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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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Business leaders urge Three Amigos to move past trade disputes, embrace ‘Team North America’ approach 11.01.2023 16:48

Guest: Goldy Hyder, president and CEO, Business Council of Canada

Canada makes it official and opts for the F35, A close encounter with a Giant Pacific Octopus & Dutch supermarket chain introduces “chat checkouts” 10.01.2023 1:04:56

Canada makes it official and opts for the F35, was it worth the wait and is it worth the money? Guest: David Perry, President, Canadian Global Affairs Institute A close encounter with a Giant Pacific Octopus Guest: Jer Thorp, writer, diver, and author of “Living in Data” Two classmates look for answers in the 1975 disappearance of Etobicoke fourth-grader Simon Wilson Guest: Craig Wallace, autho...

A close encounter with a Giant Pacific Octopus 10.01.2023 17:02

Guest: Jer Thorp, writer, diver, and author of “Living in Data”

Two classmates look for answers in the 1975 disappearance of Etobicoke fourth-grader Simon Wilson 10.01.2023 17:04

Guest: Craig Wallace, author and writer Guest: Laura Brown, genealogy researcher

Dutch supermarket chain introduces “chat checkouts” to help seniors combat social isolation 10.01.2023 17:37

Guest: Nora Spinks, work/family expert, CEO of Work-Life Harmony Enterprise, former CEO of the Vanier Institute of the Family

Prince Harry tells all in his autobiography “Spare” 10.01.2023 17:27

Guest: Patricia Treble, royal watcher, and writer on royals for over 20 years

The Brasilia riots and the poisonous influence of disinformation 10.01.2023 18:56

Guest: Carmen Celestini, lecturer, University of Waterloo

Canada makes it official and opts for the F35, was it worth the wait and is it worth the money? 10.01.2023 15:49

Guest: David Perry, President, Canadian Global Affairs Institute

Canada’s first electric car makes its debut at the world’s largest tech show in Las Vegas, How a B.C. stuntwoman followed in her mother’s footsteps to find success in Hollywood & What’s behind a continued shortages of cold and flu medication 07.01.2023 57:39

Canada’s first electric car makes its debut at the world’s largest tech show in Las Vegas GUEST: Flavio Volpe, president, Automotive Parts Manufacturing Association How a B.C. stuntwoman followed in her mother’s footsteps to find success in Hollywood GUEST: Maya Macatumpag-Murray, professional stuntwoman New Zealand’s aggressive anti-smoking strategy is a game changer GUEST: Joshua Knelman, write...

Why does American milk chocolate taste so tangy (awful?) 07.01.2023 19:08

GUEST: Alejandro Marangoni, professor and Canada Research Chair in Food, Health and Aging, University of Guelph

New Zealand’s aggressive anti-smoking strategy is a game changer 07.01.2023 17:29

GUEST: Joshua Knelman, writer and author of Firebrand: A Tobacco Lawyer’s Journey

How a B.C. stuntwoman followed in her mother’s footsteps to find success in Hollywood 07.01.2023 17:26

GUEST: Maya Macatumpag-Murray, professional stuntwoman

What’s behind a continued shortages of cold and flu medication 07.01.2023 10:15

GUEST: Jacalyn Duffin, medical historian and hematologist, former Professor Emerita and Hannah Chair of the History of Medicine at Queen’s University

Canada’s first electric car makes its debut at the world’s largest tech show in Las Vegas 07.01.2023 14:02

GUEST: Flavio Volpe, president, Automotive Parts Manufacturing Association

Ukraine rejects Putin’s 36-hour ceasefire for Orthodox Christmas, How far does a gold medal for Canada & Cutting back on meetings in 2023 06.01.2023 59:36

Proposal or ploy? Ukraine rejects Putin’s 36-hour ceasefire for Orthodox Christmas Guest: Stephen M. Saideman, Paterson Chair in International Affairs, Carleton University How far does a gold medal for Canada and a successful World Juniors go in easing some of the pressure on Hockey Canada? Guest: Benjamin Steiner, sports journalist, Daily Hive Toronto Cutting back on meetings in 2023, how one o...

How far does a gold medal for Canada and a successful World Juniors go in easing some of the pressure on Hockey Canada? 06.01.2023 14:31

Guest: Benjamin Steiner, sports journalist, Daily Hive Toronto

Why is the quality of the “stuff” we buy declining and how consumers must take some of the blame 06.01.2023 17:28

Guest: Matthew Bird, a professor of industrial design at the Rhode Island School of Design

Cutting back on meetings in 2023, how one of Canada’s top companies is tackling the problem 06.01.2023 14:38

Guest: Steven Rogelberg, a professor of organizational science, psychology and management at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte

The federal Liberal government is selling a record number of weapons to authoritarian countries 06.01.2023 14:14

Guest: Kate Schneider, journalist, Investigative Journalism Foundation

Son of ‘El Chapo’ captured again after a shootout with Mexican police - what does this mean for Mexican drug cartels? 06.01.2023 16:54

Guest: Robert Almonte, former United States Marshal for the Western District of Texas

Proposal or ploy? Ukraine rejects Putin’s 36-hour ceasefire for Orthodox Christmas 06.01.2023 14:38

Guest: Stephen M. Saideman, Paterson Chair in International Affairs, Carleton University

Why are more Canadians being killed in fires, The legacy of Pope Benedict & Journo Corner: 05.01.2023 1:03:52

Why are more Canadians being killed in fires? Guest: Rob Grimwood, deputy chief, Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services and president, Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs How a volunteer-led group came to the rescue of one family during Ontario’s holiday blizzard Guest: Evan Taylor, volunteer, Trillium Off-Road Recovery The legacy of Pope Benedict as the faithful gather in the Vatican for his fun...

How a volunteer-led group came to the rescue of one family during Ontario’s holiday blizzard 05.01.2023 14:20

Guest: Evan Taylor, volunteer, Trillium Off-Road Recovery

The legacy of Pope Benedict as the faithful gather in the Vatican for his funeral on Thursday 05.01.2023 16:50

Guest: William McGrattan, Bishop of Calgary

Journo Corner: What does the “Super Bowl” of tech have in store this year? 05.01.2023 19:22

Guest: Mike Agerbo, host of Get Connected/The App Show