Grey Matter

Leighton Grey K.C.

A curation of intelligent conversations with thought leaders around the world centered around thinking outside of the box.

  1. 17h ago

    Finding the True Treasure: From the NHL Apex to Faith & Coaching with Brinson Pasichnuk

    What happens when you reach the absolute summit of your lifelong dream, only to realize the treasure you were seeking wasn't there? In this powerful episode of the Grey Matter Podcast, host Leighton Grey KC sits down with former NHL player and Bonnyville, Alberta native Brinson Pasichnuk. Brinson shares his incredible journey from a small-town kid playing alongside his brother Steen to scaling the "1% of 1%" heights of elite hockey at Arizona State University and the San Jose Sharks organization. But behind the stats and pro contracts lies a profound story of deep personal struggle—navigating crippling childhood anxiety, family bankruptcy, and a debilitating battle with celiac disease at the peak of his pro career. Brinson opens up about the culture shock of a massive secular campus, the exact moment he surrendered his life to God on a kitchen floor, and how he brought a transformative faith movement right into the dressing room. Now thriving as a mentor and elite junior hockey coach in his hometown, Brinson delivers a beautiful testament to resilience, spiritual identity, and discovering a calling far greater than the game itself.   🔥 JOIN THE COMMUNITY & STAY INFORMED 🔥 📲 Subscribe to our Substack Newsletter for deeper insights into the cultural, legal, and spiritual challenges facing Canadian families today: https://substack.com/@greymatternewsletter 📚 Get Leighton’s new book, "Trials, Tribulations, and Truth" on Amazon right now: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0H23BHMRY 🇨🇦 Support our mission to speak truth across Canada. Partner with us financially: www.buymeacoffee.com/greymatterpodcast   🍁 THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS 🍁 Puurathletics.ca: Thanks to our sponsor Puurathletics.ca! Show your support with hats, hoodies, and hand-held coffee cups: https://puurathletics.ca/collections/grey-matter EMR-TEK: K-Beauty products and gifts: EMR-TEK · Duty-free worldwide. Use code LEIGHTON59306 at check out: https://www.emr-tek.com/LEIGHTON59306 Grey Wowk Spencer Grey Matter is a Canadian 🇨🇦 podcast hosted by Alberta criminal trial lawyer, Leighton Grey.Visit Grey Matter: X - x.com/GreyMatterConvo Instagram - instagram.com/greymatterpodcastofficial Facebook - facebook.com/thegreymatterpodcast Rumble - rumble.com/c/GreyMatterPodcast Thanks to our sponsors Puurathletics.ca & Grey Wowk Spencer Join the Gray Matter Community: 📨 Substack: Subscribe to our newsletter for deeper dives into cultural and spiritual battles. 📖 Leighton's Book: Grab your copy of Trials, Tribulations, and Truth on Amazon!

    1h 3m

  2. 20h ago

    Literary Giants: J.K. Rowling, Dershowitz, and the Craft of Writing with Solomon Schmidt

    What drives a living literary icon to risk her massive empire and step into the crosshairs of modern culture wars? In this episode of Gray Matter, host Leighton Gray sits down with prolific 22-year-old historian and author Solomon Schmidt to unpack his latest biography, A Pen to Change the World: The Life of J.K. Rowling. 🔥 JOIN THE COMMUNITY & STAY INFORMED 🔥 📲 Subscribe to our Substack Newsletter for deeper insights into the cultural, legal, and spiritual challenges facing Canadian families today: https://substack.com/@greymatternewsletter 📚 Get Leighton’s new book, "Trials, Tribulations, and Truth" on Amazon right now: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0H23BHMRY 🇨🇦 Support our mission to speak truth across Canada. Partner with us financially: www.buymeacoffee.com/greymatterpodcast   Solomon shares his objective, unbiased approach to chronicling Rowling’s tumultuous life—from her complex relationship with her father and experiences with domestic abuse to the deeper Christian and messianic themes woven directly into the fabric of Harry Potter. The conversation also dives into Solomon’s background as a homeschooled author of ten books, his previous biography of legal titan Alan Dershowitz (Legal Gladiator), the critical importance of defending the constitutional rule of law, and his next massive undertaking: an objective biography of Donald Trump. 🍁 THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS 🍁 Puurathletics.ca: Thanks to our sponsor Puurathletics.ca! Show your support with hats, hoodies, and hand-held coffee cups: https://puurathletics.ca/collections/grey-matter EMR-TEK: K-Beauty products and gifts: EMR-TEK · Duty-free worldwide. Use code LEIGHTON59306 at check out: https://www.emr-tek.com/LEIGHTON59306 Grey Wowk Spencer Grey Matter is a Canadian 🇨🇦 podcast hosted by Alberta criminal trial lawyer, Leighton Grey. Visit Grey Matter: X - x.com/GreyMatterConvo Instagram - instagram.com/greymatterpodcastofficial Facebook - facebook.com/thegreymatterpodcast Rumble - rumble.com/c/GreyMatterPodcast Thanks to our sponsors Puurathletics.ca & Grey Wowk Spencer

