Colin Gregory Palmer Grey[1] (born: January 30, 1989), better known online as CGP Grey (or simply Grey), is an Irish-American YouTuber based in London, England. He uploads animated, educational videos about technology, geography, history, politics and science. He has a vlog channel, CGPGrey2, and a gaming channel, CGP Play.
Channel history[]
CGP Grey joined YouTube in August 2010 and uploaded his first video on October 6, 2010. His channel rose to notability after his video The Difference Between the United Kingdom, Great Britain, and England Explained went viral. He began animating his videos in the stick-figure style with his Copyright: Forever Less One Day video.
His second channel, CGPGrey2, was created on July 19, 2011. It features vlogs and things that would not fit on the main channel. His third channel, CGP Play, was created on September 17th, 2015, and is for gaming videos. These include games such as American Truck Simulator and Mario Kart 8.
Controversy[]
Copyright dispute with Vlogging Through History[]
On April 9, 2023, CGP Grey gave a copyright strike to Vlogging Through History (VTH), a channel run by Chris Mowery. Most of Mowery's channel consisted of videos of him reacting to videos that were history or education related. Mowery used his background as a historian to give insight into the videos he reacted to. The videos struck by CGP Grey were “Rules for Rulers - CGP Grey Reaction" (uploaded on March 29, 2023), and "DOES YOUR FLAG FAIL? Reaction to CGP Grey" (uploaded on April 7, 2023). Both videos were reaction videos to the work of CGP Grey. Before the strike, Grey tweeted about his dislike for reaction videos and the reaction genre. The strikes were unique, as most channels that VTH reacted to had a positive response to his reactions, and no channel had ever struck VTH before. Mowery believed that his reactions were within the bounds of fair use, and was defended by YouTubers like AlternateHistoryHub, UsefulCharts and others.[2]
Ultimately the videos were restored and the copyright strikes were withdrawn. Flag Ranking video was restored on April 24, 2023.[3] The VTH reaction to Grey's Rules for Rulers video was also restored on May 8, 2023.[4]
Podcasts[]
Hello Internet[]
Hello Internet is a podcast with 136 plus 18 special episodes co-hosted by CGP Grey and educational YouTuber Dr. Brady Haran where they discuss “YouTube, life, work and whatever". The first episode was released on January 31, 2014.
Cortex[]
Cortex is a podcast with 104+ episodes by Relay FM co-hosted by CGP Grey and Myke Hurley discusses their working lives and technology. The first episode was released on August 28th, 2015.
Episodes[]
Note: As of March 2023:
- Cortex #1: I Don't Really Like Work
- Cortex #2: Redundant Office
- Cortex #3: Good for Brain Health
- Cortex #4: Posting Day
- Cortex #5: Work Simulator
- Cortex #6: General Purpose Problem
- Cortex #7: Ultimately a Nightmare
- Cortex #8: An Episode Out Of Time
- Cortex #9: Draft A Day
- Cortex #10: Zero Artistic Skills
- Cortex #11: 0% Entertaining
- Cortex #12: The Rule of Two
- Cortex #13: Trail of Tears
- Cortex #14: Conflicted About Email
- Cortex #15: Tempest in a Teapot
- Cortex #16: Structural Trust
- Cortex #17: Dialing Down
- Cortex #18: King in a Castle
- Cortex #19: Brick of Obligation
- Cortex #20: New Year
- Cortex #21: The E-Myth Revisited
- Cortex #22: Statistics Aren't Everything
- Cortex #23: Business Monk
- Cortex #24: Open Field In Every Direction
- Cortex #25: Creativity, inc.
- Cortex #26: Pick your Poison
- Cortex #27: Danger Inches Away
- Cortex #28: Formalizing and Systematizing
- Cortex #29: Dvorak
- Cortex #30: Cortexaversary
- Cortex #31: Later Comes Eventually
- Cortex #32: Dropping Acid
- Cortex #33: Cortek
- Cortex #34: Punch Card System
- Cortex/Upgrade #1: Six Gun Showdown
- Cortex #35: An Episode Out of Time 2
- Cortex #36: Cortex Cottage
- Cortex #37: Doomsday Bunker
- Cortex #38: A Vlog Is What You Make It
- Cortex #39: You'll Never Guess What Happens!
