Grey Matter

What’s going to happen to us over the next 500 years?

In this episode Constitutional Lawyer Leighton Grey and Christopher Mason have a conversation about how our genetic coding can help us to understand how to be healthier and avoid disease, how complex sequencing a genome is, and where all this incredible science will take us in the next 500 years.
Christopher E. Mason is a professor of Genomics, Physiology, and Biophysics at Weill Cornell Medicine. He is also one of the founding Directors of the WorldQuant Initiative for Quantitative Prediction together with Olivier Elemento. Mason has published over 250 peer-reviewed publications and has been cited over 28392 times with an h-index of 71. His laboratory has also released 12 open-source software packages in genomics, epigenomics, metagenomics, and machine learning. In 2013, Mason launched the PathoMap project to create the first genetic map of a city. This study led to the establishment of the International MetaSUB Consortium. Mason was a principal investigator for the NASA Twins Study. He also led the first demonstration of sequencing in zero gravity and designed the genomics and bioinformatics methods and experimental protocols that were used on the International Space Station (ISS) for the mission to sequence DNA in space for the first time.
Mason & Grey take a deep dive into the complex science of genome sequencing, using the knowledge of our genetic makeup to alter the course of history, and what the future looks like for all humankind!
To find more from Christopher Mason you can visit: www.MasonLab.net
This episode’s recommended reading:
The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury
https://amzn.to/3nQczzc
The Next 500 Years: Engineering Life to Reach New Worlds - Christopher E. Mason
https://amzn.to/3OSKByF
Seveneves - Neal Stephenson
https://amzn.to/3OSNIqA
Red Mars - Kim Stanley Robinson
https://amzn.to/3nMltOg
The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity - Toby Ord
https://amzn.to/3uBk2G9
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Is your teenager anxious, self-critical, and always overthinking?

In this episode Constitutional Lawyer Leighton Grey and Andrew Pardy have a conversation about the effect good parenting can have on young athletes, what it means to be a self aware athlete, and how you can help your teenager overcome anxiety, depression, and other mental health challenges.
Andrew is a consultant to professional and college sports teams and a performance skills coach. He helps elite teenage athletes acquire the self-awareness, mindset and performance skills they need to empower optimal performance. Andrew is a global leader in sports psychometric assessment and mental game analytics. He has a unique ability to measure the specific intangible building blocks of performance most relevant for each individual athlete. This allows him to pinpoint the specific mental game hurdles that each unique athlete must overcome to clear a path to success. Andrew enjoyed a four year college athletic career where he learned that skills are physical but consistent performance is mental. He is uniquely equipped to empower athletes to reach optimal states of performance on demand to outperform their competition.
When Grey and Pardy get into the conversation they talk about the issues our teenagers are facing in the wake of the pandemic, what the real stresses are and how they can become learning experiences, and what you can do to support your anxious and stressed out teens.
To find more from Andrew Pardy you can visit: www.SelfAwareAthlete.com or send him an email at Andrew[at]SelfAwareAthlete.com
This episode’s recommended reading:
Talent Is Overrated - Geoff Colvin
https://amzn.to/3QTu7ro
The Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle
https://amzn.to/3OqmFmh
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Preston Manning opens up about the COVID Commission report

