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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
Record antarctic ice core 15.01.2025 16:57
Guest: Dorothe Dahl-Jensen, Professor and Canada Excellence Research Chair, Center for Earth Observation Science, University of Manitoba.
American talk shows, popular podcasts, why Canadian politicians are targeting different audiences and will it work 15.01.2025 19:29
Guest: Alex Marland, a political science professor at Acadia University, author of Party Discipline In Canada and Brand Command.
True Crime: Cold Case Course/Elizabeth Bain murder 15.01.2025 19:54
Guest: John Irwin, retired police officer and professor, Guelph/Humber College
Damage from natural disasters in Canada hit record $8.5-billion in 2024, as industry group warns some regions may become uninsurable 15.01.2025 17:49
Guest: Jason Clark, National Director of Climate Change Advocacy, IBC.
LA faces a long and difficult rebuild and tough questions about how to do it 15.01.2025 8:28
Guest: Aris Papadopoulos, Distinguished Expert in Resilience, Sea Level Solutions Center; Extreme Events Institute, Florida International University.
Winnipeg firefighter rushes to the rescue while visiting California 15.01.2025 10:22
Guest: Romeo Petit, Winnipeg firefighter.
Remembering “Soul Man” Sam Moore of Sam & Dave and celebrating the lasting legacy of Stax Records 14.01.2025 36:37
Guest: Rob Bowman, Grammy Award-winning professor of ethnomusicology at York University and a music writer
From science fiction to reality, how close are we to seeing flying taxis? 14.01.2025 18:44
Guest: JC Asencio, State + Local Ecosystem Partnerships Manager, Wisk Aero
Why Trump’s threats aimed at Canada, Greenland, and Panama should be no surprise 14.01.2025 19:08
Guest: Andrew Egger, The Bulwark
From LA to Jasper: We’re in a new era of wildfires, how we can adapt? 14.01.2025 19:10
Guest: Matthew Scace, Canadian Press reporter and author of Jasper on Fire: Five Days of Hell in a Rocky Mountain Paradise
Trudeau’s dithering on capital gains should be a bigger scandal 14.01.2025 17:45
Guest: Benjamin Bergen, President, Council of Canadian Innovators
Trudeau plans his exit, Trump gets set to return, & Canada finds itself in an unpleasant spotlight 11.01.2025 17:51
Guest: David Frum, staff writer, The Atlantic, author of Trumpocracy and Trumpocalypse
We live in a time of information abundance, why are we struggling to tell fact from fiction? 11.01.2025 17:51
Guest: Tim Caulfield, professor of health law and science policy, University of Alberta, author of The Certainty Illusion: What You Don't Know and Why It Matters
LA Fires: Canadian water bomber damaged by civilian drone 11.01.2025 18:41
Guest: Michael Benson, Conair Aerial Firefighting, led the airtanker program for British Columbia Wildfire Service
How a woman learned about our circadian rhythm after 10 days in an underground bunker 10.01.2025 17:58
Guest: Lynne Peeples, science journalist and author of The Inner Clock.
Home Network debuts with your favourite Canadian stars 10.01.2025 17:01
Guest: Kortney Wilson, co-host and lead designer of Home Network’s Making It Home with Kortney & Kenny, and the upcoming Life is Messy
Are grocers overcharging customers by selling underweighted meat? 10.01.2025 16:38
Guest: Mike von Massow, OAC chair in food system leadership and professor of food economics, University of Guelph
Drugs such as Ozempic may turn people off junk food altogether, the food industry is prepping for it 10.01.2025 18:15
Guest: Ashley Gearhardt, food-addiction researcher and psychology professor, University of Michigan
LA Fires: Insurance woes 10.01.2025 8:56
Guest Patrick Douville, vice president, insurance and pensions, DBRS Morningstar.
LA Fires: Canadians in the fight 10.01.2025 9:17
Guest: Wayne Coulson, CEO, Coulson Group
LA Fires: Why have the fires spread so quickly? 10.01.2025 7:46
Guest: Jon Keeley, research ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey and adjunct professor at UCLA
LA Fires: What has already been lost 10.01.2025 10:50
Guest: Jennifer Begakis, Pacific Palisades resident
How To Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down 09.01.2025 18:22
Guest: Corey Keyes, sociologist and professor emeritus of Emory University, author of Languishing: How To Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down.
My 500-Mile Journey Across Alaska’s Thawing Arctic 09.01.2025 16:52
Guest: Jon Waterman, former US National Park Ranger and author of Into the Thaw
Why Are Thousands of Lego Pieces Washing Up on Beaches? The Answer Lies in a 1997 Cargo Ship Spill 09.01.2025 17:37
Guest: Tracey Williams, author of Adrift: The Curious Tale of the Lego Lost at Sea
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