Christopher Gabriel Program: Recent Episodes
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Kent Owings is a noted economist, financial advisor and the founder of Ironstone Financial. Kent breaks down the huge Wall Street sell-off, the reaction from Jerome Powell and how it all may, or may not, affect the November election. Kent is also a champion break dancer and he shares his view of "breaking" in the Olympics and whether or not it should have been an Olympic sport.
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Steve Robertello is a 25-year college athletics administrator working at schools from the West Coast to the East Coast. Currently he's the Associate Commissioner of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. In the first of two parts, here Steve discusses the new reality of corporate sponsorships becoming a major player in college football stadiums (on fields) and how a unique conference like the MPSF evolves and grows.
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More with MPSF Associate Commissioner Steve Robertello talking about the expanded CFB Playoff and the communities of Pullman (Washington State) and Corvallis (Oregon State)... what's their mood and outlook as the 2024 college football season is just weeks away and the conference they knew for decades is now just them and no one else.
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Nick Schager is the entertainment critic for the Daily Beast and a longtime regular on the CGP. This week he reviews Alien: Romulus (theaters), Bad Monkey (Apple TV+) and American Murder: Laci Peterson (Netflix).
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Dr. Bill Morice is the CEO of Mayo Clinic Laboratories and formerly was the longtime Chair of Lab Medicine and Pathology. Dr. Morice has been a regular visitor to the program since 2020. Covid cases are surging again (not like 2020 but the numbers are up coast to coast) and what of dengue fever. Currently cases in the U.S. are three times higher than they were last year at this time.
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Sean Highkin is the Oregon Sports Writer of the Year, founder of the Rose Garden Report (focusing on the Portland Trail Blazers) and has been covering the NBA for many years. He returns to the program to break down the USA men's Olympic basketball team. Can anyone in Paris beat them? And Sean also looks at the even more dominant USA women's team.
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Daily Beast Entertainment Critic and CGP regular Nick Schager reviews Cuckoo (theaters), Cowboy Cartel (Apple TV+) and Batman: Caped Crusader (Prime Video).
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Nick stays for a second segment and takes on NBC's Olympic coverage. Has the coverage been worthy of a gold medal or is the network off the medal stand?
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White Plains, New York native Gordy Sheer is a three-time United States Olympian in luge doubles (Albertville, Lillehammer, Nagano). He's now the Director of Marketing for US Luge in Lake Placid and has been coming on The CGP for 14 years. Gordy joins the program for two segments this week. He begins by sharing the incredible story of how he got involved with luge, the journey to becoming an Olympian and the ultimate: Getting on the podium as the first American (with doubles partner Chris Thorpe) ever to win a medal in luge.
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Three-time Olympian and 1998 Nagano silver medalist in luge doubles Gordy Sheer pulls the curtain on how the Opening Ceremony works from the logistics, the waiting, the walking in, the roar of the crowd and the arrival of the torch to the realization -- you're an Olympian. Only one who has lived it can truly understand it and detail it.
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Ryan Aber covers the Oklahoma Sooners for The Oklahoman and Oklahoman.com. He's been coming on The CGP now for 14 years. Ryan discusses the new day for OU sports as they enter the SEC, how the conference is different from what he's been used to in the Big 12 and how he sees the Sooners fitting in to America's toughest football conference.
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More with Oklahoma Sooners beat writer Ryan Aber. Ryan discusses the impact of NIL, the transfer portal, which conference (SEC, Big Ten, Big 12) will be affected most by the arrival of new teams/athletic programs and gauges the impact of conference realignment from the perspective of academics.
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Paul Loeffler is the longtime Voice of Fresno State Athletics. He returned to the program to discuss Jeff Tedford's departure as head coach, the elevation of Tim Skipper to interim head coach and the prospect for success for this Bulldogs team in 2024.
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Alyssa Charlston is a multitalented sports anchor and reporter for FOX 13 Seattle. The former Idaho basketball star (also played professionally in Luxembourg) joins the programs for two segments. Here Alyssa talks about the WNBA and the exponential growth it's experiencing with the arrival of Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese. And should one or both have been included on the U.S. Olympic team on their way to Paris for the Summer Games.
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More with FOX 13 Seattle sports anchor and reporter Alyssa Charlston. Here Alyssa breaks down the peaks and valleys of women in sports broadcasting and the prospects of the NBA returning to Seattle.
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Nick Schager is the entertainment critic of the Daily Beast and a longtime regular on the CGP. This week he reviews Twisters (theaters), Those About to Die (Peacock) and Lady in the Lake (Apple TV +).
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Ben Ross is a Bay Area play-by-play broadcaster, host, anchor and writer as well as being a longtime CGP contributor. He returned to the program to discuss the future of the Golden State Warriors and what owner Joe Lacob's approach is going to be now that the dynasty is over. Also, can Cal (his alma mater) and Stanford survive and thrive in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
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Award-winning sports writer and the founder of The Rose Garden Report, NBA writer Sean Highkin, returns to the program to preview and assess the USA men's basketball team as they prepare to defend gold in the Paris Olympics.
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Daily Beast Entertainment Critic and CGP regular Nick Schager reviews Longlegs (theaters), Fly Me to the Moon (theaters) and Sunny (Apple TV+).
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More with Nick Schager from the Daily Beast as he discusses the merits, pro and con, of doing a sequel - especially ones that come 15-20 years after the original. And Will Smith: Should the Academy rescind his 10-year ban. Smith thinks so.
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Trey Wallace is the Senior College Sports Writer for Outkick and a longtime visitor to the CGP. In the first of two parts, Trey talks about the college baseball journey he's been on this past month covering a regional, super regional and the College World Series in Omaha, the explosion of college baseball unlike we've ever seen and the postgame presser heard 'round the world.
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More from Trey Wallace on Jim Schlossnagle, the effect of former Pac-12 schools joining hands with the Big Ten and how Kalen DeBoer has won over Alabama.
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I've known Katherine Center for nearly 15 years and have watched her rise from an unknown author who played to empty bookstores to a New York Times bestselling rockstar who has had two of her 11 novels made into movies. She returns to the program to discuss her latest, THE ROM-COMMERS, her writing process and how the journey to success is as important, if not more so, as the success itself.
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Daily Beast Entertainment Critic and CGP regular Nick Schager reviews Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (theaters), The Bear: Season 3 (FX on Hulu) and A Quiet Place: Day One (theaters).
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New York Times bestselling author Katherine Center was able to spend a bit more time on the program for a bonus segment and we were all the better for it. Movies, influencers, podcasts... does Katherine have one? All that and still a bit more!
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Kalen DeBoer is entering his first season leading the Alabama Crimson Tide. As a head coach, this is his fourth stop. His overall record: 104-12. That includes three national championships at his alma mater, the University of Sioux Falls, an NAIA school in South Dakota. DeBoer has been a winner everywhere he's been not only as a head coach but as a coordinator. But his biggest challenge awaits him: Replacing the legendary Nick Saban.
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Continuing with the new head coach of Alabama, Kalen DeBoer, he shares his thoughts on NIL, the transfer portal, scheduling, and how fans are "teaching" him about rivalries with Auburn, LSU and Tennessee.
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Mark Standriff, the Director of Beautify Fresno, is also an actor and director. Here he puts on his director's hat to tackle The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged. Mark discusses the remarkable history of the play, how he attacked directing it for Good Company Players and why he has double-cast the production.
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Nick Schager, Entertainment Critic for the Daily Beast and a CGP regular, reviews The Bikeriders (theaters), Kinds of Kindness (theaters) and The Exorcism (theaters).
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Kris Daniels is the morning show co-host on 93.7 Kiss Country in Fresno and has been a personality on major market stations most of her career. Jason Spears is an HR executive, a former college pitcher and a youth baseball coach. Both have one major crossover point: They're parents of teen boys playing baseball. In the first of two parts, they attack the issue of youth baseball and how the entire landscape of youth sports has changed and continues to change primarily due to parents. For better and for worse.
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Continuing with Kris Daniels and Jason Spears, Daddy Ball is front and center. Never heard of it? It's a not-so-new intersection of parents and sports that has become a significant issue in the world of youth baseball.
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Terry Slatic served our country as a Marine, he served Fresno Unified as a Trustee and he served Colorado State as an offensive lineman in the late 1970's, early 1980's. In the first of two parts with Terry, he talks NIL and transfer portal and whether they're good or bad for the evolution of college football. And - is the game better now than when he played.
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Former Colorado State OL Terry Slatic continues as he discusses whether or not the Mountain West can remain viable against the SEC, Big Ten, etc. when it comes to television revenue.
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Dr. Kent Karsevar is the Executive Director of Ronald McDonald House of the Central Valley. He returned to the program to discuss the importance of the House to the entire Central Valley (and beyond) and how local residents can volunteer in a wide variety of different ways.
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Dr. Bill Morice is the President and CEO of Mayo Clinic Labs and a longtime regular on The CGP. He returns to talk about what the concern level for measles should be when someone has it and shows up in your city. Also, what you need to know when traveling abroad relative to medical concerns that almost always are overlooked.
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Daily Beast Entertainment Critic and CGP regular Nick Schager reviews Hit Man (Netflix), Eric (Netflix) and In a Violent Nature (theaters).
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More with Daily Beast Entertainment Critic Nick Schager. Nick delves into the intersection of streaming services and sports. And, he pulls the curtain on how he manages to review a film at the same time his beloved Boston Celtics are playing a huge playoff game at the same time!
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Austin Naes is a Navy veteran, a private trainer and the owner of BODY Fitness & Spa. He returns to the program talking the importance of health, fitness and nutrition and why he believes it should be taught in school... as early as elementary school. And - should insurance cover at least 3-4 private training sessions in the interest of an individual's physical well-being.
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Steve Robertello has been a college athletics administrator for more than 25 years. Currently the Associate Commissioner of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF), he's served in positions at Washington State, Arizona State, West Virginia, Villanova and was the Deputy and Interim AD at Fresno State. In the first of a two-part conversation Steve explains the MPSF, assesses the state of college athletics and delves into "institutional control" at the conference level. That's a term generally reserved for the NCAA when levying penalties. Here, we're interested in discussing the quality of conference leadership.
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Longtime college athletics administrator and Associate Commissioner of the MPSF Steve Robertello continues. In part two of the conversation, Steve takes listeners inside the NCAA Baseball tournament selection committee process (he's served on one), how college football (Power 4, Group of 5, FCS) moves forward in this new era of the sport and Fresno State - can they be nationally relevant again.
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Daily Beast Entertainment Critic and CGP regular Nick Schager reviews Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, The Garfield Movie and Queen of the Deuce.
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BODY Fitness & Spa owner, private trainer and Navy veteran Austin Naes continues with bonus CGP. Are there added health benefits choosing running over walking, and what of planks, Pilates and yoga.
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Kent Owings is the founder of Ironstone Financial. He's an economist, a wealth manager and a regular visitor to The CGP. Kent will tell you where the economy is -at, he'll explain China's response to the Biden administration's $18 billion tariff announcement and why gas prices are so volatile in California.
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CBS Sports anchor Tommy Tran returns to The CGP to talk Big Ten, SEC and how the two venerable conferences are welcoming new friends, for better or for worse. And, the new 12-team playoff: Good thing, bad thing or... a thing some already want to tweak without having played a game.
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Daily Beast Entertainment Critic and CGP regular Nick Schager, in the first of two segments this week. Here he reviews IF (theaters), The Strangers: Chapter 1 (theaters) and Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal (Netflix).
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More with Nick Schager. Does it ever seem like streaming shows (namely the ones on Netflix) go one season too long? It seems that way to Nick and CG. Also, why does Hollywood rush to turn a news story into a documentary or feature film, sometimes within months of the story's conclusion!
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Armen Ekezyan is the owner of Ark Mediterranean Grill in Fresno and Clovis. He owns the restaurants with his wife, brother and sister-in-law. Armen joined the program to talk about his journey to the United States from Armenia, how he got the business started and why the restaurants have become such huge successes.
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Bay Area AP sports writer Janie McCauley returns talking about the Oakland Athletics. Much has been made of the A's impending move to Las Vegas... with a first stop in Sacramento. We've heard from everyone - owner John Fisher, team president Dave Kaval, players - except the fans. Janie fills in the blanks.
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Author, nationally syndicated journalist and consumer advocate Christopher Elliott is back telling everyone about new airline consumer protection rules! But should travelers be legitimately excited about them?
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Daily Beast Entertainment Critic and CGP regular Nick Schager reviews Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (theaters), Dark Matter (Apple TV+) and The Last Stop in Yuma County (theaters/VOD).
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Elite boxing analyst and longtime CGP regular Derek X returned to break down the April 27th Jose Ramirez-Rances Barthelemy fight in Fresno. Ramirez won in a unanimous decision - how did he look, was he ever in danger of losing and who's the preferred next opponent.
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More on Ryan Garcia testing positive for Ostarine. Also Derek goes A to Z on the July 20 Mike Tyson-Jake Paul fight. Can Tyson win or will age catch up to him?
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Sean Highkin, winner of the Oregon Sports Writer of the Year award and founder of the Rose Garden Newsletter (Portland Trail Blazers), returned to talk NBA Playoffs. In particular, the upcoming Minnesota-Denver Western Conference semifinal series, the immediate future of the Los Angeles Lakers and reality vs myth on Bronny James, the son of LeBron James.
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Daily Beast Entertainment Critic and CGP regular Nick Schager reviews Unfrosted (Netflix), The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Peacock) and The Fall Guy (theaters).
