Christopher Gabriel Program

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 at deciding on The Tempest.

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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 because the stories themselves are timeless. 

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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... or isn't.

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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).

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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. 

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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.

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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. 

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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).

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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!

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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 the portal and coach. 

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