Murder Of Gray

Hello Mogpies! This week we are looking at ourselves and discussing more of our own dilemmas. We are looking at what holds us back in life. There are many reasons someone can make to not make a choice, or not change their life despite how difficult it may be. So we share our personal reasons and hang ups. We also look at what keeps us moving forward and what allows us to quiet our inner voices eno...

Hey there Mogpies! It is no surprise that the government spends money in some surprising ways. In 1975, Senator William Proxmire wanted to bring this crazy spending to the light. So, he invented the Golden Fleece awards. Each month he would call out something silly that the government was spending money on. Things like a $3,000 study to determine if people in the military should carry umbrellas. O...

Hey Mogpies! It really feels that each day the world gets a more and more crazy. There is so much hate in this world and those that do not fit in others "norm" must be removed. Frankly it has been disgusting and hurtful to see all this hate and misinformation out there. But why now? Why is this such a focus? Is it just a diversion from our real problems? Or is this just the state of our...

Hey there Mogpies! The rite of passage is something essential to a community to give their people the mental strength to know that they are an "adult" now. That they can be depended on, that they can provide. All over the world there are various ceremonies that are specific to their world views. But something happened in the United States. It is almost like we have removed or dulled the rite of pa...

Hello Mogpies! Tipping is just another part of our days at this point. It has become so ingrained into our society that there are a multitude of laws made by our government to protect it. But the history of tipping is rather dark. It started as a way for the king to show his servants that he is pleased. It was later brought over to America by rich aristocrats in the 1850s as a way to feel fancy an...

Hey There Mogpies! Our environment has a lot of effect on our mental health. The noise and air pollution of a bustling city, to the silence of a rural town there are benefits to each, but there can be some detrimental aspects attached to these living conditions as well.  Many architects have been putting more focus on mental health and how our surroundings can affect it and there is one idea...

Hey, hi and hello Mogpies! Crowdfunding is a tool that has been used across all facets of needs. From medical bills, funerals, vacations, to even making a salad people has used these platforms to ask for money from the masses. And inn most cases these are legitimate requests, but there is a dark side to crowdfunding. Wherever there is money involved there is someone out there trying to game the sy...

Hello Mogpies! We have been discussing AI a lot these days. With the advances that OpenAI have given us many people are asking how can we tell if this is a robot or a human. While it is a current dilemma that we are having, this actually goes back about 70 years. In the 1950s Alan Turing developed a test to determine if a human is communicating with a robot or a human. This test is lovingly named...

Hey there Mogpies! This week wee are diving into the word of chatGPT, a new software developed by OpenAI.  You might remember us talking about them in our AI art episode. They developed Dall-E the ai art generator that is changing the art world. And now they created something else to rattle our cages. ChatGPT is able to deliver text based answers to questions, write papers and articles or hol...

Hey there Mogpies! Happy New Years to everyone! And with the new year comes resolutions. Each year we make them to try and better our lives in some way, but each year most of us fail to keep these new goals in mind. Why is that? This week we speculate on why so many fail to keep their resolutions going, and what we can possibly do to make them "easier" .  We discuss our own goals for 2023 and...

Hello Mogpies! This week on Murder Of Gray we look into something that is a little difficult to discuss and can be triggering for some. Mass shootings are on the rise and there is a strange phenomenon attached to them. The killers are gaining a follower base. There are groups of individuals out there, specifically teens that look at these shooters and find things that they can relate to. Whether i...

Hello Mogpies! This weeks episode is inspired by the new documentary on Netflix "Dont Pick Up The Phone". It tells the story of a hoax caller that convinced more than 100 managers to perform illegal strip searches on their employees, and in most cases it did not end there. Looking at this story it really is difficult to understand how people could fall for such a trick, but we are very trusting in...

Hello Mogpies! This week we dive further into the word of fairy tale. Stories that have been passed down through generations to teach children basic moral rights and wrongs. On the surface they can seem rather simple, teaching an easy lesson for everyone to understand. But what if there is more beneath the surface? What if these stories show us how our minds work and develop rather than "don't tal...

Hey Mogpies! This week we discuss real life superheroes. Many kids grow up reading comic books and wishing that there were real superheroes out there, or that they. can be one themself. But since we do not have super powers like our favorite caped crusaders what can we really do? Well there are a group of individuals that are trying to answer that question and show what it means to be a superhero...

Hey Mogpies! Throughout history we have always looked for ways to better ourselves and to give the following generations a leg up on the competition. Many scientists have thought that they knew the right path to traverse in order to reach that goal. This week we discuss one scientist that changed professions in order to pursue this goal. In the 80's Robert Graham wanted to ensure that intelligence...

Hello Mogpies! Science is a tool that we use to answer life's greatest questions, to find cures for deadly diseases, connect the entire world through a screen...and discover some of the deadliest things known to man. In hopes of finding various cures to some of our most dangerous diseases some scientists developed an AI powered medical miracle machine. But they began to wonder what else is this te...

Hello Mogpies! While surfing online many of us enjoy our privacy, we practice safe habits to keep our personal information safe but has anonymity gone too far? It allows us to say what we want, when we want without any real repercussion. This is a really dangerous habit to cultivate especially at a young age. It also allows for a lot of hate speech and harassment to occur online where the culprits...

Hello Mogpies! In light of some recent controversy with some bosses in the media, we thought it would be a good idea to look at CEO's of the past to see just how crazy some of these guys are. Some of these stories will shock you, some will disgust you and some will make you go "well thats just weird". But the biggest question you will be asking yourself is just how in the hell did this guys become...

Hello Mogpies! This week we dive into the black hole known as Reddit! The questions that get posted here are insane and really make you question basic human nature. From the disturbing to the bizarre you can really find anything here and these questions may be the greatest philosophical questions of our time. From scary Air BnBs to minor gambling illegally online and getting grounded the possibili...

Hello Mogpies! Happy Halloween! Welcome back to another fun filled episode. We wanted to introduce a new series here, "Layers Of Gray". In. this series we will dive into our own experiences and discuss them with you. Find out what makes us tick, what motivates us, and just why we are the way we are. There is a lot to dive into here so we are starting small-ish. This week we talk about our childhoo...

Hello Mogpies! We are continuing spooky month here with some scary philosophers and philosophical ideas! These are ideas that are sure to make you question all of reality...or find justification in how you view the world. We might have also found the first emo kid! You'll just have to listen in to find out who it is. Enjoy this weeks episode!  -------------------- Please help us out and leave...

Hey there Mogpies! Let's keep this spooky train going! This week we wanted to talk about how the genre of horror has evolved over the years. A lot has changed since the early films. Things have gotten more intense, the stories have become more real and the viewers have become more desensitized to the content. As we get more habituated to seeing these scenes play out the creators have to come up wi...

October is the month for spooky shows and frightful stories being brought up again and again. Netflix has jumped on that idea with Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.  Instead of the typical documentary style showing of the grizzly events that took place this is a scripted show that is the interpretation of what really happened. These style shows often try to humanize the killer, giving a reas...

Hey there Mogpies! Pattern recognition is a way in which we measure intelligence, it allows us to quickly assess a situation or make decisions. But what happens when we rely on these patterns too heavily and allow them to impact our lives in a negative manner? Is looking for patterns what bring us addiction, patterns of abuse, gambling, mental health issues?  While it is undoubtedly important...

Hello Mogpies! This week we stick to our backyard. California is putting an interesting idea in place and calling it Care Court. This new program will give people with mental illness treatment, whether they. want it or not. There are some skeptics of this program, where some are very excited for this. While on paper it sounds like it can be incredibly beneficial for those that were not able to rec...