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Rick Mirigian is an elite boxing promoter and two-time Boxing Manager of the Year. His primary client, Jose Ramirez, has a massive fight Saturday, April 28th against Rances Barthelemy at Save Mart Center. Rick talks about the importance of the fight for both fighters, working with Golden Boy Promotions and Oscar De La Hoya, how the fight came about (as well as an impressive overall card) and what concerns him about Barthelemy.
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Mike McFeely is a longtime columnist for The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, the host of "The McFeely Mess" podcast, a former radio talk show host on Fargo's KFGO and a frequent guest on The CGP. Mike discusses whether a powerhouse FCS (Football Championship Subdivision) program like North Dakota State should follow schools like James Madison University and leave FCS for FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision). Also, will unintended consequences show up after the latest round of conference realignment and if so, where?
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Dr. Bill Morice is the CEO of Mayo Clinic Labs, the former Chair of Lab Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic and a CGP regular. He returned to the program to discuss Measles and how cases globally are rising, Alzheimer's / Dementia / Early Onset Dementia and when pulmonary nodules are, and aren't, serious.
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Daily Beast Entertainment Critic and CGP regular Nick Schager reviews The Jinx - Part Two (HBO), Boy Kills World (theaters) and The Veil (FX).
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Ben Ross is a Bay Area play-by-play broadcaster, sports writer, anchor and host along with being a CGP contributor for many years. He stops by for a couple of segments this week. This first one, the Oakland A's are up to bat. At the end of this season they've decided to leave Oakland for Sacramento for three years on their way to Las Vegas. Is anything else at work here?
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In part two of Ben Ross joining the program this week he looks at the Golden State Warriors. Are they the NBA miniseries that has hung around for one or two episodes too long?
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Eli Boettger is the founder of Heat Check CBB, a national college basketball writer and a longstanding contributor to The CGP. He stops by to share insights after his time at the Final Four and tries to explain what's going on in Lexington, Kentucky after John Calipari bolted for the University of Arkansas.
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Daily Beast Entertainment Critic and CGP regular Nick Schager reviews Fallout (Amazon), Civil War (theaters) and The Sympathizer (HBO).
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Eli Boettger is a national college basketball writer, the founder of Heat Check CBB and a longtime regular on The CGP. He joins us live from Glendale, Arizona to talk about the tournament and Final Four. Has this tourney largely been a ho-hum, did the Mountain West underperform again or simply get bad matchups and what do tourney results say about the relative strength of conferences.
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More with national basketball writer Eli Boettger live from Glendale, Arizona for the Final Four. A look at the national semifinals and who holds the edge in NC State-Purdue and UConn-Alabama. The impact on games from officials (is officiating in decline) and who gets to Monday.
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Stephen Rice is the Voice of the Fresno Grizzlies. He makes his first appearance on The CGP to talk about how the Grizzlies had the overall best record in the league last year but did not make the playoffs. Also, a look ahead to the 2024 season and the impact of last season's visit to Fresno by the Savannah Bananas.
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Daily Beast Entertainment critic and CGP regular Nick Schager joins the program reviewing Ripley (Netflix), The First Omen (theaters) and Sugar (Apple TV+).
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Rocco Paolilli runs/manages Ovidio Italian Restaurant here in Fresno, a wonderful, warm, culinary delight that was founded in 1979 by his parents Franco and Virginia. The history of where the restaurant's name came from, the recipes long journey from Sulmona, Italy and how he continues to fresh-mint the menu in this first of two segments.
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Rocco Paolilli continues the discussion on Ovidio Italian Restaurant explaining how he maintains his current and loyal clientele while always expanding to a larger audience, the biggest challenges he faces as a restaurant owner and how he'd like to see the restaurant evolve into the next decade.
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Elite boxing analyst and CGP regular Derek X returned to fill in everybody on Jose Ramirez' next fight, April 27th at Save Mart Center vs Rances Barthelemy. How the fight came about, Jose's move away from Top Rank and how much he's grown and learned since his lone loss to Josh Taylor on May 22nd, 2021.
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Daily Beast Entertainment Critic and longtime CGP regular Nick Schager reviews A Gentleman in Moscow (Showtime), Dogman (theaters) and Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 (theaters).
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Our bonus segment this week is with elite boxing analyst Derek X. Derek discusses the new association between Jose Ramirez and Golden Boy Productions (Oscar De La Hoya), fighters in the way of Ramirez and whether or not he can beat them, the oldest boxers in various weight classes who won a title belt and a breakdown of the Ramirez-Rances Barthelemy fight on April 27 at Save Mart Center.
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Caruthers is a quiet town 15 miles south of Fresno situated in the heart of flourishing fields of ag. Another thing that flourishes there, but with ferocity: Caruthers High School's girls basketball team, the newly crowned D3 State Champion. Joining the program, head coach Anna Almeida and two standout players: Emmi Almeida and Gizelle "Monster" Aguirre. We get two segments with this talented trio including Coach Anna's thoughts going back to the summer of 2023 and what she believed the ceiling was for her team to whether or not the CIF got the seeding correct. Hint: Coach was emphatic with her answer!
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More with California D3 state champion Caruthers High School and head coach Anna Almeida, Emmi Almeida and Gizelle "Monster" Aguirre. The journey to a state championship is filled with twists and turns but if you're good enough to win it, it's not just the team and school that rejoices.
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Nick Schager, Entertainment Critic of The Daily Beast, reviews The Animal Kingdom (theaters, VOD), The American Society of Magical Negroes (theaters) and Alice & Jack (PBS).
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A welcome second segment with Nick Schager this week. Here Nick gets into the Oscars and what the Academy got right, what it got wrong and how he rates the overall production of the show.
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Bailey Warren is as accomplished a fiddle player as you'll find in American music. She's one piece of the very talented and versatile Bluegrass band, DownRiver Collective. The CGP had the good fortune of welcoming Bailey for three segments. Here in segment one Bailey discusses her background in music, which began at just three years old and is quite extensive. She also explains the difference between a fiddle and a violin and what differentiates Bluegrass from Americana.
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More with Bailey Warren, fiddle player for DownRiver Collective. Bailey jumps into how the band found the remarkable voice that is Ali Vance. Also, the process of putting a song together - from writing to playing, back to writing... a lot of testing and measuring. Or, when you know, you know. And going into and out of the segment, you'll hear the a little bit of the band's song, "Blue Eyed Love."
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Even more with wonderful fiddle player Bailey Warren from DownRiver Collective. Bailey talks about their song "Dead to Me" (which leads into, and out of, this segment), the ups and downs of touring and the importance of expanding Bluegrass.
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Eli Boettger is the founder of Heat Check CBB, a national college basketball writer and a longtime CGP regular. Eli takes a look at the recent situation of Dartmouth men's basketball team voting to join a local service employees union, the importance regular season conference championships should have leading to the NCAA tournament selection and his No. 1 seeds.
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This week's Bonus CGP is with national college basketball writer Eli Boettger. Eli discusses the upcoming NCAA, Pac-12 and MWC tourneys PLUS... his choice for National Player of the Year.
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Craig Campbell is the head coach of the Clovis West girls basketball team. To call him prolific would actually be an understatement. Over 730 wins, 19 straight TRAC championships, 12 straight CIF Section Championships (20-1 in Section Championship Games overall), Coach of the Year 27 years and National Runner-Up in 2017.... and this is just the tip of the iceberg. Coach Campbell stopped by the studio to talk about the legacy he's built, sustaining greatness and his view of how accurate state playoff seedings actually are.
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Paul Loeffler is the Voice of Fresno State Basketball, Football and Baseball. Paul returned to the program to talk about expectations for Fresno State Basketball (and what they should be), tell fans whether Jeff Tedford is still the head coach (we've not heard much since he stepped away) and a offer a preview of the baseball team.
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Cadence Gabriel and Gianna Ruth were nominated (and accepted) to lead the Clovis West fundraising team (named TEAM EAGLES) for the 2024 Student Visionaries of the Year campaign. Their goal is to raise $200,000 over the next seven weeks. They joined the program this week to share how this process has unfolded and what the larger vision of being involved with this kind of undertaking means to them.
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The Entertainment Critic of the Daily Beast and CGP regular Nick Schager reviews Dune: Part Two (theaters), Spaceman (Netflix) and American Conspiracy The Octopus Murders (Netflix).
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Christopher Elliott is a nationally syndicated travel writer and consumer advocate. His work has been seen in The New York Times, Washington Post as well as on ABC, NBC, CBS, the BBC and many more. He returns to the program this week to talk about the madness of getting on and off planes and... what to do with babies on planes? Some folks would like them banned.
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Sean Highkin, recently named Oregon Sportswriter of the Year, is a longtime regular on The CGP. He stopped by to talk NBA All-Star Game, the current reality of the Portland Trail Blazers in life after Damian Lillard and how the Western Conference may shake out.
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Ben Ross is a Bay Area play-by-play broadcaster, sports host/anchor and writer along with being a regular visitor to The CGP. Just when you think the A's potential journey to Las Vegas is actually on track, another odd triad of twists unfold. This time, from conflicting media accounts on the same day.
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Daily Beast Entertainment Critic and CGP regular Nick Schager reviews Drive-Away Dolls (theaters), Constellation (Apple TV+) and Shogun (FX).
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Micheal Smith became the Consul General of Ireland to the Western United States in San Francisco in August, 2022. Consul Smith takes us through how one actually becomes a diplomat. And once engaged at the Consulate in San Francisco, solidifying and growing the longstanding bond between Ireland and California while helping expand Ireland's economy through trade encompassing agribusiness, high tech and tourism.
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We were pleased to have Consul Smith join us for an additional segment. Here he discusses the importance to Ireland of an event like the World Ag Expo in Tulare, CA. Also, university students in Ireland interested in the ag industry and how the Central Valley could benefit them. Finally, the ancient game of Hurling!
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The Entertainment Critic of the Daily Beast and longtime CGP regular Nick Schager reviews Madame Web (theaters), Land of Bad (theaters, VOD) and The Truth About Jim (Max).
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Nick joins us for a second segment. The trouble with remakes (West Side Story and soon, The Wizard of Oz) and how Oscar voters view their ballots: Do they genuinely like a film they vote for or do they think it's the film an Oscar should be associated with.
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Cam Worrell was a safety on the Chicago Bears and played in Super Bowl XLI (Bears-Colts). Cam, a longtime CGP contributor, stopped by the program to share what the 49ers and Chiefs players are feeling leading up to kickoff Sunday afternoon while breaking down the game itself and telling us who he thinks wins.
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Ben Ross is a play-by-play broadcaster, sports anchor and host based in the Bay Area. The longtime CGP regular returned to the program to discuss recent comments from Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman suggesting she'd prefer the Oakland A's stay in Oakland.
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Samuel Looper works at the Ag Center and took time to join the program previewing the upcoming World Ag Expo. He also gave what amounted to a 'State of the Ag Industry' report while explaining the specific role of the Ag Center.
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Daily Beast Entertainment Critic and CGP regular Nick Schager reviews season two of Tokyo Vice (HBO), They Called Him Mostly Harmless (HBO) and The Taste of Things (theaters).
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Eli Boettger is the founder of Heat Check CBB and writes about college basketball across the nation. He returns to the program to give his 'state of the season' address now that we're halfway through it, shrinking arenas and the heightened difficulty of playing on the road.
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Nicole Linder is the CEO of the Marjaree Mason Center in Fresno. She returned to the program to discuss all aspects of teen dating violence, from the lowest threshold of what qualifies as violence to whether enough schools are dialed into awareness and education of it.
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Mike Shirinian is the owner of Fresno's Elbow Room. A magnificent restaurant in every way (food, beverages, service), Mike pulled the curtain on how a successful restaurant continues to maintain excellence while continuing to reinvent itself.
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The Entertainment Critic at The Daily Beast and longtime CGP regular Nick Schager reviews Argylle (theaters), Orion and the Dark (Netflix) and Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 12 (HBO).
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Cam Worrell, former Chicago Bears safety and current Fresno State Football sideline reporter, understands this weekend very well. His Chicago Bears team made it to the Super Bowl so no one better to break down Lions-49ers and Chiefs-Ravens than Cam.
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Kimberly Mendez is an expert on doing weddings right. She's also the founder and owner of California Bridal Hair. I've done radio nearly 20 years and have never talked about weddings or planning a wedding. But it's big, BIG business and who knew - they are very easy to mess up. So Kimberly joined us to break down wedding truths vs realities and that includes her specialty: Hair. Prospective brides and their moms need to take notes here!
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Nick Schager is the entertainment critic for the Daily Beast and a longstanding regular on The CGP. This week he's here for two segments. In this first one he reviews Masters of the Air (Apple TV+) and American Star (theaters / VOD).
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A second segment with Daily Beast entertainment critic Nick Schager. Nick talks about his time at the just-completed Sundance Film Festival in Utah as well as breaking down the recent Oscar nominations. Who are the favorites, who got snubbed.
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Omar Ruiz is an anchor and reporter for the NFL Network. The longstanding CGP visitor returned to the program for two segments. Here, he discusses what Bill Belichick might be thinking for his next move, whether Antonio Pierce will be the next Raiders coach and exactly how much input players have on the naming of a coach.
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NFL Network anchor and reporter Omar Ruiz is a longstanding regular on The CGP. Here he breaks down the four NFL divisional games and offers a bit of a surprise in one of his picks.
