Grey Matter

Carl Trueman shares his thoughts about gender roles and sexuality in the modern world

In this episode Constitutional Lawyer Leighton Grey and Carl Trueman have a conversation about gender identity, the role sexuality plays in modern society, and why gender roles are a good thing.
Carl R. Trueman (born 1967) is a Christian theologian and ecclesiastical historian. He was Professor of Historical Theology and Church History at Westminster Theological Seminary, where he held the Paul Woolley Chair of Church History. In 2018 Trueman resigned his position at Westminster to become a full-time undergraduate professor at Grove City College, serving as Full Professor in their Department of Biblical and Religious Studies as of the fall semester of that same year. Carl Trueman is professor of biblical and religious studies at Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania.
He has written more than a dozen books, including Histories and Fallacies: Problems Faced in the Writing of History, Luther on the Christian Life, The Creedal Imperative, and The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution. Historian Carl R. Trueman shows how influences ranging from traditional institutions to technology and pornography moved modern culture toward an era of “expressive individualism.” Investigating philosophies from the Romantics, Nietzsche, Marx, Wilde, Freud, and the New Left, he outlines the history of Western thought to the distinctly sexual direction of present-day identity politics and explains the modern implications of these ideas on religion, free speech, and personal identity.
Dr. Trueman and Mr. Grey unpack the idea of gender identity and the role it plays in western culture, the importance of sexual identity in the way we collaborate as a society, and why it's important to have these roles to forge a future where everyone fits.
To find more from Carl Trueman you can visit: https://www.gcc.edu/Home/Staff-Directory/Staff-Detail/carl-r-trueman
This episode’s recommended reading:
Strange New World - Carl R. Trueman
https://amzn.to/3od3dh5
The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self - Carl R. Trueman
https://amzn.to/3ceBkT9
Irreversible Damage - Abigail Shrier
https://amzn.to/3IScXXz
The Genesis of Gender - Abigail Favale
https://amzn.to/3yRlztc
The Gospel Comes with a House Key - Rosaria Butterfield
https://amzn.to/3PIaTUf
I Drink Therefore I Am: A Philosopher's Guide to Wine - Roger Scruton
https://amzn.to/3ySmr0z
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Leon Fontaine shares insights about how to navigate these challenging times

In this episode Constitutional Lawyer Leighton Grey and Leon Fontaine have a conversation about the challenges our society has faced in a post pandemic world, how we can all benefit from aiming to be the best version of ourselves possible, and why God should play a role in what we all do next.
Leon is a conference speaker, author and talk show host; he is the CEO of Miracle Channel, Canada’s original Christian television station; and he and his wife Sally are the senior pastors of Springs Church, one of the fastest growing churches in Canada. Leon Fontaine has studied and lived leadership for over 35 years. His early training as a paramedic forged his desire to help people of all walks of life — physically, mentally, and spiritually — and for the last three decades, he and his wife Sally have done just that from their home base of Springs Church in Canada, one of the country’s fastest-growing churches.
Leon has a powerful and practical teaching style that keeps his audience coming back for more. Using the Spirit Contemporary® style he has made famous, Leon empowers people to be led by Holy Spirit in their everyday lives and, at the same time, gain influence with the people in their world like never before. Leon Fontaine’s passion for a current events commentary that offered an intersection of knowledge and wisdom has been percolating for years. Recent events in Canada and around the globe have propelled the conversation forward. The erosion of freedoms has never been so widespread and the need for unbiased journalism is more important than ever.
Pastor Fontaine opens up about his journey into spirituality and how it has helped him make sense of the world, the importance of finding purpose in our lives and the work we do, and why younger generations are reluctant to participate in traditional religious practice.
To find more from Leon Fontaine you can visit: www.LeonFontaine.com
This episode’s recommended reading:
Servant Leadership - Robert K Greenleaf
https://amzn.to/3IXxIBl
The Spirit Contemporary Life - Leon Fontaine
https://amzn.to/3uZY53Z
The Screwtape Letters - C. S. Lewis
https://amzn.to/3v2W334
Supernatural Promises - Leon Fontaine
https://www.miraclechannel.ca/book
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Andrew Newberg explains the connection between Science and Religion

