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Every weeknight, you can count on A Little More Conversation with Ben O’Hara-Byrne to feature compelling stories, diverse viewpoints, thoughtful questions, and frank conversations on topics that matter to all Canadians. From politics to public health, diplomacy to discrimination, affordability to artificial intelligence, and the environment to entertainment, the show will deliver a fresh approach to current affairs from a genuinely Canadian perspective.
Who is Ben O’Hara-Byrne? Currently the host of A Little More Conversation with Ben O’Hara-Byrne, Ben has more than 20 years broadcast journalism experience. He started in radio in Quebec City in 1998 before working for Global News in Montreal and Global News in Toronto. He moved to Global National’s Ottawa/Parliamentary Bureau in 2005 and served as the network’s Asia Correspondent based in Beijing from 2009 to 2011. He’s also worked as a network bureau chief in Beijing and London, U.K., and an evening news anchor in Victoria, B.C. He has reported from across Canada and from several countries including Afghanistan, North Korea, China, Libya, Egypt, South Africa, Ukraine, and Russia.
A Little More Conversation with Ben O’Hara-Byrne also airs weekdays on Corus radio stations across the country: 980 CKNW in Vancouver: 7pm-10pm PT, 630 CHED in Edmonton/770 CHQR in Calgary: 8pm-11pm MT, 680 CJOB in Winnipeg: 9pm-12am CT, 640 Toronto/900 CHML in Hamilton/980 CFPL in London: 10pm-1am ET.
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April 25, 2024: Guest host Syd Smith in for Ben O-Hara-Byrne
Honda investing $15 billion to build four new EV plants in Canada (0:00)
Guest: Sam Fiorani, Vice President, Global Vehicle Forecasting, AutoForecast Solutions LLC
U.S. TikTok’s future in jeopardy - will Canada follow suit in banning the app? What does this mean for creators? (10:47)
Guest: Karim Bardeesy, Co-Director DemocracyXChange, Excecutive Director, the Dais at Toronto Metropolitan University
Oilers head to LA for game three after losing an overtime stunner, and Leafs announcer slams home crowd (30:15)
Guest: Reid Wilkins, Host of Inside Sports and the Edmonton Oilers hockey broadcast on 630 CHED
Oh Baby! Sports broadcaster Chris Cuthbert remembers Bob Cole (46:39)
Guest: Chris Cuthbert, Canadian sportscaster, lead play-by-play commentator with Sportsnet for Hockey Night in Canada
Are truckers in Canada being trained well enough? (1:02:00)
Guest: Amanda Dean, Vice President, Ontario and Atlantic Regions, IBC.
A mother advocates for improved air quality after 9-year-old’s asthma death during wildfires (1:17:16)
Guest: Amber Vigh, mother of Carter Vigh, who passed away
April 24, 2024: Guest host Syd Smith in for Ben O'Hara-Byrne
Honda enters EV industry in Canada (0:00)
Guest: Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Manufacturers Association of Canada
Canadian EV sales rising, but is interest dropping? (14:28)
Guest: Huw Williams, national spokesperson, Canadian Automobile Dealers Association
Jets look to bounce back in game three against the Colorado Avalanche (31:51)
Guest: Paul Edmonds, Play-by-play voice of the Winnipeg Jets on 680 CJOB
The ticket prices for Round 1 home games in Canada (43:45)
Guest: Moshe Lander, Senior Lecturer, Economics, Concordia University
Journo Corner: Canada’s cup drought and was Canadian runner Harry Jerome the world’s fastest man? (52:40)
Guest: Dan Barnes, sports features writer, Postmedia
Wildfire season in Western Canada already underway (1:07:21)
Guest: Robert Gray, wildland fire ecologist, president of R.W. Gray Consulting Ltd.
