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Emmi Almeida is one of the most decorated high school athletes in the Central Valley. A two-time state champion, multiple MVP awards, D2 player of the year... and that's just basketball. There's more when volleyball and softball enter the chat. Anna Almeida is the head coach for Caruthers girls basketball and Emmi's mom. CG has followed the journeys of Emmi, Anna and Caruthers for the past three y...

More with Emmi and Anna Almeida as we look back over the past three years and look ahead to the future for both of them. The Christopher Gabriel Program ----------------------------------------------------------- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Christopher Gabriel Program' on all platforms:  The Christopher Gabriel Program is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify , YouTube...

Kris Daniels. Joe Castelan. They are the talented, funny duo that lights up the daily Kiss Country Morning Show with Kris and Joe. They stopped by the CGP to talk, what else, a little country music including artists Ella Langley, Lainey Wilson. What's the ceiling for both of them. And - why don't more country artists make their way to Fresno and the Central Valley. This might be the most energized...

Nick Schager is the Entertainment Critic for the Daily Beast and a CGP regular. This week he reviews The Devil Wears Prada 2 (theaters), Hokum (theaters) and Widow's Bay (Apple TV). The Christopher Gabriel Program ----------------------------------------------------------- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Christopher Gabriel Program' on all platforms:  The Christopher Gabriel Program is a...

Blake Ellis is the Artistic Director of Fresno's Chanticleer Shakespeare Company, Fresno's only resident professional theatre. Directing the company's upcoming production of The Tempest, Blake stopped by for an extended conversation (two segments) on how he's staging this Shakespearean classic including a major twist in the story you don't often see, how iambic pentameter works and how he arrived...

Blake Ellis continued discussing Chanticleer Shakespeare Company's upcoming production of The Tempest. A big part of this staging will be original musical underscoring from members of the Fresno Philharmonic. This is built in to many of Shakespeare's shows but often overlooked by the producing company... not Chanticleer Shakes! Also, Blake gets into why audiences should never "fear" the language b...

Sean Highkin is a longtime NBA writer based in Portland. He is the founder of the Rose Garden Report (rosegardenreport.com) and a Blazers Insider on Rip City Radio 620. Sean returned to the program discussing the NBA's play-in (which began in 2020), how the Lakers are doing it without Doncic and Reaves, the Golden State "power era" coming to an end and how valuable home court in the playoffs is......

Nick Schager is the Entertainment Critic for the Daily Beast and a regular on The CGP. This week Nick reviews Michael (theaters), Half Man (HBO) and Apex (Netflix). The Christopher Gabriel Program ----------------------------------------------------------- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Christopher Gabriel Program' on all platforms:  The Christopher Gabriel Program is available on the K...

Caroline Vakil is a reporter at The Hill covering national and state politics, in particular focusing on campaign reporting. She joined Fresno's Morning News today to take a deeper look into the gubernatorial debate in San Francisco Wednesday evening.  The Christopher Gabriel Program ----------------------------------------------------------- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Christopher G...

Paul Loeffler is the longtime voice of Fresno State football, men's basketball and baseball. In the first of two segments, Paul details what he's seen in spring practice and how he believes the 2026 team may fair in the new Pac-12. He also gets into the tough season the Diamond Dogs have had. The Christopher Gabriel Program ----------------------------------------------------------- Please Like, C...

Paul Loeffler, besides being the voice of Fresno State Athletics, is the co-founder of Central Valley Honor Flight. Until you've been a part of an Honor Flight, it's hard to fully appreciate how a 3-day trip to Washington D.C. with 60-70 veterans can be life-changing. But... it is.  The Christopher Gabriel Program ----------------------------------------------------------- Please Like, Commen...

Nick Schager is the Entertainment Critic for the Daily Beast and a regular on The CGP. This week he reviews The Christophers (theaters), Beef - Season 2 (Netflix) and Margo's Got Money Troubles (Apple TV). The Christopher Gabriel Program ----------------------------------------------------------- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Christopher Gabriel Program' on all platforms:  The Christop...

