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

Trey Elling chats with comedians, filmmakers, sports figures, musicians, and authors about their stories.

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All Episodes

00:41:01

#142 - Dr. Maya Shankar

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2021/06/22

For episode #1 of our 'No Books Required' series, we're joined by Dr. Maya Shankar. Maya is a cognitive scientist, former Obama White House senior advisor, and the host of the new podcast, A SLIGHT CHANGE OF PLANS. Maya chats with Trey Elling about why she decided to enter the podcasting realm, learning about situations that inspired change from people like Kacey Musgraves, Tiffany Haddish, and Tommy Caldwell; significant change she's experienced in her own life, changing how the government

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00:39:54

#141 - Sal Di Stefano on THE RESISTANCE TRAINING...

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2021/06/17

Personal trainer and Mind Pump podcast co-host Sal Di Stefano chats with Trey Elling about THE RESISTANCE TRAINING REVOLUTION. Why is steady-state cardio an inefficient form of exercise? How does resistance training improve hormone levels, depression, and anxiety? Are doing reps to failure and working out until you're really sore actually bad strategies? What is intuitive eating? Sal and Trey discuss all of this and much more.

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00:45:32

#140 - Edward Slingerland on DRUNK

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2021/06/15

University of British Columbia philosophy professor and bestselling author Edward Slingerland chats with Trey Elling about DRUNK: HOW WE SIPPED, DANCED, AND STUMBLED OUR WAY TO CIVILIZATION. Did you know that alcohol production may haven pre-dated and even inspired early agricultural practices? Or that the right amount of alcohol allows us to become more creative, cultural, and communal? Speaking of, what is that 'right' amount before booze becomes destructive? Plus, why do some cultures have

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01:01:21

#139 - Rutger Bregman on HUMANKIND

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2021/06/11

Historian and bestselling author Rutger Bregman chats with Trey Elling about HUMANKIND: A HOPEFUL HISTORY. Over the past few decades, many scientists have become much more optimistic on human nature. Did you know that a real life version of the fictional book Lord of the Flies happened in the 1960s with drastically different results? Or that the Stanford Prison Experiment was not the pure process its head scientists led us to believe? Or that a Norwegian prison which allows it inhabitants a shocking

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00:26:48

#138 - Kevin Roose on FUTUREPROOF

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2021/06/08

New York Times tech columnist Kevin Roose chats with Trey Elling about FUTUREPROOF: 9 RULES FOR HUMANS IN THE AGE OF AUTOMATION. Why does Kevin consider himself a sub-optimist on the future of artificial intelligence and automation? How is AI quickly replacing the "Michael Scott" middle-management types? Kevin answers these questions and shares details from each of his nine rules for humans.

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00:21:01

#137 - Chris Bosh on LETTERS TO A YOUNG ATHLETE

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2021/06/03

Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer, two-time NBA champ, 11-time All Star, and Olympic gold medalist Chris Bosh chats with Trey Elling about LETTERS TO A YOUNG ATHLETE. In this book, Chris offers guidance to young people on what it takes to achieve greatness. The guys discuss 'finding your why', keeping your ego in check, not letting wins or losses linger, and much more.

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00:59:56

#136 - Josh Rogin on CHAOS UNDER HEAVEN

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2021/06/01

Washington Post columnist and CNN political correspondent Josh Rogin chats with Trey Elling about CHAOS UNDER HEAVEN: TRUMP, XI, AND THE BATTLE FOR THE 21st CENTURY. How did previous administrations' missteps on China pave the way for Trump's erratic handling of the CCP? What aggressive takeover strategy did Chinese president Xi Jinping detail in 'Document 9'? Who is the Bingo Club? How have General Electric and the California Public Employees' Retirement System helped the Chinese military? Why did

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00:32:35

#135 - Glenn Frankel on SHOOTING MIDNIGHT COWBOY

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2021/05/27

Pulitzer Prize winner Glenn Frankel chats with Trey Elling about SHOOTING MIDNIGHT COWBOY: ART, SEX, LONELINESS, LIBERATION, AND THE MAKING OF A DARK CLASSIC. What was the story behind the Midnight Cowboy book that the film was based on? Why did a then-conservative Hollywood allow something so risque allowed to be made? What drew director John Schlesinger to the project? Were Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight shoo-ins for the main characters? Were political forces behind the film's initial X-rating? Why

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00:47:50

#134 - George Zaidan on INGREDIENTS

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2021/05/25

American Chemistry Society executive producer George Zaidan chats with Trey Elling about INGREDIENTS: THE STRANGE CHEMISTRY OF WHAT WE PUT IN US AND ON US. What makes a food highly processed? How and why humans begin to preserved food? What does aphid excrement have to do with one of the first sugar-added treats humans enjoyed? How are cigarettes and e-cigs similar and different? Is there such a thing as too much sunscreen? What causes scientific research to become flawed? Is coffee good or bad for

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00:32:56

#133 - Talib Kweli on VIBRATE HIGHER

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2021/05/20

Brooklyn-based MC Talib Kweli chats with Trey Elling about VIBRATE HIGHER: A RAP STORY, including his goal with the book, hip hop influences from his childhood and adolescence, why he and Mos Def work so well together, lessons learned from Erykah Badu, Questlove, and Dave Chapelle, the most profound thing his grandma ever told him, and more.

