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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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RCMP arrests alleged hitmen accused of killing B.C. Sikh leader
Guest: Stewart Bell, National Investigative Journalist, Global News
Foreign interference a ‘stain’ on Canada’s electoral process
Guest: Sam Cooper, investigative journalist, The Bureau
How intense student protests may hurt Joe Biden’s election chances, and Donald Trump’s TIME magazine interview
Guest: Larry Jacobs, director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance in the Hubert H. Humphrey School, University of Minnesota, author of “Democracy Under Fire”
Season 5 of Scott’s New Vacation House Rules turns more cottages into incredible vacation getaways - what are the keys to rental property success?
Guest: Debra Salmoni, interior designer, series designer on Scott's Vacation House Rules on HGTV
Older adults’ brains ‘rewarded’ by music they don’t even like
Guest: Sarah Faber. Postdoctoral fellow, Simon Fraser University
Canadian sportscasting legend Rod Black’s greatest call of them all: His son’s Tyler’s MLB debut in Milwaukee (1:45)
Guest: Rod Black, Canadian sports broadcaster
Wacko or a work in progress? Scrutiny of B.C. drug decriminalization pilot program intensifies (16:17)
Guest: Deputy Chief Fiona Wilson, Vancouver Police Department, President, BC Association of Chiefs of Police
What’s next for the Edmonton Oilers in round two of the playoffs? (33:28)
Guest: Reid Wilkins, Host of Inside Sports and the Edmonton Oilers hockey broadcast on 630 CHED
Racquetball star and Corus’ Mike Cerisia will be inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame (43:39)
Guest: Mike Ceresia, a Canadian retired racquetball player
Clinical trial links frequent anger to increased risk of heart disease (55:37)
Guest: Dr. Joseph Ebinger, Clinical Cardiologist, Associate Professor and the Director of Clinical Analytics for the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles
What to expect from the first interim foreign interference report (1:07:19)
Guest: Robert Fife, Ottawa Bureau Chief, The Globe and Mail
How a rapid growth of international students at Conestoga College is impacting staff and the school’s integrity (1:27:55)
Guests: Leopold Koff, a union leader representing faculty, counsellors and librarians at Conestoga College, and Vikki Poirier, another union leader who represents support staff
Charlottetown police capture Toronto man at top of national most-wanted fugitive list (1:46)
Guest: Charmaine Flowers, mother of victim Sharmar Powell-Flowers
One year after his death, a look back at Gordon Lightfoot’s lasting legacy (15:22)
Guest: Ron Sexsmith, singer and songwriter
Winnipeg Jets season ends after four straight Colorado Avalanche wins (32:49)
Guest: Paul Edmonds, Play-by-play voice of the Winnipeg Jets on 680 CJOB, and Mitchell Clinton, Colour analyst for the Winnipeg Jets on 680 CJOB
Canada Dental Care Plan starts accepting claims for seniors (43:41)
Guest: Dr. Joel Antel, president, Canadian Dental Association and a Winnipeg dentist
Is the Trans-Mountain pipeline project worth the heavy price tag? (5357)
Guest: Trevor Tombe, a professor of economics at the University of Calgary and a research fellow at The School of Public Policy
Journo Corner: What would another Donald Trump presidency look like? (1:09:29)
Guest: Eric Cortellessa, National Political Reporter, TIME
Sunjeev Sahota’s new book tackles family, race and class struggles, and ideological divide (1:28:56)
Guest: Sunjeev Sahota, Booker Prize nominated writer, author of The Spoiled Heart
Pierre Poilievre kicked out of Question Period (1:43)
Guest: Dale Smith, freelance journalist in the Parliamentary Press Gallery, author of The Unbroken Machine
The straight story on posture (16:05)
Guest: Beth Linker, University of Pennsylvania, author, Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America
Deeply unhappy’ grocery shoppers plan to boycott Loblaw-owned stores in May (32:38)
Guest: Monica LaBarge, an assistant professor at Queen’s University studying food access and consumer well-being
Why dangerous bird flu is spreading faster and farther than first thought in U.S. cattle (50:27)
Guest: Michael Worobey, head of the department of ecology and evolutionary biology, University of Arizona
How to deter China before it’s too late (1:06:22)
Guest: Dmitri Alperovitch, Chairman, Silverado Policy and author, World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century
How Canadian universities are grappling with growing protests (1:25:56)
Guest: Gabriel Miller, President and CEO, Universities Canada
Why are student protests booming around North America, including at McGill University in Montreal? (1:31)
Guest: Robert Cohen, a professor of history and social studies in NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
Remember Me As Human - the daughter of Eagles’ guitarist Joe Walsh on navigating a world of fame (17:01)
Guest: Lucy Walsh, actress and singer, daughter of Eagles' guitarist Joe Walsh
The Oilers and the Jets find themselves on opposite playoff paths after eventful game 4 outings (32:42)
Guest: Cam Moon, regular season play-by-play voice, Edmonton Oilers on 630 CHED and Oilers Plus Analyst, and Jim Toth, co-host of Jets at Noon and host of The Jim Toth Show on 680 CJOB
How can cyberattacks shut down a large business like London Drugs? (44:29)
Guest: Jamie Hari, Director of Cybersecurity and DNS, Canadian Internet Registration Authority
Ontario cracks down on cell phones in school (52:18)
Guest: Sachin Maharaj, assistant professor of Educational Leadership, Policy and Program Evaluation. University of Ottawa
Canada needs a plan for the U.S., no matter who becomes president (1:06:45)
Guest: Drew Fagan, Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
Employers are trying to move away from requiring university degrees, is it working? (1:26:14)
Guest: Shrinidhi Rao, Chief of Staff, The Burning Glass Institute, Harvard Business School
April 26, 2024: Guest host Syd Smith in for Ben O-Hara-Byrne
B.C. Orca calf finds its way out of lagoon to freedom (0:00)
Guest: Paul Cottrell, the Pacific marine mammal coordinator with Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Donald Trump’s hush money trial, and his immunity argument with the Supreme Court (19:18)
Guest: Raymond Brescia, the Associate Dean for Research & Intellectual Life at Albany Law School in New York State, author of “Lawyer Nation: The Past, Present, and Future of the American Legal Profession
What can Canadian banks do to stop abusive e-transfers? (35:45)
Guest: Catherine Fitzpatrick, a former banking executive with Australia’'s largest bank and a financial safety consultant
British Columbia looks to recriminalize use of drugs in public spaces (48:57)
Guest: Dr. Perry Kendall, former B.C. Provincial Health Officer
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
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