In this episode Constitutional Lawyer Leighton Grey and Neuroscientist Andrew Newberg have a conversation about the science behind how your brain responds to religion, how meditation can actually benefit your brain and body, and why he decided to pursue these topics in his new book "Neurotheology".
Andrew Newberg is an American neuroscientist who is a Professor in the Department of Integrative Medicine and Nutritional Sciences and the director of research at the Marcus Institute of Integrative Health at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, previously an Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies and a Lecturer in Psychology in the Biological Basis of Behavior Program at the University of Pennsylvania.
Andrew has been a prominent researcher in the field of nuclear medical brain imaging and neurotheology. In particular, his research has focused on the development of neurotransmitter tracers for the evaluation of religiosity as well as neurological and psychiatric disorders including clinical depression, head injury, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease. Newberg graduated from Haverford College in 1988 with a degree in chemistry and then received his medical degree in 1993 from the University of Pennsylvania.
He then completed postgraduate training in Internal Medicine with a Residency at the Graduate Hospital from 1993 to 1996, and then did a Fellowship in Nuclear Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Department of Radiology from 1996 to 1998. Dr. Andrew Newberg has scanned the brains of praying nuns, chanting Sikhs and meditating Buddhists. He studies the relationship between the brain and religious experience, a field called neurotheology. And he's written a book, Principles of Neurotheology, that tries to lay the groundwork for a new kind of scientific and theological dialogue.
Professor Andrew Newberg and Leighton Grey take some time to discuss his studies and early interest in Science & Religion, how he measures the interactions between the brain and spiritual experiences, and why it's so important to have a connection to a higher power.
To find more from Professor Andrew Newberg you can visit: www.AndrewNewberg.com
This episode’s recommended reading:
Neurotheology: How Science Can Enlighten Us About Spirituality - Andrew Newberg|
https://amzn.to/3v2o2jl
Varieties of Spiritual Experiences - Andrew Newberg
(Will Be Released In September 2022)
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Is Hollywood TOO woke now?

In this episode Constitutional Lawyer Leighton Grey and Christian Toto have a conversation about the evolution of Hollywood and it's role in shaping our culture, how the new content coming out of Hollywood has slanted towards a new narrative, and the implications it has on the future of our society.
Christian Toto is a film critic, entertainment expert and founder of HollywoodInToto.com, a comprehensive site covering pop culture from a conservative perspective. In the current political climate it seems that most Hollywood reporters lean to the Left in their content. Christian's aim when founding HollywoodInToto.com is to represent the half of the country that is far too often ignored by the press.
Toto previously served as an associate editor at Breitbart News and features reporter/film critic at The Washington Times. His work has appeared in The Daily Wire, The New York Post, Real Clear Investigations, National Review, The Federalist, Townhall, People Magazine and Newsbusters. Christian boasts more than 15 years experience spanning the web, print publications and magazines Christian has written for The Denver Post, The Washington Times, The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, People magazine, Breitbart News and many more outlets and he also covers fatherhood issues on his blogs Daddylibrium.com and ColoradoParent.com.
In this conversation Toto & Grey share their perspective on the recent releases in our theaters and the public reaction to the blatant new agenda, why it's important for Hollywood to have an unbiased narrative in the content they create, and why the biased content they've been releasing has created such an uproar in western culture.
To find more from Christian Toto you can visit: www.HollywoodInToto.com
This episode’s recommended reading:
Virtue Bombs: How Hollywood Got Woke and Lost Its Soul - Christian Toto
https://amzn.to/3aNOQNa
Red Carpet - Erich Schwartzel
https://amzn.to/3cojEo5
Outrage, Inc. - Derek Hunter
https://amzn.to/3uUhbbK
The Truth and Beauty - Andrew Klavan
https://amzn.to/3Pw7asQ
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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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