The CGP audience knows the great Nick Schager as an elite film and entertainment critic. But the questions have come for years: Just who is Nick Schager?? So, today everyone learns about Nick BEYOND the reviews! The Christopher Gabriel Program ----------------------------------------------------------- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Christopher Gabriel Program' on all platforms:  The Ch...

Trey Wallace is the Senior National College Reporter for OutKick.com. And that's just the tip of the iceberg with what he covers in the world of sports, as he goes fields to courts to courtrooms. In the first of two segments, Trey recaps his time at the men's Final Four. He also discusses what may be a new standard set by Indiana's Curt Cignetti and Michigan's Dusty May in how coaches recruit, use...

Another segment with Trey Wallace. Trey covers college sports across the nation so he's in a good position to answer a question fans endlessly debate: What conference is the best when it comes to an overall "grade" for sports. Also, does March Madness need to expand and what in the world is going on at Tennessee with the mass exodus of basketball players... though a quick look around the country a...

Nick Schager is the Entertainment Critic of the Daily Beast and a regular on The CGP. This week he reviews Euphoria - Season 3 (HBO), The Boys - Season 5 (Prime Video) and Outcome (Apple TV).  The Christopher Gabriel Program ----------------------------------------------------------- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Christopher Gabriel Program' on all platforms:  The Christopher Gabr...

A bonus segment with Nick Schager this week. Nick gets into the fine line of interviewing directors (and actors) supplied by a studio. The studio wants promotion for a film, Nick may want to ask questions well off the movie itself. Navigating that can be tricky.  The Christopher Gabriel Program ----------------------------------------------------------- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ch...

Jack Fertig is an elite basketball mind. He was the Director of Basketball Operations for Jerry Tarkanian at Fresno State as well as being an assistant at a variety of universities including Tennessee, Vermont, Oregon, USC and Washington State. In the first of two segments, Jack breaks down the Final Four and dives into Duke. Namely, how they never should have lost their regional final vs UConn. T...

More with Jack Fertig including who is left standing Monday night at the men's Final Four, the intricacies of help defense and the transfer portal... what needs to change or is it fine the way it is? The Christopher Gabriel Program ----------------------------------------------------------- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Christopher Gabriel Program' on all platforms:  The Christopher Ga...

Nick Schager is the Entertainment Critic for the Daily Beast and a regular contributor on The CGP. This week Nick reviews The Drama (theaters), Your Friends & Neighbors - Season 2 (Apple TV) and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (theaters). The Christopher Gabriel Program ----------------------------------------------------------- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Christopher Gabriel Program' on...

Bonus time with Nick Schager as he discusses what Hollywood's approach might be to Artemis II and whether we might see something on TV or in a major motion picture. Also, comparing how movie studios do with real stories about space like 1995's "Apollo 13" or more recently, "The Martian." The Christopher Gabriel Program ----------------------------------------------------------- Please Like, Commen...

Leland Vittert is the host of NewNation's highly regarded On Balance with Leland Vittert. He's also a New York Times bestselling author. The book is Born Lucky: A Dedicated Father, A Grateful Son, and My Journey with Autism. Leland joined CG on Fresno's Morning News to discuss his early struggles with autism, his father who championed him, and Vittert's ultimate rise to becoming one of the na...

Max Rego is a journalist at The Hill. He's been on the Artemis II story for quite some time and joined CG and Fresno's Morning News to discuss the selection of the astronauts, the mission objectives, concerns from NASA and a variety of technical components to the trajectory around the Moon and the return to Earth, which will be the fastest reentry into Earth's atmosphere since the 1969 Apollo 10 m...

Stephen Trembley is the Associate Athletics Director for External Relations at Saint Mary's College. In a wide-ranging conversation, Stephen offers insights into why men's head basketball coach Randy Bennett, 25 years at SMC, chose to leave and accept the same position at Arizona State. Trembley also gets into the pros and perils of coaching tenures in this new era of NIL and the transfer portal,...

Ben Ross is a Bay Area play-by-play broadcaster, sports anchor/host and a writer. Ben's been a regular guest on The CGP since 2017. In the first of two segments, he digs into the San Francisco Giants and new manager Tony Vitello. Vitello came to the Giants from the Tennessee Volunteers, a program he built into a national powerhouse and College World Series Champion. It's the first time a college c...