{"podcast":{"title":"The Really Big Show with Jim Csek &Iain Burns","slug":"the-really-big-show-with-jim-csek-iain-burns-7118319","podcast_index_feed_id":7118319,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10fa926fc/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.kelownanow.com/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/45477111/94003c6aaf3a64b1.jpg","author":"Jim Csek","episode_count":387,"summary":"The Really Big Show is a Canadian news hour done differently. We discuss the news of the day through a Canadian lens with analysis and commentary from Jim Csek & managing editor Iain Burns. We translate the rhetoric into reality with common sense on the news that affects Canada, BC and our region. We are live five days a week around 9 am PST. Recorded sessions available on Youtube, X and many podcast channels. https://thereallybigshow.ca","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T10:18:30.701498+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-really-big-show-with-jim-csek-iain-burns-7118319"},"episode":{"title":"Are Canadians suffering from mass delusion?","slug":"are-canadians-suffering-from-mass-delusion","published_at":"2026-05-26T23:00:10+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-really-big-show-with-jim-csek-iain-burns-7118319/are-canadians-suffering-from-mass-delusion","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-really-big-show-with-jim-csek-iain-burns-7118319","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ai-ev/episodes/Are-Canadians-suffering-from-mass-delusion-e3juk0v","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10fa926fc/podcast/play/120589791/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-26%2F424953247-44100-2-efdf2f1cc7579.mp3","summary":"The Liberal coalition is cracking, the housing market is hitting a financial inflection point, and Parliament just voted to leave property rights unprotected after a court ruling that has B.C. homeowners asking whether their homes are safe. Jim Csek and Iain Burns are here to bring you the day's news. The cracks are showing on multiple fronts simultaneously. Steven Guilbe ault may be days away from leaving the Liberal caucus entirely. Insolvency filings are at their highest level since 2009. And the House Leader just told 44,869 Canadians who signed a petition asking MPs to be held accountable for lying that Parliament has no business policing political speech for truthfulness. Today on The Really Big Show: ►CTV News reports Steven Guilbeault could resign from the Liberal caucus this week, escalating his earlier cabinet resignation over Carney's decision to roll back Trudeau-era industrial emissions regulations ►A letter signed by 14 Liberal MPs expressing concern over Carney's environmental policy rollbacks was obtained by CBC News, which reported the contents but did not publish the names of the MPs who signed it ►The Bloc Québécois has publicly invited disaffected Liberal MPs unhappy with Carney's environmental rollbacks to cross the floor and join their party ►Liberals and NDP vote 199 to 139 to reject a Conservative motion to protect property rights, following a B.C. court ruling granting the Cowichan Nation Aboriginal title over 1,846 acres of privately owned land near Richmond, as property owners across B.C. ask MPs whether their homes and investments are safe ►Equifax Canada reports Canadian insolvency filings jumped 18.8% in the first quarter of 2026 to the highest level since 2009, with homeowner insolvencies up 11%, mortgage delinquencies surging 52% in Onta…","meta_description":"The Liberal coalition is cracking, the housing market is hitting a financial inflection point, and Parliament just voted to leave property rights unprotec…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":8874,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-really-big-show-with-jim-csek-iain-burns-7118319/episodes/are-canadians-suffering-from-mass-delusion/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-really-big-show-with-jim-csek-iain-burns-7118319/are-canadians-suffering-from-mass-delusion.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}