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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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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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00:52:21

#123 - Michaeleen Doucleff on HUNT, GATHER, PARENT

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2021/04/13

NPR science correspondent Michaeleen Doucleff chats with Trey Elling about HUNT, GATHER, PARENT: WHAT ANCIENT CULTURES CAN TEACH US ABOUT THE LOST ART OF RAISING HAPPY, HELPFUL LITTLE HUMANS, including: the lack of actual science backing certain popular beliefs among Western parenting, why Maya children are so helpful without much coaxing, how Inuit parents and children rarely lose their cool with each other, the Hadzabe way of fostering independence, and more.

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01:05:37

#122 - Alex Davies on DRIVEN

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2021/04/08

Business Insider transportation editor Alex Davies chats with Trey Elling about DRIVEN: THE RACE TO CREATE THE AUTONOMOUS CAR, including: how DARPA helped initiate the modern pursuit of self-driving cars less than 20 years ago, major players in its evolution, when and why Google, Uber, and the Big 3 US automakers got involved; realistic predictions for the future of self-driving- and flying cars, and more.

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00:29:10

#121 - Jo Koy on MIXED PLATE

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2021/04/06

Standup comedian Jo Koy chats with Trey Elling about MIXED PLATE: CHRONICLES OF AN ALL-AMERICAN COMBO, including: the complex family dynamic of his upbringing, what made him want to become a standup and the first steps he took in that process, valuable advice he received from fellow comedians along the way, betting on himself to get in with Netflix, and more.

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00:44:04

#120 - Michael Moss on HOOKED

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2021/04/01

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Michael Moss chats with Trey Elling about HOOKED: FOOD, FREE WILL, AND HOW THE FOOD GIANTS EXPLOIT OUR ADDICTIONS, including: what 'addiction' means, why food can be more addictive than hard drugs, various examples of food companies grabbing hold of consumers through flavor and marketing, genetics' effect on food addiction, and more.

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00:28:33

#119 - Carl ZImmer on LIFE'S EDGE

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2021/03/30

Award-winning New York Times science columnist Carl Zimmer chats with Trey Elling about LIFE'S EDGE: THE SEARCH FOR WHAT IT MEANS TO BE ALIVE, including: what science tells us about the idea that life begins at conception, the metabolic similarities between pythons and racehorses, why the homeostasis of bats is so impressive, whether viruses are truly alive, and more.

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00:53:33

#118 - Arik Kershenbaum on THE ZOOLOGIST'S GUIDE TO...

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2021/03/25

Zoologist's and astrobiologist Arik Kershenbaum chats with Trey Elling about THE ZOOLOGIST'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY: WHAT ANIMALS ON EARTH REVEAL ABOUT ALIENS--AND OURSELVES, including: whether life on this planet suggests how aliens might move, communicate, have sex, wage war, and more.

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00:58:07

#117 - Andrew Steele on AGELESS

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2021/03/23

Former computational biologist and current science writer and presenter Andrew Steele chats with Trey Elling about AGELESS: THE NEW SCIENCE OF GETTING OLDER WITHOUT GETTING OLD. How does caloric restriction affect aging? Why are telomeres important? Can rich guys turn back the clock with young blood? And how close are we to curing aging? Andrew answers these questions and much more.

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00:48:26

#116 - Mark Humphries on THE SPIKE

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2021/03/18

Computational neuroscientist Mark Humphries chats with Trey Elling about THE SPIKE: AN EPIC JOURNEY THROUGH THE BRAIN IN 2.1 SECONDS, including: an orchestra as an analogy for the cacophony of neural spikes, how rats' whiskers help us understand the accuracy of neural messaging, the value of dark neurons, frequency vs timing with spikes, the brain using past experiences to make decisions while the spike process is still going on, and more.

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01:09:05

#115 - Kim McCoy on WAVES AND BEACHES

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2021/03/16

Oceanographer and adventurer Kim McCoy chats with Trey Elling about the 3rd edition of WAVES AND BEACHES: THE POWERFUL DYNAMICS OF SEA AND COAST, including: the moon's effect on the Earth's tides, what happens when a wave breaks near the shore, Kim's own adventures on a glacier, island, and surfing, the perpetual transfer of sand to and from beaches, climate change's impact on oceans and shorelines, and more.

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00:23:37

#114 - Avi Loeb on EXTRATERRRESTRIAL

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2021/03/11

Harvard theoretical physicist Avi Loeb chats with Trey Elling about EXTRATERRESTRIAL: THE FIRST SIGN OF INTELLIGENT LIFE BEYOND EARTH, including: the object in question from 2017 and evidence that suggests it was something more synthetic than a comet or space rocket, why science is often afraid to question the norm, whether we're truly ready to know that life exists beyond our planet, space junk in the Earth's orbit, the prospect of life on Mars, and more.

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00:27:18

#113 - Les Stroud on WILD OUTSIDE

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2021/03/09

"Survivorman" Les Stroud chats with Trey Elling about WILD OUTSIDE: AROUND THE WORLD WITH SURVIVORMAN, a book meant to inspire kids to seek out adventures while remembering the four pillars of survival: preparing, observing, reacting, and adapting. Les shares personal anecdotes to exemplify each.

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