After recovering from a brain injury, pop star Kiesza releases new album “Dancing and Crying: Vol. 1” (1:24:08)
Guest: Kiesza, Calgary-born electropop artist
Why the medical community opposes the Liberal’s capital gains hike (1:40)
Guest: Dr. Kathleen Ross, president, Canadian Medical Association
The Federal Housing Minister on Canada’s ambitious plan to tackle the housing crisis (15:02)
Guest: Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities of Canada
How the Oilers won game one against the LA Kings (32:28)
Guest: Cam Moon, regular season play-by-play voice, Edmonton Oilers on 630 CHED and Oilers Plus Analyst
How NASA repaired Voyager 1 (43:39)
Guest: Linda Spilker, planetary scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Project Scientist for the Voyager missions
A new study shows how microplastics can travel from food to vital organs, including the brain (54:11)
Guest: Marcus Garcia, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy
Doug & The Slugs: Making it work for more than four decades (1:08:36)
Guest: Simon Kendall, keyboardist, Doug & The Slugs
Out of Darkness: Rumana Monzur's journey through betrayal, tyranny and abuse (1:26:52)
Guest: Rumana Monzur and Denise Chong, author of Out of Darkness: Rumana Monzur's Journey through Betrayal, Tyranny and Abuse
Umar Zameer acquitted of murder in Toronto police officer’s death, should he have been charged in the first place? (1:54)
Guest: Monte MacGregor, criminal lawyer and partner at Rusonik, O’Connor, Robbins, Ross & Angelini
Fear and frustration as Canada’s Jewish community gets set to mark Passover (16:55)
Guest: Michael Levitt, President/CEO, Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center Canada
‘A colossal failure’: Advisor resigns in protest of Trudeau government’s disability benefit (33:46)
Guest: Michael Prince, a professor of social policy at the University of Victoria
Did the Liberals get a post-budget bump? (55:03)
Guest: Darrell Bricker, CEO, Ipsos Public Affairs
Largest marine reptile ever? Girl’s fossil discovery helps confirm new species (1:09:39)
Guest: Jimmy Waldron, founder, Dinosaurs Will Always Be Awesome
U.S. aid to Ukraine finally through Congress, what difference will it make? (1:24:52)
Guest: John Herbst, senior director, Eurasia Center, Atlantic Council, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine
U.S. Election roundup: Jury is in place for the Trump trial and a rare bipartisan moment in Congress (1:48)
Guest: Alex Woodward, senior U.S. reporter, The Independent
25 Years After Columbine: Why the Massacre Was a Turning Point for America (16:31)
Guest: Beverly Kingston, director, Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, University of Colorado Boulder
Swift Justice: Taylor Swift-themed law course debuts in Canada (33:40)
Guest: Mohamed Khimji, an associate dean of academic policy at Queen’s law school, Queen’s University
Longtime sportscaster Lisa Bowes on her series of children’s books (47:49)
Guest: Lisa Bowes, broadcaster and author of Lucy Tries series
An accountant explains what the capital gains changes mean for you (1:54)
Guest: John Oakey, Vice President of Taxation, Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada,
With Passover set to begin, families of Gaza hostages try to stay optimistic (17:01)
Guest: Maya Roman, family member of current and former hostages
The search for Canada’s greatest song (32:12)
Guest: Craig Baird, host of the podcast Canadian History Ehx
'Celebrity' seal back on Victoria-area beach after fourth relocation (56:39)
Guest: Morgan Van Kirk, fishery officer, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Ocean heat is driving a global coral bleaching event, and it could be the worst on record (1:05:44)
Guest: Derek Manzello, Coral Reef Watch coordinator, NOAA
Were Toronto banks infiltrated by a notorious mafia group? (1:19:58)
Guest: Jared Ferrie, Senior Editor, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
One year later, arrests made in $24M gold and cash heist at Pearson (1:43)
Guest: Bruce Pitt-Payne, Retired RCMP Major Crime Investigator and Consultant
A Toronto daughter's alleged plot to have her parents murdered subject of new Netflix documentary (16:00)
Guest: Jeremy Grimaldi, executive producer, What Jennifer Did
GC Strategies partner and ArriveCan contractor admonished by MPs as RCMP search home (32:14)
Guest: Taylor Bachrach, NDP MP, Skeena—Bulkley Valley, NDP Transport Critic
A Hollywood director on making movies, and the joys and disappointments in the film industry (48:40)
