Weekends with Ben O’Hara-Byrne

Former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney pays tribute to Mikhail Gorbachev, How bright is the future for transparent solar panels & International Overdose Awareness Day - August 31st, 2022 Former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney pays tribute to Mikhail Gorbachev Guest: Brian Mulroney, former Canadian Prime Minister How bright is the future for transparent solar panels?    Guest: Andreas Athienitis, Profe...

Grief counselor and author shares inspirational quotes and advice from those in the final stages of life   Guest: Sarah Kroenke, grief counselor, Co-Founder and Executive Director, The Grief Club of Minnesota, author of Words to Live By

How bright is the future for transparent solar panels?    Guest: Andreas Athienitis, Professor, Dept. of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Director, Concordia Centre for Zero Energy Building Studie

Ottawa is urged to put warning labels on alcohol due to health risks  Guest: Dr. Tim Stockwell, Professor, Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research, University of Victoria

Medicine Hat mom honours her son and rallies the community on International Overdose Awareness Day  Guest: Kym Porter, Moms Stop The Harm and Medicine Hat Drug Coalition

Journo corner: Alberta’s big budget surplus, the final UCP leadership debate, and Chrystia Freeland addresses verbal abuse incident on visit to Calgary  Guest: Dave Breakenridge, managing editor, Edmonton Journal/Edmonton Sun

Former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney pays tribute to Mikhail Gorbachev Guest: Brian Mulroney, former Canadian Prime Minister 

Looking at life and legacy of the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, Science explains why we often have “eureka” moments while doing routine things & Code Blue - August 30th, 2022 Looking at life and legacy of the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev Guest: David Marples, Distinguished University Professor of Russian and East European History, University of Alberta Science explains why we often...

Science explains why we often have “eureka” moments while doing routine things  Guest: Kalina Christoff, Professor of Psychology at the University of British Columbia

The increasing importance of the emotionally strong leader in the workplace  Guest: Carolyn Stern, Emotional Intelligence trainer based in Vancouver, author of the The Emotionally Strong leader

Code Blue: New ideas on how to fix Canada’s health care crisis from the first indeginous president of the Canadian Medical Association  Guest: Dr. Alika Lafontaine, President, Canadian Medical Association

With the healthcare system in crisis, why is Ontario shutting down a key independent COVID advisory group? Guest: Dr. Fahad Razak, scientific director of the Ontario COVID-19 Science AdvisoryTable, an internist and epidemiologist at St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health

RCMP investigating verbal attack on Chrystia Freeland in Alberta as Calgary’s mayor calls for more action on harassment and intimidation  Guest: Jyoti Gondek, Calgary Mayor

Looking at life and legacy of the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev Guest: David Marples, Distinguished University Professor of Russian and East European History, University of Alberta

Princess Diana’s longtime personal secretary on her life and legacy, A Canadian street takes top spot in a ranking of the world’s 33 coolest & TikTok videos are raising awareness about accessibility in public places  25-years after her death, Princess Diana’s longtime personal secretary on her life and legacy    Guest: Patrick Jephson, Princess Diana’s former chief of staff and personal secretary...

A Canadian street takes top spot in a ranking of the world’s 33 coolest  Guest: Laura Osborne, editor, Time Out Canada

Why companies struggle to handle the fallout from unpopular HR decisions  Guest: Howard Levitt, employment lawyer, senior partner of Levitt Sheikh, employment and labour lawyers, author of six books including the Law of Dismissal in Canada

How a Toronto woman’s popular TikTok videos are raising awareness about accessibility in public places  Guest: Taylor Lindsay-Noel, Toronto entrepreneur, founder of Cup of Té, an organic loose leaf tea company

What are Canadians angry about? New rage Index monitors the mood of the nation  Guest: Dan Arnold, Chief Strategy Officer, Pollara Strategic Insights

Verbal abuse of Chrystia Freeland sparks debate on how to tackle the harassment and intimidation of politicians   Guest: Lisa Raitt, Former Conservative cabinet minister

25-years after her death, Princess Diana’s longtime personal secretary on her life and legacy    Guest: Patrick Jephson, Princess Diana’s former chief of staff and personal secretary

Canada will play an important role in NASA’s Artemis Moon Mission, Doppelgangers & Back to school - August 26th, 2022 Canada will play an important role in NASA’s Artemis Moon Mission  Guest: Aaron Boley, Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy at UBC and Canada Research Chair in Planetary Astronomy Doppelgangers: The inspiration behind a Canadian photographer’s “i’m not a look-al...

The importance of foreign students to Canadian universities and how their population is changing Guest: Craig Riggs, editor, ICEF Monitor

Back to school: High rents and low availability have students scrambling to find affordable housing  Guest: Mark Taylor, director of accounts, Places4Students Inc

Doppelgangers: The inspiration behind a Canadian photographer’s “i’m not a look-alike”series  Guest: Francois Brunnelle, photographer