    1 hr

  3. 4d ago

    Slaying The Tarantula: Is Alberta The Antidote To Globalist Tyranny?

    In this week's Grey Matter Commentary, Leighton Grey K.C. uses Friedrich Nietzsche’s "Parable of the Tarantula" to unmask the technocratic corporate web squeezing the lifeblood out of Canada’s economy and working class. Leighton breaks down the deep, multi-generational institutional capture running from Wall Street and McKinsey consultancies straight through to the federal political apparatus, highlighting names like Carney, Barton, and the powerful legacy families controlling Canada's financial trajectory. From the weaponization of "woke thinking" to the economic realities of the Canada Infrastructure Bank and CPP investment pipelines, this episode dives deep into why standard political measures are no longer working. Leighton argues that the only true pathway to escape the globalist trap and restore inherited Western principles is Alberta Independence. 🔥 JOIN THE COMMUNITY & STAY INFORMED 🔥 📲 Subscribe to our Substack Newsletter for deeper insights into the cultural, legal, and spiritual challenges facing Canadian families today: https://substack.com/@greymatternewsletter 📚 Get Leighton’s new book, "Trials, Tribulations, and Truth" on Amazon right now: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0H23BHMRY 🇨🇦 Support our mission to speak truth across Canada. Partner with us financially: www.buymeacoffee.com/greymatterpodcast 🍁 THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS 🍁 Puurathletics.ca: Thanks to our sponsor Puurathletics.ca! Show your support with hats, hoodies, and hand-held coffee cups: https://puurathletics.ca/collections/grey-matter EMR-TEK: K-Beauty products and gifts: EMR-TEK · Duty-free worldwide. Use code LEIGHTON59306 at check out: https://www.emr-tek.com/LEIGHTON59306 Grey Wowk Spencer Grey Matter is a Canadian 🇨🇦 podcast hosted by Alberta criminal trial lawyer, Leighton Grey. Visit Grey Matter: X - x.com/GreyMatterConvo Instagram - instagram.com/greymatterpodcastofficial Facebook - facebook.com/thegreymatterpodcast Rumble - rumble.com/c/GreyMatterPodcast Thanks to our sponsors Puurathletics.ca & Grey Wowk Spencer

    31 min

  4. 6d ago

    The Grey Clan: A Father’s Day Journey Through Nakota History & Resilience

    🔥 JOIN THE COMMUNITY & STAY INFORMED 🔥 📲 Subscribe to our Substack Newsletter for deeper insights into the cultural, legal, and spiritual challenges facing Canadian families today: https://substack.com/@greymatternewsletter 📚 Get Leighton’s new book, "Trials, Tribulations, and Truth" on Amazon right now: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0H23BHMRY 🇨🇦 Support our mission to speak truth across Canada. Partner with us financially: www.buymeacoffee.com/greymatterpodcast This Father’s Day, we are doing something deeply personal. In this special episode, I trace my Indigenous heritage back through the generations of the Grey Eyes clan—a proud Nakota (Assiniboine) family from the Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation. From ancestors rumored to be at the Battle of Little Bighorn to a World War I Sapper who risked court-martial to save a life in Belgium, our history is one of immense bravery, survival, and service. But it is also a history marked by the harsh realities of Canada’s residential school system, systemic assimilation, and the intergenerational trauma that followed. Join me as I share the incredible stories of: • Sapper Burrell Grey: A WWI veteran, humanitarian, and community elder. • Winnifred (Winnie) Grey: A resilient residential school survivor who endured the heavy weight of generational trauma. • My Father, Len (1941–2022): A former gang youth turned community hero who founded the Spiritkeeper Youth Society (SKYS) in Edmonton, dedicating his life to saving Indigenous youth from the streets. This is a story about the wounds we inherit, the resilience we forge, and the generational tradition of lifting our people up. Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers and protectors out there.   🍁 THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS 🍁 Puurathletics.ca: Thanks to our sponsor Puurathletics.ca! Show your support with hats, hoodies, and hand-held coffee cups: https://puurathletics.ca/collections/grey-matter EMR-TEK: K-Beauty products and gifts: EMR-TEK · Duty-free worldwide. Use code LEIGHTON59306 at check out: https://www.emr-tek.com/LEIGHTON59306 Grey Wowk Spencer Grey Matter is a Canadian 🇨🇦 podcast hosted by Alberta criminal trial lawyer, Leighton Grey. Visit Grey Matter: X - x.com/GreyMatterConvo Instagram - instagram.com/greymatterpodcastofficial Facebook - facebook.com/thegreymatterpodcast Rumble - rumble.com/c/GreyMatterPodcast Thanks to our sponsors Puurathletics.ca & Grey Wowk Spencer

