Curiouscast
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
What does Canada need to do now to jumpstart their climate and energy policies, and why should Canadians care? 20.12.2022 15:08
Guest host Chelsea Bird talks to Sarah E. Sharma, an assistant professor in the department of political science at the University of Victoria and the 2022 chair of Women and Inclusivity in Sustainable Energy Research (WISER)
What can parents or childcare facilities do to help curb children’s illness during a holiday surge? 17.12.2022 13:56
Guest Host Chelsea Bird speaks with Dr. David Goldfarb, medical microbiologist and pediatric infectious disease physician, BC Children’s Hospital
How can we make our New Year's resolutions actually stick to create positive change in our lives? 17.12.2022 15:22
Guest Host Chelsea Bird speaks with Ganz Ferrance, registered psychologist, speaker & author
The best of television in 2022: What did we watch this year? What shows do we need to check out? 17.12.2022 18:03
Guest: Alison Herman, writer, The Ringer
How 3D printing can help solve Canada’s homebuilding issues 17.12.2022 16:45
Guest Host Chelsea Bird talks with Ian Arthur, president and founder, nidus3D
Canada delays expanding medical assistance in dying. Why did they make this decision? What are the problems it still faces? 17.12.2022 19:50
Guest: Sonu Gaind, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Is Canada being naive about the risks of Chinese technology? Should the country look into banning TikTok? 17.12.2022 15:47
Guest Host Chelsea Bird speaks with Conor Healy, director of government research at security and surveillance research group IPVM
Are provincial governments across the country struggling to respond to the world of gig work? 16.12.2022 16:43
Guest Host Bruce Claggett talks with Jim Stanford, Economist and Director of the Centre for Future Work
Leonard Cohen’s final act - The story of the last years of his lustrous music career 16.12.2022 15:12
Guest Host Bruce Claggett speaks with Michael Posner, author, “Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories: That's How the Light Gets In, Volume 3”
A new feature on Apple devices causes headaches for emergency rescue teams 16.12.2022 18:53
Guest: Carmi Levy, technology analyst & journalist
At what age should Canadians be retiring? Are Canadians retiring too early? 16.12.2022 16:59
Guest Hos Bruce Claggett speaks with Helen Hirsh Spence, founder and CEO of Top Sixty Over Sixty
How did rent prices get so high in Canada? Will it ever slow down? 16.12.2022 19:20
Guest Host Bruce Claggett talks with David Aizikov, real estate consultant, Product Manager of Data Services at Rentsync
What can Canada do in order to build more homes? If a worker shortage prevents development, is automation an option? 16.12.2022 15:07
Guest Host Bruce Claggett chats with Kevin Lee, president of the Canadian Home Builders’ Association
The Year in Economics: Inflation surges, interest rates rise, cryptocurrencies plummet 15.12.2022 19:59
Guest: Stephen Poloz, former Bank of Canada governor, special adviser at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, author of “The Next Age of Uncertainty”
Reconciliation in 2022: A papal visit and apology 15.12.2022 18:02
Guest: Brandi Morin, freelance journalist & author of "Our Voice of Fire"
The World in 2022: Russia invades Ukraine, China struggles with COVID, the US faces more mass shootings, and the end of the Elizabethan era 15.12.2022 19:36
Guest: David Frum, columnist, The Atlantic
The Year in Health: Omicron dominates, mandates end, and Canada’s healthcare system in crisis 15.12.2022 17:00
Guest: Dr. Peter Singer, senior advisor to the Director General of the World Health Organization and adjunct professor of medicine, University of Toronto
The Year in Politics: populism reigns, incumbents repeat and premiers resign 15.12.2022 19:34
Guest: Shachi Kurl, President, Angus Reid Institute
The Year in Security: Freedom Convoy, blockades and the Emergencies Act 15.12.2022 17:48
Guest: Stephanie Carvin, an associate professor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University in Ottawa.
Ten years after Sandy Hook, a mother’s solution for ending gun violence, Why we need to appreciate the small joys in life & A Little More True Crime 14.12.2022 1:06:44
Ten years after Sandy Hook, a mother’s solution for ending gun violence Guest: Jennifer Hubbard, president and executive director of the Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary, and mother of Sandy Hook victim Catherine Hubbard Why we need to appreciate the small joys in life Guest: Neil Pasricha, author of “Our Book of Awesome” A Little More True Crime: Five years later, the murders of billio...
Our Book of Awesome 14.12.2022 16:20
Guest: Neil Pasricha, author of “Our Book of Awesome”
Breakthrough in nuclear fusion energy announced 14.12.2022 17:08
Guest: Robert Fedosejevs, a laser physicist at the University of Alberta who has conducted fusion related research
A Little More True Crime: Five years later, the murders of billionaire couple Barry and Honey Sherman remain unsolved 14.12.2022 32:46
Guest: Kevin Donovan, Toronto Star chief investigative reporter, author of The Billionaire Murders: The Mysterious Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman”
10-years since Sandy Hook, the Movement That Sandy Hook Built 14.12.2022 19:47
Guest: Jennifer Hubbard, president and executive director of the Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary, and mother of Sandy Hill victim Catherine Hubbard
Defense minister pledges ‘ambitious’ military culture reform in report to Parliament 14.12.2022 15:01
Guest: Sam Samplonius, Co-Chairperson, NJ20K
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