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

Comedian Ian Edwards chats with Trey Elling. Topics include: A love for Austin (0:00) LA fires vs 9/11 (2:56) a healthy fear of water & heights (7:38) A new special? (9:40) Better Man & monkeys as humans (11:50) Man U's struggles (14:32) A memorable W & L in sports (22:25) A memorable W & L in life (27:00)

Valter Longo , PhD, is director of the Longevity Center at the University of Southern California. He chats with Trey Elling about his new book, FASTING CANCER: HOW FASTING AND NUTRITECHNOLOGY ARE CREATING A REVOLUTION IN CANCER PREVENTION AND TREATMENT . Topics include: Explaining cancer (0:00) Explaining fasting (4:02) Fasting & cancer (7:03) Growth hormone factors & cancer (11:04) Animal...

Comedian Bonnie McFarlane joins Trey Elling for a conversation about: Parenthood (0:00) Growing up without TV vs no limits (4:10) Standup comedy (8:27) Bourdain (15:50) Killing chickens, and other animals (17:22) More parenting (22:35) Awe (26:43) Rich Voss, LEGEND (28:57) An ode to standup (30:19)

Comedian & actor Jon Lovitz chats with Trey Elling. Topics include... Tennis (0:00) Meeting baseball legends (5:37) Jon's standup journey (20:39) Norm Macdonald (28:39)

Alexander Hutchison , PhD, is an expert on sports performance and author of IN DEFENSE OF DOPING: REASSESSING THE LEVEL PLAYING FIELD . He chats with Trey Elling about the need to rethink certain performance-enhancing drugs in sports, due systems and testing protocols that are both inconsistent and hypocritical. Topics include: The book's inspiration (0:00) Defining 'doping' (9:43) PED...

Comedian Ali Siddiq chats with Trey Elling, amidst his current theater tour . Topics include: Spleeping, eating, and breathing standup (0:00) Filming in a prison (5:28) Tooth Fairy in the Siddiq home (9:32) Youth sports (16:19) Settling beefs in the boxing ring (22:21) What is worth the struggle? (24:08) Advice from Willie D (26:14)

James Murray is a multi-faceted entertainer, known for his work as "Murr" from IMPRACTICAL JOKERS and his efforts as a bestselling author, with nine novels under his belt! He discusses those things and more with Trey Elling, prior to his headlining shows at Cap City Comedy Club on Jan. 24 & 25! Topics include: Murr's standup show (0:00) Getting in trouble in school (5:32) Writing...

Filmmaker Garret Price chats with Trey Elling about his new doc on MAX, YACHT ROCK: A DOCKUMENTARY . Topics include: A Gen-Xer Making a Yacht Rock doc (0:00) Working with Bill Simmons (2:28) Defining Yacht Rock (4:42) The starting point (7:20) Steely Dan (9:21) Michael McDonald & Kenny Loggins (10:23) Christopher Cross (11:34) "What a Fool Believes" (12:58) Yacht Rock & Hip Hop (14:40) MTV...

Comedian Keith Robinson chats with Trey Elling, prior to his shows at The Comedy Mothership. Check out Keith's latest special, DIFFERENT STROKES, on YouTube! Topics include: Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn (0:00) Getting it from other comedians (5:26) Patrice O'Neal (10:41) Different Strokes (13:29) Mitzi and The Comedy Store (18:03) The Comedy Cellar (19:38) Messing with Bobby Kelly in Brazil (24:11...

Patrick Warburton (Puddy in Seinfeld , Joe Swanson in Family Guy , Lemony Snicket in A Series of Unfortunate Events ) chats with Trey Elling about (re)starting a standup career at 60! Patrick headlines Cap City Comedy Club, December 27th-29th. Topics include: Getting back into standup, 40 years later (0:00) The Comedy Store in the mid-1980s (8:21) Barry Sonnenfeld (10:35) Doing blow with Robin Wil...

Texas Longhorns' Outland- & Lombardi-winning offensive lineman Kelvin Banks chatted with Trey Elling at SEC Media Days, ahead of the 2024 season. Topics included: Leadership (0:00) Texas o-line thoughts (1:11) SEC ready? (3:16) BBQ reviews (4:03)

Texas Longhorns defensive back and Jim Thorpe Award winner Jahdae Barron chatted with Trey Elling at SEC Media Days, prior to the 2024 season. Topics included: Coming back for one more year (0:00) Personal accountability (0:51) Ledership (2:57) Cornerback? (3:36) Optimism for 2024 (4:27) The new CFB video game (5:00)

Jeff Schaffer is Larry David's Larry David, thank to the crucial role he played as Larry's writing partner for Curb Your Enthusiasm , along with writing credits for Seinfeld and creating The League with his wife, Jackie. He joins Trey Elling to talk about: His beloved Seahawks (0:00) Going on tour with. Larry David (3:55) What would Larry do? (9:24)

Emmy-winning sports broadcaster Chris Myers chats with Trey Elling about his autobiography, THAT DESERVES A WOW: UNTOLD STORIES OF LEGENDS AND CHAMPIONS, THEIR WINS AND HEARTBREAKS . Topics include: The book's impetus (0:00) Starting in radio (1:35) Interviewing Ali as a teen (3:06) Thanking Johnny Carson (4:43) A part of Sportscenter's golden era (8:32) The art of interviewing (11:04) Asking OJ i...