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Ben Ross is a Bay Area play-by-play broadcaster, a sports anchor/host and a writer. He returned to the program to give us an update on what, exactly, the problem is with the Golden State Warriors. And - can they come out of their funk!-
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The Kiss Country Morning Show with Kris Daniels and Joe "On the Go" Castelan is produced literally across the hall from my program at KMJ. Kris and Joe are the new morning team but they are veterans in country music radio. It's always fun to grab colleagues here and have them pull the curtain on how they do what they do... and make no mistake, Kris and Joe are terrific!
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Aaron Hayden was a terrific running back at the University of Tennessee who took his skills to the NFL as a 4th round draft selection and is currently the co-host of the very popular Bleav in Tennessee Football podcast with former Vols teammate Jay Graham. Aaron is in for two segments and a bonus segment! Here he discusses what really goes in in high-level college football recruiting and we break down the all-important, borderline controversial Detroit Coney Island Dog wars. Who makes the best?
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More with Aaron Hayden as he discusses how things really worked on a college football team in the early 90's including the lack of a transfer portal (you could transfer but you needed to jump through a lot of hoops!) and what happens when your coach is no longer your coach... in the same season... and then he is again... and then he isn't. Aaron went through that with Johnny Majors and Phillip Fulmer.
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Eli Boettger is a national college basketball writer and the founder of Heat Check CBB. Previously he wrote for The Sporting News and the Mountain West Wire. This week he tells us which conference is the best for 2023-24, how the transfer portal affects CBB, whether or not Colorado State is indeed legit and - how to fix Fresno State.
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Daily Beast Entertainment Critic and CGP regular Nick Schager reviews True Detective: Night Country (HBO), Echo (Disney+, Hulu) and The Beekeeper (theaters).
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Former NFL and Tennessee Vols running back Aaron Hayden stays a little longer to talk about how you take your home stadium on the road to help you win games. HINT: No heavy lifting involved!
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Scott "Gully" Gulbransen is the host of Silver and Black Today, editor, writer and host at Sportsnaut and a member of the PFWA. Gully returns to the CGP for two segments, the first one here on the good to not-so-good on college football. Namely, what to do with the transfer portal and NIL moving forward.
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Gully jumps into several NFL topics including officiating, the fiasco at the end of the Detroit-Dallas game last week and his beat, the Las Vegas Raiders - should Antonio Pierce be named head coach.
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The CEO of Mayo Clinic Labs, former Chair of Lab Medicine and Pathology (Mayo Clinic) and longtime CGP regular Dr. Bill Morice joins the program to discuss vaccinations and risk factors for getting the flu, pneumonia, RSV and/or Shingles.
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Daily Beast Entertainment Critic Nick Schager begins Year Nine as a regular on The CGP bringing reviews of Society of the Snow (Netflix), Foe (Amazon) and Mayhem! (theaters/VOD).
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This week's bonus segment is one more with Gully! Scott Gulbransen tells us about some uniform changes in MLB. Good, bad, meh...? Scott is all over it.
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Longtime CGP boxing expert Derek X returns to the program to give us a history lesson on why boxing's center of the universe left New York City for Las Vegas.
*This week's bonus segment is with Derek but it can only be found here online.
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Pastor Larry Lowry joins the program from Atlanta and discusses Christmas, what he sees in America's youth as it relates to faith and answers a time-honored question about Christmas.
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Mark Standriff is the Director of Beautify Fresno. He's also a talented stage actor. He'll be playing Salieri in Good Company Players' upcoming production of Amadeus and stopped by to talk about the role and the play.
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Daily Beast entertainment critic and CGP regular Nick Schager makes his final 2023 appearance and brings along his Top 10 list for Best Films. Also, is Marvel done as we know it and - do we love the movies again?
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Derek X, in a bonus segment, previews boxing in 2024 and -- discusses Valley native and former champion Jose Ramirez.
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Jeff Siembieda is a sports institution in Albuquerque, New Mexico. An award-winning sports talk host who, since 2006, is also the Executive Director of the New Mexico Bowl. Jeff took a few minutes out of his crazy week to join the program discussing this year's bowl matchup between New Mexico State (10-4) and Fresno State (8-4). It's a smaller bowl in what is now a sea of bowls and playoff games but to the teams, fans and the people of New Mexico... this game absolutely matters.
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Trey Wallace is the Senior College Sports Writer for OutKick-FOX. He joins the program for two segments plus a bonus segment (found only online!) discussing what has become the madness of college football: Name, Image and Likeness, and the Transfer Portal.
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Trey continues discussing what has enveloped college football all coming together in December: Bowl games, conference championships, recruiting, the transfer portal and NIL.
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Daily Beast Entertainment Critic Nick Schager reviews Wonka (theaters), Reacher season 2 (Amazon) and American Fiction (theaters).
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In our bonus segment this week, Senior College Sports Writer at Outkick-FOX Trey Wallace tackles the chaos that has become the transfer portal in college football.
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Cameron Worrell is a former Chicago Bears / Fresno State safety and the longstanding sideline reporter for Fresno State Football on Bulldogs radio broadcasts. In the first of two segments with Cam, he discusses the collapse for the Dogs in their final three regular season games and the future of head coach Jeff Tedford.
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Cam hangs out for a second segment talking more on Fresno State Football's regular season and then looking ahead to the New Mexico Bowl. Will this team be motivated considering they fell apart the last three regular season games and head coach Jeff Tedford has temporarily stepped away from his duties and will miss the game.
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Nick makes his weekly visit to the program reviewing Poor Things (theaters), The Zone of Interest (theaters) and Leave the World Behind (Netflix).
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The strike went on for some time... finally an agreement on a new contract was reached but it still took several weeks to ratify it. Will the many months Hollywood was shut down have any impact on Oscars voting? Nick tackles this one!
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Kevin Carter, a studio analyst at CBS Sports Network for college football and the NFL, was an All-American at Florida and spent 14 years in the NFL becoming an All-Pro and Super Bowl Champion. In this first part, Kevin offers his state of college football "address" and what he was hoping to achieve when he arrived at Florida. He played for Steve Spurrier while being recruited by the likes of Bobby Bowden and Lou Holtz (at Notre Dame).
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More with Kevin Carter as we discuss whether major college football (FBS) should break away from the NCAA and a look at two conference championship games: Alabama vs Georgia in the SEC and Boise State vs UNLV in the Mountain West.
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Austin Naes and Hunce Singh are the co-owners of Body Fitness & Spa. This unique, impressive and relatively new boutique gym in North Fresno specializes in personal training but that's only the tip of the iceberg.
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Nick joins us this week to review Godzilla Minus One (theaters) and Slow Horses season 3 (Apple TV+).
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This is our first Bonus CGP segment! Nick reviews the film Eileen (theaters).
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Dan Payne is a former Marine and highly decorated Veteran of Desert Storm. He joins the program to share some experiences from serving in Kuwait and Iraq as well as giving us the details on the nation's largest Veteran's Day Parade here in Fresno.
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Jill Gearin is a trailblazer in the truest sense of the word. From playing softball at Division III Emerson College in Boston to working with legendary Boston sports talker WEEI and the Pawtucket Red Sox to being named one of the first three women doing play-by-play for a minor league baseball team (she was one of three out of 160 teams), we go through her fast-rising career to the challenges of being a woman in what is mostly a man's game (major league baseball)... challenges she has more than met.
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Former Visalia Rawhide play-by-play voice Jill Gearin on broadcasting three innings of a Diamondbacks-Dodgers game at Dodger Stadium, the challenges of women broadcasters in MLB and what's coming next for Jill.
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Nick Schager, Daily Beast entertainment critic, reviews The Marvels (theaters), The Curse (Paramount+/Showtime) and For All Mankind (AppleTV+).
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Hilary Levine (co-founder, Avenues for Change: Holocaust and Genocide Education) and Fae Giffen (Manager, Community Services Department, Fresno County Public Library) join the program to preview the Americans and the Holocaust exhibit opening at the library.
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Colorado State offensive guard Terry Slatic on college football, Boise State and Fresno State, conference realignment, Oregon State and Washington State, marketing a program, the good and bad of knee braces and what to do with the NCAA hierarchy moving forward short term and long term.
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More with former Colorado State offensive guard Terry Slatic on college football, Boise State and Fresno State, conference realignment, Oregon State and Washington State, marketing a program, the good and bad of knee braces and what to do with the NCAA hierarchy moving forward short term and long term.
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More with former Colorado State offensive guard Terry Slatic on college football, Boise State and Fresno State, conference realignment, Oregon State and Washington State, marketing a program, the good and bad of knee braces and what to do with the NCAA hierarchy moving forward short term and long term.
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Jay Graham, a native of Concord, North Carolina, was a standout RB for the University of Tennessee. He had a six-year professional career, five of those in the NFL. Jay has been a college position coach, he's a father and a husband, runs a non-profit, is a podcast host with former Vols teammate Aaron Hayden and now coaches 4th graders to JV at a private school in Knoxville, Tennessee. This three-part conversation begins with Jay discussing being a highly sought-after All American recruit out of Concord to his eventual arrival at Tennessee and now adding podcast host with Hayden to his resume.
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More with former NFL and Tennessee Vols RB Jay Graham. Jay shares thoughts on Steve Spurrier, Lou Holtz, the effect of school traditions on players (the journey from freshmen to senior and how the impact changes), coaching and mentoring young boys and the importance of understanding mental health in sports - finding balance between inside the locker room to being outside it and away from football.
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More from Jay Graham on how he arrived at Concord Christian (Knoxville, TN) coaching / mentoring 4th graders to the JV, the expeditious evolution of college football and the view he has of Josh Heupel, the coach at his alma mater, Tennessee.
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Daily Beast entertainment critic and longtime CGP regular Nick Schager makes his weekly visit reviewing The Killer (theaters), Get Gotti (Netflix) and Milli Vanilli (Paramount+).
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NFL Network anchor, reporter and CGP regular Omar Ruiz returns for a two-part conversation. Here he discusses Brock Purdy, 49ers fans' current view of Purdy, the Raiders and whether or not Bill Belichick's days in New England are numbered.
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More with NFL Network anchor, reporter and CGP regular Omar Ruiz. Omar continues with looking at what does (or doesn't) separate the five 5-1 teams in the NFL, Jacksonville and Trevor Lawrence, the gap (if there is one) between the Eagles and the Cowboys in the NFC East, the amazing turnaround of the Detroit Lions and the AFC North - does anyone actually want to win the division.
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Los Angeles Cardiologist and Author Dr. Mike Vasilomanolakis returned to the program to get into more detail on his wonderful book, "Lists For A Great Life: The Fifth Most Important Book You'll Ever Own."
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Daily Beast entertainment critic and longtime CGP regular Nick Schager makes his weekly visit reviewing Killers of the Flower Moon (theaters), Nyad (theaters) and The Devil on Trial (Netflix).
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Dan Rusanowsky is the longstanding Voice of the San Jose Sharks on the Sharks Audio Network and the author of "If These Walls Could Talk: Sharks." Dan returned to the program to explain why Sharks fans should be optimistic for the upcoming season, the importance of special teams (and how some numbers can deceive) and his view on the evolution of hockey over the past three decades - from players to rules changes.
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Cam Worrell is a longtime regular on this program. He stopped by the studio to break down how Fresno State went into West Lafayette, Indiana and beat Purdue 39-35. Also, how starting QB Mikey Keene, the transfer from UCF, showed instantly why head coach Jeff Tedford was so high on him and a look at what the floor and ceiling might be for the Bulldogs in the 2023 season.
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Matt Moscona is all Louisiana. Born and raised in the state, a proud graduate of LSU and the longtime afternoon drive host at ESPN Baton Rouge. Matt returned to the program to give the view from the Bayou on QB Derek Carr and how he's fit into the culture of Louisiana and the New Orleans Saints, back-up QB Jake Haener and his six-game suspension for violating the NFL's performance-enhancing drug policy and his breakdown of what happened in the 45-24 LSU loss to Florida State.
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Matt Otstot has been the news anchor for Fresno's Morning News on KMJ for nearly nine years. He's won enough awards to fill a sizable trophy case. In his final appearance on KMJ he joins the program for two segments. Here, the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania native talks about coming out of Penn State with a degree in broadcast journalism and what he hoped for in a career, how he got to Fresno and his move from television to radio.
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More with Matt on the state of media, both the good and the not so good, and what's next for him on his career journey.
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Scott Gulbransen is a multitalented broadcast journalist who wears many hats. He's an editor/NFL writer for Sportsnaut, the host of Silver and Black Today and The Bet Las Vegas and the host of Rock Mysteries. We have the benefit of Scott joining the program for two segments this week. Here, Scott looks back at the life and considerable contributions to the NFL from Gil Brandt. Brandt passed away earlier in the week. And the Las Vegas Raiders: Is the franchise going in the right direction and what kind of role will Aiden O-Connell have moving forward.
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More with NFL writer and Silver and Black Today host Scott Gulbransen. Here Scott looks at the Bills, Bengals and Chiefs... the Dallas Cowboys and whether the hot seat has been preheated for Mike McCarthy, Jordan Love (Packers) and even a smidge on the Chicago Bears.
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Dr. Bill Morice is the CEO of Mayo Clinic Labs and the former longtime Chair of Lab Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic. He returned to the program to discuss the nationwide increase in Covid cases, if we're prepared for another sizable spike relative to healthcare and the flea-borne typhus showing up in Los Angeles County - is there any reason to be concerned?
