Gray Matters Radio With Michael DeVine

What does a house party and a corona virus have in common? According to infectious disease researcher and University of Pittsburgh graduate student Dan Evans, once the party has started the only thing you can do is mitigate the damage. In case you haven't been paying attention, there has been an outbreak of a new virus in China that has spread rather quickly and has sparked concerns that it might turn into a global pandemic.

We are all about a great virus/plague movie but when the plot line of a movie begins to mimic what is happening in reality it can get scary very quickly. So what exactly is this new corona virus? Should we be worried about it? Is there anything we can be doing to keep ourselves safe? Is the fly seemingly getting more severe and if so what role if any does climate change play in it?

To help us answer these questions we are joined by our good friend Dan Evans who is a graduate student at the University of Pittsburgh studying infectious diseases. Instead of reading the hype lets go straight to an expert who may know a thing or two about the topic.

Instead of being part of the problem and spreading fake news, tune in to the one place you know isn't fake....Gray Matters Radio! As always I am joined by my co-host, the Armchair QB Bill Reed to help keep me in line and firmly in the Gray. Gray Matters Radio is a proud member of the 6One4 Radio Network family of podcasts. Find this as well as all our episodes on every major podcasting platform

When our interview with "Lev Parnas" went in a direction that none of us could predict, it was on America's Counselor & the Armchair QB to do the heavy lifting and find out who exactly Lev Parnas is and why he takes so many damn pictures with people who have no idea who he is.

What exactly do we find out about Lev? Well he has been in America for a very long time, he has a knack for owning businesses that get investigated, and is either a shrewd international influencer or perhaps one of the greatest campaign crasher of all time. Where does the truth lie? Only time will tell but not even the Armchair QB who has carried more water for Trump on this show than anybody can dismiss everything Lev said on Rachel Maddow last week.

Instead of being part of the problem and spreading fake news, tune in to the one place you know isn't fake....Gray Matters Radio! As always I am joined by my co-host, the Armchair QB Bill Reed to help keep me in line and firmly in the Gray. Gray Matters Radio is a proud member of the 6One4 Radio Network family of podcasts. Find this as well as all our episodes on every major podcasting platform

What better time to continue testing out our new dedication to sticking to the facts then President Trump capping Iranian General Qassem Soleimani? For this episode of Gray Matters we bring in our foreign affairs correspondent Richard "The Professor" DeVine to help us understand who Qassem Soleimani is, how he came to power, and most importantly why The US wanted him dead.

Of course we cannot have a discussion about whether killing him was justified without a deep dive into what the Iranian Nuclear deal was, what it was supposed to do, and whether it truly was a good or bad deal. What did we find out? Well we surely figure out that Soleimani was not a good dude in any way shape or form and in-fact was one of the most powerful influencers in the middle-east. But does that necessarily mean killing him was the right move? We also figure out that surprise surprise, most people who hate or love the Iran nuclear deal really have no clue what was actually in the deal.

Instead of being part of the problem and spreading fake news, tune in to the one place you know is fake....Gray Matters Radio! As always I am joined by my co-host, the Armchair QB Bill Reed to help keep me in line and firmly in the Gray. Gray Matters Radio is a proud member of the 6One4 Radio Network family of podcasts. Find this as well as all our episodes on every major podcasting platform

Its a new year but we can't seem to get away from the drama can we? Good thing our New Year's resolution was to not get distracted by the drama and instead focus on the real problems facing Americans.

So keeping true to our resolution we didn't take the bait and talk about Iran but instead we focused on the biggest issue on American's minds...healthcare. Instead of waiting around for our government to figure it out we instead turn our attention to what we, healthcare professionals and patients can do to improve the quality of our healthcare.

Joining us in the studio this week is chiropractic neurologist Dr. Chris Mabry with Ability Chiropractic to discuss the power that we have to improve our healthcare system. We discuss a wide range of solutions such as taking the ego our of medical care and have clinicians coordinate care better, shift to a focus on preventative medicine (yes we have to prioritize that in our lives), healing instead of masking symptoms, and most important...MOVE!