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00:47:18

#132 - Kristin Swenson on A MOST PECULIAR BOOK

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2021/05/18

Religious studies expert Kristin Swenson chats with Trey Elling about A MOST PECULIAR BOOK: THE INHERENT STRANGENESS OF THE BIBLE, including: understanding the three histories relating to The Bible in understanding the book itself, distinguishing between the literal and figurative with its stories, the meanings of a talking donkey and Jonah surviving in the belly of a giant fish for three days, the legitimacy of David killing Goliath, the symbolism of Revelation, and more.

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00:36:54

#131 - Jason Schreier on PRESS RESET

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2021/05/13

Bloomberg News video game reporter and Blood, Sweat, and Pixels author Jason Schreier chats with Trey Elling about PRESS RESET: RUIN AND RECOVERY IN THE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY, including: how 'fun' is determined when making a game and former MLB pitcher Curt Schilling's failed efforts as a video game CEO. Plus they discuss some current events in gaming, like the ongoing legal battle between Apple and Epic Games over Fortnite.

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01:06:40

#130 - Nicole Perlroth on THIS IS HOW THEY TELL ME...

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2021/05/11

Nicole Perlroth, a cybersecurity and digital espionage journalist for The New York Times, chats with Trey Elling about THIS IS HOW THEY TELL ME THE WORLD ENDS: THE CYBER WEAPONS ARMS RACE, including: an explanation of zero-day exploits that have become so valuable to governments and businesses around the world, how the US initiated international cyber-conflict, whether American officials recognize their role in cyberwar, a phone call Nicole received in 2017 that speaks to the book's ominous title,

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00:38:45

#129 - Oliver Stone on CHASING THE LIGHT

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2021/05/06

Oliver Stone joins Trey Elling for a second time to chat about CHASING THE LIGHT, his memoir from birth through the making of Platoon. This time around, the conversation includes Oliver's life and films since Platoon, including The Doors, JFK, and Natural Born Killers, as well as some randomness along the way. To hear Trey's much more book-intensive interview with Oliver on episode #61, click HERE.

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00:37:23

#128 - Matt Taibbi on HATE INC.

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2021/05/04

Award-winning reporter and bestselling author Matt Taibbi chats with Trey Elling about HATE INC.: WHY TODAY'S MEDIA MAKES US DESPISE ONE ANOTHER, including: the book that changed his perspective on how the media operates, how political news takes cues from sports coverage, the ridiculous beginnings of "the beer test" that is now routinely discussed during presidential elections, when and how factual loopholes are used in the news, gaining a delayed appreciation for Walter Cronkite, and more.

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00:56:21

#127 - Ioan Grillo on BLOOD GUN MONEY

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2021/04/29

Ioan Grillo, a Mexico City-based author and journalist whose stories on crime and gangs have been published in the New York Times and National Geographic, chats with Trey Elling about BLOOD GUN MONEY: HOW AMERICA ARMS GANGS AND CARTELS, including: the histories of assault weapons, the NRA, and gun laws; how legal guns end up on the black market and in America's poorest communities and trafficked across the border to drug cartels, mass shootings in the US, 3D printed guns, and more.

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00:27:53

#126 - Tim Shriver on THE CALL TO UNITE

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2021/04/27

Longtime Special Olympics chairman and UNITE co-founder Tim Shriver chats with Trey Elling about THE CALL TO UNITE: VOICES OF HOPE AND AWAKENING, a collection of essays by influential people from all walks of life on society's most pressing issues, co-edited by Tim. They discuss how a phone call to Oprah initiated the project, contributions from chef José Andrés, Julia Roberts, and the Dalai Lama; learning from Special Olympics athletes, and more.

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01:31:10

#125 - Gerald Posner on PHARMA

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2021/04/22

Award-winning journalist and bestselling author Gerald Posner chats with Trey Elling about PHARMA: GREED, LIES, AND THE POISONING OF AMERICA, including: the pharmaceutical industry's lawless beginnings in the mid-1800s, their initial lack of enthusiasm about antibiotics, Arthur Sackler as the godfather of pharma's manipulative marketing practices, the harmful ways women were exploited in the 1960s and '70s, the groundwork that led to an opioid crisis, how the Sacklers built their Purdue Pharma

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00:14:28

BoP Docs on Pod #1 - Joshua Rofé on SASQUATCH

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2021/04/20

In the inaugural edition of our documentary-focused episodes, filmmaker Joshua Rofé chats with Trey Elling about Hulu's three-part docuseries, SASQUATCH, including: how Joshua initially got involved in this true crime thriller; the evolution of the Humboldt-Mendocino-Trinity counties in northern California into the largest cannabis-producing region in the US, working with the Duplass brothers, and more.

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00:52:04

#124 - Matt Feeney on LITTLE PLATOONS

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2021/04/15

Philosopher and father of three Matt Feeney chats with Trey Elling about LITTLE PLATOONS: A DEFENSE OF FAMILY IN A COMPETITIVE AGE, including: how competition affects parents' ability to do their job in public, with youth sports, with cell phones, during elementary school, through college admissions, and more.

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