Author Archive for Christopher Gabriel
Christopher Gabriel is the host of The Christopher Gabriel Program on AM 970 WDAY in Fargo, North Dakota and around the world online at WDAY.com. You can listen to him weekdays from 11 am to 2 pm CT. His program serves up a unique blend of current events, pop culture, sports and humor with guests and contributors from across the nation. As a writer and humorist, Christopher's work has been been published by the Chicago Sun-Times, Reuters, publications within Sun-Times Media, USA Volleyball and Team USA, the Official Website of the U.S. Olympic Committee. He's also been a weekly columnist in Fargo's daily newspaper, The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead.
The Definition of Character: Samantha Meyer (audio)
Every now and again you meet someone, or perhaps you read about them, who makes you take a breath to think about the things you believe are weighing you down in your everyday life. Bills, a nagging cold that takes too long to go away, your children not going to bed at night… you get the [...]
Christine Brennan: A Writer’s Writer
There are writers. And then there are writers. I’m a writer. Most who sit at a computer, whether they’re a monthly blogger in Kansas or a twice-weekly columnist for a major newspaper in New York City, rarely rise to the level of italics. However, when we’re discussing, say, Mitch Albom or Michael Wilbon – they’re writers. That class of writer is [...]
Jay Wilkinson: Dear Jay, Love Dad (audio)
Bud Wilkinson was one of the most prolific college football coaches of all time. With a record of 145-29-4, three national championships, 14 Big 8 championships and inclusion into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1969, he did for Oklahoma football what John Wooden did for UCLA basketball and Bear Bryant did for Alabama football. The [...]
Chris Lower on LVAD’s and Keeping Your Heart Happy (audio)
Chris Lower has been a good friend for a number of years now. A former football player, happily married, three beautiful children and wonderfully successful as the director of marketing, PR and social media for Minneapolis-based Sterling Cross Communications (he’s also co-owner). For as long as I’ve known him he’s been a high-energy, “all systems [...]
Barry Weiss: Road Trip to Fargo (audio)
The only thing better than having Barry Weiss, the breakout star from A&E’s Storage Wars, live on the phone is having him live in studio for The Christopher Gabriel Program. Dinner with Barry on Sunday night, two hours on the program Monday, lunch that afternoon… toss in Tim Beers, Jr. and Tim Urian, producers from Original Productions [...]
Andrew Young on Martin Luther King, Jr. (audio)
Andrew Young was there. In Birmingham, in Selma, in Memphis… he was there. He watched history in the making. Thinking about him over the years, that’s what I’d say when his name would come up in discussion. Shortly before Mr. Young came on my program I told a WDAY colleague, “Andrew Young is a connection to [...]
Gingerbread People: The Controversy (audio)
One of the most intense controversies sweeping America: Gingerbread People. I’ve been overwhelmed with emails and phone calls asking if I would do a little digging to better understand what’s at the bottom of gingerbread people. Specifically, the gingerbread men – they appear to be naked. The women, however – clothed. That’s the crux of [...]
Lessons in Ethics from The Bolles School (audio)
One of the things I’ve spoken about on my program many times is the seeming lack of athletic stories involving character, dignity and class. Sadly, it’s something in step with our country both socially and culturally. But it manifests itself most prominently in athletics. Drugs, fights in bars, cheating by coaches and athletes alike… the [...]
Clint Hill: Before, During and After November 22, 1963 (audio)
Clint Hill is a native of Larimore, ND, born in 1932. 17 days after his birth he was dropped off at the North Dakota Children’s Home. Growing up in Washburn, ND, he later attended and graduated from Concordia College in Moorhead, MN. Shortly thereafter he enlisted in the Army and was selected for Army Intelligence School. After graduating, [...]
Bob Woodward: Watergate, Belushi, Obama and More (audio)
About the time I entered high school in suburban Philadelphia, a young reporter for The Washington Post named Bob Woodward, working with Carl Bernstein, began reporting on the Watergate scandal. They turned the political and journalism world upside down with what turned out to be perhaps the greatest journalistic effort in history. Catching up with Bob we [...]