- Cortex #40: The Rules for Rulers
- Cortex #41: Spiralling
- Cortex #42: All for the Vlog
- Cortex #43: Tornado Bigshot
- Cortex #44: Existential Time Tracking
- Cortex #45: Cortex Working Group
- Cortex #46: External Thinking Tool
- Cortex #47: Picking Up the Breadcrumbs
- Cortex #48: Parade of Failures
- Cortex #49: Waiting for the End
- Cortex #50: Golden Anniversary
- Cortex #51: Meeting for Lunch
- Cortex #52: CORTEK - WWDC 2017
- Cortex #53: Worst Business Decision Ever
- Cortex #54: An Episode Out of Time 3
- Cortex #55: Go for the Big Elephant
- Cortex/Upgrade #2: Spooky Manor
- Cortex #56: Castles Made of Sand
- Cortex #57: Bucketful of Internet
- Cortex #58: The Opportunity of a Chair
- Cortex #59: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
- Cortex #60: CorteX
- Cortex #61: State of the Apps 2018
- Cortex #62: 2018 Yearly Themes
- Cortex #63: Flower Garden
- Cortex #64: 6 Days to Air
- Cortex #65: Goals Are Dumb
- Cortex #66: Triggers - Creating Behaviour That Lasts
- Cortex #67: "Entrepreneurs"
- Cortex #68: A Noble Profession
- Cortex #69: Minimum Viable
- Cortex #70: CORTEK - WWDC 2018
- Cortex #71: Dark Synergy
- Cortex #72: Adulting Complete
- Cortex #73: Clear the Cortex Decks
- Cortex #74: The Biggest Challenge of Being a Human
- Cortex #75: Home Again
- Cortex #76: PREPARE FOR CORTEX
- Cortex #77: The Effective Executive
- Cortex #78: State of the Apps 2019
- Cortex #79: 2019 Yearly Themes
- Cortex #80: Ice Fortress
- Cortex #81: The American Meme
- Cortex #82: Screen Crimes
- Cortex #83: 7 Days Out
- Cortex #84: Radiating Anxiety
- Cortex #85: Grey's Non-Linear Life
- Cortex #86: I Like Maps
- Cortex #87: The Theme System Journal
- Cortex #88: Cortex Airport
- Cortex #89: Everything is Constant Always
- Cortex #90: Moretex
- Cortex #91: An Episode Out of Time 4: Revenge of the Time
- Cortex #92: Time Continuum Consequences
- Cortex #93: The Memory of Somebody Else
- Cortex #94: State of the Apps 2020
- Cortex #95: 2020 Yearly Themes
- Cortex #96: Levels, Levels
- Cortex #97: The Share Square
- Cortex #98: A Stable Stack of Bricks
- Cortex #99: Epi5ode Out of Time
- Cortex #100: Quarantime
- Cortex #101: Productivity 101
- Cortex #102: Lockdown Productivity
- Cortex #103: A New Widgety World
- Cortex #104: RGB on the eGPU
- Cortex #105: Atomic Notes
- Cortex #106: Clear and Boring
- Cortex #107: A Visual Bombardment
- Cortex #108: Splitter and Lifter
- Cortex #109: State of the Apps 2021
- Cortex #110: 2021 Yearly Themes
- Cortex #111: Catching an Eel
- Cortex #112: Activation Energy
- Cortex #113: Semi-Abandoned System
- Cortex #114: The Garden of #AskCortex
- Cortex #115: A Streaming Intervention
- Cortex #116: Legacy in Your Lifetime
- Cortex #117: MTG WWDC
- Cortex #118: Season of Uncertainty
- Cortex #119: Thinking, Fast and Slow
- Cortex #120: Episode Out of Time: Rio Heist
- Cortex #121: Travelling Confidence
- Cortex #122: State of the Apps 2022
- Cortex #123: 2022 Yearly Themes
- Cortex #124: Titles Are Hard
- Cortex #125: Making 'The Interstate's Forgotten Code'
- Cortex #126: Tempting the Universe
- Cortex #127: Why Don't You Love Hawaii?
- Cortex #128: Turn Left at the Big Tree!
- Cortex #129: The Wrong Kind of Munching
- Cortex #130: The Crushing Unfairness
- Cortex #131: A Truly Epic Sense of Denial
- Cortex #132: The Actual Mind of the Algorithm
- Cortex #133: The Ethics of AI Art
- Cortex #134: AI Art Will Make Marionettes Of Us All Before It Destroys The World
- Cortex #135: State of the Apps 2023
- Cortex #136: 2023 Yearly Themes
- Cortex #137: A Barometer of Twitter
- Cortex #138: The Story of the Last 18 Months
- Cortex #139: The Perils of Being Left-Handed
- Cortex #140: Cortex: In the Metaverse
Trivia[]
- On the Hello Internet podcast, he has expressed his dislike of learning languages in school as he only speaks English.
- He likes coffee and even produced a video about it.
- He used to be a physics teacher.[citation needed]
- He went to school in New York, USA, where he earned two college degrees. One was in physics, the other was in sociology. He moved to London, where he earned a PGCE in Science Education. He then became qualified as a physics teacher in England.[citation needed]
- He grew up on Long Island, New York near New York City.[citation needed]
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