It seems like everyone keep debating whether or not Trump should/could be impeached but nobody has really talked about what the consequences to the country would be if he were. The Gray has purposely stayed out of the Trump Russiagate impeachment debate on purpose. But with Michael Cohen flipping on Trump last week and saying that he was told to lie about the Trump Organization’s business dealings with Russia, it seems like this investigation is about to really escalate and maybe we need to have a discussion about how the country was affected the last time we impeached (well Nixon resigned but would have been impeached) and what it might mean for us today. We need to have this discussion because the collateral damage for the country might not be worth it in the end….or will it? To help us dive into this issue we invite back “The Professor” Richard DeVine to talk about the Nixon impeachment and what it would mean for the country today.

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Sounds like a great title for a MMA Pay-Per-View event doesn’t it? But unfortunately this isn’t a PPV event, this is the sad reality of the holiday season that just began. It seems like every year the violence in malls and retailers across the nation get worse and worse…yet retailers seem to up the ante every year. What started out as a discussion years ago about the holidays becoming less about family and faith and more about stuff we don’t need has now become a discussion about people getting hurt and killed over stuff they don’t need. A holiday that has people leaving their families on Thanksgiving, a holiday that is supposed to be about being with family and being thankful for what you have, to go a buy stuff that they don’t need and fight people for it.

Something is just so wrong when people are getting hurt on a regular basis and videos all over the internet show something that more resembles the hunger games than anything else. To help us understand what the hell is going on we have our good friend neuro-psychologist Dr. Julilan Osuji of the Dallas Neuro-Rehab Clinic to lay down some truth and to guide us on what we can do to stop this trend.

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On the very first day of social psychology class, it wasn’t a coincidence that the first lesson was how campaigns and the media uses psychology to get votes and ratings. It is the inevitable result when the field of psychology started really understanding how humans work. Only in my field we use it to help people and business, politicians, and the media uses it to help themselves. One of the reasons that I didn’t go into the lucrative human factors field was because I felt as though it was selling myself to the devil and it went against my own internal moral compass.

Now, I am not saying that it is bad to use psychology in any of these areas but what I am saying is that who is there to decide that maybe there is a line that you don’t cross? In the 1970’s it was the government drawing that line in the sand with subliminal advertising but since then we are trusting these industries to police themselves. With the rise of the internet and social media, no other time have these entities had a direct main line into the human brain 24 hours a day 7 days a week. As a result, the effectiveness of their methods exponentially grew but so has the negative effects.

Between families and friends being torn apart, unhinged people shooting people and mailing bombs, people flocking into therapy for anxiety and depression, and a public debacle of a government completely polarized and unable to solve any major issues…one has to ask not only have these entities gone too far in using psychology but do they actually know the negative effects it is having and choose to continue using them anyways? That is the million dollar question that every American deserves to know the answer to.

To help us explore this important topic, joining us in The Gray this week will be Ron The Opinionated Veteran , fellow podcaster & co-host of the Max Miller Show who is a retired forensic investigator for the US Army and has also worked for several Republican campaigns. If there is anybody who has the knowledge and balls to discuss this topic with us it will be him. Plus this topic scares me and it makes me feel better to know that if anyone messes with The Gray they have the US Army to deal with!

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In case you haven’t seen the news, but apparently the fastest growing occupation in America is forest fire fighter and you can become a certified expert in less than one week. Of course we are being facetious but the debate between people on facebook and talking heads on the media seem to think they are experts on fighting forest fires and who is to blame. Our president surely didn’t help when he tweeted out during the fires that Calfire and by-proxy the democratic state of California was largely to blame. Regardless of your opinions of the causes, Americans once again are egged into a fight with each other and taking sides to a debate that they really do not know anything about. It is like my 4 year-old daughter arguing with me that allergens are really tiny green monsters that reside in your nose and that she is going to tell mom on me that I am wrong. So, The Gray is once again diving into the metaphorical fire and taking this head on. Join us as we break down the facebook discussions between our followers like John Madden and fact check every comment that was made. You might be surprised at what we discovered.

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Research From The Show:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jerry-brown-veto-wildfire-bill/?fbclid=IwAR2qi4TaD8EzvLEvYNlMp6xmzyPLM1X1AIhE1z3PVAU_r3VYvn2k_Fbaj2A

http://www.govtech.com/fs/infrastructure/California-Will-Spend-1-Billion-on-Wildfire-Prevention-Give-Some-Relief-to-Utility-Companies.html?fbclid=IwAR0Xzg6TjnPN_6Mz_wH1yL5-5guVMBKFMqflvT5h7mQZBTHO5OarbvC_KYw

https://www.kqed.org/science/16415/california-wildfire-study-spend-on-prevention-to-save-on-disasters?fbclid=IwAR19sM1XAYL12yEVj6usPxwN8NdMJYz5LcZl81NoJjRRXq37yNbb0TQig-w

https://ucanr.edu/sites/forestry/California_forests/?fbclid=IwAR0YDL8x8Ss9n92O46Ft22ID-9jf_FD40DKQaQMxjO8S_WwUG_tcb5wIf0w

Want to know the best thing about being a counselor? I can read people’s minds! I knew you were dying for The Gray’s take on the mid-term elections…well you got it. The media and the politicians have had their chance to interpret the 2018 election, now it’s The Gray’s turn. This was a very important election that will set the tone not only for the 2020 presidential election, but for the future of the country. Based on how each side interprets why democrats won the house and why the republicans won the senate will set the stage for what they think the people want and how they will govern. Will Nancy Pelosi survive as the house speaker? Was this a referendum on Donald Trump? Was it more about people voting out incumbents? All of this is discussed and more.Joining Michael in the studio to dissect the election is “The Everyman” Domenic Buccilla and “The Professor” Richard DeVine for this very special episode of Gray Matters with Michael DeVine.