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The Daily Beast's Nick Schager makes his weekly visit reviewing The Equalizer 3 (theaters), You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah (Netflix) and Scouts Honor: The Secret Files of the Boy Scouts of America (Netflix).
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Ben Ross is a versatile and longstanding Bay Area sports media guy handling both broadcast and print. Ben, a CGP regular, returned to talk about the Oakland Athletics and, specifically, their owner John Fisher. Fisher recently broke his silence on the proposed move of the franchise from the East Bay to Las Vegas speaking to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
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Mike McFeely has been a sports and news columnist, talk show host and podcast host in Fargo, North Dakota for better than three decades. His work can be found at inforum.com (The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, the largest news group between Minneapolis and Seattle). Mike returned to the program for several segments talking college football. Namely, his views on what's happened and what may / should / will happen with the powerhouse FCS program he covers, North Dakota State. Will they move up to FBS and receive an invitation to the Mountain West Conference, is the American Athletic Conference a possibility, or will NDSU get passed by? All that and more on the table with Mike.
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More on the evolution of college football from the FCS perspective with Mike McFeely. Also, what Mike believes will be the next chapter for 49ers backup QB and former North Dakota State star Trey Lance. And with the Oakland A's a disaster and the San Francisco Giants fading can his Minnesota Twins, the likely AL Central champion, make a run in October.
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Nick Schager makes his weekly visit with reviews on Ahsoka (Disney+), BS High (HBO) and Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn (Apple TV+).
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Kalen DeBoer is the head football coach for the Washington Huskies. He joins the program for an extended conversation (three segments) covering a lot of territory including conference realignment, NIL, the transfer portal, leaving the Pac-12 for the Big Ten, his days as offensive coordinator and then head coach at Fresno State and much more.
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Part 2 of Washington Huskies head ball coach Kalen DeBoer.
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Part 3 with Washington Huskies head ball coach Kalen DeBoer.
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Daily Beast entertainment critic and longtime CGP regular Nick Schager makes his weekly visit reviewing Blue Beetle (theaters), Strays (theaters) and Birth/Rebirth (theaters).
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Mike Prater is co-host of Prater and The Ballgame, an outstanding sports talk program on KTIK 95.3 The Ticket in Boise, ID. Mike joins CG for a couple of segments this weekend. In part one, he gives his thoughts on the madness of conference realignment: Stanford and Cal, what are their next moves, the ACC, what of Oregon State and Washington, who merges with whom between the Mountain West and the Pac-4, does no one merge... it's a lot to figure out but they tackle it head-on.
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More on conference realignment with sports talk host Mike Prater from KTIK in Boise, ID. Here, he looks at new Mountain West Conference commissioner Gloria Nevarez: Her strengths, where she came from and what her gameplan is moving forward with, potentially, Oregon State, Washington State and further down the road a new media rights deal for the conference. Also, talking dollars and cents, will Boise State continue to get a sweeter deal than the rest of the conference in any future deals?
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Nick Schager is the entertainment critic of the Daily Beast and a longstanding regular on The CGP. This week he's here for two segments.... to start things off, Nick reviews the return of Only Murders in the Building (season 3, Hulu) with an extended look at how the core of the series - Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez - has grown by two very significant actors. Also here, Nick gives his thoughts on Gran Turismo (theaters).
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More with Nick as he reviews Heart of Stone (Netflix), The Last Voyage of the Demeter (theaters) and Medusa Deluxe (theaters).
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Dr. Bill Morice is a longstanding regular on the program. He returns today to talk Long Covid, the current state of affairs for the healthcare workforce (including violence in the workplace), the loneliness epidemic in America and where public trust currently stands with healthcare.
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Alyssa Charlston is a sports anchor/reporter at Fox 13 in Seattle. Before her career in media Alyssa played professional basketball in Europe after a very successful college career at the University of Idaho where she won two Big Sky Conference championships. She joins the program for two segments discussing here in part one the complexity and chaos of conference realignment, how folks (and players) in Seattle are viewing all of it and how Washington State believes it will affect them. Alyssa spent a good deal of time in Spokane, just down the road 75 miles from Pullman.
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More with Seattle's Alyssa Charlston on conference realignment plus the rise of the Kraken, the likelihood of Seattle getting a new NBA franchise and some thoughts on former Fresno State head football coach Kalen DeBoer, now entering his second year as the head ball coach at Washington.
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Nick Schager makes his weekly visit reviewing The Trench (theaters), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (theaters) and A Compassionate Spy (theaters).
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Cameron Worrell was a safety on the Chicago Bears and is the longstanding sideline reporter for Fresno State Football. He joined the program this week for an extended conversation covering two segments. Here he looks back at playing against Randy Moss and what it was like going up to Green Bay and playing in Lambeau Field. He also previews the new-look Bulldogs. 2023 brings a lot of new faces to both sides of the football: Will they be able to defend their 2022 MWC Championship?
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More with Cam Worrell as he discusses the order of finish predictions from the recent Mountain West Football Media Days, a look at Boise State, best chance to grab a road win at either Purdue or Arizona State and some thoughts on NIL.
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Nick Schager is the entertainment critic of The Daily Beast and a CGP regular. Joining the program for two segments this week, here he does a deep dive into acclaimed director Christopher Nolan, the man behind Oppenheimer.
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More with Nick Schager as he reviews Haunted Mansion (theaters), Talk to Me (theaters) and Twisted Metal (Peacock).
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Highly regarded cardiologist Dr. Mike Vasilomanolakis makes his second visit to the CGP and at a perfect time. With the excessive heat in Fresno, throughout California and across the nation, Dr. Mike details how that heat can place added stress on the heart, signs of too much stress on the heart and best practices for keeping your heart happy when working out in excessive heat and/or humidity.
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Sean Highkin has covered the NBA for many years as well as being a regular guest on the CGP. Sean joins the program for two segments this week beginning with discussing the future of Damian Lillard and why he wants to leave the Portland Trail Blazers, the next step(s) for the Philadelphia 76ers and what to do with James Harden and Joel Embiid, and speaking of Harden -- might the Los Angeles Clippers be a viable landing sport for him?
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Continuing with Sean talking NBA and free agency including the Celtics parting ways with Marcus Smart; Memphis and Ja Morant; whether or not the Pelicans Zion Williamson can find his way back to being elite after yet another rehab period after an injury; the Warriors re-signing Draymond Green while welcoming Chris Paul.
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Daily Beast entertainment critic and CGP regular Nick Schager returns with three reviews of Oppenheimer (theaters), Barbie (theaters) and Justified: City Primeval (FX/Hulu).
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Ben Ross is a Bay Area play-by-play broadcaster, sports host / anchor and sports writer. A longtime regular on The CGP, he returned for a couple of segments starting with a look at the changing world of the Oakland Athletics. Specifically, how Oakland's Mayor Sheng Thao traveled to Seattle to meet with Rob Manfred for a new ballpark plan reality check.
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Continuing with Ben Ross, he dives into the second half of the MLB season focusing on the San Francisco Giants, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Los Angeles Angels. How will upcoming road trips affect the Giants and Dodgers, the likelihood of making deals before the August 1st trading deadline and what to do with the Angels Shohei Ohtani.
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Daily Beast entertainment critic and CGP regular Nick Schager makes his weekly visit for a couple of segments. Nick discusses the new Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One along with a good deal of talk centered around Tom Cruise. Later on in segment two, Nick reviews one more film and a series on Apple TV+.
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Nick continues discussion on Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One with Tom Cruise and his legendary stunt work. Also, his reviews of Bird Box Barcelona (Netflix) and The Afterparty, season 2 (Apple TV+)
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Cameron Steinagel is the CEO of Table Mountain Casino Resort, taking over in March of this year. Possessing a diverse and impressive background centered around finance and strategic management, Cameron goes A to Z from his days as a college athlete to the challenges of running a major casino resort.
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Cameron Steinagel, CEO of Table Mountain Casino Resort, continues explaining the daily challenges, and joys, of heading up a major casino resort,
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Greg Lane is one of the most talented music personalities in the nation, able to host shows for country, top 40, jazz, you name it and he can do the format. He is also heard regularly on KMJ hosting Auto Shop Talk on Saturday mornings and doing traffic for The Afternoon Drive (2-6 PM).
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Nick makes his weekly visit reviewing three multi-part docuseries: Last Call: When A Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York (HBO), The Ashley Madison Affair (Hulu) and Betrayal: The Perfect Husband (Hulu).
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Scott Kaplan is a very familiar voice and face in Southern California as a sports talk host at both ESPN Los Angeles and The Mightier 1090 ESPN Radio in San Diego. Scott returns to the program for a couple of segments. Here he breaks down the A to Z of how Measure G passed (the notable win for both San Diego State and the city of San Diego is the new Snapdragon Stadium where Aztecs Football calls home), and how the university is at the doorstep of making the jump from the Mountain West to either the Pac-12 or the Big 12.
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Continuing with Scott Kaplan, we cover a variety of topics here including whether or not San Diego State has an invite to the Pac-12, is a move from the Mountain West an actual upgrade to a depleted Pac-12 with USC and UCLA leaving and a look at sports in Los Angeles: Who owns the town? Lakers, Dodgers, USC, UCLA, etc.
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Nick Schager again, like last week, joins the program for several segments. In this first one Nick breaks down Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. He also talks about how the film fares relative to the previous four while getting into the nuances of what makes a bonafide movie star.
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Continuing with Nick Schager, he reviews Hijack ( Apple TV+) and Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (documentary, HBO) while discussing how film franchises often stay around a bit too long.
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Highly regarded NYC-based nutritionist Abra Pappa joins The CGP for the first time. Abra has had a remarkable journey to where she now resides as what we will call a health influencer. Abra covers a lot of ground over the two segments she spends with us including demystifying what a nutritionist actually is. Her approach isn't about weight loss. It's everything to do with making better, and great, choices to enjoy a high quality of food life.
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Here Abra gets into the meat and potatoes of her work. Ice cream, are all greens the same, salads and grilling. When it comes to everything surrounding our food life, from what we buy to how we cook, Abra says it all begins with people needing to "get their butts into the kitchen!"
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Daily Beast entertainment critic and CGP regular contributor Nick Schager makes his weekly visit reviewing The Bear (FX on Hulu), No Hard Feelings (theaters) and Secret Invasion (Disney+). He hangs out with us for a bonus segment this week discussing film festivals, Pixar and their new film Elemental.
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More with Nick Schager as he discusses the real purpose and impact of film festivals, the future of Pixar and whether or not Pixar's new offering "Elemental" delivers entertainment the way Inside Out did.
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Dr. Bill Morice is the President and CEO of Mayo Clinic Labs. He's also the former (and longtime) Chair of Lab Medicine and Pathology. Dr. Morice returned to the CGP to assess the state of the nation's health now that the worst of Covid is apparently now behind us. Also, Dr. Morice has worked directly with both Presidents Biden and Trump. With that in mind, he explains what future presidents can do better, or more efficiently, in the event of another health crisis.
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Kevin "Killer" Kaminski was an 11-year pro, most of those with the Washington Capitals. Killer spent some time as the head coach of the Fresno Monsters before going home to Saskatchewan to coach the La Ronge Ice Wolves in the SJHL. Killer joined the program to talk NHL then and now, arenas he loved to play in as an opponent and the joy of being a coach shaping you players into young men.
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More with Kevin "Killer" Kaminski on the NHL, coaching in Juniors and the Florida-Vegas Stanley Cup Final.
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Daily Beast entertainment critic and longstanding CGP regular Nick Schager makes his weekly appearance reviewing Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (theaters), I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson (Netflix) and The American Gladiator Documentary (ESPN 30 for 30).
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Janie McCauley is a Bay Area sports writer for the Associated Press. She covers the Golden State Warriors and returned to the program to discuss where this franchise goes next after being eliminated in the second round by the Los Angeles Lakers. Moving forward, where is Steve Kerr at, does the organization want Draymond Green to return, will the Warriors look to trade or dip into free agency and what of GM Bob Myers? Is he looking to return, does the organization want him back, and what happens if he departs.
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Qiant Myers is the program director of the Las Vegas Sports Network (ESPN Las Vegas, Raider Nation Radio, Fox Sports Las Vegas, 1230 The Game) as well as being a host. Q joined me to give the view from Las Vegas on the proposed relocation of the Oakland A's, the ever-shifting location of a potential ballpark, the Raiders and life after Derek Carr, the recent NFL draft and he answers the question: Who owns Las Vegas: the Golden Knights or the Raiders.
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More with Qiant Myers from the Las Vegas Sports Network on the A's potential move, the Raiders, the recent NFL Draft and the selection of Purdue QB Aidan O'Connell in the 4th round.
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Daily Beast entertainment critic and longtime CGP regular Nick Schager reviews Fast X (theaters), Sanctuary (theaters) and The Secrets of Hillsong (FX on Hulu).
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Dr. Mike, as he's known by patients and many others, is a talented and highly regarded cardiologist in the Los Angeles area. He's also an author. Mike makes his first visit to The CGP for a couple of segments. Here in part one, he discusses his new book, "Lists for a Great Life: The Fifth Most Important Book You'll Ever Own."
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Continuing with Dr. Mike, we move on to his specialty, cardiology. Mike gets into heart health, heart disease and the impact of stress on the heart.
