The Sport of Life: Chats w/ Comedians, Filmmakers, Sports Figures, Musicians, & Intellectuals

Ben McKenzie is a filmmaker, actor, and bestselling author of EASY MONEY. He chats with Trey Elling about his superb new documentary, EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU FOR MONEY , which documents is years-long journey to understand cryptocurrency and the people most responsible for popularizing its rise. For more on the film, including screenings at a city near you, visit their website HERE .The Sport of L...

Andrew McCarthy is a New York Times bestselling author, travel writer, and filmmaker. He chats with Trey Elling about his newest book, WHO NEEDS FRIENDS: AN UNSCIENTIFIC EXAMINATION OF MALE FRIENDSHIP ACROSS AMERICA . Topics include: The genesis of the book (0:00) Small town America (3:40) Vulnerability (7:33) Have men always struggled to share feelings? (13:54) Lessons learned in Texas (17:23) Me...

The iconic Yakov Smirnoff chats with Trey Elling at Cap City Comedy Club , during the 2026 Moontower Comedy Festival ! Topics include: What he's learned from getting back out on the road (0:00) Remaining optimistic with comedy (11:25) Losing his career with the fall of communism (19:03) Living with Sam Kinison & Andrew Dice Clay (26:44) Yakov isn't actually Russian (33:56) Questioning...

Comedian Josh Wolf chats with Trey Elling, prior to his latest stop at Cap City Comedy Club in Austin. Topics include: Smedium t-shirt guys (0:00) In-shape grandpa (4:21) Competing against your kids (11:15) Moving someplace completely foreign (21:27) Living in Seattle in the 1990s (32:49) An ode to fatherhood (40:13) An ode to standup (46:04)

Josh Scherer of Mythical Kitchen chats with Trey Elling, prior to his live taping of Mythical Kitchen at SXSW! Topics include: The art of the interview (0:00) Crushing content creation (9:02) Trey's last meal...Malort (13:37) Football...fantasy and real (16:53) Throwing hammer at UCLA (21:38) Music preferences (28:26) Good books (30:59) Cooking humanely harvested human (32:49)

Brothers Danny & Zach Guarino of the Bread Basket podcast chat w/ Trey Elling! Topics include: Brothers in LA (0:00) Most Valuable... (5:39) Least Valuable... (11:29) Hawaii (17:47) Mock-drafting bread (21:21)

Legendary actor and storyteller Barry Corbin chats with Trey Elling, prior to performing his live show, " An Evening with Barry Corbin ", to kick off the Lone Star Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Bastrop on February 18th. Topics include: Shakespeare (0:00) Being Texan (9:31) No Country For Old Men (12:39) Tommy Lee Jones (20:07) Urban Cowboy (22:03) Stir Crazy (30:36) Actors as directors (36:25) Workin...

Legendary musician Kenny G chats with Trey Elling, just days after performing the National Anthem with Charlie Puth at Super Bowl LX. Topics include: How the Super Bowl op happened (0:00) Pre-show nerves (1:27) First to arrive and last to leave (4:41) Failure (13:11) Obsession with perfection (15:13) Double win at the Super Bowl (20:51) Golf (23:51) His Tiger Woods story (28:23) Favorite romantic...

Comedian and Impractical Jokers alum Sal Vulcano chats with Trey Elling, prior to his show at ACL Live at the Moody Theater on Sunday, February 1st . The guys discuss Sal's many years as a comic, his revered special, Terrified , fatherhood, vulnerability on stage, a shared disdain for the wind and traffic, and what Sal loves about standup!

Comedian and actor Jay Pharoah chats with Trey Elling about their shared past as fat kids, allowing himself to be vulnerable as a comic, lessons learned from six years at SNL, and what he loves about standup!

Comedian & actor Rhys Darby ( Flight of the Conchords , Our Flag Means Death , Yes Man , the Jumanji reboot) chats with Trey Elling about his standup philosophies and some highlights from his film career. Topics include: Refamiliarizing with standup (0:00) Going after AI (2:20) Sound effects (4:31) Jim Carrey (7:28) Flight of the Conchords (10:58) Fake vomit (13:43) Unrealized entertainment dr...