Guest: Ed Zwick, filmmaker, and author of Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
Journo Corner: Budget fallout (1:08:16)
Guest: David Akin, Chief Political Correspondent, Global News
Disability benefit plan falls short of expectations (1:25:34)
Guest: Neil Hetherington, CEO, Daily Bread Food Bank
Federal budget reaction - What effects will this budget have on Canada and does the balance sheet make sense? (1:24)
Guest: Don Drummond, the Stauffer-Dunning Fellow at Queen’s University, former chief economist at Toronto-Dominion Bank
Federal budget reaction - After recent housing announcements, how much can we expect them to cost? (16:29)
Guest: Kevin Lee, CEO, Canadian Home Builders' Association
Federal budget reaction - Ottawa plans to hike taxes on the rich (28:10)
Guest: Goldy Hyder, President and CEO, Business Council of Canada
World's Fastest Man: The Incredible Life of Ben Johnson (36:45)
Guest: Mary Ormsby, author, World's Fastest Man: The Incredible Life of Ben Johnson
Tim Hortons launches pizza in Canada; U.S.A/Canada’s new Olympics’ uniforms (1:08:35)
Guest: David Soberman, Canadian National Chair in Strategic Marketing and a professor in the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto
How Canada’s proposed open banking system may help financial security issues (1:24:09)
Guest: Moshe Lander, Senior Lecturer, Economics, Concordia University
Sleepy Don: Donald Trump dozes off as his historic criminal trial gets underway in New York City (1:47)
Guest: Tim Bakken, Professor of Law at the US Military Academy, West Point, author of The Plea of Innocence: Restoring Truth to the American Justice System”
Why Canadians are leery of big spending promises from the Trudeau government in the upcoming federal budget (15:53)
Guest: Shachi Kurl, president, Angus Reid Institute
Parkinson Awareness Month (31:40)
Guest: Larry Gifford, president and co-founder, PD Avengers
Allies urge Israel to show restraint after Iranian attack (51:26)
Guest: Ali Vaez, Iran project director and Senior Adviser to the President, International Crisis Group
Thirty years after Rwanda genocide, Roméo Dallaire cautiously optimistic the world finds greater peace (1:06:05)
Guest: Roméo Dallaire, former Canadian senator, author of The Peace: A Warrior's Journey, served as force commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda during the 1994 genocide
The clean-up of the Baltimore bridge collapse creates major challenges (1:23:13)
Guest: Col. Estee Pinchasin, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
The PM calls his new housing plan the most comprehensive in Canadian history, will it deliver results? (1:39)
Guest: Mike Moffatt, the Founding Director of the PLACE Centre and an Assistant Professor in the Business, Economics, and Public Policy area group at Ivey Business School, Western University
Ongoing supply shortages to see housing prices rise across Canada (10:23)
Guest: Karen Yolevski, Chief Operating Officer, Royal LePage Real Estate Services
What does Justin Trudeau think about his government’s record and his plunging popularity? (17:56)
Guest: Justin Ling, freelance investigative journalist, host of the Bugeyed and Shameless newsletter
U.S. election latest: Trump’s turn on abortion and a criminal trial awaits (36:26)
Guest: Frank Wilkinson, Opinion columnist covering U.S. politics, Bloomberg
Forty four years after Terry Fox set out on his Marathon of Hope, the Terry Fox collection has a new home (53:56)
Guest: Tracey Drake, CEO, Royal B.C. Museum
Trapped orca calf on Vancouver Island outwits rescue attempt (1:03:09)
Guest: Eric Pittman, Canadian Orca Rescue Society, former helicopter pilot
O.J. Simpson dead at age 76 (1:45)
Guest: David Goldstein, investigative reporter with KCBS-KCAL Los Angeles who covered the O.J. Simpson murder trial in the mid 90s
Sum 41’s final tour and album takes fans to heaven and hell (16:50)
Guest: Deryck Whibley, lead vocalist, Sum 41
How did coverage of O.J. Simpson’s murder trial change the media landscape forever? (33:14)
Guest: Jere Hester, founding director of the NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism
What scientists say about the origin of domesticated dogs, when did it happen? Why? Where? (52:54)
Guest: Greger Larson, archaeologist and geneticist, Oxford University
O.J. Simpson dead at age 76 - the racial divisions from the murder trial that are still seen today (1:09:10)
Guest: Earl Hutchinson, author, Beyond O.J.: Race, Sex, and Class Lessons for America
Thirty years after Kurt Cobain’s death, a look at the person behind the icon (1:27:31)
