Weekends with Ben O’Hara-Byrne

Forget a baby bust, the U.S. actually saw a pandemic baby bump Guest: Hannes Schwandt, Associate Professor, School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University

The rise and fall of Edda Mussolini and how the story of Il Duce’s favourite child still resonates in modern Italy Guest: Caroline Moorhead, historian, writer and author of Mussolini’s Daughter: The Most Dangerous Women in Europe

In Tuesday’s midterms, a Republican Party transformed by Trump looks set to take control of Congress  Guest: Robert Draper, writer for NY Times Sunday Magazine and National Geographic, author of Weapons of Mass Delusion: When The Republican Party Lost Its Mind

Canadian intelligence warned PM Trudeau that China covertly funded 2019 election candidates Guest: Sam Cooper, investigative reporter, Global News 

Mom of last Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan chosen as Silver Cross Mother Guest: Candy Greff, mother of Master Cpl. Byron Greff, 2022 Royal Canadian Legion Silver Cross Mother

Health ministers gather in Vancouver a critical time for the Canadian health care system Guest: Dr. Alika Lafontaine, President, Canadian Medical Association 

What’s next in the labour battle of CUPE versus the Ontario government? Guest: Charles Smith, associate professor at St. Thomas More College at the University of Saskatchewan, co-author of "Unions in Court," a history of the labour movement's engagement with the Charter Live music is back, why do many artists find it harder to finance tours?  Guest: Rollie Pemberton (Cadence Weapon), musician, aut...

Guest: Rollie Pemberton (Cadence Weapon), musician, author, Polaris Prize winner

Guest: Michael Page, deputy director for the Middle East, Human Rights Watch

Guest: Jonathan Foley, environmental scientist, Executive Director, Project Drawdown

Guest: Joel MacDonald, founder, EnergyWatch.ca 

Guest: Jody Wilson-Raybould, former federal Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada, author of True Reconciliation: How to Be a Force for Change 

Guest: Charles Smith, associate professor at St. Thomas More College at the University of Saskatchewan, co-author of "Unions in Court," a history of the labour movement's engagement with the Charter

Federal fiscal updates warn of stormy economic times ahead   Guest: Pedro Antunes, Chief Economist and primary spokesperson at The Conference Board of Canada Time to turn back the clocks, how much longer will we have to?  Guest: Patricia Lakin-Thomas, professor of biology, York University, head of the Clock Lab The Russian spy who lived in Canada for a decade and how he was caught in Norway Guest:...

Guest: Kaylee Byers, Regional Deputy Director, British Columbia Node of the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative; University Research Associate, Simon Fraser University

Guest: Patricia Lakin-Thomas, professor of biology, York University, head of the Clock Lab

Guest: Christian Leuprecht, Professor at the Royal Military College and Queen’s University, senior fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute, and author of Intelligence as Democratic Statecraft

Guest: Christo Grozev, Director of Special Investigations, Bellingcat

Guest: Angela Brandt, president, Ontario Autism Coalition, mom of teenager with autism

Guest: Bronwen Alsop, an early childhood educator in Toronto and mother of two

Guest: Pedro Antunes, Chief Economist and primary spokesperson at The Conference Board of Canada

Will BC’s new payment plan solve a chronic shortage of family doctors and could it lure physicians away from other provinces?  Guest: Dr. Lawrence Loh, Executive Director and CEO of the College of Family Physicians of Canada  How tech helps us better understand the sounds of nature and may soon helping us communicate with animals   Guest: Karen Bakker, Professor in the Department of Geography at U...

Guest: Karen Bakker, Professor in the Department of Geography at UBC, fellow at the Harvard Radcliffe institute for Advanced Study, author of “The Sounds of Life: How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and Plants”

Guest: Joanna Chiu, senior correspondent, Toronto Star and author, China Unbound

Guest: Trevor Tombe, Professor of Economics at the University of Calgary