Curiouscast

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

Canadian on historic Moon mission - CFL rule changes - Kimmel's return - McDonald's around the globe 27.09.2025
The co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit on the game’s remarkable legacy - Generic Ozempic is on the way, why Canada is the guinea pig - Saskatchewan premier says solving trade war with China will be ‘sensitive and delicate dance’ 21.09.2025
Robert Redford’s biographer and friend on the Redford we didn’t know 21.09.2025
Foe and Friend: Vladislav Tretiak pays tribute to the late Ken Dryden 21.09.2025
The Canadian foreign correspondent who alerted the world to one the worst humanitarian disasters of the last 50 years 20.09.2025
The messy, strange and symbolic history of Poutine 20.09.2025
What one man learned following in Terry Fox’s footsteps 45yrs later 20.09.2025
Why coffee prices are so high - How you can show your support for Canadian veterans this weekend - what to watch this week 20.09.2025
Catching up with Honeymoon Suite with a new album and tour 14.09.2025

Guests: Johnny Dee lead singer and Derry Grahan, lead guitarist, Honeymoon Suite

MP's back at it Monday - Life on Mars - Who's buying condos? 14.09.2025
PM Carney's major projects list - Charlie Kirk's killer - The desperate need for living organ donors 13.09.2025
Dismantling Big Tech's attention economy and the addictive business models that power it 13.09.2025

Guest: Andrew MacDougall, director of Trafalgar Communications and former Director of Communications to Prime Minister Stephen Harper

Could a 'digital diet' help me fix my bad phone habits? 13.09.2025

Guest: Kaitlyn Reghr, author of Smartphone Nation

Andy Kim still "gently" rocking in 2025 and about to be inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame 13.09.2025

Guest: Andy Kim, Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame 2025 inductee

Bob Rae on Ken Dryden - Modern day treasure hunt - Lisbon tram crash 07.09.2025
The remarkable missteps that brought about one of the most consequential revolutions of the 20th century 07.09.2025

Guest: Scott Anderson, foreign correspondent and author of King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation

New documentary takes us back into the legendary hallways of Degrassi 07.09.2025

Guest: Linda Rideout, director of Degrassi: Whatever It takes

Remembering Ken Dryden - How Quebec's EV dream is dying - Paying tribute to Graham Greene 06.09.2025
UB40 on 45 years of music and a new tour announcement 06.09.2025

Guest: Robin Campbell, guitarist and founding member of UB40

Canada's Iconic K-Tel is still going strong 06.09.2025

Guest: Samantha Knives, K-Tel President

Why threats against Mitch Marner should be a wakeup call for all 31.08.2025

Guest: Adam Laskaris, sports staff writer, Daily Hive Toronto

The True Story of 200 Forgotten Murder Victims and the Relentless Pursuit of Justice by an FBI Agent and a Detroit Police Detective 31.08.2025

Guest: Katherine Schewit, author of Women Who Talk to the Dead

Sprinter in her 90s has muscle cells of someone decades younger, researchers are trying to figure out why 31.08.2025

Guest: Marta Colosio, postdoctoral fellow, Marquette University

Toward a disease-sniffing device that rivals a dog's nose 31.08.2025

Guest: Andreas Mershin, chief science officer,RealNose.ai,

Canada axes U.S. counter-tariffs - Defending your home - Crown Royal closure 31.08.2025

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