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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

How bad will tariffs impact the Canadian economy, and how fast? 01.02.2025

Guest: Trevor Tombe, economist & Professor of Economics, University of Calgary

The reaction in Washington to Trump’s tariffs 01.02.2025

Guest: Reggie Cecchini, Washington correspondent, Global National

Jason Kenney on how Canada needs to respond to tariffs 01.02.2025

Guest: Jason Kenney, former premier of Alberta, former federal immigration minister and former federal minister of employment and social development

How Bizarre: The stick club, nano-pasta and a real Sophie’s Choice 01.02.2025

We dive into "StickTok", miniature pasta, and a real Sophie's Choice. 

US Astronauts prepare for the next walk on the moon 01.02.2025

Guest: Rebecca Rhoades and Jesse Rhoades, professors at University of North Dakota

Should Canada appoint a “border czar”? 01.02.2025

Guest: Andrew Leslie, retired Canadian Forces lieutenant-general and former Liberal MP

What does Trump want from a trade war and how do you fight back? 01.02.2025

Guest: David Honig, faculty of law, University of Indiana

Canadians brace for tariffs, how will they hit our economy and wallets? 01.02.2025

Guest: Matthew Poirier, Vice-President, Federal Government Relations, Retail Council of Canada

How will Canada respond to Trump’s tariffs? 01.02.2025

Guest: Wes Hall, founder of shareholder-services firm Kingsdale Advisors and a member of the newly formed Prime Minister’s Council on Canada-U.S. Relations

Trump’s 25% tariffs on Canada are coming February 1, details still vague 01.02.2025

Guest: William Pellerin, a partner at McMillan LLP specializing in international trade, and a former trade litigator for the Government of Canada.

Are more older Canadians living in poverty than official numbers claim? 31.01.2025

Guest: Natalie Iciaszczyk, Program Manager of Survey Research, National Institute on Ageing 

Is China’s upstart DeepSeek really AI’s Sputnik moment? 31.01.2025

Guest: Alex Tapscott,  managing director of Ninepoint Digital Asset Group and author of Web3: Charting the Internet's Next Economic and Cultural Frontier.

How live music can grow Canada’s economy 31.01.2025

Guest: Erin Benjamin, President & CEO, Canadian Live Music Association

98 Degrees on their success, setbacks, and a new album celebrating 30 years 31.01.2025

Guest: Nick and Drew Lachey, Jeff Timmons, and Justin Jeffre, all the members of 98 Degrees

Deadly mid-air collision in Washington raises questions about air traffic control and busy airspace 31.01.2025

Guest: Hassan Shahidi, President and CEO of the Flight Safety Foundation

Figure skating world reels after mid-air collision in Washington kills 67 31.01.2025

Guest: Kat Cornetta, Massachusetts-based freelance sports writer, has covered figure skating for Boston Globe

Longtime aircraft accident investigator John Cox on the Washington DC mid-air collision and tragedy 31.01.2025

Guest: John Cox, CEO of Safety Operating Systems, retired airline pilot and aircraft accident investigator.

What does the Year of the Snake have in store for you? 30.01.2025

Paul Ng, geomancer, philosopher, Chinese astrology expert and Feng Shui Master.

A millennial joined a cruise full of Boomers, it changed her life 30.01.2025

Guest: Jacqueline Kehoe, freelance travel writer, editor and photographer

No Eggaggeration: Soaring US prices have Canadians cracking up 30.01.2025

Guest: Bruce Muirhead, professor at the University of Waterloo and the Egg Farmers of Canada chair in public policy.

Journo Corner: What happened to Canadian Tire money? 30.01.2025

Guest: Mark Colley, staff reporter, Toronto Star

How are Trump’s tariff threats viewed in Washington? 30.01.2025

Guest: Ari Hawkins, trade reporter, Politico

The Bank of Canada cuts rates, braces for tariffs 30.01.2025

Guest: Eric Kam, professor of economics, Toronto Metropolitan University 

Gulf of Mexico or Gulf of America? A name change isn’t as simple as the stroke of a pen 29.01.2025

Guest: Clancy Wilmott, an assistant professor of geography at UC Berkeley

Ozempic and similar weight loss drugs may lower risk of dozens of health conditions, but also pose risks 29.01.2025

Guest: Daniel Drucker, a clinician-scientist at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital

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