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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