diff --git a/internal/catalog/episode_catalog_select_body_test.go b/internal/catalog/episode_catalog_select_body_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b686428c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/catalog/episode_catalog_select_body_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+package catalog
+
+import (
+	"regexp"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// TestEpisodeCatalogSelectBodyExposesQualifiedColumns guards the invariant that
+// the hand-written episode subquery (episodeCatalogSelectBody) exposes every
+// column the shared projection reads off the derived "mi" relation.
+//
+// hydrateEpisodeCatalogEntryPage and the episode base relation both render
+//
+//	SELECT qualifiedListItemColumns("mi") FROM (episodeCatalogSelectBody) mi
+//
+// so any column qualifiedListItemColumns references as mi.<x> must be projected
+// by the subquery. When a new media_items column is added to the shared lists
+// (itemColumns / qualifiedListItemColumns) but not to this subquery, the query
+// fails at runtime with `column mi.<x> does not exist` (SQLSTATE 42703) — which
+// is NOT caught by episodeCatalogEntriesUnavailable, so it surfaces as a 500
+// instead of degrading. This happened with air_timezone (added in the local
+// episode airtimes feature). This test fails fast at build/test time instead.
+func TestEpisodeCatalogSelectBodyExposesQualifiedColumns(t *testing.T) {
+	required := columnsReferencedOnAlias(qualifiedListItemColumns("mi"), "mi")
+	if len(required) == 0 {
+		t.Fatal("expected qualifiedListItemColumns(\"mi\") to reference columns on mi")
+	}
+
+	exposed := episodeCatalogSelectBodyOutputColumns(t)
+
+	var missing []string
+	for col := range required {
+		if !exposed[col] {
+			missing = append(missing, col)
+		}
+	}
+	if len(missing) > 0 {
+		sort.Strings(missing)
+		t.Fatalf("episodeCatalogSelectBody does not expose columns required by "+
+			"qualifiedListItemColumns(\"mi\"): %v\nadd them to the subquery in "+
+			"episode_catalog_source.go, or episode catalog hydration fails with "+
+			"SQLSTATE 42703 (column mi.<x> does not exist)", missing)
+	}
+}
+
+// columnsReferencedOnAlias returns every distinct column referenced as
+// "<alias>.<column>" within projection (e.g. mi.air_timezone -> air_timezone).
+func columnsReferencedOnAlias(projection, alias string) map[string]bool {
+	re := regexp.MustCompile(`\b` + regexp.QuoteMeta(alias) + `\.([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*)`)
+	out := map[string]bool{}
+	for _, m := range re.FindAllStringSubmatch(projection, -1) {
+		out[m[1]] = true
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// episodeCatalogSelectBodyOutputColumns parses the SELECT list of the episode
+// catalog subquery and returns the set of output column names it exposes (the
+// identifier after AS, or the trailing identifier for bare "tbl.col" columns).
+func episodeCatalogSelectBodyOutputColumns(t *testing.T) map[string]bool {
+	t.Helper()
+	selectList := episodeCatalogSelectListSQL(t)
+	out := map[string]bool{}
+	for _, part := range splitTopLevelSQLCommas(selectList) {
+		if name := sqlOutputColumnName(part); name != "" {
+			out[name] = true
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// episodeCatalogSelectListSQL extracts the projection list (between SELECT and
+// its matching top-level FROM) from the rendered episode base relation.
+func episodeCatalogSelectListSQL(t *testing.T) string {
+	t.Helper()
+	body := episodeCatalogBaseRelation
+	upper := strings.ToUpper(body)
+
+	selIdx := strings.Index(upper, "SELECT")
+	if selIdx < 0 {
+		t.Fatal("episodeCatalogSelectBody has no SELECT")
+	}
+
+	// The body is wrapped in an outer "( ... ) mi", so the SELECT list lives at
+	// the paren depth present at the SELECT keyword. Nested parens (COALESCE,
+	// EXTRACT(... FROM ...), the WHERE EXISTS subquery) sit deeper and are
+	// skipped, so the first FROM at the base depth is the real one.
+	base := strings.Count(body[:selIdx], "(") - strings.Count(body[:selIdx], ")")
+
+	start := selIdx + len("SELECT")
+	depth := base
+	for j := start; j < len(body); j++ {
+		switch body[j] {
+		case '(':
+			depth++
+		case ')':
+			depth--
+		}
+		if depth == base && isSQLWordAt(upper, j, "FROM") {
+			return body[start:j]
+		}
+	}
+	t.Fatal("episodeCatalogSelectBody has no top-level FROM")
+	return ""
+}
+
+// splitTopLevelSQLCommas splits a SELECT list on commas that sit outside any
+// parentheses, leaving commas inside COALESCE(...)/EXTRACT(...) intact.
+func splitTopLevelSQLCommas(s string) []string {
+	var parts []string
+	depth, last := 0, 0
+	for i := 0; i < len(s); i++ {
+		switch s[i] {
+		case '(':
+			depth++
+		case ')':
+			depth--
+		case ',':
+			if depth == 0 {
+				parts = append(parts, s[last:i])
+				last = i + 1
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return append(parts, s[last:])
+}
+
+// sqlOutputColumnName returns the output column name of a single projection:
+// the identifier after a top-level AS, otherwise the trailing dotted identifier.
+func sqlOutputColumnName(part string) string {
+	part = strings.TrimSpace(strings.TrimSuffix(strings.TrimSpace(part), ","))
+	if part == "" {
+		return ""
+	}
+	if idx := strings.LastIndex(strings.ToUpper(part), " AS "); idx >= 0 {
+		return trailingSQLIdent(part[idx+len(" AS "):])
+	}
+	return trailingSQLIdent(part)
+}
+
+// trailingSQLIdent returns the last dotted identifier segment of s, e.g.
+// "si.air_time" -> "air_time", "type" -> "type".
+func trailingSQLIdent(s string) string {
+	s = strings.TrimSpace(s)
+	if i := strings.LastIndex(s, "."); i >= 0 {
+		s = s[i+1:]
+	}
+	begin := 0
+	for begin < len(s) && !isSQLIdentByte(s[begin]) {
+		begin++
+	}
+	end := begin
+	for end < len(s) && isSQLIdentByte(s[end]) {
+		end++
+	}
+	return s[begin:end]
+}
+
+func isSQLWordAt(s string, i int, word string) bool {
+	if i+len(word) > len(s) || s[i:i+len(word)] != word {
+		return false
+	}
+	if i > 0 && isSQLIdentByte(s[i-1]) {
+		return false
+	}
+	if i+len(word) < len(s) && isSQLIdentByte(s[i+len(word)]) {
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+func isSQLIdentByte(b byte) bool {
+	return b == '_' ||
+		(b >= 'a' && b <= 'z') ||
+		(b >= 'A' && b <= 'Z') ||
+		(b >= '0' && b <= '9')
+}
diff --git a/internal/catalog/episode_catalog_source.go b/internal/catalog/episode_catalog_source.go
index 3bb04af0..f4e34bca 100644
--- a/internal/catalog/episode_catalog_source.go
+++ b/internal/catalog/episode_catalog_source.go
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ const episodeCatalogSelectBody = `(
 		NULL::text AS last_air_date,
 		e.air_date AS last_air_date_at,
 		si.air_time,
+		si.air_timezone,
 		COALESCE(si.show_status, '') AS show_status,
 		si.matched_at,
 		si.last_refreshed,