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Paul Loeffler is the Voice of Fresno State Athletics. He returned to the program to discuss the newly unfolded "Elevate" campaign for Fresno State athletic facilities and talk about Bulldogs Baseball and their chances to make the Mountain West tournament, which they'll host in a few weeks.
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Nick Schager makes his weekly visit to The CGP reviewing Hypnotic (theaters), The Great - Season 3 (Hulu) and Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (Apple TV+).
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Simon Ateba is the Chief White House Correspondent for Today News Africa and is the preeminent journalist covering Washington and the White House for the entire continent of Africa. He pulls the curtain on the dynamics of the White House press corps, the mercurial relationship the press often has with the White House Press Secretary and the current situation in Sudan.
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In the first of two segments, former Chicago Bears and Fresno State safety Cam Worrell joined the program for his annual NFL Draft analysis. Cam talks about former Bulldogs QB Jake Haener to the New Orleans Saints, other former Bulldogs signing UDFA deals, Aaron Rodgers, Will Levis and the top selections and draft strategy for the Houston Texans, Philadelphia Eagles and the Chicago Bears.
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More with Cam Worrell on the 2023 NFL Draft and how he got selected for the University of Pittsburgh Brain Health Initiative in conjunction with Harvard University for former NFL players.
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Daily Beast's Nick Schager makes his weekly visit with reviews on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (theaters), Silo (Apple TV+) and Chile '76 (theaters).
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Debra Rush is the founder of Breaking the Chains, Tiffany Apodaca is the co-founder. Together, they lead this remarkable organization that saves and changes lives affected, or stolen, by human trafficking daily. They stopped by the program to discuss the many troubling, and dangerous, facets of human trafficking in the Central Valley and how their fight is literally 24/7.
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More with Debra and Tiffany from Breaking the Chains on human trafficking along with details on the new facility they are about to open in conjunction with the Fresno Mission.
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Hilary Levine was a Fresno Unified educator for 28 years. She and Tosha Tillotson (Associate Superintendent for the Diocese of Sacramento) are co-facilitating a seminar with The Olga Lengyel Institute for Holocaust Studies and Human Rights on the Holocaust, antisemitism, Armenian Genocide and those locally who went to Japanese interment camps. Hilary joined the program to fill us in on the details while discussing the hurdles / challenges in getting Holocaust education into schools across the nation.
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Ben Ross wears a lot of different hats as a sports broadcast journalist in the Bay Area. One of those hats is also CGP regular. Ben returned to the program to go A to Z on the continuing saga known as the Oakland A's. Leaving for Las Vegas? Staying? Who knows at this point!
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Merced's Richard Lanz served in the United States Air Force for 30 years and was a member of the most recent Honor Flight. He was a crew chief on KC-135 refuelers as part of Operation Chrome Dome. His years of service took him from Okinawa to Hawaii and Korea to Minot, North Dakota.
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Modesto's Len Churilla served in the United States Navy from 1961-85 as a journalist writing in a variety of "arenas" from base publications to Stars & Stripes. He saw and covered a lot, from the Cuban Missile Crisis to documenting wounded soldiers in Vietnam on the USS Repose to a deadly typhoon in Da Nang.
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Daily Beast entertainment critic and CGP regular Nick Schager makes his weekly visit with five reviews this week. We missed him last week as he was traveling in Brazil and Argentina. In this segment Nick gives us Carmen (theaters), Evil Dead Rises (theaters) and Mrs. Davis (Peacock).
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More with Nick as he reviews Beau is Afraid (theaters) and Ghosted (Apple TV+).
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Craig Campbell is the girls basketball coach at Clovis West High School. Named to the 100 Most Impactful People in Women's College Basketball list, Campbell joined the program for an extended conversation covering the state of girls high school basketball in California, transferring, social media, parenting with a daughter who is playing major college basketball, getting his 700th win this season and still more.
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More with Clovis West High School girls basketball coach Craig Campbell.
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Allen Sliwa is a longtime CGP regular. Perhaps the busiest man at ESPN Los Angeles with a daily show, a weekly Lakers show and the pregame/postgame host for Lakers games, Allen joined the program to offer an assessment of the Lakers for the season and as a franchise, personnel moves and whether or not the front office is safe.
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Eli Boettger is back from the Final Four in Houston and shares his thoughts on whether college basketball should go back to arenas instead of football stadiums for the semifinals and final, whether the men's and women's Final Four should be in the same place and the impact from the Final Four experience on the programs at San Diego State and Florida Atlantic (FAU)
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Dr. Jay Pope is a Fresno psychologist and associate professor of psychology at Fresno Pacific. A regular visitor to The CGP, Dr. Pope - also a passionate college basketball fan - returns to discuss the excessive amount of social media anger directed at college basketball players during March Madness when a game goes the wrong way for a team and their fans.
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National college basketball writer and the founder of Heat Check CBB Eli Boettger returns to the program live at the Final Four in Houston. A two-part conversation, here Eli talks about the notion some are suggesting that this isn't a worthy Final Four without blue blood programs, whether the tournament needs to be expanded and whether the game is too physical (some point to Duke-Tennessee in the tournament) or just fine the way it is.
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More with Eli Boettger. Eli talks about the Final Four coaches - Dusty May (Florida Atlantic), Brian Dutcher (San Diego State), Jim Larranaga (Miami) and Danny Hurley (UConn) - and the match-ups, FAU-SDSU and Miami-UConn.
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Daily Beast entertainment critic and CGP regular Nick Schager brings reviews of Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (theaters), Air (theaters) and Murder Mystery 2 (Netflix).
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Don York is KMJ's Ag Director and the host of the Ag Show. He joined the program to discuss the short-term and long-term impact from the historic rain and flooding in the region on farms, farmers and the ag industry. Also, he takes a look at legacy farming and the recent World Ag Expo.
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Elite boxing mind and longtime CGP contributor Derek X breaks down the Jose Ramirez-Richard Commey fight, the revised undercard, the state of youth boxing in the Central Valley and more broadly the sport's popularity nationwide.
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More with boxing expert Derek X including a look at the Ramirez-Commey fight at Save Mart Center in Fresno.
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Weekly regular Nick Schager joins the program reviewing John Wick: Chapter 4 (theaters), Succession (HBO) and Yellowjackets (Showtime).
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Kent Owings is an economist and financial expert along with being the founder of Ironstone Financial. He joins the program for two segments this week. Here, he'll explain how and why the SVB collapsed and the probability of it happening to another bank. He also shares his take on whether or not the U.S. banking system is healthy.
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More with economist and financial expert Kent Owings including the impact of the massive Meta layoffs and how that will impact the economy. Also, the recent drop in the price of oil and why if it gets too low it can become problematic.
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Omar Ruiz, NFL Network anchor and reporter, returns to the program discussing the frenzy of free agency. He looks at the moves from the Las Vegas Raiders, San Francisco 49ers, Chicago Bears and the impact Jalen Ramsey will have on the Miami Dolphins.
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Daily Beast entertainment critic and CGP regular Nick Schager reviews Shazam! Fury of the Gods (theaters), Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) and Boston Strangler (Hulu).
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Todd is a regular visitor to the program and it's usually when something bad with weather or wildfires are happening in California! He joins CG today to explain how Atmospheric Rivers form, how the drought got pushed aside and whether what's happened this past year or so signals any permanent change in future weather patterns.
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Paul Loeffler is the Voice of Fresno State Athletics. He joined CG in studio for an extended conversation on men's basketball - what's the bar for this program? - baseball, football, athletic facilities and Hometown Heroes.
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More with Paul Loeffler as he discusses ideas for getting more fans to Bulldogs sporting events, breaking down both the baseball and football programs, and his labor of love, hosting Hometown Heroes.
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Daily Beast entertainment critic and longstanding CGP regular Nick Schager joins the program with reviews on Scream VI (theaters), Champions (theaters) and MH370: The Plane that Disappeared (three-part docuseries, Netflix).
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Dr. Jay Pope is a clinical psychologist with a private practice in Fresno as well as being an associate professor of psychology at Fresno Pacific University. He joined CG for an extended conversation on the alarming numbers of teen girls contemplating suicide, where depression and drugs enter the equation, and whether sports are helpful or hurtful when both young boys and girls are dealing with things that become overwhelming and affect their mental health.
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Continuing with Dr. Jay Pope on suicide, depression, drugs and sports.
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More from Dr. Pope on suicide, depression, drugs and sports.
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"Kalamazoo" is the new offering from Good Company Players at their 2nd Space Theatre. The two-actor cast is Amelia Ryan and Noel Adams. They joined CG today to talk about the play, Good Company Players and theatre in Fresno.
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Ben Ross does extensive play-by-play for the Pac-12, Mountain West and West Coast Conference, he's a sports writer and he does weekend anchoring at CBS Television in Sacramento. In between all of that, he's a regular on The CGP. Two segments this week, here in part one Ben discusses the future of the Pac-12 and Mountain West conferences, the moves Stanford and/or Cal may be considering and the NCAA's endless inconsistency when it comes to transfers and discipline.
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Ben Ross continues here discussing the NBA. In particular, the Sacramento Kings, the Golden State Warriors, the Phoenix Suns and... the mystery and intrigue behind Lighting the Beam at Golden 1 Center.
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Daily Beast entertainment critic and CGP regular Nick Schager makes his weekly visit for two segments this week. Here in part one, Nick will review Cocaine Bear (theaters), The Quiet Girl (theaters) and The Consultant (Amazon Prime Video).
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A bonus segment with Nick this week as we discuss the Oscars including the Best Picture nominations, Will Smith and the new "crisis response team."
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Psychologist Dr. Ryan Martin has been appearing on The CGP for a number of years now. The nation's preeminent anger researcher, he's also a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, a podcaster, he's done a TED Talk and is the author of several books, the most recent about to be released "How to Deal with Angry People: 10 Strategies for Facing Anger at Home, at Work and Online.
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Continuing with Dr. Martin, he gets into the meat and potatoes of his new book, "How to Deal with Angry People: 10 Strategies for Facing Anger at Home, at Work and Online.
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Scott Gulbransen is a font of knowledge when it comes to the Las Vegas Raiders and the NFL. He returned to the program to discuss the departure of QB Derek Carr, who might be coming to replace him, the likelihood of success for head coach Josh McDaniels and NFL officiating.
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Nick makes his weekly visit reviewing Magic Mike's Last Dance (theaters), The Outwaters (theaters) and Bill Russell: Legend (Netflix).
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Mike Shirinian is the owner of both the Elbow Room and Riley's Brew Pub. Most know Mike by his superb restaurants but how many actually know Mike; his background, the rise up the restaurant ranks and what goes on behind the scenes when creating a menu, then updating it. All that and more in two segments with Mike.
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More with Mike Shirinian on his life as a restaurateur, how things run at the Elbow Room and how he handled the worst of Covid relative to his restaurants.
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Tom returns to the program to discuss the Jaden Rashada fiasco (now going to Arizona State) and whether something like this can happen again, the changing NCAA with NIL, the transfer portal and if both are too far out of the gate to have stricter guardrails placed on them. Also, Tom gets into where Group of 5 schools fit in all of it.
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Daily Beast entertainment critic and longtime CGP regular Nick Schager makes his weekly visit reviewing Knock at the Cabin (theaters), Gunther's Millions (Netflix) and The Ark (SyFy Network).
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It's a special four-part Sports Saturday with Christopher Gabriel and George Takata. In Part 1, George and CG discuss the present and futures of Derek Carr, Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady.
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On tap here, George and CG look at the NFC Championship Game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Philadelphia Eagles. Also, who will go into 2024 as the starting QB for the 49ers: Brock Purdy, Jimmy Garoppolo or Trey Lance.
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George and CG break down the AFC Championship Game between Cincinnati and Kansas City. Also, a look at Central Valley native and Buffalo Bills QB Josh Allen. Where does he and the Bills go next.
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In this final segment, George and CG share their views of Fresno State men's and women's basketball, the Sacramento Kings and the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Gia Vang is an award-winning journalist who is an anchor / reporter with NBC Bay Area. She joined the program to share thoughts and insights on the Monterey Park mass shooting. How does a journalist who is Asian-American walk the line between reporting on a significant tragedy while dealing with the feelings that come along with this kind of event. Also, she fills everyone in on The Very Asian Foundation, in particular how and why it got started and how she became its co-founder.
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Cam Worrell played in the NFL for six years, five of them with the Chicago Bears and one more with the Miami Dolphins. Along the way he played in both an NFC Championship Game and the Super Bowl. He joins the program today in this first segment (of two) to look back at Cowboys-49ers and Giants-Eagles. He also discusses the job Eagles head coach Nick Siriani has done and breaks down 49ers-Eagles.
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Continuing with Cam, he breaks down the AFC Championship Game, Cincinatti-Kansas City, and talks about his own experience playing in the 2006 NFC Championship Game (Saints-Bears) and then Super Bowl XLI (Colts-Bears).
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Nick makes his weekly visit reviewing Infinity Pool (theaters), Poker Face (Peacock) and Shrinking Apple TV+).
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Most know Matt Otstot as the award-winning broadcast journalst / news anchor on Fresno's Morning News. But he's also an exceptionally talented screenwriter. Matt stopped by to talk about the entirety of screenwriting: where ideas come from, creating characters, how and why a story can change and dealing with writer's block.
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Omar Ruiz is one of the longest tenured anchors/reporters at the NFL Network as well as a long-time regular on The CGP. In this first segment of two today he previews Cowboys-49ers, Giants-Eagles and Bengals-Bills.
