Explain It To Jamie

This week, we're talking about the Mueller report? Is it the smoking gun that's going to topple Trump's presidency like a frail house of cards, or is it just an overhyped bunch of nonsense that people pinned too many of their hopes on?

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We're back after a brief hiatus, and we're wading STRAIGHT back into the fray with a full explanation of the idiotic scandal that Canadian media can't get enough of! What is it? Who did the bad thing? Why has everyone conveniently forgotten the extremely bad crimes the company did in the first place?

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It's a very special episode of the show...because Richard's not on it! This week Jamie was off in London, England, where he was joined by finance whiz/improvisational heavyweight Dylan Emery and learned a little about Behavioural Finance! What is it? Doesn't everyone always spend their money rationally all of the time? Why can't I ever seem to pay my credit card bill all the way off??

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This week, Jamie wants to know about Bernie Sanders! Who is he? Why do people care about him? Can the OLDEST MAN ON EARTH really become PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?

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*There were a few issues with Richard's mic this week so please forgive the occasional quiet bit of audio*

This week on the show, we're talking about BILLIONAIRES! How big a number is a billion? Is there a chance that billionaires deserve all their money? Are they secretly hoarding all of their wealth so that they can rule over the rest of us in the post-climate apocalyptic thunderdome?

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We're not dead, we had to delay this episode because Jamie was off in San Jose doing whatever it is you do in San Jose! This week, we're talking about two media stories that made us feel crazy: The Gillette Ad and the smirking MAGA teen. What's even real and what's not? Does a symbol need to be true to be powerful? Will we always be angry, forever??

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This week, Jamie wants to know about pipelines! Why is there always so much drama around building them? What's going on at the Unist'ot'en camp in BC? If you take a bath in oil, will your country have a good economy?

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This week, Jamie wants to know about the US government shutdown! Why does this seem to happen so often? Who is affected? Is Donald Trump alone at this very moment, wandering the empty halls of the White House like a sad version of Kevin from Home Alone? (Yes)

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Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

Richard and Jamie are back after a glorious holiday with friends, family, fat, and sugar! And guess what? We got you something! A FREE BONUS EPISODE!

This episode was so good, our guests were so awesome, and our conversation was so meaningful, we decided that it would be a shame to keep it restricted solely to our Patreon Subscribers (https://www.patreon.com/explainittojamie) and to deprive you lovely people the pleasure of listening! Also, it gives you the chance to see the kind of content you're potentially missing out on every week.  

On this week’s amazing bonus episode we’re joined once again by Lana Cuthbertson and Kory Mathewson, this time to talk about gender parity in politics! We cover Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, what barriers women face in running for office, and how people like Lana help encourage more women to run!

You can learn more about Lana’s work at parityyeg.ca/

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This week, we are joined by Kory Mathewson and Lana Cuthbertson to talk about AI! Do they spell a future where no one has to work? Will they take over humanity and rule us as tyrants? Why can't it ever read the writing correctly on my cheques when I try to deposit them using the photo deposit thing???

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