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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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00:54:31

#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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01:06:57

#103 - Zadra & Stickgold on WHEN BRAINS DREAM

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2021/02/02

Sleep scientists Antonio Zadra and Robert Stickgold chat with Trey Elling about WHEN BRAINS DREAM: EXPLORING THE SCIENCE AND MYSTERY OF SLEEP, including: why Freud receives too much credit regarding dreams, how the discovery of REM sleep in the 1950s was a game-changer, how sleep uses dreams to process memories and emotions, whether dogs dream, an explanation of their NEXTUP model of dream function, how REM sleep and taking LSD illicit a similar chemical reaction in the brain, dream incubation,

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00:54:15

#102 - Kevin Dutton on BLACK AND WHITE THINKING

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2021/01/29

Psychologist Kevin Dutton chats with Trey Elling about BLACK AND WHITE THINKING: THE BURDEN OF A BINARY BRAIN IN A COMPLEX WORLD, including: the illusion of order, how categorization helps us understand the world, why one person's 'blue' is another's 'celestial haze', the importance of framing with persuasion, and more.

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00:14:46

#101 - "Cousin Sal" Iacono on YOU CAN'T WIN THEM ALL

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2021/01/27

Comedian, media personality, and degenerate gambler Sal Iacono chats with Trey Elling about YOU CAN'T WIN THEM ALL: TALES OF A DEGENERATE GAMBLER AND HIS RIDICULOUS FRIENDS, including: betting on his son's pee-wee flag football game, denying a homeless guy the last piece of pepperoni pizza, his first experience in participating in competitive eating, why Amarillo Slim is on the Mt. Rushmore for gamblers, and more.

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01:09:15

#100 - Lisa Feldman Barrett on SEVEN AND A HALF...

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2021/01/26

Neuroscientist and psychologist Lisa Feldman Barrett chats with Trey Elling about SEVEN AND A HALF LESSONS ABOUT THE BRAIN, including: why thinking isn't the primary reason the human brain evolved differently from other animals, the importance of caregivers on young children's minds, how we influence each other's mental makeup, why compression is a component of our brains creating our reality, and much more.

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00:57:31

#99 - Roundtable on A MOST INTERESTING PROBLEM

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2021/01/21

This episode is a roundtable discussion on A MOST INTERESTING PROBLEM: WHAT DARWIN'S DESCENT OF MAN GOT RIGHT AND WRONG ABOUT HUMAN EVOLUTION, a compilation of constructive criticisms on some of Charles Darwin's most profound evolutionary thoughts, 150 years after their initial publication. The guests are the book's editor, Jeremy DeSilva, as well as Suzana Herculano-Houzel and Agustín Fuentes, who each contributed a chapter.

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00:43:41

#98 - Aaron Horschig on REBUILDING MILO

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2021/01/19

Doctor of physical therapy and Squat University founder Aaron Horschig chats with Trey Elling about REBUILDING MILO: THE LIFTER'S GUIDE TO FIXING COMMON INJURIES AND BUILDING A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR ENHANCING PERFORMANCE. The book empowers people suffering from minor injuries in the back, hips, knee, shoulder, elbow and ankle by teaching them how to properly diagnose, activate, and strengthen the root cause of pain. Plus, he touts the benefits of squatting for exercise and dispels the myth that ice

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00:22:26

#97 - Alexi Pappas on BRAVEY

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2021/01/14

Award-winning writer, filmmaker and Olympian Alexi Pappas chats with Trey Elling about BRAVEY: CHASING DREAMS, BEFRIENDING PAIN, AND OTHER BIG IDEAS, including: childhood trauma involving her mom and working through it as an adult, the evolution of her love of running peaking with a record-setting run at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, her experience with (and overcoming) depression, and more.

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00:49:51

#96 - Frank Figliuzzi on THE FBI WAY

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2021/01/12

Former FBI assistant deputy for counterterrorism Frank Figliuzzi chats with Trey Elling about THE FBI WAY: INSIDE THE BUREAU'S CODE OF EXCELLENCE, including: the FBI's core values broken down into seven c-words, how the Bureau invests in hiring and training the right people, why they don't conduct such thorough checks on public/elected officials, the importance of conservancy, holding their leaders to a higher standard, the seriousness of an agent compromising the FBI's trust, making decisions

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00:26:05

#95 - Mike Ayers on ONE LAST SONG

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2021/01/05

If you could listen to one more song before leaving this planet, what would it be? Mike Ayers asked more than 30 musicians for their song. That question and those answers serve as the foundation for Ayers' book, ONE LAST SONG: CONVERSATIONS ON LIFE, DEATH, AND MUSIC. He chats with Trey Elling about It, including: the genesis of the question, how it came to life as a book, why Killer Mike chose his own song, Lauren Mayberry selecting a Katy Perry tune, Jim James of My Morning Jacket contributing a

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00:48:03

#94 - Daniel E. Lieberman on EXERCISED

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2020/12/29

Harvard paleoanthropologist Dan Lieberman chats with Trey Elling about EXERCISED: WHY SOMETHING WE NEVER EVOLVED TO DO IS HEALTHY AND REWARDING, including: how our activity levels compare to primates and modern hunter/gatherers, whether sitting is the new smoking, the legitimacy of ten-thousand steps and eight hours of sleep, the benefits of walking, running, and resistance training, how exercise can help with cancer and mental health issues, and more.

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00:32:52

#93 - Gary Taubes on THE CASE FOR KETO

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2020/12/22

Award-winning, science and health journalist and author Gary Taubes chats with Trey Elling about THE KASE FOR KETO: RETHINKING WEIGHT CONTROL AND THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF LOW-CARB/HIGH-FAT EATING, including: why this book is meant for people suffering from obesity, the roles of hormones and metabolic flexibility with obesity, an explanation of ketones, whether protein intake should be limited when eating keto, and more.

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