Christopher Gabriel Program

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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