The Really Big Show with Jim Csek and Iain Burns

The Really Big Show is a Canadian news show done differently. We move past the talking points to discuss the news of the day through a distinctly Canadian lens, providing the analysis and commentary you won’t find in mainstream soundbites.

Hosted by Jim Csek and Iain Burns, we translate rhetoric into reality with a common-sense approach to the stories affecting Canada, British Columbia, and our local region.

Live every weekday at 9 AM PST, Noon EST. Watch or listen on KelownaNow.com, YouTube, X, and all major podcast platforms

‘I believe a popular uprising is coming’ | Economic Longwave’s Joseph Barbuto

Beyond the ballot with Renee Merrifield and Jim Csek

The Really Big Show is a Canadian news show done differently. We move past the talking points to discuss the news of the day through a distinctly Canadian lens, providing the analysis and commentary you won’t find in mainstream soundbites.

Hosted by Jim Csek and Iain Burns, we translate rhetoric into reality with a common-sense approach to the stories affecting Canada, British Columbia, and our local region.

Live every weekday at 9 AM PST, Noon EST. Watch or listen on KelownaNow.com, YouTube, X, and all major podcast platforms

Liberals finally discover oil. Does that mean Alberta was right all along?

Jim Csek and Iain Burns examine Canada’s changing energy debate, the political pressure around oil and gas, Alberta’s role in the national economy, and what Ottawa’s choices could mean for investment, jobs and energy security.

The Really Big Show is live every weekday at 9 a.m. Pacific / noon Eastern.

Support independent Canadian media: https://thereallybigshow.ca/support/More from The Really Big Show: https://thereallybigshow.ca/#Canada #Alberta #OilAndGas #CanadianPolitics #Energy #MarkCarney #TheReallyBigShow

The Really Big Show is a Canadian news show done differently. We move past the talking points to discuss the news of the day through a distinctly Canadian lens, providing the analysis and commentary you won’t find in mainstream soundbites.

Hosted by Jim Csek and Iain Burns, we translate rhetoric into reality with a common-sense approach to the stories affecting Canada, British Columbia, and our local region.

Live every weekday at 9 AM PST, Noon EST. Watch or listen on KelownaNow.com, YouTube, X, and all major podcast platforms.

Could Canada be heading toward a food crisis next year?Dr. Heather Exner-Pirot, Senior Fellow and Director of Natural Resources, Energy, and Environment at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, joins Jim Csek and Iain Burns to discuss the links between energy, fuel, food security and the policy decisions shaping Canada’s future.In this conversation:• Why energy policy and food costs are connected• The risks Canada faces if essential energy and resource capacity is constrained• What affordability, resilience and food security could look like in the year aheadWatch The Really Big Show live every weekday at 9 a.m. Pacific / noon Eastern.Support independent Canadian media: https://thereallybigshow.ca/support/More interviews and commentary: https://thereallybigshow.ca/#Canada #FoodSecurity #Energy #OilAndGas #TheReallyBigShow

The Really Big Show is a Canadian news show done differently. We move past the talking points to discuss the news of the day through a distinctly Canadian lens, providing the analysis and commentary you won’t find in mainstream soundbites.

Hosted by Jim Csek and Iain Burns, we translate rhetoric into reality with a common-sense approach to the stories affecting Canada, British Columbia, and our local region.

Live every weekday at 9 AM PST, Noon EST. Watch or listen on KelownaNow.com, YouTube, X, and all major podcast platforms.

Sept 8 livestream.

Canada is being sold a fantasy economy while the walls close in. Renee Merrifield joins Jim and Iain to examine the gap between political promises and the economic reality facing Canadians, including affordability pressures and the choices Ottawa is making.