Comedian Nick Swardson chats with Trey Elling, prior to his Toilet Head tour coming to Austin's Paramount Theatre on December 5th. Topics include: Sam Darnold's revival w/ the Vikings (0:00) Nick's history with the ATX (5:21) Robbed by a friend (6:35) The Forrest Gump of Comedy? (9:46) Sports fanatics (13:16) The Toilet Head tour (19:11) Existentialism & starting standup (20:30) First pitches...

Comedian Kelsey Cook chats with Trey Elling, prior to her headlining shows at Cap City Comedy Club on December 6th & 7th. Topics include: The Butterfly Effect in Sports (0:00) Public confrontations (4:07) Entitlement (8:13) An ode to standup (10:03)

Texas BBQ veteran Shane Stiles chats with Trey Elling about his restaurant, Stiles Switch . Topics include: The Live BBQ Capitol of the World (0:00) The process (2:33) The early days (4:37) Collaborating & adapting (6:36) Stiles' non-brisket meats (9:05) Their sides (11:54) The 12 Meats of Christmas (14:19) Fond memories (17:36) Dave Grohl, the customer (20:24) Stiles Switch outside of Central...

Comedian Paul Virzi chats with Trey Elling, in promotion of his new special on YouTube, REASONABLE MAN . Topics include: Austin's food & homeless scenes (0:00) Apolitical politics (6:19) The new special (10:23) Killing in obscurity (14:53) The New York Giants (23:44) Fatherhood (30:58) Bones to pick (36:24) An ode to standup (43:47)

Emmy-winning actor Jim O'Heir , best known as Jerry from PARKS & REC, chats with Trey Elling about WELCOME TO PAWNEE: STORIES OF FRIENDSHIP, WAFFLES, AND PARKS AND RECREATION . Topics include: Auditioning for Ron Swanson (0:00) #2ing himself, on camera (7:34) Getting permission for some stories (12:07) Learning to kiss from Rob Lowe (16:42) Throwing a 1st pitch at Wrigley (19:15) An ode to PAR...

Comedian Beth Stelling chats with Trey Elling, ahead of her shows at Creek and the Cave in Austin. Topics include: Similar last names (0:00) Living in Chicago (2:30) Field hockey (6:24) The weirdness of the Biz (14:43) Turning over material (22:19)

Musician JD McPherson chats with Trey Elling, prior to bringing his Nite Owls tour and children's book tour through Austin. Topics include: The Night Owls tour (0:00) Fatherhood (2:54) The music biz (7:46) SOCKS, the kids' book (10:57) Socks, the Xmas gift (14:43) SOCKS, the album (17:48) Playing with Plant & Krauss (23:06) An ode to music (25:33)

Comedian Greg Fitzsimmons chats with Trey Elling, following the release of his Netflix special, YOU KNOW ME . Topics include: Greg's Mets fandom (0:00) Radio in the genes (5:21) Eulogizers for hire (8:47) His offspring hearing his work (11:15) YOU KNOW ME (15:36) Summer Olympics jokes (17:30) Greg's Bill Hicks story (21:26) An ode to standup (23:18)

Comedian Dane Cook chats with Trey Elling, ahead of his Fresh New Flavor Tour stopping in Austin at ACL Live at the Moody Theater on November 3rd. Topics include: Middle-aged & working out (0:00) Crowd work (4:20) The Fresh New Flavor tour (11:42) Dane's healthy disposition on life (14:52) Austin's comedy scene (20:00) Bill Hicks (23:15) Losing a Comedy Contest to Stanhope (25:31) Grief (28:45...

Comedian ⁠Donnell Rawlings⁠ chats with Trey Elling, prior to his headlining shows at the ⁠Comedy Mothership⁠ . Topics include: Adapting with the times (0:00) Kill Tony & P-Diddy (9:59) Parenting (19:33) An ode to standup (27:31)

Video game designer & actor ⁠Wiley Wiggins⁠ chats with Trey Elling, during the 30th anniversary celebration and 4K restoration screening of DAZED & CONFUSED. Topics include: Linklater (0:00) Playing "Mitch" (1:23) Live as a game developer (4:34) The lasting impact of DAZED (7:32)