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August 17, 2024

August 24, 2024

August 31, 2024

September 7, 2024

September 14, 2024

September 21, 2024

September 28, 2024

October 5, 2024

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November 2, 2024

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November 30, 2024

December 7, 2024

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January 4, 2025

January 11, 2025

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February 01, 2025

February 08, 2025

February 15, 2025

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September 06, 2025

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October 04, 2025

October 11, 2025

October 18, 2025

October 25, 2025

November 01, 2025

November 08, 2025

November 15, 2025

November 22, 2025

November 29, 2025

December 06, 2025


Gray Matters show for August 17, 2024

Show recording for August 17, 2024   (includes commercials)

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Gray Matters show for August 24, 2024

Show recordings for August 24, 2024

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Gray Matters show for August 31, 2024

Show recordings for August 31, 2024

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Gray Matters show for September 7, 2024

Show recordings for September 7, 2024

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Gray Matters show for September 14, 2024

Show recordings for September 14, 2024

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Imprimis - Disparate Impact Thinking Is Destroying Our Civilization


Gray Matters show for September 21, 2024

Show recordings for September 21, 2024

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Gray Matters show for September 28, 2024

Show recordings for September 28, 2024

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Ken Adams - The Thin Line, September 23 (edited)


Recording of Judge Parrish news conference on September 19, 2024.

Lubbock County Financial Transparency page.



Gray Matters show for October 5, 2024

Show recordings for October 5, 2024

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Tucker Carlson on the Failure of Experts

Wrong Again: 50 years of Failed Eco-pocalyptic Predictions

The Great Global Warming Swindle

50 Years of Failed Doomsday Predictions


Our Out-of-Control Federal Law Enforcement Agencies


Gray Matters show for October 12, 2024

Show recordings for October 12, 2024

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I used this book in preparation for this show.
I recommend it for anyone interested in a discussion of demographics, politics and social structure.

David P. Goldman, How Civilizations Die (And Why Islam is Dying Too), published 2011


Gray Matters show for October 19, 2024

Show recordings for October 19, 2024

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I used this book in preparation for this show.
I recommend it for anyone interested in a discussion of economics, politics and social structure.

F. A. Hayek, The Road To Serfdom, published 1944


NFIB Optimism Index for September, 2024


Gray Matters show for October 26, 2024

Show recordings for October 26, 2024

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I used this book in preparation for this show.
I recommend it for anyone interested in a discussion of economics, politics and social structure.

F. A. Hayek, The Road To Serfdom, published 1944


Kamala Harris's Interview on CNN, October 23, 2024 as Seen By Australians


Imprimis - The Danger of the Attacks on the Electoral College (June, 2019)


Imprimis - The Dangers of Price Controls (September, 2024)


10th Amendment and State Sovereignty (June, 2024)


Gray Matters show for November 2, 2024

Show recordings for November 2, 2024

A lighting strike on the studio interrupted the Gray Matters show today.
The 9:00 a.m. show was completed on Sunday and recorded, but there is no 10 a.m. show.

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I used this book in preparation for this show.
I recommend it for anyone interested in a discussion of economics, politics and social structure.

Milton & Rose Friedman, Free To Choose, published 1980


Joe Rogan interview with J. D. Vance (October 31, 2024)


Five Myths about Tariffs


How Woke Politics Are Endangering Our Military and Our Nation


Gray Matters show for November 9, 2024

Show recordings for November 9, 2024

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Why the Anti-Trump Lawfare Failed (Part 1)

Why the Anti-Trump Lawfare Failed (Part 2)


Five Myths about Tariffs

The Original MAGA: Tariffs, Trade, and the True Cost of Protectionism


Gray Matters show for November 16, 2024

Show recordings for November 16, 2024

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The Economic Consequences of Populism


Gray Matters show for November 23, 2024

Show recordings for November 23, 2024

The November 23, 2024 Gray Matters show was done by Ken Adams and Wes Houck, while Bob Gray was traveling.