As always I am joined by my co-host, the Armchair QB Bill Reed to help keep me in line and firmly in the Gray. Gray Matters Radio is a proud member of the 6One4 Radio Network family of podcasts. Find this as well as all our episodes on every major podcasting platform

For part 2 of our New Years Eve special, we decided to take Donald Trump's advice and listen more to each other over the holidays. So what better way to take the Orange Mist's advice than to take the snowflakevictory.com challenge! What is said challenge? Literally 5 minutes after Trump tweeted about listening and understanding each other more his son launched snowflakevictory.com...a comprehensive guide on how to win arguments with your liberal snowflake relatives over the holidays.

I am not even going to comment on the seemingly mutual exclusivity of the two initiatives. So how does it end...who wins? Well nobody because stuff like this makes all of us lose...but we sure as heck had fun doing it. Heck, we even got Mike to acknowledge all of the positives that Trump has accomplished!

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Our New Years Eve special was so big we literally had to put the episode into two parts. Up first in our two part special we welcome Mike's much better and more attractive better half Jill into the studio to play "Who said it, Trump or Michael Scott" and to weigh in on the highs and lows of 2019.

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Merry ChristmaHannahQwanza Everyone! Well everyone but the ArmchairQB who decided to abandon us for his "Real Family" for the holiday. But have no fears, our good friends at Cave Crew Radio loaned us out Big B for the night as guest co-host....thanks guys!

So what do we have in store for our listeners this Christmas Eve? We have a delightful debate about whether A Christmas Story is overrated, debating the merits of Diehard being a Christmas movie & if so should Lethal Weapon & Trading Places be added to that list, and we also take advantage of having a New Yorker in the studio and dive into who the real Mike Bloomberg is and what he is really up to running for president. Here is a hint, Big B doesn't think he is really trying to run for president.

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Why in the hell does it seem like critical thinking is in such short supply these days? Maybe it has something to do with our schools reinforcing standardized tests & memorization rather than the process in which you came to the right answer.

If only schools did the opposite then we maybe our country would not be as polarized as it currently is and perhaps we could sniff out BS easier. According to our guest Kevin Stoller, Founder and CEO of Kay Through Twelve educational consultants, schools are already changing how they teach and its happening faster than he ever believed. I know, funny having a guest for once that attempts to make Mike feel optimistic about the future but we can't be all doom and gloom right?

So join us as we discuss how k-12 education is failing students by overemphasizing college as the destination and the key to saving America is to Make America Think Again.

As always I am joined by my co-host, the Armchair QB Bill Reed to help keep me in line and firmly in the Gray. Gray Matters Radio is a proud member of the 6One4 Radio Network family of podcasts. Find this as well as all our episodes on every major podcasting platform

With Mayor Pete becoming a legitimate candidate for president, I find it interesting that we do not hear the candidate and the media discussing whether America is ready for a gay president in the same manner they spoke about the country being ready for a black president in 2008.

Why do I think this is something that needs to be talked about? In 2008 shortly before the election, 76% of people polled said that the country was ready for a black president. Up a full 16% from the same poll conducted in 2006. So what do people think about America being ready for a gay president in 2019? Only 50% of people polled said that they felt the country was ready for a gay president.

Does Mayor Pete have a problem here? If the country was barely ready in 2008 when 76% of the country said we were ready for a black president, how difficult will it be for Mayor Pete at 50% Will his numbers continue to rise as the country gets to know him or does he need to address the issue head on?

Join us for the latest episode as we discuss this topic as well as the difficulty in this country discussing the issues of race, gender, sexuality, etc. when you are not part of that group. When the PC culture has made it tough for people to talk about these issues have we over shot the mark with being too sensitive about offending people that now we just don't even bring it up?

As always I am joined by my co-host, the Armchair QB Bill Reed to help keep me in line and firmly in the Gray. Gray Matters Radio is a proud member of the 6One4 Radio Network family of podcasts. Find this as well as all our episodes on every major podcasting platform

So what happened when America's Counselor sat down with an ANTIFA member and tried to get them to find common ground? He realized that despite his best efforts, the far left and far right have no interest in compromise and are hell bent on a revolution that either never work or in the unlikely event does work, will lead to nothing but lawless anarchy.

So if compromise is futile what do we do? Join the revolution of course! What should a revolution look like? Is it possible to have a revolution without destroying the very foundation of America that was worth fighting a revolution for? All these questions are answered and more on the latest episode of Gray Matters.

As always I am joined by my co-host, the Armchair QB Bill Reed to help keep me in line and firmly in the Gray. Gray Matters Radio is a proud member of the 6One4 Radio Network family of podcasts. Find this as well as all our episodes on every major podcasting platform