    11 min

  5. Jun 19

    Calling the Oilers: Jack Michaels on McDavid, DeBrusk, and Mike Babcock Rumours

    The voice of the Edmonton Oilers, Jack Michaels, joins Leighton Grey on the Grey Matter Podcast for an unmissable conversation about hockey, broadcasting, and the future of the Oilers franchise!  🍁 THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS 🍁 Puurathletics.ca: Thanks to our sponsor Puurathletics.ca! Show your support with hats, hoodies, and hand-held coffee cups: https://puurathletics.ca/collections/grey-matterEMR-TEK:  K-Beauty products and gifts: EMR-TEK · Duty-free worldwide. Use code LEIGHTON59306 at check out: https://www.emr-tek.com/LEIGHTON59306 Grey Wowk Spencer Grey Matter is a Canadian 🇨🇦 podcast hosted by Alberta criminal trial lawyer, Leighton Grey. In this episode, Jack shares stories from his journey to the NHL broadcasting booth, his biggest career influences like Mike Lange and Howard Cosell, and the authentic friendship behind his incredible on-air chemistry with Louis DeBrusk.  We pull back the curtain on the current state of the Edmonton Oilers: Is their championship window closing? How do broadcasters avoid letting the generational greatness of Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl feel routine?  And in a stunning projection, Jack explains why he believes Mike Babcock will be named the next head coach of the Oilers and why Edmonton's veteran core is uniquely equipped to handle his mercurial reputation. In This Episode: • The legendary 2020 Battle of Alberta goalie fight parody clip. • Jack's favourite broadcast minutes from the Stanley Cup playoffs. • How an English professor and an artist shaped Jack’s unique vocal style. • Inside the elite levels of hockey: From the ECHL to the top 10% of the NHL. • A deep-dive look into the upcoming coaching and roster shakeups for the 2026/2027 season. 🔥 JOIN THE COMMUNITY & STAY INFORMED 🔥 📲 Subscribe to our Substack Newsletter for deeper insights into the cultural, legal, and spiritual challenges facing Canadian families today: https://substack.com/@greymatternewsletter 📚 Get Leighton’s new book, "Trials, Tribulations, and Truth" on Amazon right now: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0H23BHMRY 🇨🇦 Support our mission to speak truth across Canada. Partner with us financially: www.buymeacoffee.com/greymatterpodcast Visit Grey Matter: X - x.com/GreyMatterConvo Instagram - instagram.com/greymatterpodcastofficial Facebook - facebook.com/thegreymatterpodcast Rumble - rumble.com/c/GreyMatterPodcast Thanks to our sponsors Puurathletics.ca & Grey Wowk Spencer #EdmontonOilers, #JackMichiels, #OilersNation, #MikeBabcock, #ConnorMcDavid, #NHL, #HockeyPodcast, #GreyMatterPodcast,

