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Weekends with Ben O’Hara-Byrne

Curiouscast

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, including Afghanistan, North Korea, Libya, Ukraine and Russia.

Location:

United States

Genres:

Politics

Networks:

Curiouscast

Description:

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, including Afghanistan, North Korea, Libya, Ukraine and Russia.

Language:

English


Episodes
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PM Carney's major projects list - Charlie Kirk's killer - The desperate need for living organ donors

9/13/2025

Duration:00:48:09

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Dismantling Big Tech's attention economy and the addictive business models that power it

9/13/2025
Guest: Andrew MacDougall, director of Trafalgar Communications and former Director of Communications to Prime Minister Stephen Harper

Duration:00:18:40

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

9/13/2025
Guest: Kaitlyn Reghr, author of Smartphone Nation

Duration:00:18:58

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

9/13/2025
Guest: Andy Kim, Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame 2025 inductee

Duration:00:15:56

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Bob Rae on Ken Dryden - Modern day treasure hunt - Lisbon tram crash

9/7/2025

Duration:00:58:33

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The remarkable missteps that brought about one of the most consequential revolutions of the 20th century

9/7/2025
Guest: Scott Anderson, foreign correspondent and author of King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation

Duration:00:17:09

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New documentary takes us back into the legendary hallways of Degrassi

9/7/2025
Guest: Linda Rideout, director of Degrassi: Whatever It takes

Duration:00:18:02

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Remembering Ken Dryden - How Quebec's EV dream is dying - Paying tribute to Graham Greene

9/6/2025

Duration:00:37:08

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UB40 on 45 years of music and a new tour announcement

9/6/2025
Guest: Robin Campbell, guitarist and founding member of UB40

Duration:00:19:19

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Canada's Iconic K-Tel is still going strong

9/6/2025
Guest: Samantha Knives, K-Tel President

Duration:00:19:21

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

8/31/2025
Guest: Adam Laskaris, sports staff writer, Daily Hive Toronto

Duration:00:09:13

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

8/31/2025
Guest: Katherine Schewit, author of Women Who Talk to the Dead

Duration:00:19:21

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

8/31/2025
Guest: Marta Colosio, postdoctoral fellow, Marquette University

Duration:00:10:46

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

8/31/2025
Guest: Andreas Mershin, chief science officer,RealNose.ai,

Duration:00:09:14

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

8/31/2025

Duration:00:29:15

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The Tesla whistleblower and the cost of taking on Elon Musk

8/31/2025
Guest: Sönke Iwersen, investigative reporter at Handelsblatt, co-author of The Tesla Files: A Whistleblower, a Leak, a Fight for Truth: The Inside Story of Musk's Empire

Duration:00:18:14

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Harassment, hardship and hope in wildland firefighting

8/31/2025
Guest: River Selby, former wildland firefighter and author of Hot Shot: A Life on Fire

Duration:00:18:29

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Animal Farm turns 80: Why Orwell’s novella is a as relevant as evert

8/24/2025

Duration:00:18:21

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Trump tariffs or not, Canada’s BeaverTails is ready to take on the U.S.

8/24/2025

Duration:00:18:25

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Ghislaine Maxwell's interview on the Epstein case released, what did we learn? Can she be trusted?

8/24/2025

Duration:00:10:43