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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
Global News investigation reveals the Canadians in Hamas 20.12.2025 9:34
Guest: Stewart Bell, investigative reporter, Global News
The Bondi Beach attack a reminder of that the ISIS threat remains 20.12.2025 12:05
Guest: Neil Shortland, Director, Center for Terrorism and Security Studies at the University of Massachusetts Lowell
US Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra on a tumultuous year and what could become of Canada/US free trade 14.12.2025 18:00
Guest: Pete Hoekstra, US Ambassador to Canada
How optimistic is one of Canada’s top energy company CEOs about future pipelines? 14.12.2025 18:03
Guest: Adam Waterous, CEO, Strathcona Energy
How worried should Canadians be about the new US National Security, its criticism of allies and focus on the Americas? 14.12.2025 11:45
Guest: John Bolton, former US Ambassador to the United Nations and National Security Advisor to President Trump
He loved MAD Magazine as a kid, his new documentary explores it’s whacky history 14.12.2025 18:23
Guest: Alan Bernstein, director, When we went MAD
I lived with a murderer. This is what he taught me about the minds of monsters and what our obsession with crime reveals about us 13.12.2025 18:37
Guest: Rachell Corbett, features writer, New York Magazine, author of The Monsters we Make: Murder, Obsession, and the Rise of Criminal Profiling
Netflix’s The Stringer documentary challenges history of famous ‘Napalm Girl’ photograph 13.12.2025 18:07
Guest: Bao Nguyen, filmmaker,director of The Stringer: The Man Who Took The Photo
It was 45 years ago today: Remembering John Lennon and his relationship with Canada 13.12.2025 17:55
Guest: Piers Hemmingsen, author of Beatles in Canada: Evolution 1964-1970
BC actress Kayla Wallace on starring in Taylor Sheridan’s Landman, Billy Bob Thornton, Sam Elliot, and working with snakes 13.12.2025 9:38
Guest: Kayla Wallace, Canadian actress
‘Sugar, Sugar’ singer Andy Kim gathers an all-star cast for his first holiday charity concert in B.C. 13.12.2025 10:02
Guest: Andy Kim, singer, songwriter, organizer of Andy Kim’s Christmas Concert series
Has a culprit in the infamous Black Dahlia murder finally been identified? 07.12.2025 17:39
Guest: Eli Frankel, author of Sisters in Death: The Black Dahlia, the Prairie Heiress, and Their Hunter
A BC doctor is speaking out about the many issues plaguing ERs 07.12.2025 18:38
Guest: Dr. Kaitlyn Stockton, emergency room physician and clinical associate professor, UBC
RCMP will need to spend millions to replace Chinese-made drones, why did they buy them in the first place? 07.12.2025 10:53
Guest: Tom Korski, managing editor, Blacklock’s reporter
Documenting the decline of local newspapers across North America 06.12.2025 18:08
Guest: Ann Hermes, photographer at annhermes.com
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism's AI Era 06.12.2025 16:53
Guest: Nicholas Hune-Brown, executive editor, The Local
When did kissing begin? Why do we do it? 06.12.2025 10:24
Guest: Matilda Brindle, professor, department of biology, Oxford University
Jay Ingram explores why we love our pets in new book 06.12.2025 18:39
Guest: Jay Ingram, author of The Science of Pets
How trackers could help monarch butterflies survive and thrive 30.11.2025 9:04
Guest: Cheryl Shultz, butterfly scientist, Washington State University
Tiny trackers allow for revolution in how we monitor the mysterious monarch butterfly migration 30.11.2025 10:43
Guest: Greg Mitchell, research scientist, Environment and Climate Change Canada
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