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More with Omar Ruiz from the NFL Network as he previews Jaguars-Chiefs and looks into his crystal ball to see the futures of Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady, Derek Carr, the Brock Purdy-Jimmy G-Trey Lance Bay Area QB conundrum and... the Chicago Bears, and what they may do with their No. 1 overall draft pick.
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Nick makes his weekly visit, this week live from the Sundance Film Festival, as he reviews Junji to Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre (Netflix) and That 90's Show (Netflix). Nick also gives an overview and preview of this year's film festival in Park City, Utah.
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Neurologist Dr. Perminder Bhatia, who specializes in Dementia and Alzheimer's, joined the program to explain the difference between the two, early warning signs/symptoms and what may lay ahead with future treatments.
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Economist Kent Owings is no stranger to KMJ and The CGP. He returned to the program to offer his expertise on how a new Congress may or may not affect the economy, the ongoing issue of gas prices relative to how oil is trading on Wall Street and the potential for a major move by the Fed.
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Weather Channel Meteorologist Todd Borek joins the program to help explain the intense rain from another atmospheric river that has hit California as well as why weather patterns in the summer in the Central Valley change so drastically from the other three seasons.
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Nick makes his weekly visit reviewing The Last of Us (HBO), Hunters (Amazon) and Servant (Apple TV+).
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Dr. Bill Morice is one of the most highly regarded medical professionals in the United States and a longtime regular on The CGP. He joined today to help us understand what Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin is going through: how that type of cardiac arrest happens (a blunt trauma that stops the heart), the care one receives after cardiac arrest, signs of recovery and/or regression and how a body is cooled.
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Terry Slatic was a United States Marine, a longtime trustee for Fresno Unified and... a football player at Colorado State. We've wanted to sit down for a while now and talk football and that's exactly what we did. The transfer portal, NIL, the expanded playoff (coming soon) and the future of college football in its new era.
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More with former Colorado State football player Terry Slatic on the current and future state of the "new" college football.
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Nick makes his weekly visit reviewing Paul T. Goldman (Peacock), Copenhagen Cowboy (Netflix) and The Old Way (theaters).
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Actor and producer James Denton returned to the program. Jamie was dealing with frozen pipes at his Midwest farm house amidst the arctic blast "generational storm" as it's being called. If you've ever dealt with frozen pipes, you know what a colossal hassle it becomes! Also, his preference between working with an actor he knows or an actor he admires but has never worked alongside and - what he has coming up next.
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More from James Denton on the stresses of producing vs creating a role, actors who direct and how to explode a coffee pot.
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Scott Gulbransen returns to the program talking Raiders and NFL. Specifically, what is wrong with the team/franchise, Derek Carr and who is the NFL really playing to in today's game.
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Daily Beast entertainment critic and CGP regular Nick Schager makes his weekly visit reviewing Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix), The Pale Blue Eye (Netflix) and Living (theaters).
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For a recent Children's Musical Theatreworks performance of Charles Dickens' "Oliver," an entire group of 7th and 8th graders from one school, all with tickets for what was ostensibly a class field trip, were banned from seeing the production. There were concerns from school officials about content that included "violence, alcohol use and thievery." I spent over 20 years on the professional stage in the U.S. and Great Britain and performed in a variety of productions geared directly at middle schoolers and 9th graders. Each of those productions included extensive talkbacks with the students, their teachers and parent chaperones. I opened the program with my thoughts on age appropriateness for darker material that deals directly with societal issues that affect both kids and adults.
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Jim Cryns is an accomplished author and journalist who has numerous books and feature columns under his belt. He joined the program today to discuss his newest book, "Talk to Me," which is a collection of profiles on news talkers and media leaders from Top 50 markets.
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Sean Dillon is a Lubbock, Texas radio host who has had a long, distinguished career. He is best known for the podcast he created and hosts, Beyond the Mic. When Mike Leach was the head football coach of Texas Tech (TTU is located in Lubbock), Sean had numerous encounters with the iconic coach. He took some time to join us and share some of those stories.
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Daily Beast entertainment critic Nick Schager and CGP regular made his weekly visit reviewing Avatar: The Way of Water (theaters), National Treasure: Edge of History (Disney+) and The Volcano: Escape from Whakaari (Netflix).
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Todd returned to the program to tell us if Valley Children's is seeing cases of the newly named "TripleDemic," Cases that include the flu, RSV and Covid. He also jumped into flu shots - seeing more or less people getting them this year as Covid's power has lessened - and what his doctors and nurses think about masks. Do they still think we should wear them?
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Bay Area-based Associated Press sports writer Janie McCauley returned to the program to follow-up on the remarkable story of 8-year-old Australian Paddy Dixon. Making his first trip to America with his family, his dream was to see his favorite team, the Golden State Warriors, play. He got that wish... and much, much more. Janie also talks about empowered college athletes no longer needing to tolerate old school coaches who are verbally abusive toward them.
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CGP regular and Daily Beast entertainment critic Nick Schager makes his weekly visit reviewing The Whale (theaters), Empire of Light (theaters) and Connect (Hulu, six-part Korean series).
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Here Nick explains his process when reviewing new works. He also lays out a rather definitive road map for anyone who is tasked as a voter for an award. He talks about it from the perspective of a film critic who votes at numerous film festivals and "Best Film..." lists but what he says could easily apply to voting for something like the Heisman Trophy.
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Bronya Dixon and her family live in the coastal city of Gold Coast in the state of Queensland, Australia. Her 8-year old son Paddy has dealt with more medical issues and conditions, literally from birth, than most people confront in a lifetime. Bronya, husband Glenn, six-year-old daughter Bridgette and Paddy visited the United States for the first time in what can only be described as a triumph of the human spirit. Bronya tells the story of Paddy, where he's been, where he's at and the amazing experience that awaits him in San Francisco.
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More from Bronya Dixon on the amazing story of her son Paddy and his journey to America.
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Cam Worrell, besides being a 6-year NFL veteran, is the sideline reporter for Fresno State Football. He'll be in Boise, ID at Albertson's Stadium for the Mountain West Championship game between Fresno State and Boise State. He returned to the program to preview Bulldogs-Broncos and offer a prediction.
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CGP regular Nick Schager makes weekly visit reviewing Violent Night (theaters), Emancipation (theaters, then Apple TV) and Casey Anthony: Where the Truth Lies (Peacock).
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ESPN's Adam Rittenberg, a longstanding regular on The CGP, returned to break down where we're at with the current CFB Playoff poll. He discusses the top six teams and various scenarios involving Tennessee, TCU, LSU, Georgia, Ohio State and Michigan. Also, his insights on the dynamics of what goes on inside the selection room and whether or not too much emphasis is placed on undefeated teams.
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KMJ sister station Y101 is a longstanding "rock star" in the Central Valley. And the guy who makes them go is iconic music personality AJ Sanchez. AJ joined the program to talk about how music radio has changed/evolved over the last 20 years including dealing with record labels, the urgency (or lack there of) of artists to make visits to stations playing their music and his overall approach to hosting a morning music radio show.
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Eli returns to the program to offer up his outlook for the 2022-23 college basketball season, in particular the teams that jump out at him on the national level. Also, Eli breaks down the Mountain West, Fresno State head coach Justin Hutson and he shares his thoughts on early season neutral-site games vs playing on a team's home court.
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Nick makes his weekly visit with reviews of Fleishman is in Trouble (FX), The Inspection (theaters) and The Menu (theaters).
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Guy Adams joined the program to share the origin and evolution of the wonderful Heart of the Horse Therapy Ranch in Clovis. He details the structure of the ranch, their unending commitment to bettering the lives of children (and veterans) who have severe physical disabilities and how their goal is to "make children whole again."
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Cam Worrell returned to the program early in the week to discuss the surging Fresno State Bulldogs after the return of elite QB Jake Haener, how the team found their way with Jeff Tedford's system while he was out and their chances for winning the Mountain West Conference.
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Cam Worrell continues with a look at the NFL. Specifically, the Raiders, Josh Allen and the Bills, Jalen Hurts and the Eagles, the sinking Packers and the 49ers.
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CGP regular Nick Schager makes his weekly visit reviewing Black Panter: Wakanda Forever (theaters), The Son (theaters) and Yellowstone Season 5 Premiere (Paramount Network).
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Dr. Bill Morice is the President of Mayo Clinic Labs and the Chair of Lab Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic. Here in part 1, he discusses the alarming rise of RSV in children across the nation, the shortage of children-specific amoxicillin, the ebb and flow of Covid numbers heading into winter and the Biden Administration's concern over the slow pace developing a Covid 19 nasal vaccine and the potential security risk as China, Iran and Russia approve their own nasal/oral vaccines.
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More with Dr. Morice as he discusses the rising number of flu/respiratory illness hospitalizations, the effect of the midterms on the healthcare community, "escape variants" and understanding the difference between screening tests and diagnostic tests.
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Keith joined The CGP to break down the evolution of the men's basketball program at Fresno State since his arrival in 2018, the challenging early season non-conference schedule and how the Bulldogs may have a defensive posture on the floor but that belies a good deal of talent and creativity on offense.
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Nick joins the program for his weekly review of three films/series: The Wonder (theaters, then Netflix), Spector (Showtime, four-part docuseries) and Killer Sally (Netflix, three-part docuseries).
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James Denton and I have been friends for more than 30 years. He's been on my program dozens of times and so these are never interviews, they're simply a couple of friends having a chat. So in part 1 - how we met (which is a story in and of itself), how he was *not an overnight success, the price of success - both good and not so good - his time on the hit "Desperate Housewives" and his lengthy association with Hallmark films.
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More with James Denton including finding a balance between raising kids while being a celebrity on the global stage, his athletic prowess in softball games as part of MLB All-Star weekends and whether he believes his huge hit, "Desperate Housewives," could be as big today with the endless array of streaming services.
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Ben returned to the program to talk Phillies, Astros, the World Series and the potential legacy of Houston going back to their 2017 championship. Also, more discussion on Aaron Judge and whether he'll stay with the Yankees or possibly come west... to the Giants? The Dodgers?
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Nick makes his weekly visit with three films/series: Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (Netflix), Armageddon Time (theaters) and Wendell & Wild (Netflix).
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Todd Suntrapak returns for an extended conversation. Here in Part 1, Todd discusses the continuing of infection control as Covid cases lessen, mental health-related stress in children and the alarming rise in respiratory illnesses in children.
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Todd continues as he discusses the "Preventing Youth Suicide" collaborative, warning signs that shouldn't be ignored and how a child's health can improve or decline for reasons that extend beyond the walls of the care a hospital can give.
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Longtime CGP regular and NBA writer Sean Highkin returns for his annual season preview, can the Warriors repeat and who are his dark horses from each conference.
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Nick makes his weekly visit with three major films: Black Adam (theaters), The Banshees of Inisherin (theaters) and Ticket to Paradise (theaters).
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Janie McCauley is one of the finest AP sports writers in the nation and a frequent visitor to The CGP. She is also an accomplished tennis player (played collegiately). Not long ago she was invited to play at San Quentin State Prison. It was a profound experience, one she wrote about in a feature called "San Quentin inmates find community through tennis." We have the pleasure of hearing about the experience directly from Janie.
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More with Janie McCauley... here we get into the Oakland A's and whether or not the A's are leaving Oakland, progress on the proposed new ballpark, the Giants and interest in native Californian Aaron Judge and the Warriors - can they go back-to-back and how do they navigate on and off the court after the Draymond Green-Jordan Poole incident.
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Weekly regular Nick Schager, entertainment critic for The Daily Beast, joined the program to review Halloween Ends (theaters and Peacock), I Love You, You Hate Me (Peacock) and Chainsaw Man (Crunchyroll).
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More with Nick as he takes a peek at upcoming films to watch for, the pitfalls (if any) of large-cast movies like Amsterdam and the growing (or shrinking) influence of film festivals.
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Major Terry Slatic (Marines), former Colorado State football player, shares his views on a variety of topics including how much trouble public education in California is in, the basic differenced between FUSD and CUSD and what teachers in FUSD are most concerned about when they go to their respective schools every morning.
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More with Terry Slatic. We take a look at some numbers, namely the surprising number of kids who can't read, a national study showing how parents are grading public schools, the declining number of students attending public schools in California and whether the arts and sports will survive in public schools here.
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Vonn Webb returns to Fresno State for his second stint on the men's basketball staff. A prolific high school coach at Washington Union winning two state titles, Vonn discusses balancing the fragility of life with the reality of moving forward after a tragic loss... being resilient. Also, how his grandmother was much more than the person who raised him and what she gave to him as a foundation.
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Cam Worrell is a longtime regular on The CGP. The former Chicago Bears / Fresno State Bulldogs safety previews the Bulldogs-Boise State game, how the team is dealing with key injuries and whether Jeff Tedford can get this season turned around.
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Dr. Bill Morice is the President of Mayo Clinic Labs and the Chair of Lab Medicine and Pathology. He also has a new title at Mayo which he explains. Then Dr. Morice gets things going by addressing the disturbing, and accelerating, trend of assaults in emergency rooms across the nation. Also, hackers are going after personal medical information at an alarming rate. How concerned should we be? And in the next segment, Dr. Morice responds to President Biden telling 60 Minutes the pandemic is over.
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Dr. Bill Morice continues as he discusses the availability of Omicron-specific vaccine boosters, whether we've collectively moved into a 'learned to live with Covid' phase and if he believes a winter surge is coming.
