{"podcast":{"title":"brioux.tv: the podcast","slug":"brioux-tv-the-podcast-104246","podcast_index_feed_id":104246,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/1529933.rss","website_url":"http://brioux.tv","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/y1f5rc3i8xr2d1amm2r5lfedylrr?.jpg","author":"Bill Brioux","episode_count":240,"summary":"Hosted by veteran TV columnist Bill Brioux. Each week, join in on an outspoken conversation with the actors, executives, and insiders that make the television industry pop. In each edition, Bill invites his guests to talk business, give up some great stories, and make it personal. Plus laughs.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/brioux-tv-the-podcast-104246"},"episode":{"title":"Rick Mercer stands up for Canada","slug":"rick-mercer-stands-up-for-canada","published_at":"2025-12-22T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/brioux-tv-the-podcast-104246/rick-mercer-stands-up-for-canada","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/brioux-tv-the-podcast-104246","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/1529933/episodes/18371818-rick-mercer-stands-up-for-canada.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/1529933/episodes/18371818-rick-mercer-stands-up-for-canada.mp3","summary":"Send us Fan Mail The year 2025 has certainly been a good year to stand up for Canada. Who better to turn that mission into a TV special than Rick Mercer? The former This Hour has 22 Minutes and Rick Mercer Report firebrand returns Sunday, December 28, with Rick Mercer Stand Up for Canada. The hour-long comedy special, featuring fellow comics Sophie Buddle, Mayce Galoni and Julie Kim, was taped before a sold out crowd last fall in Saint John, New Brunswick. That show was part of a 20-city, cro...","meta_description":"Send us Fan Mail The year 2025 has certainly been a good year to stand up for Canada. Who better to turn that mission into a TV special than Rick Mercer?…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2378,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/brioux-tv-the-podcast-104246/episodes/rick-mercer-stands-up-for-canada/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/brioux-tv-the-podcast-104246/rick-mercer-stands-up-for-canada.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}