In this episode Constitutional Lawyer Leighton Grey and The Honorable Preston Manning have a conversation about the history of politics in Canada, his rise to Prime Minister Candidacy, and some of Preston's thoughts on the Trudeau administration.
Ernest Preston Manning is a retired Canadian politician. He was the founder and the only leader of the Reform Party of Canada, a Canadian federal political party that evolved into the Canadian Alliance in 2000 which in turn merged with the Progressive Conservative Party to form today's Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. Manning grew up in the Garneau district of Edmonton, but moved at age twelve with his parents to the family dairy farm east of Edmonton from which he attended a rural school – Horse Hill High School. He enrolled in the honors physics program at the University of Alberta in 1960, but switched after three years to economics and graduated in 1964 with a Bachelor of Arts in economics. Some of his recent work includes the COVID Commission which seeks to explore how millions of Canadians who had been told that their fundamental rights and freedoms were constitutionally guaranteed by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms learned to their dismay that those rights and freedoms could be easily violated by health protection measures implemented by well-meaning but unelected bureaucrats and suspended at will by the federal government through a presumptive and unnecessary invoking of the Emergencies Act.
During the conversation Manning & Grey explore the complexities of our Canadian Government systems and how he was involved in shaping the Canada we all know and love, some of the bigger issues we are facing right now with the COVID crisis and the way the current government has handled everything, and how a simple thought experiment has shone a light on the mistakes that have been made and who is to be held accountable.
To find more from Preston Manning and the COVID Commission you can visit: https://fcpp.org/2022/05/11/report-of-the-covid-commission/
This episode’s recommended reading:
Report of the Covid Commission - Preston Manning
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/report-of-the-covid-commission-preston-manning/1141668185
Do Something!: 365 Ways You Can Strengthen Canada - Preston Manning
https://amzn.to/3NSKQbQ
Faith, Leadership And Public Life - Preston Manning
https://amzn.to/3yS6Or8
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Trudeau administration declares war on Tamara Lich

In this episode Constitutional Lawyer Leighton Grey and Jeffrey Rath have a conversation about the ongoing legal battle between the government and Tamara Lich, how important the upcoming Canadian election is going to be, and why we should be considering new leadership.
Jeff has been involved in winning cases for First Nations at every level of Court in Canada including the Supreme Court of Canada; the Federal Court of Appeal; the Federal Court Trial Division; the Alberta Court of Appeal; the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench; and the Provincial Court of Alberta; the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal; the Supreme Court of British Columbia; and the Ontario Court of Appeal. Jeffrey made an appearance on the Grey Matter Podcast earlier this year to share some of his insights into the ongoing Deena Hinshaw case. He is returning to share some updates to the story and what he's uncovered in the work he's been doing. Rath recently wrote in an article for The Western Standard "Anybody who watched Trudeau calling Albertans every name in the book when they gathered in Ottawa to protest his authoritarianism knows that Trudeau separated Canada from Alberta the day that he unlawfully and without excuse invoked the Emergency Measures Act." clearly indicating his personal stance on the Prime Minister's actions during the Freedom Convoy.
Rath and Grey have a conversation about all the details surrounding the Tamara Lich case and how she has inadvertently become a political prisoner, all the while some may consider Tamara Lich as a freedom fighter who has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, as well as the topic of our current leadership candidates and where their interests fall in the greater order of things.
To find more from Jeffrey Rath you can visit: www.rathandcompany.com
This episode’s recommended reading:
The Prince - Niccolò Machiavelli
https://amzn.to/3IhrFay
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Author of ”Low Risk Rules” Geoff Saab Shares His Secrets About Wealth Management

In this episode Constitutional Lawyer Leighton Grey and Wealth Manager Geoff Saab have a conversation about the history of investing smart, how to keep things simple, and the rules to preserving wealth.
Geoff Saab is an author who recently wrote "Low Risk Rules" for Entrepreneurs investing significant liquid wealth, Family Offices managing a public market portfolio alongside an enterprising, active investment strategy. Accountants, lawyers, investment bankers, and other professionals who would like to set their clients up for success after a business sale. Anyone who would like to understand the philosophy behind a practical, lower-risk public equity investment strategy that preserves and grows capital over time.
Geoff joined Doherty in 2015, after spending over a decade working exclusively within a multi-generational family office. With over twenty years of experience in tax, insurance, and investment management, Geoff believes that an investment plan is best implemented in the context of a total overall wealth plan. Geoff prides himself on working with professionals, entrepreneurs, and their advisors to craft total family wealth solutions. He volunteers as Treasurer for the Ottawa Branch of the Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners and serves on the Parish Council of a local church.
If you want to know more about how to protect your families wealth tune into this episode where Saab & Grey explore the path Geoff took to become a financial expert, how he aims to help families protect their wealth while maintaining a healthy quality of life, and how inflation and risk management are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to financial management.
To find more from Geoff Saab you can visit: www.GeoffSaab.com
This episode’s recommended reading:
Low Risk Rules: A Wealth Preservation Manifesto - Geoff Saab
https://amzn.to/3N8FVTU
Investing Made Simple - Adidas Wilson
https://amzn.to/3NhS6xO
Meditations Paperback - Marcus Aurelius
https://amzn.to/39DDiM9
The Warren Buffett Way - Robert G. Hagstrom
https://amzn.to/3Oab36P
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Post pandemic data shows just how dangerous group think can be