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Gray Matters show for November 30, 2024

Show recordings for November 30, 2024

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Drain The Swamp


Gray Matters show for December 7, 2024

Show recordings for December 7, 2024

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Drain The Swamp


Gray Matters show for December 14, 2024

Show recordings for December 14, 2024

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Gray Matters show for December 21, 2024

Show recordings for December 21, 2024

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Gray Matters show for December 28, 2024

Show recordings for December 28, 2024

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If You Read To Your Kids, You're 'Unfairly Disadvantaging' Others


Gray Matters show for January 4, 2025

Show recordings for January 4, 2025

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The U-Haul Annual Survey of People Moving


Free e-Book, The History of Socialism and Capitalism


Gray Matters show for January 11, 2025

Show recordings for January 11, 2025

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Inside The Battle For Texas House Speaker


Gray Matters show for January 18, 2025

Show recordings for January 18, 2025

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Can You Use Seawater For The Los Angeles Fires?


American Institute for Economic Research - Articles on "Price Gouging"


Gray Matters show for January 25, 2025

Show recordings for January 25, 2025

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To Fix Inflation, Trump Needs The Courage To Be Unpopular


Gray Matters show for February 01, 2025

Show recordings for February 01, 2025

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Eggs: Incredible, Edible, and Increasingly Inaccessible


How Bidenomics Sank Kamala Harris


Gray Matters show for February 08, 2025

Show recordings for February 08, 2025

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Eggs: Incredible, Edible, and Increasingly Inaccessible


US Deficit To GDP Ratio Near WW-II Level


Why Public Schools Deliver War, Not Peace


The Babylon Bee Quiz on USAID


Why Price Controls Should Stay In The History Books


Gray Matters show for February 15, 2025

Show recordings for February 15, 2025

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Eggs: Incredible, Edible, and Increasingly Inaccessible


Parents Roasting Allen ISD Officials Goes Viral


Lack of Action On Child Abuse Within Texas School System


Texas Parents Back Plans for Public School Inspector General


How To Think About Trump's Steel Tariffs


Trump Repeats Steel Tariff Mistakes


Gray Matters show for February 22, 2025

Show recordings for February 22, 2025

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America's School Report Card


Gray Matters show for March 01, 2025

Show recordings for March 01, 2025

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Gray Matters show for March 08, 2025

Show recordings for March 08, 2025

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Catastrophic Climate Predictions That Failed


Gray Matters show for March 15, 2025

Show recordings for March 15, 2025

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Gray Matters show for March 22, 2025

Show recordings for March 22, 2025

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Trump Tariff Tracker


Gray Matters show for March 29, 2025

Show recordings for March 29, 2025

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Free Trade Is How You Live Your Life

How Congress Can Limit Activist Judges

Debunking The Three Best Arguments For Tariffs


Gray Matters show for April 5, 2025

Show recordings for April 5, 2025

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Due to technical problems, the 9:00 segment is only 52 minutes

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Things Everyone Should Know About Trade Deficits


Gray Matters show for April 12, 2025

Show recordings for April 12, 2025

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Due to technical problems, the 10:00 segment is only 58 minutes


The Tariff Pause

Tariffs Are Taxation Without Representation

The Tariffs Of April

St. Louis Federal Reserve - Yield Curve for 2Yr versus 10Yr Treasury Securities


Gray Matters show for April 19, 2025

Show recordings for April 19, 2025

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President Trump's White House Easter Message - 2025


Gray Matters show for April 26, 2025

Show recordings for April 26, 2025

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The Root Of Totalitarianism Is Social Engineering

Texas Education Association (TEA) 2022-2023 School Accountability

Texas Education Association (TEA) 2022-2023 School Accountability: Lubbock ISD STARR Performance Details


Gray Matters show for May 03

Show recordings for May 03, 2025

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Obesity's Impacts On National Guard & Ready Reserve Readiness


Gray Matters show for May 10

Show recordings for May 10, 2025

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The United States Can't Handle a War

Hillsdale College - Imprimus - New Thinking Needed On National Defense

The 2020s Tri-Service Modernization Crunch

US Supreme Court and Birthright Citizenship

The Case Against Birthright Citizenship


Gray Matters show for May 17

Show recordings for May 17, 2025

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Gray Matters show for May 24

