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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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00:52:21

#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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00:54:31

#112 - Euan Angus Ashley on THE GENOME ODYSSEY

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2021/03/04

Stanford cardiologist and geneticist Dr. Euan Ashley chats with Trey Elling about THE GENOME ODYSSEY: MEDICAL MYSTERIES AND THE INCREDIBLE QUEST TO SOLVE THEM, including how his medical interest in the heart eventually included the genome, specific cases solved via the Undiagnosed Diseases Network, genetic mutations that benefit the individuals, CRISPR's potential role in the future of rare genetic diseases, and more.

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00:56:30

#111 - Erika Engelhaupt on GORY DETAILS

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2021/03/02

Science writer and editor Erika Engelhaupt chats with Trey Elling about GORY DETAILS: ADVENTURES FROM THE DARK SIDE OF SCIENCE, including: whether your dog would eat you if you died, the rise of maggot farms, how a blow fly's love of semen may compromise a crime scene, the violent tendencies of meerkats and dolphins toward their own, cannibals and a human's true nutritional value, fecal transplants, whether chlorine kills off urine in a pool, why clowns are so creepy, misophonia, and much more.

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00:40:37

#110 - Peter Vronsky on AMERICAN SERIAL KILLERS

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2021/02/25

Criminal justice history expert Peter Vronsky chats with Trey Elling about AMERICAN SERIAL KILLERS: THE EPIDEMIC YEARS 1950 - 2000, including: common traits from these killers' childhoods, Edmund Kemper's mommy issues, serial killers' bizarre moral lines, Jeffrey Dahmer's unraveling, whether the signs point to another murderous epidemic in the near future, and more.

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00:19:27

#109 - Rosa Brooks on TANGLED UP IN BLUE

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2021/02/23

Georgetown law professor and former DC reserve police officer Rosa Brooks chats with Trey Elling about TANGLED UP IN BLUE: POLICING THE AMERICAN CITY, which shares her thoughts and experiences on policing, after patrolling one of our nation's capital's most destitute areas for four years. The conversation includes whether her academy training was adequate, why over-policing happens, the biggest thrill of the job, continual training, what makes a bad cop, defunding the police, and more.

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00:54:25

#108 - Robert Paarlberg on RESETTING THE TABLE

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2021/02/18

Food policy expert Rob Paarlberg chats with Trey Elling about RESETTING THE TABLE: STRAIGHT TALK ABOUT THE FOOD WE GROW AND EAT, including: why 'organic' and 'local' are the wrong ways to think about sustained agricultural practices, poor communities being affected by food swamps rather than food deserts, how junk food infiltrated our food supply in the 19th century, Silly Putty's connection to McDonald's french fries, the public's rejection of GMOs, America's need to improve livestock practices,

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00:43:29

#107 - Mark BIttman on ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, JUNK

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2021/02/16

Emmy-winning and New York Times bestselling food journalist Mark Bittman chats with Trey Elling about ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, JUNK: A HISTORY OF FOOD, FROM SUSTAINABLE TO SUICIDAL, including: how highly processed foods became such a major part of our food supply, the rise of the hamburger and ketchup, the "real" Betty Crocker, sugary/processed food finding its way to our littlest mouths, high fructose corn syrup's role, GMOs, buying organic and local, solutions for getting things back on track, and

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00:24:43

#106 - Bassem Youssef on THE MAGICAL REALITY OF NADIA

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2021/02/11

He's known as the "Jon Stewart of the Middle East." But even that impressive title sells Bassem Youssef's unique life short: he's worked as everything from heart surgeon to standup comedian, and now children's book author. Bassem chats with Trey Elling about THE MAGIC REALITY OF NADIA, hosting an Egyptian political satire tv show that ultimately forced him to leave his native country, and much more.

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00:56:36

#105 - Paul Nurse on WHAT IS LIFE?

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2021/02/09

Nobel laureate Sir Paul Nurse chats with Trey Elling about WHAT IS LIFE? FIVE GREAT IDEAS IN BIOLOGY, including: how a butterfly inspired the first time he ever considered the question of life, answering this question in a book that could be understood by scientists and non-scientists alike, and why he focused on these five ideas along with details about each: the cell, the gene, evolution by natural selection, life as chemistry, and life as information. Plus, Paul shares his thoughts on a few

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00:53:32

#104 - Ina Park on STRANGE BEDFELLOWS

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2021/02/04

Sexually transmitted infection expert Dr. Ina Park chats with Trey Elling about STRANGE BEDFELLOWS: ADVENTURES IN THE SCIENCE, HISTORY, AND SURPRISING SECRETS OF STDs, including: the role of a sex detective, the false stigma around herpes, Ina's hope that all children contract oral herpes, merkins and other pubic grooming habits, how gonorrhea earned the nickname "the clap", the miracle of modern medicine via the HPV vaccine, the importance of discussing topics like these with humor and honesty

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