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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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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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00:48:55

#92 - Dilip Jeste on WISER

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2020/12/15

Dr. Dilip Jeste chats with Trey Elling about WISER: THE SCIENTIFIC ROOTS OF WISDOM, COMPASSION, AND WHAT MAKES US GOOD, including: the definition of wisdom, how to quantify wisdom, the importance of prosocial attitudes and behaviors, wise decision-making, the uniquely human quality of self-reflection, the future or wisdom, and more.

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00:21:13

#91 - Big Freedia on BIG FREEDIA

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2020/12/10

Big Freedia chats with Trey Elling about BIG FREEDIA: GOD SAVE THE QUEEN DIVA, including: what sparked Freedia's love of performing on stage, coming out to mamma as a freshman in high school, how a mountain-of-a-man named KT helped launch Freedia's solo career, surviving getting shot AND Hurricane Katrina, the origins of twerking, creating a documentary that demands action after Freedia's brother died from gun violence, and more.

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00:32:47

#90 - Dennis McDougal on OPERATION WHITE RABBIT

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2020/12/08

Dennis McDougal chats with Trey Elling about OPERATION WHITE RABBIT: LSD, THE DEA, AND THE FATE OF THE ACID KING, the story of William Leonard Pickard's rise to become one of the top acid cooks on the planet, his eventual capture by the DEA that plays out like a scene from BREAKING BAD, and an unexpected bit of redemption in the end.

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00:35:01

#89 - Melissa Maerz on ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT

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2020/12/03

Melissa Maerz chats with Trey Elling about ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT: THE ORAL HISTORY OF RICHARD LINKLATER'S DAZED AND CONFUSED, including: the parallels between the film and Linklater's actual high school experience in small-town Texas, how the actors lived out an Austin summer camp for young adults away from the cameras, stories behind several memorable scenes, Linklater's fight with the studio over the soundtrack and their marketing of DAZED as stoner flick, and more.

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00:57:43

#88 - David Herzberg on WHITE MARKET DRUGS

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2020/12/01

David Herzberg chats with Trey Elling about WHITE MARKET DRUGS: BIG PHARMA AND THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF ADDICTION IN AMERICA, including: details of the three different "pharmaceutical" drug crises in America since the 1870s, the main drug(s) of choice in each era, big pharma's role in fueling each, the successes and failures of various reform efforts, and more.

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00:25:52

#87 - Jim Gray on TALKING TO GOATs

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2020/11/24

Jim Gray chats with Trey Elling about TALKING TO GOATs: THE MOMENTS YOU REMEMBER...AND THE STORIES YOU NEVER HEARD, including: how his first ever interview was with The Greatest, an example of Ali's magnetism, life lessons from Al Davis, not shitting John Madden about talking sports with Richard Nixon, fallout from his infamous interview with Pete Rose, chatting with Ray Charles after 9/11 and watching him perform "America the Beautiful", why he admired his own father so much, and more.

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00:24:08

#86 - Lou Diamond Phillips on THE TINDERBOX

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2020/11/19

Lou Diamond Phillips chats with Trey Elling about THE TINDERBOX: SOLDIER OF INDIRA, including: how this book was inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen story and his wife Yvonne's illustrations, receiving early support from LONGMIRE author Craig Johnson, having fun with wordplay, the key to a good story, and more. Plus, they play a game of "Internet Fact Check".

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00:48:42

#85 - Ronen Givony on NOT FOR YOU

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2020/11/17

Ronen Givony chats with Trey Elling about NOT FOR YOU: PEARL JAM AND THE PRESENT TENSE, including: the unfathomable success Pearl Jam experienced in their first days and weeks as a band, when they became "political", the fight with Ticketmaster, critiques of most albums in their catalog, which of their three drummers is the best, and more.

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00:38:16

#84 - André Gregory on THIS IS NOT MY MEMOIR

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2020/11/13

André Gregory chats with Trey Elling about THIS IS NOT MY MEMOIR, including: actor Errol Flynn helping to salvage his reputation as a kid, realizing he was a good storyteller, discovering a love for theater, maneuvering through East Berlin in the 1950s, putting on an interactive play that was so wild that it caused a paralyzed woman to walk, the origins and difficulties of MY DINNER WITH ANDRÉ, why making it to 80 was like graduating college, and more.

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