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Weekends with Ben O’Hara-Byrne

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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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Latest episode

Mar 15, 2026

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Episodes

Why is a long promised federal agency to tackle financial crime suddenly off the table? 19.10.2025

Guest: Tom Korski, managing editor, Blacklock’s Reporter

Rock legends Foreigner set out on a Juke Box Hero tour of Canada  19.10.2025

Guest: Jeff Pilson, bassist, Foreigner

The fall of Prince Andrew - New Expos doc - Team Canada fraying? - Canadian meth down under 19.10.2025
Trump’s Middle East peace plan hits an early snag in Gaza 18.10.2025
Blue Jays lose Game 5 - Prince Andrew gives up royal titles - Stellantis moves Jeep production to the U.S. - Remembering Ace Frehley 18.10.2025
Vanished Beyond the Map: The Mystery of Lost Explorer Hubert Darrel 18.10.2025
Grammy-award winning singer-songwriter Paula Cole on Lilith Fair, her Canadian tour and recording with Dolly Parton 18.10.2025
Scam victim turned vigilante hunts con artists and shares common warning signs in a new book 18.10.2025
Pipeline: BC vs Alberta 07.10.2025

Jack Mintz from University of Calgary's School of Public Policy on the pipeline battle between BC and Alberta.  

Vancouver Man Spends 2 Days with Paul McCartney 07.10.2025

A Vancouver record store owner finds a lost Beatles demo and winds up spending two days with Paul McCartney .

Does Taylor Swift's new album live up to all the hype? 07.10.2025

Annie Zaleski, journalist and writer, author of Taylor Swift: The Stories Behind the Songs.

The Road Between Us - The Dramatic October 7th Hostage Rescue 07.10.2025

Barry Avrich, writer and director, Mark Selby, producer, The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue.

At 85, Jeffrey Archer returns with a new thriller set during the 2012 London Olympics and brings news on his final novel 04.10.2025

Guest: Jeffrey Archer, bestselling novelist and author of End Game

How the world’s richest men are shaping the 21st century space race 04.10.2025

Guest: Christian Davenport, author of Rocket Dreams: Musk, Bezos, and the Inside Story of the New, Trillion-Dollar Space Race

John Candy’s children on why the time was right for an in-depth documentary about his life 04.10.2025

Guest: Chris Candy and Jennifer Candy-Sullivan, John Candy’s children and co-executive producers of “John Candy: I Like Me”

Astronaut Chris Hadfield explores murder in space in new Cold War space thriller 'Final Orbit' 04.10.2025

Guest: Chris Hadfield, former Canadian astronaut and author of Final Orbit 

Blue Jays fever - Eugene Levy & Prince William - Starbucks struggles - Remembering Jane Goodall 04.10.2025
“Shocking” and “Unsustainable”: Why the interim Parliamentary Budget Officer isn’t mincing words about the federal deficit 28.09.2025

Guest: Tom Korski, Managing Editor, Blacklock’s Reporter

Catherine McKenna details abuse she endured in politics in new memoir 28.09.2025

Guest: Catherine McKenna, former MP and Minister of the Environment. Author of Run Like a Girl.

How eating alone at a restaurant went from taboo to trend 28.09.2025

Guest: Stephen Zagor, restaurant consultant, and teaches at Columbia University’s business school 

Why Michael Kovrig says dropping tariffs on China would be a mistake 28.09.2025

Guest: Michael Kovrig, former Canadian diplomat, Senior Advisor on Asia, International Crisis Group

Jays playoff preview - Ticketmaster collusion? - Gun buyback debacle - Massive vet bills 28.09.2025
Canadian legends Sloan return with a 14th studio album and new tour 27.09.2025

Guest: Jay Ferguson, guitarist, songwriter, co-founder of Sloan

New documentary charts soccer star Diana Matheson’s quest to bring a women’s pro league to Canada 27.09.2025

Guest: Diane Matheson, Founder and Chief Growth Officer, Northern Super League, and former  member of Team Canada Women’s National Soccer team, Michele Hozer, documentary filmmaker and director of The Pitch 

Tinder Swindler arrested, one of his victims speaks out 27.09.2025

Guest: Ayleen Charlotte, Tinder Swindler victim, founder of SAFE: Scam Awareness & Fraud Education

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