Michael Krasny and Team Launch the Grey Matter Podcast

“Grey Matter” not only refers to the part of the brain responsible for thinking and reasoning, but also to the nuances that are sorely missing in our polarized public discourse.  We hope to shed light on important as well as urgent and overlooked dimensions of our lives and times.

Listen to any past episode for free on Apple or Spotify for a flavor of how the episodes unfold.  

Emeritus Literature professor and best-selling author, scholar and award-winning journalist Michael Krasny, PhD, is a world class veteran interviewer, who has interviewed many of the world’s leading political, cultural, literary, science, technology, and entertainment figures.  Professor Krasny invites you to join his weekly podcast – Grey Matter with Michael Krasny. Covering an extraordinary range of intellectually stimulating and engaging topics with leading national and international figures -- experts, authors, artists, public figures, and opinion shapers -- Grey Matter with Michael Krasny offers deep dive interviews and a range of other benefits, including live interactive participation and a podcast marked by technical excellence. 

If you are new to Michael Krasny, he retired on February 12, 2021 from 28 years as host of the award-winning San Francisco bay area based Forum program on the NPR public radio affiliate KQED, which was also heard weekdays on Sirius satellite radio. The Grey Matter with Michael Krasny podcast was launched in the summer of 2022. Professor Krasny was a ratings leader for many years on both commercial (ABC) and public (NPR) radio and television. He also worked in the private sector as an interviewer for City Arts and Lectures and for a host of universities and private companies, including Oracle; Sun Microsystems; Visa International; Chevron; Harvard; McGill; University of California; and Stanford Law School. For more information about Michael Krasny and a list of some of those he has interviewed, simply go to his website at Michaelkrasny.com.  

Each episode of the podcast includes audience questions. Anyone with membership is invited to listen in as it happens, and write-in questions for guests in real time.  Members are also invited to discuss topics and interviews through our online forums where Professor Krasny participates.