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I must be crazy as hell to dive into this immigration debate but I feel like I have to. Growing up in Ohio and living a large portion of my adult life in Texas, I have a rather unique perspective of immigration. I have clients who are immigrants (both legal and illegal) and consult with businesses who tend to employ cheaper immigrant laborers so I think my perspective is quite well rounded. Since it seems like this is one of the biggest debates sucking all of the air out of the room before elections tomorrow, we felt at The Gray we owed it to you to tackle this topic. Joining us in the studio will be an anonymous guest who has had immigration and status issues in the past several years that wanted to share her story. This guest is quite interesting because they have lived in America since they were 9 months old, married an American husband, and has children, works a full-time job, and yet because a shady company threw their employees under the bus and were charged with crimes this guest now has immigration issues.

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Want to start a fight easily with someone…bring up healthcare and watch and see what happens. Two people duking it out over whether we should scrap Obamacare or have a socialized healthcare for all system. All you have to do is turn on the radio or a 24/hr cable news network and you hear the same arguments going on and on forever. They like to make you think that there are only two options and “Their” side is what is right and the other person is either a communist or heartless. But I am here to drop a bomb on you…healthcare in this country is a train wreck because the powers that be want everyone arguing over bullshit so we do not ask the real questions as to why it is this way. Because if we really understood why things are so messed up they would have an angry electorate and many people would lose elections and executives in the Medical Industrial Complex would lose millions.

I could make a case based on my experiences as a clinician and as an employee of an insurance company but that would not be enough to really get you to believe what you are going to learn on our show Monday night. The truth is that 90% of the problem of healthcare is on the supply side of healthcare, meaning that the pharmaceutical companies, device manufacturers, hospitals, surgeons, supplies, etc. are the reason why things are so messed up. Funny how you never hear one politician talking about the supply side of healthcare and instead get us to fight with each other over socialized healthcare for all or scraping Obamacare for…well the same system that existed before.

I know you don’t believe me yet, but tune in tomorrow night to find out. Joining me in the studio are two special guests who have a combined 50 years in the healthcare industry as executives and consultants for hospitals, healthcare consulting firms, and the medical industrial complex. Richard DeVine (yes he is my father) was a chief resource officer with a multi-state healthcare company as well as a retired supply chain consultant with one of the nations biggest healthcare consulting firm (which cannot be named in an agreement for getting permission to come on the show). Also joining us in The Gray will be Brendan X, a self-described “Cynical Libertarian” with over 20 years of experience in the healthcare consulting industry who only agreed to come on the show and share his insights if we did not disclose his true identity. I wish I was making this up but I was only able to get my father and Brendan to come on the show if I hid the companies they have worked or currently work for.

This is the reality of the world that we are living in but these two men have decided to finally come forward to share information that they know will anger you and make you demand our elected officials start to serve us ,the people rather than the profits of huge corporations. Their thoughts are that if Americans understood why the healthcare system was a train wreck, they would be able to call out their politicians for lying or misdirecting them and demand change or will put people in charge that will. Like I have said on my show countless times, the time is over to naively believe that they will change rather it is up to us to be the change agents in this country. This is a show that you will want to forward on to your friends, families, and colleagues so don’t miss out. I know you are busy but if you are only going to give my show one shot, this is the show to listen to.

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So I guess it only took 1 day after the bombings for the false flag conspiracy theories to come to life. A congressman was on the news last night literally saying that despite there being no evidence, no one could prove it wrong. Powerful statement isn’t it from a sitting congressman? Who or what is to blame for conspiracy theories infiltrating public political discourse? Dudes n Beer I am looking in your direction. Join us for a special Saturday night live 10:00est episode of Gray Matters Radio where Bill Reed join us in the gray to discuss how conspiracy theories have become the go to tactic to get elected and ratings.

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So we haven’t been cancelled yet…wait let me check…okay definitely have not been cancelled yet so that means more Gray Matters with Michael DeVine. Joining me in The Gray this week is my steadfast co-host Chris Jordan of the Dudes and Beer Podcast as well as this weeks special guest Leon Cradle. This weeks episode will focus on the explosion of racist incidents being uploaded to social media across the country where we attempt to understand the dynamics behind these incidents and how it is affecting our ability as a country to solve major problems such as crime, poverty, and addiction.

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I sat here several times and tried to figure out what is the best way to write a summary for your very first episode. I mean…what can you really say that will capture every emotion that you are feeling in addition to explaining what the hell this show is going to be about? So let’s just make it simple shall we? Joining me in the studio tonight is my co-host Chris Jordan, the owner of the HCuniversal Network and host of the Dudes and Beer podcast on the HCuniversal Network. Tonight’s show will focus on looking at the toxic environment of social media interactions and how it has played a role in supercharging the hyper-polarization that we see in politics, media, and our own lives. Just as how social media played a huge role in this hyper-polarized environment, we explore using social media as just as effective tool in reversing it and humanizing each other again. Instead of asking experts for their opinions on this first show, we set the stage for a new dialogue in this country and instead use the voices of…gulp…real people! I know…scary huh? We are hitting the ground running on Episode 1 of Gray Matters so join us in the gray.

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