Weekends with Ben O’Hara-Byrne

Credit card debt soars to 17-year high and younger Canadians are falling behind (1:48) Guest: Rebecca Oakes, Vice President of Advanced Analytics, Equifax Canada Unrolling hidden shrinkflation: Household paper products are getting a lot smaller (16:54)  Guest: Edgar Dworsky, Consumer advocate, ConsumerWorld.org and MousePrint.org Rock on: Canadian wins World Air Guitar Championship (33:35)  Guest:...

Ottawa slaps huge tariffs on Chinese EVs, who will it help and who will it hurt? (1:54) Guest: William Pellerin, international trade lawyer, McMillan LLP Liberal cabinet ministers stand by Trudeau as Democrats show what a leadership change can bring (14:08) Guest: Wayne Easter, former Liberal MP and cabinet minister Why is RFK Jr. backing Donald Trump? (33:33) Guest: Greg Palast, author, Armed Mad...

Aug. 23, 2024: Guest host Syd Smith in for Ben O'Hara-Byrne How an eccentric group of Victorians discovered prehistoric creatures and accidentally upended the world (0:00) Guest: Edward Dolnick, author, Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party Getting out in nature during the final stretch of summer (13:35) Guest: Michael Runtz, a naturalist and lecturer at Carleton University, author of multiple books inclu...

Aug. 22, 2024: Guest host Syd Smith in for Ben O'Hara-Byrne Rail shutdown: Ottawa imposing binding arbitration on parties (0:00) Guest: Bruce Curran, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba Retail round-up: Budget grocery stores, inflation, Couche-Tard/7-Eleven (13:46) Guest: Bruce Winder, retail analyst and author of RETAIL Before, During & After COVID-19 How could a potential...

Aug. 21, 2024: Guest host Syd Smith in for Ben O'Hara-Byrne Bomb threats made to Jewish institutions across Canada (0:00) Guest: Richard Robinson, director of research and advocacy for B'nai B'rith Canada Journo Corner: How transparent is your city or town? (9:35) Guest: Tom Cardoso, investigative reporter, The Globe and Mail Ontario moves to ban safe consumption sites near schools, limit new loca...

Aug. 20, 2024: Guest host Syd Smith in for Ben O'Hara-Byrne How would a large railway strike impact Canada? (0:00) Guest: John Corey, president of the Freight Management Association of Canada Canada's inflation rate falls to 2.5% - what does this mean for further Bank of Canada rate cuts? (13:55) Guest: Bryan Yu, chief economist with Central 1 Credit Union How hard is it to make money as a new aut...

Aug. 19, 2024: Guest host Syd Smith in for Ben O'Hara-Byrne What to expect from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago (0:00) Guest: Christopher Galdieri, Professor, Department of Politics, Saint Anselm College Daytime talk show legend Phil Donahue passes away (13:55) Guest: John Kiesewetter, Media Beat reporter for Cincinnati Public Radio and NPR affiliate WVXU-FM in Cincinnati A biker sha...

Jasperites return home Guest: Mike Day, owner, Evil Dave’s Grill One year since West Kelowna fire - residents frustrated by lack of progress in rebuild  Guest: Tom Crocker, firefighter, Wilson’s Landing Fire Department Still making dreams come true: Daryl Hall on his new album and a summer tour that brings him to Vancouver’s PNE  Guest: Daryl Hall, singer and songwriter, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...

Why Canada’s housing market hit the brakes in July (1:53) Guest: Karen Yolevski, COO, Royal LePage Randy Bachman on 50 years since Not Fragile and returning to the PNE (15:16) Guest: Randy Bachman, musician, lead vocals and lead guitarist of Bachman-Turner Overdrive Disney argues wrongful death suit should be tossed because plaintiff signed up for a Disney+ trial (31:58) Guest: David Horton, a law...

WHO declares Mpox global health emergency, cases also on the rise in Canada (1:47) Guest: Jason Kindrachuk, University of Winnipeg microbiologist Journo Corner: Harris surges, Trump stagnates in race for White House (16:34)  Guest: Mark Barabak, political columnist, Los Angeles Times From replicants to ETs: How the summer of 82 was a high point for sci-fi (33:52) Guest: Chris Nashawaty, writer, au...

MPs to look into how a father and son linked to Toronto terror plot came to Canada (1:27) Guest: Mercedes Stephenson, Ottawa Bureau Chief, Global News and host of The West Block Why the Canadian dream is on life support (14:59) Guest: Omer Aziz, author of Brown Boy: A Memoir and a Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard University True Crime: A decade later, the murder of 15-year-old Tina Fontaine (31:59)  Gu...

Jasper residents brace for a return home this Friday (1:37) Guest: Ashley Kliewer, Jasper resident, co-owner, Raven Bistro / Peacock Cork and Fork A peek behind the scenes as Paris says adieu to the 2024 Olympics (16:51) Guest: Paul Waldie, Europe Correspondent, the Globe and Mail Athletes are turning to OnlyFans to fund Olympic dreams as they face a ‘broken’ finance system (35:23) Guest: Rob Koeh...