Jeffrey Sachs: The Price of Civilization (audio)
Jeffrey Sachs is widely considered to be the leading economist in the world. Twice he’s been Special Advisor to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and was named to the TIME Magazine 100 list of most influential people in the world in 2004 and 2005. A New York Times bestselling author, we had a chance to catch up [...]
John Nichols (audio)
John Nichols is one of the most respected voices in Washington when the subject is politics and the media. And in Washington, when isn’t there discussion on politics and the media? Mr. Nichols is the associate editor of The Capital Times (Madison, WI) and is the author of seven books on politics and the media. He writes about [...]
Roxana Saberi (audio)
It’s always a treat when author /journalist, and Fargoan, Roxana Saberi is in town. I had the opportunity to have a lengthy chat with her on the released American hikers, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a lot more. We even managed to squeeze in a little bit about Northwestern football! [Audio clip: view full post to [...]
Was that Robert De Niro on the CGP? (audio)
Harold Camping’s latest end of the world prediction was for Friday, October 21, 2011. He qualified it with the word “probably” but I’m certain he was convinced Friday was the day. Most people didn’t believe him – staff members of the CG Program included. However, we still decided to run a series of mathematical equations, make a few phone [...]
Beware The CG Stand-In (video)
In the world of talk radio, there are two generally-accepted methods to allow a host a either a day off or a full-blown vacation. One is to do a “Best Of” program. The theory is the audience would prefer a rebroadcast of the host they tune in for rather than listening to a guest host. The [...]
The Shoes… Nothing Else Matters
Since beginning my radio program at WDAY nearly two-and-a-half years ago, we’ve been able to feature a remarkable range of guests and topics. Individuals like Pulitzer Prize winning author and journalist Sheryl WuDunn, New York Times bestselling authors that include Mitch Albom, Roxana Saberi, Kurt Andersen and Mignon Fogarty, Emmy Award winners Paula Poundstone and [...]
Dr. Alveda King (audio)
When I began my tenure at WDAY in Fargo (ND), I made up a master wish-list of who I hoped to have visit the program. One of the names on that list was Dr. Alveda King. Dr. King is the daugther of Rev. A.D. Williams King and the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. [...]
The World of Jim Meskimen (audio)
Jim Meskimen is a wonderfully talented actor and comedian. He’s also not too bad as an impressionist. Most recently he had the opportunity to perform a series of shows and conduct workshops in England and then upon returning to the United States, Jim dialed it up in Chicago and Toronto. It had been too long since we [...]
A Chat with Otis Williams (audio)
In the two-plus years we’ve been doing The Christopher Gabriel Program on 970 WDAY, we’ve been blessed to have some remarkable guests. Pulitzer Prize, Grammy and Emmy winners, Academy Award nominees, New York Times bestselling authors, major figures from the political world, renowned journalists and bureau chiefs from Europe and the Middle East… it goes [...]
Fargo’s Got Beer… and it’s Home-Grown! (audio)
Microbreweries seem to be the way of the beer world these days. Most larger cities have them, and many smaller ones, too. Here in Fargo, four guys have come together to create the Fargo Beer Company. When you consider all that now exists in Fargo – the plethora of arts offerings, three major universities, great [...]
The Greeter and The Preacher (audio)
There’s never a shortage of stories when the subject is church. Service greeters, service offerings, coffee, coffee offerings, gospel concerts, gospel concert offerings… line up a thousand people and you’ll get a thousand different stories. I’ve never been a greeter at church because I’ve always felt the job was better handled by someone else. Several good [...]
Stormchaser Reed Timmer (audio)
One of the most exciting shows on television is Discovery Channel’s Stormchasers. And one of the brightest stars of the program is meteorologist and Grand Rapids (Mich.) native Reed Timmer. It took a little doing but my executive producer, Jill St. John, tracked Reed down… and it was well worth the time and effort. After [...]
