Explain It To Jamie

This week, Jamie wants to learn more about the news stories he's heard about Chechnya persecuting gay men. Why are they being targeted? Where is Chechnya? Does its president have an instagram I can check out?

This week's bonus episode is a double dip on the French Election and the last minute firing of FBI director James Comey! Plus, what are Richard and Jamie having for lunch??

You can find the supercut of Jamie saying "wow" on our facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/ExplainItToJamie/

This week we tackle a topic requested by one of our listeners and explain what the heck is going on in Venezuela. Why are there huge protests? What the hell is the exchange rate there? Why is the media so concerned about if people can buy diapers or not?

We're also super happy to welcome theatre artist Ximena Huizi on to the show this week! She actually lived through this history and can describe it a lot better than google can, just sayin'.

If you're looking for a way you can help those afflicted by the crisis in Venezuela, the gofundme campaign that we talk about in the episode can be found at https://www.gofundme.com/envio-de-insumos-protestas-vzla. Every bit helps so don't be shy!

In this week's bonus episode, we learn a little bit about the Obamacare repeal and replacement bill that passed Congress last week. SPOILER ALERT: this bill sucks. We also did a sneaksies and recorded it the same day that we had Anthony MacMahon and Thomas McKechnie on for the Communism episode so there are BONUS GUESTS as well!

This week, Jamie and Richard learn about Communism! Who is Karl Marx? Are there still communist countries? Did we learn all we needed to know about communism in middle school?

We are incredibly excited to welcome longtime friends of the show Anthony MacMahon and Thomas McKechnie on as our guests! They've been a huge part of making this podcast happen and now we're thrilled to have their voices on the show and their beards in our studio.

In Episode 14, we talk about the Canadian government's plan to legalize marijuana! Will society collapse? Who gets to sell it? If a cop kisses you and you taste like weed, can they make you take a blood test? The answers await within!

We interrupt our regular schedule of bonus episodes to bring you a mini-episode on the 2017 French presidential election! Is a Macron something you buy at a bakery? Is Melenchon a kind of music? I thought the French word for pen was "stylo", why am I hearing so much about "Le Pen" now?

Don't be caught snoozing when this election explodes back into the headlines on Sunday, May 7: listen to our primer and your friends will call you a regular old Frenchy...French...information....knower.

In this Very Special Episode of Explain it To Jamie, the boys take off their Politics Hats and put on their Sexual Education Berets! We are extremely excited to welcome sexual health counsellor Stephanie Baptist on to the show to help us iron out all of the misconceptions about our genitals we've carried around since puberty.

This is the first episode of a three-part series that we'll be continuing in the coming months, so please do leave us a comment or email us at [email protected] if you have a question or something sex-related you'd like us to cover in the future!

In our second Double Dip episode, we revisit the FBI to talk about current events and address the single most-commented on mistake that we've ever had in an episode. What is it, you ask? CLICKBAIT CLICKBAIT YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO IT!

This week, Jamie wants to know about Canada's Senate. What does it do, exactly? Why is it I only ever hear about it when a Senator is in the news for doing something horrible? If 105 rich people gather together in a room in Ottawa and nobody cares what they do, do they still get pensions when they retire? The answers await in this blood-pumping, sweaty, orgasmic, thrilling episode on Canada's Upper House!