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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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15 de mar de 2026

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Episódios

The cost and effectiveness of energy sanctions on Russia 08.03.2022

Guest: Werner Antweiler, professor of economics with the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia

The view from the Baltics of the war in Ukraine: Why Putin must be stopped 08.03.2022

Guest: Darius Suksevicus, Lithuania’s ambassador to Canada 

The state of the cyber war between Russia and the West 08.03.2022

Guest: Justin Sherman, fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative  

B.C. charity gets ready to welcome Ukrainian refugees 08.03.2022

Guest: Chris Friesen, chief operating officer at Immigrant Services Society of B.C.  

Saskatchewan non-profit moves victims of human trafficking from safe house in Ukraine 08.03.2022

Guest: Andrew Allsop, vice-president of non-profit group NASHI

Albertan helps Ukrainian refugees arriving in Poland 08.03.2022

Guest: Heidi Baumbach, Albertan in Poland helping Ukrainian refugees

An update on Ukraine heading into the weekend, Listening to how fish communicate & Living with Fear 05.03.2022

 An update on Ukraine heading into the weekend: Guest: Varvara Pakhomenko, Conflict Analyst    Listening to how fish communicate: Guest: Kieran Cox, Liber Ero and NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow, Earth to Oceans Research Group, Biological Sciences Department, Simon Fraser University   Living with Fear: Guest: Eva Holland, author of the book “Nerve: A Personal Journey Through the Science of Fear”    

Living with Fear 05.03.2022

Guest: Eva Holland, author of the book “Nerve: A Personal Journey Through the Science of Fear”

Listening to how fish communicate 05.03.2022

Guest: Kieran Cox, Liber Ero and NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow, Earth to Oceans Research Group, Biological Sciences Department, Simon Fraser University

How fear of Putin stops Russians from speaking out 05.03.2022

Guest: Tatyana Deryugina, professor of Finance, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana

Targeting Russian Oligarchs 05.03.2022

Guest: Yrjö Koskinen, Associate Dean of Research and Business Impact, Professor of Finance at the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary

Journalist Corner: What a week for Alberta. Oil prices, mask mandates & Ukraine connections 05.03.2022

Guest: Catherine Griwkowsky, Legislature Reporter, Alberta Today

Oil prices on the rise, how far will they go? 05.03.2022

Guest: Matt Smith, lead oil analyst for Americas at Kpler

Is Canada doing enough to help Ukraine? 05.03.2022

Guest: James Bezan, Conservative MP for Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman 

An update on Ukraine heading into the weekend 05.03.2022

Guest: Varvara Pakhomenko, Conflict Analyst 

Ukrainian nuclear power plant hit in Russian attack, The information war inside Russia & What it’s like being a refugee in Canada 04.03.2022

Ukrainian nuclear power plant hit in Russian attack  Guest: Dr. M. V. Ramana, Professor and Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global, and Human Security at UBC's School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. He studies the risks and consequences of nuclear weapons - and accidents at nuclear reactors.   The information war inside Russia Guest: Scott Radnitz, University of Washington, Dept of Russian Studi...

What local Ukrainians are doing to help war efforts 04.03.2022

Guest: Father Mykhailo Ozorovych, Pastor of Holy Eucharist Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in New West. Born and raised in Ukraine.

The information war inside Russia 04.03.2022

Guest: Scott Radnitz, University of Washington, Dept of Russian Studies  

What have we learned in the first week of the war 04.03.2022

Guest: Allen Sens, University of British Columbia, 

What it’s like being a refugee in Canada 04.03.2022

Guest: Layla Khdir, a Syrian Refugee living in Canada

New immigration rules for Ukrainians 04.03.2022

Guest: Joel Sandaluk, immigration lawyer 

Why is Russia targeting nuclear plants? 04.03.2022

Guest: Christian Leuprecht, Join Professor at the Royal Military College and Queen’s University, senior fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute

Ukrainian nuclear power plant hit in Russian attack 04.03.2022

Guest: Dr. M. V. Ramana, Professor and Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global, and Human Security at UBC's School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. He studies the risks and consequences of nuclear weapons - and accidents at nuclear reactors.

Canadians heading to Ukraine to fight, What can Canadians do to donate to the Ukraine effort & How Canada helped economic measures against Russia hit hard 03.03.2022

Canadians heading to Ukraine to fight Guest: Bryson Woolsey, Canadian heading to Ukraine to fight     What can Canadians do to donate to the Ukraine effort? Guest: Kate Bahen, Managing Director, Charity Intelligence Canada   How Canada helped economic measures against Russia hit hard Guest: Martin Sheil, former IRS Investigator and Supervisory Special Agent in the Criminal Investigation Division

How to talk to children about war in Ukraine 03.03.2022

Guest: Dr. Nicole Racine, clinical psychologist and post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Calgary and the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute

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