{"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":"Judgement Day: Truth fights back against lies and deception","slug":"judgement-day-truth-fights-back-against-lies-and-deception","published_at":"2026-06-09T21:08:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-really-big-show-with-jim-csek-iain-burns-7118319/judgement-day-truth-fights-back-against-lies-and-deception","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/Judgement-Day-Truth-fights-back-against-lies-and-deception-e3kilnt","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10fa926fc/podcast/play/121246909/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-9%2F425832582-44100-2-9ca2ed70c3e6d.mp3","summary":"Today is Tax Freedom Day, arriving later than ever, as Canadians spend more of their income on taxes than on food, shelter and clothing combined. Canadian officials are privately telling Reuters that the only real card Canada holds in trade talks is tariff-free access to the American market through CUSMA, the same relationship Carney spent a year telling Canadians he was pivoting away from. The Financial Times reports Carney is now willing to accept tougher conditions to trade in North America after more than a year of giving Washington the cold shoulder. The pivot is not a strategy. It is a concession. Meanwhile the Deputy Defence Minister failed to disclose a conflict of interest until after a meeting took place, the Alto Crown corporation paid $2.76 million in bonuses to 100% of its staff for a train that has not broken ground, and the Carney government is introducing a social media ban for Canadians under 16 while 4.4 million affordable homes remain unbuilt and homelessness is up 22% since 2017. The priorities are not adding up. Today on The Really Big Show: ►Today is Tax Freedom Day, arriving later than ever, as Canadians now spend more of their income on taxes than on food, shelter and clothing combined ►Reuters reports Canadian officials privately acknowledge the main appeal Canada offers prospective trading partners is not Canadian resources or markets but tariff-free access to the U.S. through CUSMA, directly undermining Carney's pitch of building an independent middle powers trading bloc ►The Financial Times reports Carney is now "willing to accept tougher conditions to trade in North America" after more than a year of giving the U.S. the cold shoulder, as Canada remains frozen out of CUSMA talks and Washington signals displeasure at Carney's deepen…","meta_description":"Today is Tax Freedom Day, arriving later than ever, as Canadians spend more of their income on taxes than on food, shelter and clothing combined. Canadian…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":9426,"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/judgement-day-truth-fights-back-against-lies-and-deception/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/judgement-day-truth-fights-back-against-lies-and-deception.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}