{"podcast":{"title":"The Jas Johal Show","slug":"the-jas-johal-show-1109190","podcast_index_feed_id":1109190,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/CORU9729618981","website_url":"http://www.cknw.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/0f84db5e-06e7-11ed-9159-83a808d93216/image/8c6e22280fad50d69df9f32ebdcb4f0d.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Curiouscast","episode_count":5000,"summary":"The Jas Johal Show is the Lower Mainland’s town square, helping you connect with the stories that matter. It’s about finding the solutions to the challenges facing our region, even when we disagree. Jas’s decades of experience as a local news reporter, a Global News bureau chief in China and India, as well as a BC MLA have strengthened his conviction that no one “side” has all the answers. The Global News Radio newsroom rounds out the team keeping you in the know on developing stories from the North Shore to the Fraser Valley. The Jas Johal Show provides fresh perspective and lively conversation for listeners Monday to Friday: 3-6pm.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-02T00:18:33.111868+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-jas-johal-show-1109190"},"episode":{"title":"The Jas Johal Political Happy Hour","slug":"the-jas-johal-political-happy-hour-4","published_at":"2026-06-06T00:34:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-jas-johal-show-1109190/the-jas-johal-political-happy-hour-4","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-jas-johal-show-1109190","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/CORU2664307403.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/CORU2664307403.mp3","summary":"This week: A new poll shows the B.C. Conservatives have pulled ahead of the NDP for the first time since the last election — and Kerry-Lynne Findlay has been leader for less than a week. Keith Baldrey joins us to break it down. And if the Conservatives are firmly planting their flag on the right, is there now an opening for a resurgent centrist party to fill the space the old BC Liberals used to own? (1:27) Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West joins us to dig into one of the defining questions of this political moment: why is it so hard to carve out space in the centre when the political world keeps pulling further apart? (15:59) Surrey Police Board chair and Semiahmoo First Nation Chief Harley Chappell joins us to pull back the curtain on the backroom manoeuvring that led to the ousting of Police Chief Norm Lipinski. He was there. He saw it unfold. And he is not staying quiet (26:55) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"This week: A new poll shows the B.C. Conservatives have pulled ahead of the NDP for the first time since the last election — and Kerry-Lynne Findlay has b…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2650,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-jas-johal-show-1109190/episodes/the-jas-johal-political-happy-hour-4/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-jas-johal-show-1109190/the-jas-johal-political-happy-hour-4.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}