Get Me to the Gray

What is religion actually for? For thousands of years, religion has offered explanations for life's biggest mysteries. But what happens when reason replaces revelation? Can a religion survive if it no longer asks people...

Former FBI Special Agent Eric Robinson spent 24 years inside one of the most powerful law enforcement institutions in the world. He worked counterterrorism, crimes against children, public corruption, and national...

War coverage depends on infrastructure most audiences never see. The fixer — the local journalist who arranges access, speaks the language, reads the room, and absorbs the risk — is the reason foreign correspondents can...

Antidepressants are in the news. A federal announcement called for reducing overprescribing of psychiatric medications — and the conversation immediately became political. This episode goes somewhere the political...

Irish traditional music session etiquette has a reputation for being fluid, unspoken, and learnable — if you're let in long enough to learn it. But what happens when the people arriving at the door didn't grow up inside...

Prosecutorial accountability has become a flashpoint in American justice debates — but what does it actually look like from inside the office? District Attorney Alexis King of Jefferson and Gilpin Counties joins Paula...

When democracy and authoritarianism go to war, the easy story is about good guys and bad guys. Daniel Bookman doesn't tell that story — but he comes close, and that's where this conversation gets interesting. Bookman is...

Can you change policing from the inside — or does the system just absorb you? That's the question retired NYPD lieutenant and highest-ranking whistleblower in department history Edwin Raymond has been living inside for...

What does it take to stay friends with someone you've disagreed with politically for decades — and keep showing up anyway? With host Paula Lehman-Ewing away on a reporting trip, COJA Marketing Director Jamie Konegni...

No guest this week — and that's the episode. Get Me to the Gray is built on the belief that most hard conversations are worth having. That polarization is often performance, and that real dialogue — across genuine...

In this episode of Get Me to the Gray , Paula speaks with researcher and decentralized technology advocate Wouter Constant about Nostr , an open protocol designed to move social media away from centralized platforms...

What happens when public narratives move faster than the systems meant to deliver justice? In this episode of Get Me to the Gray , Paula Lehman-Ewing sits down with filmmaker and commentator Sara Alessandrini to explore...

Important contextual note: This conversation was recorded before the escalation between Israel and Iran this weekend. I’m releasing it as scheduled because the issues we discuss — peace, security, and human dignity —...

What happens when reform ideas collide with real institutions? In this episode, Paula speaks with Cristine Soto DeBerry, founder and executive director of the Prosecutors Alliance and former chief of staff to San...

Recorded LIVE at Tattered Cover Book Store, Paula Lehman-Ewing speaks with retired NYPD lieutenant, whistleblower, and author Edwin Raymo nd about the unresolved tension between inside and outside approaches to change...