In this episode Constitutional Lawyer Leighton Grey and Paul Frijters have a conversation about the role micro and macro economics should play when it comes to the governments role in handling emergency situations, how important is is for us to always question the narrative, and the dangers of group think in times of uncertainty.
Paul Frijters completed his Masters in Econometrics at the University of Groningen, including a seven-month stay in Durban, South Africa before completing a PhD at the University of Amsterdam into wellbeing in Russia during the transition. Paul is currently a Professor in Wellbeing Economics at the LSE, teaching the Masters Course in Wellbeing and Public Policy. Professor Frijters specializes in applied micro-econometrics, including labor, happiness, and health economics, though he has also worked on pure theoretical topics in macro and micro fields. Paul is interested in all aspects of social science, but particularly wellbeing and public policy. He has in the past worked as a health economist, a labor economist, a specialist on the economics of China, and an econometrician. He does lab experiments, field experiments, big data analyses, simulation modelling, macro-modelling, econometric theory, and field work.
During the show Paul & Leighton share their expertise when it comes to the importance of data when making decisions, how the scientific process has been designed to naturally challenge claims until a consensus is reached, and how important it is to take individual responsibility in emergency situations.
To find more from Paul Frijters you can visit: https://twitter.com/frijterspaul
This episode’s recommended reading:
The Great Covid Panic: What Happened, Why, and What To Do Next - Gigi Foster
https://amzn.to/3tKU6Yk
Society of Individuals Paperback - Norbert Elias
https://amzn.to/3n59ZoA
Crowds and Power - Elias Canetti
https://amzn.to/3xMeHge
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Calgary pastor Tim Stephens was arrested for standing up for his congregation

In this episode Constitutional Lawyer Leighton Grey and Tim Stephens have a conversation about some of his story growing up and how he came to be a Pastor, the division between the government and religion, and how we can navigate the difficult situations in our lives.
Tim Stephens is the pastor of Fairview Baptist Church. He started his ministry in January 2014. Tim grew up on a farm in Eastern Ontario and graduated with a Computer Engineering degree from Queen’s University and a Masters of Divinity degree from Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary. He is happily married to Raquel and they have eight children. Prior to serving at Fairview, Tim served as an assistant pastor at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Windsor, Ontario. Calgary pastor of Fairview Baptist Church Tim Stephens was arrested over accusations of violating public COVID-19 health restrictions. Officers arrested Stephens in late May for failing to comply with a court order. Canadian Pastor Tim Stephens was released from the Calgary Remand Centre on Thursday July 1, 2021, and reunited with his family after spending 17 nights in jail for holding worship services that disobeyed COVID-19 public health orders. Stephens was released on the day the government removed COVID-related restrictions throughout the area.
Stephens and Grey share their thoughts about the role of religion in our culture, how hard it was for Tim to face the choice of renouncing his beliefs to comply with the demands of the politicians playing doctor, and what we can do to create a change in the way our society cooperates.
To find more from Tim Stephens you can visit: http://www.fairviewbaptistchurch.ca/preacher/tim-stephens/
This episode’s recommended reading:
Mere Christianity - C. S. Lewis
https://amzn.to/3mN6e7k
Leaving God Behind - Michael Wagner
https://merchantship.ca/collections/books/products/leaving-god-behind
The Mission of God: A Manifesto of Hope for Society - Joseph Boot
https://amzn.to/3u0I9ht
Fault Lines - Voddie T. Baucham Jr.
https://amzn.to/3OiZvOc
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Woke ideologies that are creating systemic racism in the workplace

