Guest: Jay Ferguson, guitarist, songwriter, co-founder of Sloan

Weekends with Ben O’Hara-Byrne

Canadian legends Sloan return with a 14th studio album and new tour

Guest: Tom Korski, Managing Editor, Blacklock’s Reporter

“Shocking” and “Unsustainable”: Why the interim Parliamentary Budget Officer isn’t mincing words about the federal deficit

Guest: Catherine McKenna, former MP and Minister of the Environment.
Author of Run Like a Girl.

Catherine McKenna details abuse she endured in politics in new memoir

Guest: Stephen Zagor, restaurant consultant, and teaches at Columbia University’s business school

How eating alone at a restaurant went from taboo to trend

Guest: Michael Kovrig, former Canadian diplomat, Senior Advisor on Asia, International Crisis Group

Why Michael Kovrig says dropping tariffs on China would be a mistake

Jays playoff preview - Ticketmaster collusion? - Gun buyback debacle - Massive vet bills

Guest: Diane Matheson, Founder and Chief Growth Officer, Northern Super League, and former  member of Team Canada Women’s National Soccer team, Michele Hozer, documentary filmmaker and director of The Pitch

New documentary charts soccer star Diana Matheson’s quest to bring a women’s pro league to Canada

Guest: Ayleen Charlotte, Tinder Swindler victim, founder of SAFE: Scam
Awareness & Fraud Education

Tinder Swindler arrested, one of his victims speaks out

Canadian on historic Moon mission - CFL rule changes - Kimmel's return - McDonald's around the globe

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’

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