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Ben Ross does play-by-play for the Pac-12, Mountain West and WCC conferences. He's also a sports anchor at CBS 13 in Sacramento. Ben offers his insights into what happened with the A's and Giants this year and answers the question of whether or not the season Aaron Judge is having is the greatest in MLB history.
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More with Ben as we discuss the possibility of Aaron Judge coming to the Giants and both the immediate and longterm future of the Pac-12 and Mountain West conferences.
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Nelson returned to the program to talk about what he's seen regarding fan engagement at Fresno State after attending the Oregon State-Bulldogs game. He discusses how to apply what the football program is doing right (in particular the tailgating, the band marching through...) to basketball as he has a long track record of success when it comes to getting more fans to the arena. Also, the last time he was on The CGP, within hours of his appearance he got into a car accident. He'll give an update on how he's doing.
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Adam Rittenberg is the senior writer for college football at ESPN. He's also a host on SiriusXM College Sports and an adjunct professor at the DePaul University School of Journalism. Adam returned to the program to talk about the present and future of Nebraska Football with the program currently in chaos, conference expansion, the transfer portal and breaking down the proposed 12-team playoff.
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Nick Schager is the entertainment critic of The Daily Beast and a CGP regular. This week he reviews Don't Worry Darling (theaters), Andor (Disney+) and The U.S. and the Holocaust PBS).
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Nick continues with a discussion on awards shows. Why are fewer people watching every year, do they need to be overhauled and are people turned off because only a select few shows win the vast majority of the awards.
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Marc Kapetan joins The CGP for the first time. We can call his appearance, "So two Greeks walk into a studio, one says to the other....." Marc explains in the first segment what drew him to being a lawyer, theatrics in a courtroom and what happens when a jury isn't buying what he's selling
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Continuing with Marc, he explains what's harder for him: Preparing a case, rehearsing for the bands he's in or preparing to host his KMJ program. Also, when a long case concludes how hard is it to "clean" it completely out of his system and move forward, would he give everything up to do a national tour with a band and for a guy doing so much what, exactly, does he get from doing talk radio.
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Omar Ruiz is a frequent contributor to The CGP. He returns to the show and goes far and wide on Week 1 over two segments: What surprised him the most (for better or for worse), veteran QB's Russell Wilson and Geno Smith in different homes playing each other, San Francisco 49ers QB Trey Lance and his performance in Chicago including what should or shouldn't be expectations for Niners fans and the prediction from a Philadelphia sports talk station that San Francisco will trade Trey Lance before the season is over and switch to Jimmy Garappolo.
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Continuing with Omar Ruiz from the NFL Network, Omar looks at the Philadelphia Eagles and Jalen Hurts, the Las Vegas Raiders and Derek Carr, the Cincinnati Bengals, the Green Bay Packers and Aaron Rodgers, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Tom Brady.
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Dr. Bill Morice is the President of Mayo Clinic Labs and the Chair of Lab Medicine and Pathology. He joined the program for an extended visit, first to discuss the CDC and their ongoing issues with messaging and how it's affecting their credibility with the public. Also, the return of polio and the level of concern Americans should have, monkeypox and later on, the latest on Covid.
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Dr. Bill Morice continues our discussion on monkeypox, the vaccine and how its minimal supply will be utilized, and the latest on Covid.
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Kopi Sotiropulos is the longtime anchor and weatherman for Great Day on Fox 26. He is as popular and well-known throughout Fresno and the Central Valley as Derek Carr... if not more so. Kopi joined me to talk about the upcoming Greek Fest, this year (and all future years) moved to September. We also talked Greek pastries and how you make several popular ones. Get two Greeks together on one program and it's all about the food!
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Nick Schager makes his weekly visit reviewing House of the Dragon (HBO), Beast (theaters) and Orphan: First Kill (Paramount+). Nick, the longtime CGP regular, is the entertainment critic for The Daily Beast.
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Brooklyn native Nelson Hernandez is the new assistant coach for Fresno State men's basketball. He'll be the recruiting coordinator for head coach Justin Hutson. To say Hernandez has had a remarkable journey - literally! - from Brooklyn to Fresno as both a coach and an award-winning documentary filmmaker would be a major understatement. He may be the most fascinating coach I've spoken to over the last 17 years.
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More with Coach Hernandez as he shares the importance of being immersed in the community, how former Bulldogs assistant coach (now at New Mexico) Tarvish Felton helped him get his start and the kind of player he looks for when he's out on the recruiting trail.
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Ben Ross, a CGP regular, returned to talk Major League Baseball. On the menu: the Padres, Dodgers, Yankees, Giants and the AL Central. Ben does play-by-play for the Pac-12, Mountain West and West Coast Conference, is a weekend sports anchor for CBS 13 in Sacramento and contributes to the AP.
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Making his weekly visit, Nick brings us two docuseries and a theater opening: I Just Killed My Dad (three-part docuseries, Netflix), Fall (theaters) and Children of the Underground (five-part docuseries, FX).
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Nusrat Qadir joined me from New York City in April, 2020 at the beginning of Covid when the pandemic was in its earliest stages and no one really knew where it was going or how the nation (and world) would handle it. Now, two years later, what's changed - if anything - about Nusrat, her hospital (New York Presbyterian) and New York City.
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Derek X is an outstanding boxing analyst and a longtime regular on The CGP. He returned to explain why Jose Ramirez/Jose Zepeda was cancelled and, moving forward, who may emerge in the 140 lbs. division between former champions Ramirez and Regis Prograis, current champion Josh Taylor and Zepeda.
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Mark Standriff is the Director of Beautify Fresno. However, in his spare time he enjoys going back to his roots: acting on the stage. Mark will open in A Man for All Seasons (Good Company Players) on August 19th in the role of Sir Thomas More. He stopped by to discuss the production and, more broadly, theatre in Fresno.
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Nick makes his weekly visit with three review offerings: Bullet Train (theaters), Prey (Hulu) and The Sandman (Netflix).
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Weather Channel Meteorologist Todd Borek returns to explain the unprecedented heat in Paris, London and the rest of Europe. They've seen historic high temperatures over the past few weeks. Similarly, he'll break down the same overwhelming heat that has stretched from coast to coast in the United States.
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Cam Worrell returns to the program to share his views on the madness that has engulfed college football: What's next for conference expansion? Will Fresno State go to the Pac-12, why did USC and UCLA leave the conference and what move will Notre Dame make? Later on, Cam previews the 2022 Fresno State football team and shares what he believes the ceiling is for them.
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Cam continues with a preview, and prediction, for the 2022 Fresno State Bulldogs football team. They are the preseason favorite in the Mountain West Conference. Can they go undefeated?
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Nick makes his weekly visit with three great offerings: Thirteen Lives (theaters, then Amazon), Resurrection (theaters, then VOD) and Light & Magic (Disney+, this is a six -part docuseries).
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Dr. Anthony Lemieux has been appearing on The CGP for many years. One of the nation's leading experts / researchers on terrorism, Dr. Lemieux is the Co-Director of the Atlanta Global Studies Center, Professor of Communication at Georgia State University and has lectured at the CIA, the United Nations and the Department of Homeland Security. Here we discuss the recent mass shootings and what else may be in play, the concern over RT (Russian Television) and Chinese networks, how pieces of news not technically true are put into the mainstream with the goal being polarization and division, and law enforcement's ability to deal with domestic terrorism.
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Todd returned to the program to look ahead at schools starting back up next month and the once-again loud debate on whether or not to require masks. Also, even with numbers readily available (positive tests, positivity rate, hospitalizations) how many are paying little attention to Covid because of the vaccines available, booster shots and much more knowledge about the virus than several years ago. And, a look at the Kids Eat Smart Program.
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Dr. Bill Morice is the President of Mayo Clinic Labs and Chair of Lab Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic. He returned to the program discussing the reality and/or myth of masking to help prevent Covid, the growing number of cases for Monkey Pox and how vaccines have been falling behind the emerging variants of Covid 19.
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Nick makes his weekly visit reviewing Nope (theaters), Primal: Season 2 (Adult Swim Wed / HBO Max Thurs) and This is GWAR (Shudder).
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Christopher Elliott is one of the most highly regarded travel experts in the world. His work can be found in USA Today, the Washington Post and Forbes as well as on his site, Elliott.org. He returned to the program to spend several segments with us discussing the state of the airline industry, hotels, restaurants, what travelers should expect when their luggage is lost, hotel "takebles" and... chocolate shops in Paris.
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More with Christopher Elliott as he gets into lost luggage issues, hotel "takebles" and... chocolate shops in Paris.
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CGP regular Ben Ross returns to look at the first half of the 2022 MLB season. Notably, the Giants, A's, Yankees, Twins and who's selling off pieces before the trading deadline.
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Nick Schager makes his weekly visit to review The Gray Man (Theaters, then Netflix), The Rehearsal (six-part series, HBO) and What We Do in the Shadows (season four, FX).
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Dr. Ryan Martin is the Associate Dean, and a psychologist, at the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay. He's also the preeminent anger researcher in the U.S. He returned to the program to discuss a broad range of anger-related topics centered around how the nation can manage and work through what are intense levels of anger, from politics to inflation.
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More with Dr. Martin on anger, and how we process it, including a look at two recent fascinating studies and managing / understanding parental anger.
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Ben Ross returned to discuss the impending vote from the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission that will go a long way to deciding whether the A's stay in the Bay or leave. We met earlier in the week so it came just before the vote was taken. Ben lays it all out... our lean here was that the vote would be in favor of the A's. (and the vote did in fact go in favor of the A's)
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Daily Beast critic and CGP regular Nick Schager makes his weekly visit reviewing three offerings: Minions: The Rise of Gru (theaters), The Terminal List (eight-part season, Amazon) and Only Murders in the Building: Season 2 (Hulu).
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Kent Owings, a financial advisor and economist with Tree City Advisors, is no stranger to the KMJ audience. He makes his first appearance on The CGP to explain the difference between a recession and a bear market, whether a recession follows the same pattern as previous ones, the role of the Central Bank (what it can, or can't, legitimately do) and if attaching blame is important or a waste of time.
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More with Kent Owings on the economy, the inflation blame game, the role of the Central Bank and who gets hurt the most by a recession.
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Janie covers the Golden State Warriors and she joined the program to talk about their latest championship from whether or not anyone in the organization actually believed they could win it all this season to what the roster may look like next year.
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Paul returns to the program to give an early preview of the 2022 Fresno State Football team.
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Todd, a frequent visitor to The CGP, returned to discuss how children nationwide, and certainly at Valley Children's, have been showing up being co-infected with multiple viruses and how the time of season for certain viruses seems to have gone out the window in an 'all bets are off' deal for doctors, nurses and staff members.
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Todd returns to the program to discuss the wildfire outlook for California this summer and why the state, namely Central California, has received so little rain. Also a look at hurricanes, the folks who cover them on site and the level of danger they actually face.
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Jill has joined The CGP many times to talk baseball but today she's here to talk about the dangers that far too often come with being a woman broadcaster in a men's professional sport. This is the story of Maura Sheridan, former play-by-play voice of the minor league Lynchburg Hillcats (Cleveland Guardians). Jill played a significant role in Maura's story that was detailed in a feature article in The Athletic.
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Nick makes his weekly visit to review Lightyear (theaters), The Old Man (seven-part series, FX) and Spiderhead (Netflix). Nick is a CGP regular and the entertainment critic for The Daily Beast.
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Barry Zoeller is the SVP of Corporate Communications and Investor Relations for the Tejon Ranch Co. Barry jumps into how Tejon Ranch Co. hopes to bridge Southern California with the Central Valley through, among other things, job creation, new housing and overall economic development of the 270,000 acres that make up Tejon Ranch Com.
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Ben Ross does play-by-play for the Pac-12, Mountain West and West Coast Conference as well as being a weekend sports anchor for CBS 13 in Sacramento. Ben jumps into the disaster that is the Oakland A's. Also, a look at the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Angels firing Joe Maddon.
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Here Ben gets into the 49ers discussing the Jimmy G / Trey Lance situation and Deebo Samuel as well. Also, what in the world is going on in Cleveland with the $230 million they dropped on Deshaun Watson considering the new information that's come to light.
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Daily Beast critic Nick Schager makes his weekly visit with three major offerings: Jurassic World Dominion (theaters), For All Mankind: Season 3 (Apple TV+) and Peaky Blinders: Season 6 (Netflix).
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Dr. Bill Morice is the President of Mayo Clinic Labs, Chair of Lab Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic and a longstanding regular on The CGP. In this opening segment he discusses how health care professionals are coping both emotionally and physically after battling Coronavirus and numerous variants for more than two years now, the latest Covid surge and the issue of pre-teen suicides and suicidal thoughts.
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More with Dr. Morice as he discusses the baby formula crisis, monkeypox, the "vibrating pill" for a very common and often debilitating condition and both the evolving culture and messaging of the CDC.
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Bleacher Report NBA writer and CGP regular Sean Highkin stops by to discuss the NBA Playoffs, Grant Williams (Celtics), Jordan Poole (Warriors) and Golden State assistant coach Mike Brown, who takes over the Sacramento Kings at the conclusion of the playoffs.
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Nick makes his weekly visit with three highly anticipated films/streaming series: Top Gun: Maverick (theaters), Stranger Things - Season 4, Part 1 (Netflix) and Obi-Wan Kenobi (Disney+).