In this episode Constitutional Lawyer Leighton Grey and Brian Giesbrecht have a conversation about the systemic racism problem, how woke ideologies are creating more problems than good, and what we can do about it.
Brian Dale Giesbrecht received his education at United College and The University of Manitoba, where he obtained his LLB in 1972. He worked with Walsh, Micay and Co., and then joined Legal Aid Manitoba in 1975 to become Senior Attorney and the first Area Director for western Manitoba in Brandon. Appointed to The Provincial Court (Family Division) in 1976, Brian heard child welfare cases and general family matters until he transferred to the Criminal Division in 1989. During his career he served on the National Family Court Committee, and various provincial court committees. Brian was an Associate Chief Judge from 1991 to 2005, and he became Acting Chief Judge in 1993. Among the notable cases he heard was the Lester Desjarlais Inquiry. His report strongly criticized the government’s decision to devolve child welfare responsibilities to racially based child-care agencies.
Grey and Giesbrecht take a deep dive into the world of woke ideologies and their impact in the workplace, the negative effects that forced diversity is having while creating systemic racism, and what we could be doing collectively to help create prosperity for everyone.
To find more from Brian Giesbrecht you can visit: https://fcpp.org/authors/brian-giesbrecht/
This episode’s recommended reading:
There Is No Difference - Peter Best
https://amzn.to/3xRfFZH
The War on the West - Douglas Murray
https://amzn.to/3OkwSAh
First Nations? Second Thoughts - Tom Flanagan
https://amzn.to/3aT8yqB
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Danielle Smith is aiming at becoming Alberta’s next Premier

In this episode Constitutional Lawyer Leighton Grey and Alberta Premier Candidate Danielle Smith have a conversation about her time spent in High River operating The Railcar diner & restaurant, her experience in the media, and her plans for her premiership.
Danielle Smith is a Canadian politician & journalist. Smith served as leader of the Wildrose Party from October 2009 to December 17, 2014 when she resigned to cross the floor and join the governing Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta caucus. Danielle is a proud Albertan. She is a University of Calgary graduate with degrees in Economics and English, Danielle has had a lifelong interest in Alberta public policy and finding the right balance between free enterprise and individual freedom, and the role of government. She was a Member of the Legislative Assembly for Highwood, leader of the Official Opposition, and leader of the Wildrose Party.
In this episode Smith & Grey have a conversation about grassroots politics and building meaningful relationships, how important it is to stay grounded as a politician, and what she's aiming at improving for the beautiful province of Alberta.
To find more from Danielle Smith you can visit: https://www.daniellesmith.ca/
This episode’s recommended reading:
Winning Power - Tom Flanagan
https://amzn.to/3mGtqnA
Do Something!: 365 Ways You Can Strengthen Canada - Preston Manning
https://amzn.to/3tyPF2A
Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter - Scott Adams
https://amzn.to/3N08GSo
Mattias Desmet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLDpZ8daIVM
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Ken Drysdale shares a damning report questioning mandates using data straight from Statistics Canada

In this episode Constitutional Lawyer Leighton Grey and Kenneth Drysdale have a conversation about his experience as an engineer and inventor in the arctic, how curiosity drove him to compile a damming report on the government's actions related to the COVID pandemic, and what the public can do to better understand the situation we're now facing post pandemic.
Ken R. Drysdale is an executive engineer with over 40 years of experience as a Professional Engineer, which includes 29 years experience in the development and management of national and regional engineering businesses. After having established Accutech as a leader in the development of Arctic projects, in 2015 he successfully negotiated the sale of Accutech Engineering Inc., to a group of investors. Accutech remains the most recognized name in Arctic development in Canada, and annually
completes the design for some $50 M dollars of construction in Canada’s
Arctic.
In this episode Ken & Leighton take a deep dive into the misrepresentation of the early data released by Statistics Canada, how he came to find himself deep in the thick of the cancel culture phenomenon form simply sharing the damning report, and how he hopes the general public will use the report to hold the government accountable in the coming years.
To read the report from Kenneth Drysdale you can visit: https://www.greymatterpodcast.ca/kensreport
This episode’s recommended reading:
Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
https://amzn.to/3asIS3Y
The Truth and Beauty - Andrew Klavan
https://amzn.to/3Grlj7w
Bonhoeffer - Eric Metaxas
https://amzn.to/3lWqPFy
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