A former Canadian gold medalist sprinter on Canada’s success in the men’s 4x100 relay (2:02) Guest: Robert Esmie, a member of the gold medal-winning Canadian 4 × 100 m relay team at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Magic Bus: Vancouver man travels from B.C. to Tijuana on public transit (17:08) Guest: William Hui, TransLink's director of systems engineering Costco turns to scanners and photo IDs to keep n...

Japan warns of heightened risk of megaquake, why Canada should be paying attention (2:23) Guest: John Cassidy, earthquake seismologist, Natural Resources Canada Why millions are tuning into Toronto woman’s Out of Shape Olympics (16:36) Guest: Simona Stallone, real estate agent in Toronto Edmonton family packs up and moves to Mexico, how is it working out? (34:23)  Guest: Sean Murphy, Edmontonian m...

It’s Hammer time in Canada: How did Canada become dominant in the Hammer Throw (1:37) Guest: Garrett Collier, Track and Field Manager, BC Athletics More than 70 percent of dentists accepting patients through Canadian Dental Care Plan (16:46) Guest: Dr. Rob Wolanski, president, British Columbia Dental Association Journo Corner: The Consulting Firms Telling Ottawa What to Do (32:50) Guest: Justin Li...

What’s behind the mini-panic in global markets and will it last? (1:10) Guest: Benjamin Tal, deputy chief economist, CIBC Capital Markets Kamala Harris picks her #2: The pros and cons of opting for Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (15:36) Guest Justin Vaughn. Assistant professor, political science, Coastal Carolina University and co-director, Presidential Greatness Project Water surge from B.C. landsli...

Close friend and Canadian Jeremy Berke on journalist Evan Gershkovich’s release from a Russian prison and return to the U.S. (1:29) Guest: Jeremy Berke, writer, Cultivated, friend of Evan Gershkovich From The Ick to Boop and many more, find out what new words make the grade for the Cambridge Dictionary (16:58)   Guest: Wendalyn Nichols, Publishing Manager, Cambridge Dictionary Wildfire activity co...

Paris Olympics: Canada’s dominance in the pool (1:23) Guest: Marianne Limpert, former Canadian Olympic swimmer and 1996 silver medallist Canadian-born Paul Whelan, U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich released in biggest Russian prisoner swap in history (16:25) Guest: Kathryn Stoner, senior fellow at the Freemon Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University, and author of Russia Re...

Canada women’s soccer team defies the odds at the Olympics (1:47) Guest: Jimmy Brennan, Former Canada Men's Team Player and co-host of Footy Prime The Podcast Could the destruction in Jasper change how we manage wildfires? (15:51) Guest: Glenn McGillivray, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction  Forensic anthropologist and bestselling author Kathy Reichs on her career and latest novel Fire and...

Could the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police end its support for decriminalization of small amounts of hard drugs? (2:09) Guest: Commissioner Thomas Carrique, Ontario Provincial Police, and new president of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police A momentous month in U.S. politics and what could lie ahead (16:53) Guest: David Frum, columnist, The Atlantic Jasper wildfire: How insurance...

Canada’s women's soccer team pays a hefty price for drone scandal but fights on (2:05) Guest: Amy Walsh, former Canada Women’s National Team player and Footy Prime podcast host Céline Dion wows Olympic ceremonies, further raising awareness about Stiff-Person Syndrome (15:58) Guest: Tara Zier, founder, The Stiff Person Syndrome Research Foundation What did the media see in a tour of Jasper? (33:55)...

Jasper latest: Jasper residents grapple with structural losses (1:52) Guest: Donald Schroll, owner, Jasper Pet Outpost Jasper Latest: What next for thousands of evacuees? (12:40) Guest: Jayme Doll, anchor/reporter, Global Calgary Jasper Latest: What is it like to fight a wall of flames (21:44) Guest: Jason Brolund, Fire Chief, West Kelowna Fire Department Jasper Latest: An evacuee searches for inf...

Jasper latest: The fire reaches Jasper’s townsite (1:25) Guest: Lisa MacGregor, reporter, Global Edmonton President Biden tells America why he chose to not to run for re-election: says he's 'passing the torch' in speech from Oval office (15:41) Guest: Chris Galdieri, a political scientist at Saint Anselm College, author of “Stranger in a Strange State: The Politics of Carpetbagging from Robert Ken...

Jasper and Jasper National Park evacuation order (1:04) Guest: Sebastien Delorme, evacuee from Jasper Jasper and Jasper National Park evacuation order (11:03) Guest: Todd Loewen, minister of Forestry and Parks, Government of Alberta, MLA for Central Peace-Notley Jasper and Jasper National Park evacuation order (17:42) Guest: Lisa MacGregor, reporter, Global Edmonton Jasper and Jasper National Park...

President Biden made the tough but correct choice says former U.S. ambassador to Canada (1:41) Guest: Bruce Heyman, former U.S. Ambassador to Canada Biden resigns - impact, what next (16:58) Guest: Russell Berman, staff writer covering US politics, The Atlantic Twisters blows away the box office competition (36:45) Guest: Sean Waugh, research meteorologist, National Severe Storms Laboratory, NOAA...