    42 min

  6. Jun 15

    What is the Truth About Canada’s Economic Collapse? 🇨🇦

    Is Canada’s food economy facing destruction? In this short clip from the Grey Matter Podcast, Leighton Grey KC pulls no punches on the real state of Canada's economy. While mainstream narratives point fingers south of the border at President Donald Trump and shifting U.S. trade relations, Grey argues that Canada's shrinking economy—the only one declining in the G7—is a self-inflicted wound.   🍁 THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS 🍁 Puurathletics.ca: Show your support with hats, hoodies, and hand-held coffee cups: https://puurathletics.ca/collections/grey-matter EMR-TEK: K-Beauty products and gifts: EMR-TEK · Duty-free worldwide. Use code LEIGHTON59306 at check out: https://www.emr-tek.com/LEIGHTON59306 Grey Wowk Spencer   With two consecutive quarters of declining real GDP, economists are sounding the alarm on a technical recession. The real threat isn't a scarcity of resources; it's the illusion that someone else is responsible for our economic decline.   Visit Grey Matter: X - x.com/GreyMatterConvo Instagram - instagram.com/greymatterpodcastofficial Facebook - facebook.com/thegreymatterpodcast Rumble - rumble.com/c/GreyMatterPodcast Thanks to our sponsors Puurathletics.ca & Grey Wowk Spencer

    36 min

  7. Jun 12

    How Global Governance & Fiat Debt are Designing the Next Tyranny

    Dr. Bonta outlines the underreported strategies the United Nations uses to bypass national sovereignty via migration, digital ID tracking, and punitive climate policies. They discuss how the destruction of objective morality directly leads to the expansion of state tyranny, drawing sharp insights from the historical fall of the Roman Republic. Turning to economics, Dr. Bonta applies Austrian economic principles to analyze our current system of fiat currency and central banking. He breaks down how our monetary system requires a continual expansion of debt to survive, what hyperinflation looks like when public confidence shatters, and how the lessons of the American founders regarding sound money can protect families today.   🍁 THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS 🍁 Puurathletics.ca: Thanks to our sponsor Puurathletics.ca! Show your support with hats, hoodies, and hand-held coffee cups: https://puurathletics.ca/collections/grey-matter EMR-TEK: K-Beauty products and gifts: EMR-TEK · Duty-free worldwide. Use code LEIGHTON59306 at check out: https://www.emr-tek.com/LEIGHTON59306 Grey Wowk Spencer   Grey Matter is a Canadian 🇨🇦 podcast hosted by Alberta criminal trial lawyer, Leighton Grey. Visit Grey Matter: X - x.com/GreyMatterConvo Instagram - instagram.com/greymatterpodcastofficial Facebook - facebook.com/thegreymatterpodcast Rumble - rumble.com/c/GreyMatterPodcast   Thanks to our sponsors Puurathletics.ca & Grey Wowk Spencer

    1h 11m

  8. Jun 12

    The New Impact on Canadian Family Law

    In this episode, Leighton Grey KC interviews family law expert Lauren Wolk, exploring the impact of family law decisions, the influence of fathers, and recent landmark cases like Alawalia versus Alawalia. They discuss the importance of truth, integrity, and the evolving legal landscape in family justice. Contact Lawren Wowk: LWowk@gwsllp.ca 🍁 THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS 🍁 Puurathletics.ca: Thanks to our sponsor Puurathletics.ca! Show your support with hats, hoodies, and hand-held coffee cups: https://puurathletics.ca/collections/grey-matterEMR-TEK: K-Beauty products and gifts: EMR-TEK · Duty-free worldwide. Use code LEIGHTON59306 at check out: https://www.emr-tek.com/LEIGHTON59306 Grey Wowk Spencer   But the deeper battle isn't just political or technological. No, it is profoundly spiritual. Leighton directly addresses the frequent secular claim that Christianity is the root of historical evil, bringing forward the peer-reviewed data of political scientist Rudolph Rummel to compare the historical tallies of Christian conflicts against the catastrophic toll of 20th-century atheistic regimes. When a civilization slowly removes its foundational moral capital, what rushes in to fill the vacuum? "History does not show that religion is the greatest source of evil. It shows quite the opposite. Authentic Christianity, centred upon loving God and loving every human being as yourself, restrains evil and produces measurable good."   Grey Matter is a Canadian 🇨🇦 podcast hosted by Alberta criminal trial lawyer, Leighton Grey.   Visit Grey Matter: X - x.com/GreyMatterConvo Instagram - instagram.com/greymatterpodcastofficial Facebook - facebook.com/thegreymatterpodcast Rumble - rumble.com/c/GreyMatterPodcast   Thanks to our sponsors Puurathletics.ca & Grey Wowk Spencer

    1h 7m
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A curation of intelligent conversations with thought leaders around the world centered around thinking outside of the box.

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  • Creator
    Leighton Grey K.C.
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2024 All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    Grey Matter

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