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Nick Guthe is a writer, director and producer who has had his hands in a number of projects, most notably ESPN's 30 for 30 The Billion Dollar Game. Nick returned to the program today to explain how a 30 for 30 comes about, the editing process and how it meshes or changes the initial narrative of a film and why sports movies are often (but certainly not always) big misses.
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Omar Ruiz is an outstanding anchor and reporter at the NFL Network and a long-time CGP regular. In this first segment today Omar discusses what has been the craziest off-season in NFL history, Deebo Samuel, Trey Lance and the San Francisco 49ers, Davante Adams and the Las Vegas Raiders as well as a deeper look at the AFC West.
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More with Omar Ruiz including the changes with the Arizona Cardinals, what Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers will look like without Davante Adams, Mike McCarthy and the Dallas Cowboys and... which team does the NFC run through: the Rams, Bucs, Packers or someone else.
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Nick Schager makes his weekly visit and brings the feature film Men (theaters), a new sci-fi series Night Sky (Amazon) and a documentary Elon Musk's Crash Course (FX). Nick is the entertainment critic for The Daily Beast.
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Dr. Baz joined The CGP to talk all things respiratory including allergies, sinusitis, asthma and how to distinguish between a cold and an allergy.
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Steve McKeithen is the Director of Athletic Bands at Fresno State along with a variety of other titles and responsibilities within the music department at the university. Steve joined the program to talk about the always outstanding Bulldog Marching Band - what they do in the summer, auditions, how the size of the band is determined and a significant honor for them coming January 1st, 2023.
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Ben Ross returns to the program to break down the Warriors-Grizzlies Western Conference semifinal series. Ben does play-by-play for the Pac-12, Mountain West and WCC. He also does Sunday sports for CBS 13 in Sacramento.
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Nick makes his weekly reviewing three offerings: Our Father (Netflix), Pleasure (theaters) and the 2nd season of Hacks (HBO Max).
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Today's program opens with a monologue where I explore the idea of today's professional athlete and whether they're a little softer than those who came before them. Also, the sports themselves - are they as physical as they could be... should be... or have those "thinned out" as well.
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Long-standing CGP boxing analyst Derek X makes his first visit back in studio since before Covid. Derek follows the opening monologue with his own thoughts on how soft/tough today's pro athletes are vs their predecessors from 20 to 40 years ago. Also, what world champion Josh Taylor may do with his four belts and how that would affect former world champion Jose Ramirez.
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More with Derek as we discuss Jose Ramirez, Tyson Fury, Canelo Alvarez, the possibility of a Spence-Crawford fight and what Frank Aleman is doing to engage, excite and mentor youth in the Central Valley through boxing.
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Nick Schager makes his weekly visit to The CGP with one major film opening and two streaming options: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (theaters), The Staircase (HBO Max) and The Big Conn (Apple TV+). Nick is the entertainment critic for The Daily Beast.
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Nicole Linder makes her second visit to The CGP on KMJ. We discussed what, exactly, MMC does for the community. Also, how Fresno ranks in the region with domestic violence issues, education in schools and how summer is their "busy season"... which for MMC, is not a good thing.
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Continuing with Nicole, we discussed where homelessness and domestic violence cross over, domestic violence homicides in Fresno and a major fundraising event coming up for MMC.
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Natalie Benson has joined The CGP many times, this being her first visit to KMJ. She joined the program to discuss the rise of the water polo program at Fresno State (she was the first coach), immediate and longterm expectations, the potential to win a national championship here and a preview of their NCAA quarterfinal match vs defending national champion USC. Natalie's a three-time All American and national champion at UCLA, Player of the Year her senior year, a two-time Olympic medalist and a member of the U.S. Water Polo Hall of Fame.
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Nick makes his weekly visit with three streaming options he'll review: Ozark Season 4, Part 2 (Netflix), Under the Banner of Heaven (FX on Hulu) and We Own This City (HBO). Nick is the Entertainment Critic for The Daily Beast.
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The minor league baseball franchise Savannah Bananas are not just a successful club along the beautiful Georgia coast, they are a legitimate global phenomenon. Emily Cole, co-owner of the club with husband Jesse, joined me to share what is truly a remarkable story of drive, dedication and passion to a vision for a baseball club and a commitment to a community that has evolved into a large, extended family. They operate from the idea it's always someone's first game. Or as their website says, "Fans First. Entertain Always. All Inclusive."
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More with Emily as she explains the origin of the name "Bananas," the immediate reaction to it (hint: not good) and how they turned what were standard run-of-the-mill nights at the old ballpark into a circus of fun, frivolity and great baseball.
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Alyssa Charlston is a multitalented broadcast journalist who has done just about everything. Play-by-play for basketball in the Pac-12 and WCC, digital content creator for Gonzaga Basketball, studio preview shows for the Washington Huskies and now a sports anchor and reporter for Seattle's Fox 13. If that isn't enough, she played college basketball at Idaho and professionally in Europe. The sports media landscape has changed for the better with more women in jobs across the industry. Alyssa joined me to talk about it, both broadly and how the journey has been for her.
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Nick makes his weekly appearance breaking down The Northman (theaters), Captive Audience (Hulu) and Hit the Road (theaters).
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Neal Roach joined the program to discuss how his business model at Premo Pizza has changed since Covid hit. Also, managing the highs and lows of a changing workforce, the biggest daily challenge(s) he faces and how you make a pizza restaurant stand out in a flooded market.
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Sean Highkin covers the NBA for Bleacher Report. He joined me to discuss the Lakers firing Frank Vogel, the immediate future of the Lakers and a preview of the NBA playoffs... specifically Minnesota-Memphis, Denver-Golden State and who you want leading your team in the postseason: James Harden or Kyrie Irving.
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Liz Kern has been reporting and anchoring news on radio for many years. She arrived at KMJ in 2013 and has established herself as one of the top voices of broadcast media in the Central Valley. Liz joined me to pull the curtain on what she does and how she does it.
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Nick makes his weekly visit reviewing Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (theaters), Better Call Saul (AMC) and Anatomy of a Scandal (Netflix).
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25 months into the Coronavirus pandemic, Todd joined the program to tell us about the emotional well-being and physical health of his doctors, nurses, support staff and administrative personnel. Also, he explained how non-Covid kids' surgical needs are being met and whether the adjusted business model they've been forced to adopt due to Covid will in fact be permanent.
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The Bulldogs just concluded their season by winning The Basketball Classic, defeating Coastal Carolina 85-74. Tarvish returned to the program to explain the significance of the program winning a postseason tournament and of hanging a banner. He also offered his view of just how close Fresno State is to being an NCAA tournament team and whether or not they'll be wading into the transfer portal for a player or several.
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CGP regular Ben Ross returned to preview the Oakland A's, the San Francisco Giants, review the failed season of the Los Angeles Lakers and give an update on the progress of the Howard Terminal ballpark (A's).
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Nick makes his weekly visit to preview two films and a streaming series: Ambulance (theaters), Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (theaters) and Tokyo Vice (HBO Max).
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Barry Zoeller makes his first visit to the program to fill us in on all that's happening with the massive 270,000-acre Tejon Ranch real estate development located between Los Angeles and Bakersfield. Most know the area for the Outlets at Tejon, restaurants and gas stations but it's in fact quite a bit more and about to expand exponentially.
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Psychologist and author Dr. Ryan Martin is the preeminent expert and researcher on anger. He discusses the Will Smith-Chris Rock incident at the Academy Awards from a variety of angles including offering insights on those who have justified Smith's slap and what that may mean as well.
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Eli Boettger, longstanding CGP regular, returns to the program live from New Orleans and the Caesars Superdome to preview the Final Four: Villanova-Kansas and North Carolina-Duke.
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Nick shares his views on the Will Smith-Chris Rock Oscars incident. And for films/series this week he reviews Morbius (theaters), Moon Knight (Disney+) and Nitram (theaters).
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Nick Schager, a weekly regular on The CGP, joined Fresno's Morning News to discuss the Will Smith/Chris Rock incident as well as comment on how successful (or not) the tri-host idea was.
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Darren is the primary force behind a powerful documentary dealing with the fentanyl crisis called "Don't Hide the Scars Project." Darren discusses the film and the growing use of fentanyl in Fresno and the Central Valley. He also details what's being done in schools to fight it and how most parents don't realize fentanyl may be closer to their home - and their kids - than they think.
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More with Darren on the fentanyl crisis in Fresno and the documentary, "Don't Hide the Scars Project."
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Scott returned to the program to talk Davante Adams arriving in Las Vegas, the power of the AFC West, whether the Raiders may now be the best in the west and Derek Carr's social media approach, decidedly different from most other professional athletes.
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Nick makes his weekly visit previewing and offering his reviews on The Lost City (theaters). Pachinko (Apple TV+) and Halo (Paramount+). Nick is now the primary entertainment critic for The Daily Beast.
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Derek Franks returns to the program to share details of the $2.3 million dollar Chuckchansi Park improvement plan (fans will love what's changed!), why Class A shouldn't be dismissed for fans on the fence about coming to the park and the biggest challenge he faces.
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Dr. Bill Morice, a CGP regular contributor, is the President of Mayo Clinic Labs and Chair of Lab Medicine and Pathology. He tells us whether or not the pandemic is winding down, if booster shots are going to be an annual thing and if he expects the kind of surge we're seeing in China to happen again in the U.S.
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Longtime CGP regular Ben Ross returned to cover the latest with the A's and Giants, the Warriors and where Deshaun Watson may land. Ben does play-by-play for the Pac-12, Mountain West and WCC. He also does weekend sports for CBS 13 in Sacramento.
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Ben continues, with his realistic projections for the Warriors and the Lakers, a look at the Western Conference and the ever-changing world of Deshaun Watson.
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Pastor Alex joined the program to discuss a myriad of dynamics and issues on the war in Ukraine with Russia. Pastor Alex is from Ukraine while his wife and other family members are from Russia. His church has Ukrainians, Russians and Moldovans... we look at the crisis from perspectives involving religion, which is central to both countries, Vladamir Putin and religious freedom in both countries.
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More insights and thoughts from Pastor Alex on the war in Ukraine, the dynamics of religion in both Ukraine and Russia and how Ukrainians are viewing the west based upon what they read and hear.
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Longtime CGP regular Tommy Tran returned to talk about his (CBS Sports HQ) recent coverage of the NFL Combine in Indianapolis. How it works, the dynamics of FBS players vs FCS players and the pressure on teams to get it right. We also talked about the Seahawks trading Russell Wilson to the Denver Broncos.
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Nick joined the program to break down The Adam Project (Netflix), Turning Red (Disney+) and The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (AppleTV+). Nick's reviews and interviews can be found on Variety, Daily Beast, Yahoo Movies and Esquire.
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Dr. Malko joined the program for several segments. In this segment she shares with us who Ukrainians are and the fundamental cultural foundation of Ukraine - things that go unmentioned as we watch the war unfold. Also, Dr. Malko looks back to the 1920's and 1930's and their constant struggle for history, language and culture, the Marxist/Leninist roots that came from the former Soviet Union, genocide and how that struggle is playing out today. Put another way, how Putin is trying to finish the work.
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More from Dr. Victoria Malko on the war in Ukraine. Here Dr. Malko discusses The Budapest Memorandum (an agreement between the U.S., Great Britain and the Russian Federation), the real endgame for Vladimir Putin, his prolific propaganda machine and NATO.
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Ben Ross returns to discuss the growing optimism for the Oakland A's staying in the East Bay and getting the new ballpark they've been pushing for. A recent City Council vote has added a much-needed boost. Also, are the Warriors a contender or will they fall just short. Ben does play-by-play for the Pac-12, Mountain West and WCC as well as weekend sports for CBS 13 in Sacramento.
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Nick Schager brings us three weekend possibilities: The Batman (theaters), Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (HBO) and After Yang (theaters). Nick's work can be found in Variety, Daily Beast, Yahoo Movies and Esquire.
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Psychologist Dr. Ryan Martin is the nation's preeminent researcher on all things to do with anger. A professor at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, podcaster and a TEDx Talk alum, Dr. Martin joins me to discuss why we bypass common sense and rush to anger, Covid's effect on us in that area and how road rage is getting worse across the nation.
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Derek X is an elite boxing analyst based here in the Central Valley. He joins me to break down the upcoming Ramirez-Pedraza fight including a look back at what happened in his fight with Josh Taylor and how he's approached overcoming that loss.
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More with Derek including a closer look at former U.S. Olympian and Valley native Richard Torrez Jr. and a broad look at boxing's heavyweight division.
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Nick returns this week with three offerings: Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber (Showtime), Vikings: Valhalla (Netflix) and Big Gold Brick (theaters). Nick's work can be found on Variety, Daily Beast, Yahoo Movies and Esquire.
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Dr. Morice, President of Mayo Clinic Labs and the Chair of Lab Medicine and Pathology, discusses the troubling, and growing, issue of physician suicide, mask mandates being dropped in a number of states and whether there will be a singular moment we can say we're out of the pandemic phase of covid.
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Gordy Sheer competed in three Winter Olympics (Albertville, Lillehammer and Nagano) ultimately winning the first luge medal (along with doubles partner Chris Thorpe) in U.S Olympic history, grabbing silver in Nagano. Gordy takes us through how the U.S. team did in Beijing and what's next for the athletes.
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Nick Schager takes a look at Death on the Nile (theaters), KIMI (HBO Max) and The Girl Before (HBO Max). Nick's work can be found in Variety, Daily Beast, Yahoo Movies and Esquire.
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