Guest: Michael Azerrad, rock critic and author of The Amplified Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana
Civil War might be the year’s most explosive movie. Alex Garland thinks it’s just reporting (1:46)
Guest: Alex Garland, writer/director, Civil War
PM takes the stand in foreign interference inquiry (15:05)
Guest: Michael Kempa, associate professor of criminology, University of Ottawa
U.S. braces for cicadas by the trillions: what’s behind this very rare cicada-geddon (34:10)
Guest: John Cooley, cicada expert, associate professor-in-residence of ecology & evolutionary biology, University of Connecticut
Journo Corner: Trudeau government blamed as child sex assault cases fall apart (49:35)
Guest: Jacques Gallant, courts and justice reporter, Toronto Star
Alberta tables gatekeeper bill on federal funding (1:06:21)
Guest: Lori Williams, political scientist, Mount Royal University
B.C. world champion inducted into Canadian Arm Wrestling Hall of Fame (1:24:16)
Guest: Mike Kadar, a three-time World Armwrestling Federation world champion and part of the 2023 Hall of Fame inductee list
Whitehorse Star ceasing publication after 124 years (1:15)
Guest: Jim Butler, editor, Whitehorse Star
What you need to know about avian flu outbreaks in U.S. dairy cows (15:14)
Guest: Scott Weese, Professor, Ontario Veterinary College, Director, Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses, University of Guelph
A Little More True Crime: The unsolved 1991 disappearance of 4-year old Victoria boy Michael Dunahee (30:47)
Guest: Valerie Green, author, Vanished: The Michael Dunahee Story
RBC terminates CFO after investigation into relationship with VP (1:02:53)
Guest: Daniel Lublin, employment lawyer and partner with Whitten & Lublin
Why do so many C-Suite executives risk their careers over relationships with employees? (1:17:13)
Guest: Janet Candido, founder and principal, Candido Consulting Group
Solar Eclipse - What was it like for an eclipse chaser? (1:17)
Guest: Evan Zucker, eclipse chaser who traveled from San Diego to Sherbrooke, Quebec
Solar Eclipse - Did the weather help the viewing experience? (8:26)
Guest: Anthony Farnell, Chief Meteorologist, Global News
Solar Eclipse - The psychology behind the impact of the eclipse (15:52)
Guest: Kate Russo, eclipse chaser, psychologist, and author, Being in the Shadow: Stories of the First Time Total Eclipse Experience
A former federal health minister’s new ideas to fix the healthcare system (33:31)
Guest: Jane Philpott, former federal minister for health, author of Health for All: A Doctor’s Prescription for a Healthier Canada.
Ottawa releases long-awaited updated defense policy update (1:04:53)
Guest: David Perry, president, Canadian Global Affairs Institute
The death of Kurt Cobain - 30 years later (1:20:30)
Guest: Alan Cross, host, The Ongoing History of New Music
Tesla’s woes and Ford’s rethink as EV sales sputter (1:45)
Guest: Dan Ives, Managing Director and Senior Equity Research Analyst covering the Technology sector at Wedbush Securities
What we learned from the public inquiry into foreign interference in Canada (15:51)
Guest: Steven Chase, senior parliamentary reporter, The Globe and Mail
U.S.A. election 2024: The week that was (35:29)
Guest: Jeremy Kinsman, Distinguished Fellow of the Canadian International Council, served as Canada’s Ambassador to Russia, Italy, and the European Union and as High Commissioner to the UK
Hype for the eclipse on Monday builds (50:21)
Guest: Andrea Girones, an astrophotographer with Ottawa’s chapter of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, and a personal injury and medical malpractice lawyer
Hype for the eclipse on Monday builds (59:54)
Guest: Scott Granville, a television producer and writer for 30 years live streaming the eclipse on YouTube
The evolution of Canadian comedy from SCTV to today (1:37)
Guest: Colin Mochrie, Canadian comedian
Niagara gets set for a rush of eclipse watchers (17:07)
Guest: Janice Thomson, CEO, Niagara Tourism
Can a solar eclipse lead to a jump in car accidents? (26:25)
Guest: Don Redelmeier, professor of medicine at the University of Toronto and senior scientist at Sunnybrook Research Institute
Housing affordability isn’t coming anytime soon (34:49)
Guest: Bob Dugan, Chief Economist, Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Shopping for meaning - the nostalgia around malls (50:38)
Guest: Kate Black, author, Big Mall: Shopping for Meaning
75 years of NATO: How is the military alliance faring? (1:08:36)
Guest: Stephen Saideman, Paterson Chair in International Affairs, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University.