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AIER Business Conditions Monthly - March, 2025


Gray Matters show for May 31

Show recordings for May 31, 2025

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Protectionist Angst Is Made in America - So Are Lots of Other Things

Market Meltdown & Recession Coming, Says Blackrock Fund Manager

Western Society Will Be Destroyed Without A Commitment To Truth


Gray Matters show for June 21, 2025

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Gray Matters show for June 28, 2025

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Gray Matters show for July 05, 2025

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Gray Matters show for July 12, 2025

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The Big Beautiful Bill - And Who Pays Taxes

The Federal Retirement State

Socialist Grocery Stores


Gray Matters show for July 19, 2025

Show recordings for July 19, 2025

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The Grand Bargain of Desalinization


Gray Matters show for July 26, 2025

Show recordings for July 26, 2025

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Why In-And-Out Burger Is Moving From California To Tennessee

How Gas Stations Banned Self-Service For Years

Pumping Gas And Siphoning Rents

Debunking The Myth Of Trade Victimhood

Comparative Advantage

EV Chargers At $19 Million Each


Gray Matters show for August 02, 2025

Show recordings for August 02, 2025

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Gray Matters show for August 09, 2025

Show recordings for August 09, 2025

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California's Rising Gas Prices

What Japan's Struggling Rice Market Teaches Us About US Tariffs

Consumer Price Index Data from 1913 to 2025


Gray Matters show for August 16, 2025

Show recordings for August 16, 2025

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Tariffs Won't Bridge The Fiscal Gap

Preparing For A Long War


Gray Matters show for August 23, 2025

Show recordings for August 23, 2025

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California Gas Prices Heading for $8/gallon

EPA Set To Repeal Greenhouse Regulation

The Hidden Damage From Tariffs


Gray Matters show for August 30, 2025

Show recordings for August 30, 2025

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Why Enemies of Liberty Hate Economics

Only Lobbying and Self-Deception Can Keep Tariffs Alive

Are We Doomed to Repeat Economic History, Even When We Know It?

Social Security At 90 - America's Sacred Cow


Gray Matters show for September 06, 2025

Show recordings for September 06, 2025

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Gray Matters show for September 13, 2025

Show recordings for September 13, 2025

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Gray Matters show for September 20, 2025

Show recordings for September 20, 2025

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Psychology, Security, and the Subtle Surrender of Freedom

From Draining the Swamp to Owning Intel: How the Right Became What It Feared

Everyday Price Index Rises 0.21 Percent in August 2025

Another Year of Education Failure for Our Nation's Children


Gray Matters show for September 27, 2025

Show recordings for September 27, 2025

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OOPS! I made an error. The weekly debt increase was about $45 billion, not $500 billion.

09:00 Segment 2 (Federal Reserve, NYC & Mamdani, Whoopi Goldberg):
09:00 Segment 3 (Whoopi Goldberg, Tim Walz, 97 Cars):
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10:00 Segment 1 (Federal Lay-ofs, Air Collision Lawsuit):
10:00 Segment 2 (ICE Attacks, Government Over-Regulation):
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Who Decides If a Business Is "Needed"?

The Use of Knowledge in Society

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Gray Matters show for October 04, 2025

Show recordings for October 04, 2025

Quote Of The Week

A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship. -- attributed to Alexander Fraser Tytler (1747-1813)

The Tytler Cycle

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The Tytler Cycle

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Gray Matters show for October 11, 2025

Show recordings for October 11, 2025

Quote Of The Week

Emotions neither prove not disprove facts. There was a time when any rational adult understood this. But years of dumbed-down education and emphasis on how people 'feel' have left too many people unable to see through this media gimmick. -- Thomas Sowell


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09:00 Segment 2 (Poll Supports Boat Attacks, Trump Cancels Chinese Meeting):
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Gold: Vanishing Calm, Coming Change

