{"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":"Liberals play the worst kind of politics at the worst time","slug":"liberals-play-the-worst-kind-of-politics-at-the-worst-time","published_at":"2026-06-10T19:40:54+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-really-big-show-with-jim-csek-iain-burns-7118319/liberals-play-the-worst-kind-of-politics-at-the-worst-time","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/Liberals-play-the-worst-kind-of-politics-at-the-worst-time-e3kk9et","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10fa926fc/podcast/play/121299869/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-10%2F425901820-44100-2-c0214200062b6.mp3","summary":"On this episode of The Really Big Show, Jim Csek and Iain Burns tear into the layers of institutional incompetence piling up across the country. We break down the absolute shocker out of the aviation sector, where an Air Canada pilot managed to fly commercial wide-body jets for nearly 17 years without a valid commercial license right under the nose of Transport Canada regulators. We also dive into the "Alto Pig"—the $90 billion high-speed rail Crown corporation that has managed to hand out millions in executive bonuses while failing to lay a single mile of track—and look at the Liberal cabinet's quiet preparation for a third regulatory swing at controlling your internet access. Plus, we look across the Atlantic where the UK is facing a full-blown border crisis as Belfast burns under Keir Starmer's watch.","meta_description":"On this episode of The Really Big Show, Jim Csek and Iain Burns tear into the layers of institutional incompetence piling up across the country. We break…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6937,"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/liberals-play-the-worst-kind-of-politics-at-the-worst-time/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/liberals-play-the-worst-kind-of-politics-at-the-worst-time.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}