The Gray Matters
Welcome to The Gray Matters, where we discuss more than just the hot topics and headlines of the day from a Black man’s perspective. We appreciate that we are not a monolith and every subject deserves to be explored with nuance giving a view from all sides of the culture. So, we’re here to hopefully bring that to you every week with a little bit of nuance, class, and fun. Our panel consist of 3 guys that are absolutely nothing alike and you’ll soon come to find out just how much we love each other in spite of our sometimes very big differences.
Episodes
In this episode we focus on the importance of social services by highlighting the workers that make these services possible often with limited support. Rachel Sixx joins us to provide key insight as someone in the field and making a difference in real time.
In this episode, we discuss the challenges of being a Black man in majority white spaces and how our upbringing led us to becoming trailblazers. Accomplished speaker and writer Leron Barton joins the crew to add his perspective and share how growing up in Kansas City and overcoming his speech impediment shaped his experiences in becoming a true 'Space Invader'.
Our picks for both the AFC and NFC North Divisions for the upcoming 2023 NFL season
In this episode, we discuss the reasons why people avoid personal accountability for their lack of progress in life and failure to ever move on from blaming others.
Our picks for both the AFC and NFC West Divisions for the upcoming 2023 NFL season
In this episode, we explore the conflict and often cognitive dissonance involved in holding a belief in a loving God concept while bad things happen to otherwise 'good' people.
Our picks for both the AFC and NFC East Divisions for the upcoming 2023 NFL season
In this episode, we tackle the very real stigma related to men's mental health and why people won't seek help. Our friend and special guest Jyoti Kamakshi stops by to talk advocacy, how women and men come at it differently, and being apart of the solution even if you're not a mental health professional.
Our picks for both the AFC and NFC East Divisions for the upcoming 2023 NFL season
In this episode, we discuss the sometimes conflicted relationship we have in the Black community with praising high achievers and ask important questions surrounding why we find it so hard to give people who have excelled and reached great accomplishments their props.
In this episode, we talk about the benefits and drawbacks of moving away from your childhood hometown and our personal journeys that led us to leave Cincinnati.
This week we discuss the saga surrounding Carlee Russell's hoax kidnapping and how society should deal with people that are willing to lie for attention even to the point of putting others in harms way.
In this episode, we discuss how money has changed the way people date in our current society and whether or not people are better for it or has it ruined dating expectations forever?
In this episode, we are joined by our special guest and friend Joy Tribble for a candid conversation about what it means to be over 40 and single in today's society. Have societal norms significantly evolved or is there a need to change the conversation around what it means to get 'chose'?
Has society evolved it's way out of honoring high achievement and cultivating excellence or have new generations simply figured out that there is a better way to measure and quantify success?
In this episode, we have a conversation around the topic of marital faithfulness and whether or not being committed in monogamy should be viewed as a purely faith based or religious concept or more broadly as a matter of human decency.
In this episode, we tackle the conversation around family dynamics and making the choice to co-parent without the attempt at creating a 'traditional' committed relationship in the process. Does the decision have a direct correlation to outcomes in our society?
In this episode, we are discussing men's health and the challenges we face getting people to the doctor. Many of us can relate all to well with the pain of losing a loved one or close friend way before their time. It's an unspeakable pain. Not taking our health serious every day, saying I'll work out tomorrow, not being consistent. Posting RIP for people my age and younger that didn't keep up with their health is exhausting. 7 year...
In this episode, we attempt to attack both the premise and purpose of the 'patriarchy' and determine whether the patriarchy system that exist benefits any particular gender along with who exactly keeps the system alive.
In this episode, we unpack the 'You're gay if you ______' stigma that reduces and possibly cripples the emotional development of men (especially Black men) by labeling emotional intelligence as 'feminine' or 'gay'.
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