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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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Alberta is about to have a new premier, how will the opposition NDP try to counter Danielle Smith’s plans and the UCP’s election hopes 08.10.2022 16:55

Guest: Rachel Notley, Leader of the Opposition of Alberta, leader of Alberta NDP, former premier of Alberta

Thanksgiving costs: how inflation is hitting the table this Thanksgiving 07.10.2022 9:08

Guest: Sylvain Charlebois, director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University

UCP leadership race results: Analysis 07.10.2022 24:35

Guest: Duane Bratt, political science professor, Mount Royal University

UCP leadership results: Analysis 07.10.2022 13:15

Guest: Dave Breakenridge, managing editor, Edmonton Journal/Edmonton Sun

OPEC+ announces big supply cuts in oil production, How to Make, and Keep, Friends in Adulthood & Journo Corner 06.10.2022 1:12:51

OPEC+ announces big supply cuts in oil production, How to Make, and Keep, Friends in Adulthood & Journo Corner - Oct 5th, 2022 OPEC+ announces big supply cuts in oil production, why and what impact could that have on Canadian consumers? Guest: Rory Johnston, founder, Commodity Context How a Vancouver concert helped launch Loretta Lynn to stardom Guest: Rob Howatson, a freelance writer based in BC...

How a Vancouver concert helped launch Loretta Lynn to stardom 06.10.2022 13:09

Guest: Rob Howatson, a freelance writer based in BC and local historian

How to Make, and Keep, Friends in Adulthood 06.10.2022 17:49

Guest: Marisa G. Franco, a New York Times bestselling author, professor, and psychologist.

A Manitoba man is trying to help end the cycle of violence for Indigenous men in his community and beyond 06.10.2022 19:15

Guest: Jason Gobeil, program co-ordinator for the Ohitika/Ogichidaa Warrior Men’s Program, Dakota Ojibway Child and Family Services

Journo Corner: Looking ahead to the results of the United Conservative Party leadership race on Thursday and Alberta and Ottawa fight over a weapon buyback program 06.10.2022 18:36

Guest: Dave Breakenridge, managing editor, Edmonton Journal/Edmonton Sun

Why protests in Iran are giving hope to those in Canada seeking justice for the downing of flight PS752 over Tehran in 2020 06.10.2022 9:53

Guest: Hamed Esmaellion, husband and father of Flight PS752 victims and chief spokesperson for the Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims

Canadian businesses can charge credit card fees starting Thursday, will they? 06.10.2022 9:05

Guest: Dan Kelly, President and CEO, Canadian Federation of Independent Business

OPEC+ announces big supply cuts in oil production, why and what impact could that have on Canadian consumers? 06.10.2022 16:29

Guest: Rory Johnston, founder, Commodity Context

Cold water immersion is a hot health trend, does it work? 05.10.2022 14:39

Guest: Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz, epidemiologist

Hockey Canada’s board chairs face questions on handling of alleged sex assaults, Canadian kids see their grades slip in new Participaction report card & Elon Musk reverses course and offers to buy Twitter - Oct 4th, 2022 Hockey Canada’s board chairs face questions about handling of alleged sex assaults + probe reveals toxic culture within Rowing Canada Guest: Richard Powers, an associate professor...

Canadian kids and youth see their grades slip in new Participaction report card 05.10.2022 14:41

Guest: Dr. Nicholas Kuzik, Research Fellow, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

How Joanna Griffiths followed her own path to build one of Canada’s most successful new apparel brands 05.10.2022 18:41

Guest: Joanna Griffiths, Founder and President, Knix

Employers increasing salaries as talent shortage and inflation continues 05.10.2022 17:34

Guest: Elizabeth English, Principal, Mercer Canada

Russia’s very bad month in Ukraine and what’s next 05.10.2022 9:51

Guest: Dmitri Alperovitch, executive Chairman at Silverado Policy Accelerator; co-founder and former CTO at CrowdStrike

Elon Musk reverses course and offers to buy Twitter 05.10.2022 9:59

Guest: Dan Ives, Managing Director and Senior Equity Research Analyst covering the Technology sector at Wedbush Securities

Hockey Canada’s board chairs face questions about handling of alleged sex assaults + probe reveals toxic culture within Rowing Canada 05.10.2022 16:27

Guest: Richard Powers, an associate professor who specializes in board-director training at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management & Chair of Commonwealth Sport Canada

Canada imposes new sanctions on Iran and Russia, a daring rescue & the Indonesia soccer stadium crush 04.10.2022 1:08:18

Canada imposes new sanctions on Iran and Russia, a daring rescue & the Indonesia soccer stadium crush - October 3rd, 2022 Canada imposes new sanctions on Iran and Russia, how effective will they be and how well will Ottawa enforce them? Guest: John Boscariol, head of McCarthy Tétrault’s international trade and investment law group Daring rescue: Florida man swims 800 meters to save his mom during...

Daring rescue: Florida man swims 800 meters to save his mom during Hurricane Ian 04.10.2022 16:12

Guest: Johnny Lauder, Naples, Florida resident

Prisoners of the Castle: Author Ben MacIntyre’s new book delves into stories of survival and escape from Colditz, the Nazis’ fortress prison 04.10.2022 17:36

Guest: Ben McIntyre, writer-at-large The Times and Author, Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis’ Fortress Prison

Incumbent premier Francois Legault and Coalition Avenir Quebec steamroll to another majority in Quebec 04.10.2022 19:02

Guest: Daniel Beland, Director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada and a James McGill Professor in the Department of Political Science

More than 125 people are killed in Indonesia soccer stadium crush, what went wrong and how can similar tragedies be prevented? 04.10.2022 18:32

Guest: Clifford Stott, Professor of Social Psychology, Dean for Research in the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Director of the Keele Policing Academic Collaboration (KPAC), Keele University, UK