09:00 Segment 4: (Debt, Inflation, Housing Market):
10:00 Segment 1 (Arsonist Arrested, Government Shutdown):
10:00 Segment 2 (Israel & Hamas, Trump Peace Prize):
10:00 Segment 3 (Democratic Morals, ):

Jay Jones - Moral Bleakness

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Social Security At 90

Tariffs Rest On Distrust of Citizens


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Gray Matters show for October 18, 2025

Quote Of The Week

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you. -- Pericles (495-429 BC)


Show recordings for October 18, 2025


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09:00 Segment 2 (Gold, Debt, Boulder Sues Energy Companies):
09:00 Segment 3 (Boulder Sues Energy Companies, No Kings Rallies):
09:00 Segment 4: (Jodie Arrington Interview #1):
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10:00 Segment 4 (Text line, Mamdani, Socialism):

The False Appeal of Socialism

What's Behind Socialism's Growing Appeal


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Gray Matters show for October 25, 2025

Hosted by Ken Adams

Show recordings for October 25, 2025

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Gray Matters show for November 01, 2025

Quote Of The Week

"At one time, it was well understood that adversity taught valuable lessons, which reduce the probability of repeating foolish decisions. But, today, the welfare state shields people from the consequences of their own mistakes, allowing irresponsibility to continue and to flourish among ever wider circles of people." -- Thomas Sowell


Show recordings for November 01, 2025


09:00 Segment 1 (Intro, Quote, Elections, Gold):

Texas Policy Research Ballot Recommendations

09:00 Segment 2 (Debt, Martin Luther, Derangement):

The Great Derangement

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09:00 Segment 4: (Mexican Cartels, Trump & Beef Prices):
10:00 Segment 1 (Texas Stock Exchange, Biden Pardon Fails, Grokipedia):
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Mortgage Rates Refuse To Fall

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10:00 Segment 4 (Text line, Inflation, Meili, Climate):

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Gray Matters show for November 08, 2025

Quote Of The Week

"The fact that so many politicians are such shameless liars is not only a reflection on them, it is also a reflection on us. When the people want the impossible, only liars can satisfy" -- Thomas Sowell


Show recordings for November 08, 2025

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General MacArthur's Farewell Speech to West Point

Moving High Speed Toward An Economic Abyss

America's K-Shaped Economy


Gray Matters show for November 15, 2025

Quote Of The Week

If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years there would be a shortage of sand. -- Milton Friedman


Show recordings for November 15, 2025

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Gen Z Blames Capitalism, But We Choose The Cage That Traps Us

There Is No Tariff Plan

Adam Smith Versus The Engineers Of Utopia

Billionaires Won't Leave NYC, But Their Employees Might

Obamacare's Costly Illusion of Affordability


Gray Matters show for November 22, 2025

Quote Of The Week

Envy was once considered to be one of the seven deadly sins before it became one of the most admired virtues under its new name, Social Justice. -- Thomas Sowell


Show recordings for November 22, 2025

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The Phenomenon of Populism

The Feminine Mistake

Do the Rich Pay Their Fair Share of Taxes

Ronald Reagan Did Not Love Tariffs

Social Security At 90


Gray Matters show for November 29, 2025

Quote Of The Week

What do the poor most need? They need to stop being poor. And how can that be done, on a mass scale, except by an economy that creates vastly more wealth? Yet the political left has long had a remarkable lack of interest in how wealth is created. As far as they are concerned, wealth exists somehow and the only interesting question is how to redistribute it. -- Thomas Sowell


Show recordings for November 29, 2025

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Another Collectivist Disaster Forgotten

Thanksgiving Lessons

The Fed Does Not Determine The Price Of Credit

Costs Rise As Inflation Persists

China's Latest Rare Earth Move


Gray Matters show for December 06, 2025

Quote Of The Week

Socialism is like a mousetrap. It only works because the mouse has not yet figured out why the cheese is free. -- patriotpost.us


Show recordings for December 06, 2025

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Due to technical problems, the 10:00 show recording is not available for December 6, 2025


The Economics of Envy

Our New Pagan Morality

The Myths About Plastic