Jim Csek

The Really Big Show with Jim Csek &Iain Burns

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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

Author

Jim Csek

Category

News

Podcast website

www.kelownanow.com

Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

Canadians continue to reward abject failure 10.07.2026

Canadians continue to reward abject failure

‘We can’t be looking like a Third World country’ | Harman Bhangu on BC’s infrastructure 09.07.2026

BC Conservative MLA Harman Bhangu joins the show to discuss the ongoing delays and cost concerns surrounding the George Massey Tunnel replacement. The conversation looks at the decision to move away from the earlier bridge proposal, the loss of potential SkyTrain integration, growing traffic pressure, impacts on farmers and businesses, and concerns that the current tunnel project may end up over b...

Brian Isted: Canada’s unfair justice system 09.07.2026

Brian Isted: Canada’s unfair justice system

Alberta’s the future, BC’s stuck in the past 09.07.2026

It's time for another dose of news, analysis and commentary with Jim Csek and NowMedia managing editor Iain Burns. Now streaming on Rumble, Spotify, Apple and more. Support The Really Big Show. We’re building independent Canadian media into a powerful voice and we can’t do it without yo

Carney promises more cash to Ukraine while Canadians struggle to eat 08.07.2026

While Canadians are using ‘buy now, pay later’ just to buy milk and bread, Prime Minister Carney is gearing up another $900 million aid package for Ukraine — military gear, air defense, energy support.”

Beyond the Ballot: Can the Canadian taxpayer afford Mark Carney? 07.07.2026

Beyond the Ballot: Can the Canadian taxpayer afford Mark Carney?

Canada’s harsh reality: Manufacturers are leaving 07.07.2026

It's time for another dose of news, analysis and commentary with Jim Csek and NowMedia managing editor Iain Burns. Now streaming on Rumble, Spotify, Apple and more. Support The Really Big Show. We’re building independent Canadian media into a powerful voice and we can’t do it without you

Carney plays lets make a deal: Who wins and who loses 03.07.2026

With Guest Host, Franco Terrazzano of  @taxpayerDOTcom  ​

Carney FAILS on campaign promises 02.07.2026

Canada’s economy, affordability crisis, trade uncertainty, energy future, immigration policy, and public-sector accountability all collide in this episode of The Really Big Show. The discussion opens with Mark Carney’s broken campaign promises, including his claim that he was the best person to negotiate with Donald Trump and protect Canada’s trade relationship with the United States. With CUSMA u...

Shocker, no private interest in pipeline 30.06.2026

Shocker, no private interest in pipeline. Today on The Really Big Show, we look at the proposed Alberta-to-B.C. pipeline, why industry leaders are calling it unfinanceable, and what that says about Canada’s energy policy, investment climate, and political promises.

Canada at a crossroads: take the road to prosperity or fail as a nation 29.06.2026

Join us for today’s episode of The Really Big Show with guest host David Krayden. https://www.youtube.com/@UC1ED4fuuXo07MoobImXavaQ

Are Canadians paying the price for Liberal arrogance? 26.06.2026

Renee Merrifield filling in for Iain Burns along with Jim Csek talked the BC Condo bailout along with the auto sector, CUSMA and much more.

Excesses for elites while Canadians suffer 19.06.2026

It's time for another dose of news, analysis and commentary with Jim Csek and NowMedia managing editor Iain Burns. Now streaming on Rumble, Spotify, Apple and more. Support The Really Big Show. We’re building independent Canadian media into a powerful voice and we can’t do it without you

Manufactured majority threatens Canadian freedoms 18.06.2026

It's time for another dose of news, analysis and commentary with Jim Csek and NowMedia managing editor Iain Burns. Now streaming on Rumble, Spotify, Apple and more. Support The Really Big Show. We’re building independent Canadian media into a powerful voice and we can’t do it without you

Science is in: CBC is a Liberal PR firm 17.06.2026

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Donald Trump: As goes fuel, so goes everything 16.06.2026

Canada is shut out of CUSMA talks while the U.S. and Mexico hold a second round of negotiations. Industry Minister Joly is flying to Shanghai to convince Chinese automakers to build in Canada, a move U.S. officials have repeatedly warned would trigger tariff retaliation. And a 1992 CSIS memo warning that Islamic extremists would bypass security checks by filing refugee claims has resurfaced alongs...

Carney talking in riddles as G7 meets in Europe 16.06.2026

PM Carney gives different speeches to different audiences? Which one is to be believed? Does this serve Canada?

Aaron Pete: The path to reconciliation 12.06.2026

Aaron Pete: The path to reconciliationhttps://www.youtube.com/@UCyVyWQLX8ThXnx8G9Bu_EYg

Is Canada a nation focused on hate? 12.06.2026

The best undiscovered news commentary show in CanadaHelp us spread the wordSubscribe, share, commentNowMedia — free from political influence. Committed to the truthWe tell real Canadian stories, the ones you won't hear in the mainstream. Your subscription keeps independent Canadian journalism alive and free from political control. Join us today at KelownaNow.com — and help amplify the local vo...

Sam Cooper: Carney, China and ‘elite capture’ in Canada 11.06.2026

Investigative journalist Sam Cooper joins The Really Big Show to expose the deep networks of foreign interference, transnational crime, and elite capture threatening national sovereignty. From the critical gaps in federal oversight commissions to controversial trade deals and the mainstream media's failure to ask tough questions, Cooper lays out a sobering blueprint of how Western institutions...

Liberals tighten their control on Canadians 11.06.2026

Canadians want cheaper gas, a government that tells the truth about the economy, and a future worth staying for. Ottawa is offering a digital safety commission with the power to censor political content, a central bank governor who prefers the word "weak" to "recession," and a high speed rail project with 13 vice presidents and no train. The Bank of Canada held rates for a 5th...

Jasmin Laine: The Liberal war on truth 10.06.2026

Jasmin Laine: The Liberal war on truth

Liberals play the worst kind of politics at the worst time 10.06.2026

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...

Liberal Party now link criticism of their party unpatriotic 09.06.2026

Liberal Party now link criticism of their party unpatriotic

Judgement Day: Truth fights back against lies and deception 09.06.2026

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 Fi...

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