The Explainer with Vassy Kapelos
A weekly News podcast
The Explainer with Vassy Kapelos
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Daniel Béland, James McGill Professor, Department of Political Science, McGill University joins Vassy to answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question from Jessica on Instagram that reads "What is a minority government and how does it work?". Lis
Steven Shaw, Interim Chair, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology at McGill University joins host Vassy Kapelos to answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question from Brian on Instagram. This weeks question was “Why do two year old's
Aaron Ettinger, Associate Professor Department of Political Science, Carleton University joins guest host Tim Powers for this weeks 'The Explainer' segment. This weeks question comes from Kyle on Instagram and reads "Can Trump get a third term?
Mike Moffatt, Assistant Professor with the Ivey Business School and senior director of policy and innovation at the Smart Prosperity Institute joins host Vassy Kapelos to answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question on if we have seen any improve
Jon Erlichman, BNN Bloomberg contributor and creator of the YouTube channel “Ticker Take" joins host Vassy Kapelos to help answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question. This weeks question comes from Dan on Instagram and reads “should I pull out
Emma Anderson, professor of Religious Studies at the University of Ottawa joins host Vassy Kapelos to help answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question. This week’s question comes from Nadia, she asked what would happen if Pope Francis were to pa
Vassy Kapelos is joined by Professor Dan Malleck, Chair of the department of health sciences at Brock University, and Director of the Centre for Canadian Studies to help answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question. This weeks question came from
Philippe Lagassé, Associate professor of international affairs, Carleton University joins Vassy Kapelos to help answer this weeks explainer question. This weeks question was 'What is sovereignty and what would change if Canada were to become p
Jonathan Malloy, Professor of political science at Carleton University joins host Vassy Kapelos to answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question on what were to happen if the Prime Minister were to resign, and how prorogation works. Listen to The
Jimmy Jean, Vice-president and chief economist at Desjardins joins host Vassy Kapelos to answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question regarding what a tariff is, and how it would affect Canada's economy. Listen to The Vassy Kapelos podcast on th
Carmi Levy, tech journalist and analyst joins Vassy Kapelos for this weeks 'The Explainer' segment. This weeks question comes from Anita on Instagram and reads "Who is Elon Musk?". Listen to The Vassy Kapelos podcast on the iHeart radio app, A
Lori Turnbull, Professor of Political Science at Dalhousie University joins host Vassy Kapelos to answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question on how political parties in Canada go about replacing their leader. Listen to The Vassy Kapelos podcast
Dr. Simon Ducharme, Neuropsychiatrist, Medical Director of the memory clinic at the Douglas Institute and an Associate professor of Psychiatry at McGill University joins host Vassy Kapelos to answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question. Listen
Dr. Emma Climie, Director of the Strengths in ADHD research lab and associate professor in the school of applied psychology program at the University of Calgary joins host Vassy Kapelos to answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question. Listen to
Dr. Jean Seely, head of breast imaging at Ottawa Hospital. She is also the president of the Canadian Society of Breast Imaging joins Vassy Kapelos to answer this weeks ‘The Explainer’ question from Judy on Instagram that asked “Do mammograms wo
Judie Saunders, NYC Sexual abuse litigator and former prosecutor joins guest host Stefan Keyes to break down the allegations and charges being laid against Sean 'Diddy' Combs. Listen to The Vassy Kapelos podcast on the iHeart radio app, Apple
Dr Mitch Schulman, Is an emergency medicine specialist at McGill University Health Center and the Bell Media medical consultant and joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss the reality of the safety behind the popular weigh loss drug Ozempic. Liste
This weeks ‘The Explainer’ question was asked by Sahir on Instagram. Sahir asked “What is the purpose of these national conventions? Are they for the voters or for the party? Why are they important and who do they benefit the most?” Richard Pai
This weeks ‘The Explainer’ question was asked by Doug on our text board. Doug asked “ What is the purpose of U-S President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court proposal and will it be up to Kamala Harris to see it through?” Jason Opal, Professor of Histo
Neil Hammerschlag, Executive Director, Shark Research Foundation and President of Atlantic Shark Expeditions joins host Vassy Kapelos to answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question submitted by Dani on Instagram. Listen to The Vassy Kapelos pod
This week's question was from Talia on Instagram reads “Why is every celebrity attending Anant Ambani’s wedding? What am I missing?”. Surbhi Gupta, South Asia Editor at New Lines magazine joins guest host Stefan Keyes to answer. Listen to The
Graham Dodds, Professor Department of Political Science, Concordia University joins Vassy Kapelos to answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question asked by Annie on Instagram. Annie asked "can Joe Biden actually not be the candidate for the Democr
This weeks 'The Explainer' question was asked by Brent and reads “How has this housing crisis gotten this bad? And is it as bad as I hear in the news all the time?". Marc Desormeaux Principal Economist, Desjardins joins guest host Robin Gill to
Éric Grenier, Publisher of The Writ joins guest host Tim Powers to answer this weeks 'The Explainer' question from Dylan on the historical importance and current relevance of the Liberals losing St. Pauls. Listen to The Vassy Kapelos podcast on
Jon Erlichman, Senior anchor for BNN Bloomberg joins Vassy to answer this weeks ‘The Explainer’ question submitted by Isaac on Instagram “what is the stock market actually?”. Listen to The Vassy Kapelos podcast on the iHeart radio app, Apple Po
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