Comedian & actor Sean Patton chats with Trey Elling. Sean is an immensely talented comedic storyteller and one of the most interesting people when it comes to discussing the philosophy of standup. Topics include: Making Standup Special Again (0:00) Crowd work is mostly lazy (7:13) Sean's hobo joke (13:53) Finding his standup voice (21:40) An ode to THE ENGLISH TEACHER (29:44)

Damon Wayans Jr chats with Trey Elling, months before filming his first-ever standup special. But he's been doing it a lot longer than you may realize. Topics include: Deep standup roots (0:00) Open mics (8:26) The easily offended (11:50) THE OTHER GUYS film (15:00) An ode to standup (20:20)

Heralded volleyballer Madisen Skinner chats with Trey Elling and his daughter Vivian, prior to the start of the second season of LOVB ! Madisen and her LOVB Austin teammates captured the league's first ever championship last year! Topics include: Modern rule changes (0:00) LOVB (2:41) Impacting her teams (5:17) Her sister, Avery (7:23) Coach Erik Sullivan (10:12) Those insane hops (12:52) HEB...

Filmmaker Barry Sonnenfeld joins Trey Elling for the second- of a two-part chat on his book, ⁠BEST POSSIBLE PLACE, WORST POSSIBLE TIME: TRUE STORIES FROM A CAREER IN HOLLYWOOD⁠ . Topics include: An ode to Patrick Warburton (0:00) The Hollywood machine (3:25) Feedback from Gene Hackman (8:08) Barry's role in FORREST GUMP (9:56) Tommy Lee Jones & toy guns (17:08) Alternate casting for WILD W...

Filmmaker Barry Sonnenfeld joins Trey Elling for the first- of a two-part chat on his book, BEST POSSIBLE PLACE, WORST POSSIBLE TIME: TRUE STORIES FROM A CAREER IN HOLLYWOOD . Topics include: Writing a second memoir (0:00) Shooting BLOOD SIMPLE in Austin (2:45) The unique look of RAISING ARIZONA (10:25) De Nero instead of Hanks in BIG? (14:07) Making Tommy Lee Jones funny in MEN IN BLACK (17:25) M...

The filmmakers behind the sci-fi thriller THE ASTRONAUT chat with Trey Elling on the red carpet, ahead of the movie's world premiere at SXSW! Producers Chris Abernathy & Eric Fleischman (0:00) Writer & Director Jess Varley (1:43) Gabriel Luna (5:27) Kate Mara (7:38)

Actor Matthew Rhys and director Babak Anvari chat with Trey Elling on the red carpet at SXSW, prior to the world premiere of HALLOW ROAD , starring Rhys and Rosamund Pike! Babak Anvari (0:00) Matthew Rhys (3:07)

Comedian Joe DeRosa chats with Trey Elling at the Creek and the Cave during SXSW 2025. Check out Joe's latest special, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden . Topics include: Street food & sandwiches (0:00) Work-life balance (7:23) Tech reliance (13:24) Modern parenting (19:14) Modern Austin, TX (23:53)

David Ovelowo and Bokeem Woodbine chat with Trey Elling about their  Apple TV+  series, GOVERNMENT CHEESE, ahead of its world premiere at SXSW! David Oyelowo (0:00) Bokeem Woodbine (4:15)

Portugal. The Man singer & songwriter John Gourley chats with Trey Elling, during the bands US tour in support of their new album, Shish . Topics include: Making Shish (0:00) Falsetto (8:34) More on Shish (16:36) Living in the Alaskan woods (18:47) Dogsledding (24:05) Fatherhood (29:48) "Feel It Still" (31:58) "Sleep Forever" (41:28) Appreciating what we have (45:05) The Po...

Comedian & Impractical Jokers alum Joe Gatto chats with Trey Elling, prior to his shows at Cap City Comedy Club , Dec. 5-7. Topics include: A Steve Byrne story (0:00) Standup (4:10) Parental advice (6:28) High school bowling team (9:33) Modern parenting challenges (13:10) An ode to comedy (16:51)

Rebecca Trent owns the Creek & Cave , one of the most popular comedy clubs in Austin, TX. TJ Miller is a comedian & actor. They sat down with Trey Elling at the Creek's podcast studio to chat, while munching on some BBQ from Terry Black's. Topics include: Standup-radio connection (0:00) Love for Rebecca (5:30) Rebecca's background (8:40) Rebecca's Colin Quinn story (12:26)...

David Zucker 's film credits include AIRPLANE!, THE NAKED GUN, and more. He's also written two best-sellers... SURELY YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS: THE TRUE STORY OF AIRPLANE! and BEFORE THE INVENTION OF SMILING: THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY OF THE ZUCKER FAMILY FROM HORSE & BUGGY TO INDOOR PLUMBING . He chats with Trey Elling during a break from a national tour to celebrate the 45-year annivers...

Jordan Hicks is a Lifetime Longhorn who played ten years in the NFL, including winning a Super Bowl with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2017. He chats with Trey Elling after having returned to Austin with his wife and kids on a full-time basis, to talk football, leadership, and his foundation that looks to empower kids with disabilities. Topics include: Fatherhood (0:00) True Strength Ability Awarenes...