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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.
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Guest: Kaveh Shahrooz is an Iranian-Canadian lawyer and a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.
Guest: Tom Korski, Managing Editor, Blacklock’s Reporter
Guest: Dennis McConaghy, former executive vice-president of corporate development at TransCanada Corporation and fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute
Guest: Emily Stewart, senior correspondent Business Insider
Guest: Robby Takac, co-founder, bassist, vocalist, The Goo Goo Dolls
Guest: Hubert Davis, Oscar-nominated filmmaker and Director of Youngblood
Guest: Will Leitch, managing contributor, New York Magazine and author of Lloyd McNeil’s Last Ride
Canada’s housing market has frayed our social fabric. How did this happen?
Guest: Jessica Barrett, journalist and author of No Place Like Home: The Missing Key to Our Housing Crisis
White collar workers aren’t ok: How the new economy upturned the job marketGuest: Alex Cyr. writer and freelance journalist
Why PM Carney’s wealth and past test the limits of Canada’s ethics laws
Guest: Ian Steadman, associate professor at York University’s School of Public Policy & Administration. York University
Why is the Carney government dragging its feet on appointing a new Parliamentary budget watchdog?
Guest: Tom Korski, Managing Editor, Blacklock’s Reporter
BC ends twice-annual clock changes, should others follow suit?
Guest: Dr. Michael Antle, professor of psychology and neuroscience, University of Calgary
Conflict in Iran drives up gas prices around the world
Guest: Patrick DeHaan, Head of Petroleum Analysis, GasBuddy
No sign of compromise as the Iran war enters a second week
Guest: Vice-Admiral (Ret’d) Mark Norman, Canada's former vice chief of defence staff, retired leader of the Royal Canadian Navy
Why PM Carney’s wealth and past test the limits of Canada’s ethics laws
Guest: Ian Steadman, associate professor at York University’s School of Public Policy & Administration. York University
Are Canadians really worse off than folks in Alabama?
Guest: Mike Moffatt, founder, Missing Middle Initiative
The small company that fought Trump's tariffs and won
Guest: Stephen Woldenberg SVP of Sales, Learning Resources.
U.S. and Allies encounter Iran’s arsenal of drones
Guest: Scott Clancy, retired Royal Canadian Air Force Major-General and fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute
What is the Strait of Hormuz, and why does it matter so much to the global economy and what you pay for gas?
Guest: Warren Mabee, Director, Queen's Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy, Queen's University
Iran war pushes oil price above $90, threatening rise in global inflation
Guest: Rory Johnston, oil market researcher and founder of commoditycontext.com
Trump wants ‘unconditional surrender’ as attacks on Iran continue, does the US have a plan?
Guest: Tom Wright, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, former senior director for strategic planning at the US National Security Council
Is the US really planning on enlisting Kurdish militias to fight in Iran?
Guest: Jeff Semple, senior correspondent, Global National
McDonald's CEO's bizarre video turns into a mockfest for its rivals
Guest: Robert Carter, a restaurant industry analyst and managing partner at Stratton Hunter Group
Guest: John Hyatt, staff writer covering Wall Street and Billionaires at Forbes
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