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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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TikTok influencers: The Blonde Brewer on their rise to fame & how to protect your online content 18.10.2024 17:23

Guest: Maggie & Jaron Clayton, 5.9 million followers on TikTok and 1.2 million followers on Instagram as The Blonde Brewer

Ontario to require provincial approval for new municipal bike lanes 18.10.2024 20:29

Guest: Shoshanna Saxe, professor, civil engineering, University of Toronto

U.S. moves ahead on Click-to-Cancel rules to make it easier to cancel online subscriptions, will Canada follow suit? 18.10.2024 17:14

Guest: Adam Levinter, founder and CEO of Scriberbase and author of The Subscription Boom

Why Canada must prepare now for the next major health emergency 17.10.2024 16:01

Guest: Dr. Fahad Razak, internist at St Michael's Hospital (Unity Health Toronto), and Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Data and Analytics at the University of Toronto

Wealthy nations might be reaching a life expectancy limit, study suggests — at least for now 17.10.2024 20:16

Guest: Jay Olshansky, researcher at the University of Illinois Chicago who studies the limits of human longevity

One of hockey’s most colourful, competitive, and controversial coaches looks back at storied career 17.10.2024 36:57

Guest: Mike Keenan, author Iron Mike: My Life Behind the Bench

Journo Corner: PM testifies at foreign interference inquiry while he faces calls from MPs to step down 17.10.2024 19:30

Guest: David Akin, Chief Political Correspondent, Global News

PM Trudeau drops bombshell claim while testifying at foreign interference inquiry 17.10.2024 17:21

Guest: Steven Chase, a senior parliamentary reporter for The Globe and Mail

How a group of brave botanists saved the world’s first and most complete seed bank during the siege of Leningrad 16.10.2024 19:39

Guest: Simon Parkin, author of The Forbidden Garden: The Botanists of Besieged Leningrad and Their Impossible Choice

Historic catch: How SpaceX nabbed a returning rocket and why it matters 16.10.2024 16:42

Guest: Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist with the Science Data Systems Planning Group, in the Chandra X-Ray Center, Harvard University

Why how to improve airlines and air travel in Canada should be an election issue 16.10.2024 16:11

Guest: Richard Bartrem, marketing and communications executive, Brookline PR, former VP of communications for WestJet

The relationship between Canada and India reaches a new low, what can be salvaged? 16.10.2024 20:13

Guest: Ujjal Dosanjh, former BC premier and former federal Liberal MP and cabinet minister

RCMP accuses India of working with criminal network to kill dissidents 16.10.2024 22:55

Guest: Stephanie Carvin, an associate professor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University in Ottawa

How Indian government agents in Canada targeted the regime’s opponents? 16.10.2024 17:33

Guest: Stewart Bell, Investigative Journalist, Global News

RBC Cybersecurity Series: What defines our digital persona and how do we protect our digital persona online? 15.10.2024 16:43

Guest: Adam Evans, Senior Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer, RBC

Take four weeks to embrace your limitations and make time for what counts 12.10.2024 26:22

Guest: Oliver Burkeman, author of 4000 weeks and Meditation for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts

One man’s long fight for justice after years of abuse and solitary confinement at a Newfoundland reform school in the 1970’s 12.10.2024 18:06

Guest: Lisa Moore, writer and co-author of Invisible Prisons: Jack Whalen's Tireless Fight for Justice

Pharmacare is now law, what does that mean? 12.10.2024 16:55

Guest: Dr. Joel Lexchin, emeritus professor, faculty of health, York University

What She Said: Conversations about Equality 11.10.2024 19:27

Guest: Elizabeth Renzetti, journalist and writer, author of What She Said

Why bystanders and accomplices should be held accountable for helping sexual predators 11.10.2024 19:44

Guest Amos Guiora, Director, Bystander Initiative, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah and author of The Crime of Complicity and Armies of Enablers

How one woman destroyed the Appalachian Trail speed record 11.10.2024 17:33

Guest: Tara Dower, ultramarathoner and holder of Appalachian Trailer FKT

Red Team Hacker helps us understand what hackers are actually looking for 11.10.2024 18:50

Guest: Hank (the Hacker) Fordham, a red team hacker with X10 Technologies

How bad is the damage in Florida after Hurricane Milton? 11.10.2024 13:33

Guest: Mark Robinson, meteorologist and storm chaser, The Weather Network

Canadians in Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton 11.10.2024 6:38

Guest: Colin Trethewey and Cyndi Edwards, Canadians in Florida

U.S. authorities hit TD Bank with record $3 billion fine over money-laundering 11.10.2024 17:03

Guest: Christian Leuprecht, professor at the Royal Military College and Queen’s University, senior fellow at The Macdonald-Laurier Institute and author of Dirty Money: Financial Crime in Canada