Haiti sees surge in food insecurity (1:24:41)
Guest: Paolo Silveri, IFAD’s Country Director for Haiti
Remembering Joe Flaherty and the impact he had on Canadian comedy (1:25)
Guest: Brent Butt, comedian and writer, creator of Corner Gas
Journo Corner: Alberta population boom and carbon tax anger (31:28)
Guest: Dave Breakenridge, editor of the Edmonton Journal and Edmonton Sun, host of the 10/3 podcast
Social media and kids (51:08)
Guest: Devorah Heitner, author of Growing Up in Public: Coming of Age in a Digital World and Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive (and Survive) in Their Digital World
Canada looks for answers after Israeli strike kills 7 aid workers in Gaza, including a Canadian citizen (1:04:13)
Guest: Jon Allen, former Canadian ambassador to Israel and Senior Fellow, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto
Seniors and falls: It can be detrimental, but it doesn’t have to be (1:21:28)
Guest: Dr. Stephen Robinovitch, an engineer and lead researcher with the school's Injury Prevention and Mobility Laboratory, Simon Fraser University
Keys to writing a catchy song with Randy Bachman and a summer tour (1:39)
Guest: Randy Bachman, musician, lead vocals and lead guitarist of Bachman-Turner Overdrive
B.C. man becomes first Canadian to finish, win the ‘Barkley Marathons (29:22)
Guest: Ihor Verys, first Canadian to win Barkley Marathons
Strong quake hits Taiwan, prompts tsunami warning for southern Japan (49:49)
Guest: John Cassidy, earthquake seismologist, Natural Resources Canada
Ottawa announces $1 billion plan for a national school food program (1:02:42)
Guest: Debbie Field, Distinguished Visiting Practitioner, Toronto Metropolitan University and coordinator, Coalition for Healthy School Food.
Receipt scanners, grocery prices, and the death of bagged milk (1:16:37)
Guest: Corey Mintz, food reporter, author of The End of Restaurants as We Knew
The king of TV Theme songs on his long list of hits and a new album (1:25)
Guest: Mike Post, composer and musician
Carbon tax hike to come on April 1 (31:19)
Guest: Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change of Canada
Is the new Canadian renters’ bill of rights helpful, or a gimmick? (48:17)
Guest: Ron Butler, mortgage broker, Butler Mortgages
Could Canadian Realtors' commission structure change after U.S. lawsuit? (1:03:32)
Guest: Garth Myers, lawyer, Kalloghlian Myers LLP
Conspiracy theories spread after the Baltimore bridge collapse (1:18:39)
Guest: Mike Rothschild, journalist, and author of “The Storm Is Upon Us”
Temporary residents jump to 2.7M as Ottawa tries to curb migration (1:56)
Guest: Chantal Ianniciello (pronounced yani-chiell-LO), immigration/refugee lawyer
Journo Corner: Foreign interference commission resumes public hearings: Will it provide the answers many are looking for? (17:04)
Guest: Robert Fife, Ottawa Bureau Chief, The Globe and Mail
From Scott Pilgrim to stalinist USSR: Mary Elizabeth Winstead on her career in movies and her new series alongside husband Ewan McGregor (33:55)
Guest: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, actress
MarineLand Niagara under scrutiny once again with rumours it won’t open this year (47:38)
Guest: Phil Demers, former Marineland trainer, co-founder of animal activist organization UrgentSeas
Rescuing an orphaned killer whale off Vancouver Island (55:56)
Guest: Jared Towers, a research technician with Fisheries and Oceans Canada and executive director of Bay Cetology
As NTSB starts Baltimore investigation, are Canadian bridges safe? (1:06:15)
Guest: Elena Dragomirescu, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Ottawa
Canada's maple syrup reserve almost empty as sap season at risk of becoming another casualty of the winter that wasn't (1:25:34)
Guest: Simon Doré-Ouellet, deputy director general of the Quebec Maple Syrup Producers
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