of Aodhan Consultancy Ltd.

We think of the underwater world as silent, why it’s anything but 28.02.2025 18:28

Guest: Amorina Kingdon, author of Sing Like Fish: How Sound Rules Life Under Water.

A Toronto woman’s life with memory loss featured in new documentary 28.02.2025 20:09

Guest: Nesh Pillay, short-term memory loss.

Why measles is making an unwelcome return in Canada and the US 28.02.2025 16:13

Guest: Dr. Earl Rubin, Associate Professor, Division Director of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, McGill University.

Nova Scotia moves first to bring down interprovincial trade barriers, how does it work? 28.02.2025 19:38

Guest: Tim Houston, Nova Scotia Premier.

7 planets are aligning in the night sky for a "planetary parade." Here's what to know 27.02.2025 17:09

Guest: Orbax Thomas, physicist and science communicator for the Department of Physics in the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Guelph.

Remembering an artist who killed softly with her songs 27.02.2025 18:20

Guest: Antonino D’Ambrosio, director, American Masters documentary on Roberta Flack.

Bezos, Jeff Bezos: Is Amazon’s takeover of 007 a license to kill the franchise? 27.02.2025 19:04

Guest: David Zaritsky, creator of The Bond Experience fan channel on YouTube and Instagram, regular contributor of Bond Lifestyle.

How a loyal stray in war-torn Ukraine was given a new home in Alberta 27.02.2025 18:58

Guest: Phil Morrow, owner of Donbas.

The double T factor driving Liberals to their first lead in the polls since 2021 27.02.2025 17:49

Guest: Darrell Bricker, CEO, Ipsos Global Public Affairs.

Trump talks of reviving the Keystone XL Pipeline while saying the US doesn’t need Canadian oil 27.02.2025 18:49

Guest: Richard Masson, an executive fellow at the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy and the former CEO of the Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission.

Heart monitors aim to understand how grey seal pups survive on Sable Island 26.02.2025 17:17

Guest: Michelle Shero, Associate Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

The Breakfast Club at 40: One of the great teen movies hits a milestone 26.02.2025 18:57

Guest: Elissa Nelson, Associate Professor, Bronx Community College, City University of New York and author of The Breakfast Club: John Hughes, Hollywood, and the Golden Age of the Teen Film

Renovations and parenthood with The Home Network’s Lizzy Mathis 26.02.2025 16:40

Guest: Lizzy Mathis, co-host, Honest Renovations.

Reframing your relationship with money is the key to healthy finances 26.02.2025 19:09

Guest: Jessica Moorhouse, personal finance educator, author of Everything But Money: The Hidden Barriers Between You and Financial Freedom.