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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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00:49:47

#83 - John O. Brennan on UNDAUNTED

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2020/11/10

John O. Brennan chats with Trey Elling about UNDAUNTED: MY FIGHT AGAINST AMERICA'S ENEMIES, AT HOME AND ABROAD, including: two international trips that shaped his youth, (passed) lie detector tests and (failed) disguises early in his time with the CIA, his evolution within the Agency, the overall moral failings surrounding the Rendition, Detention, and Interrogation program; working for Barack Obama before and during his presidency, modernizing the Agency as CIA director, the Russian election

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00:29:57

#82 - Matthew McConaughey on GREENLIGHTS

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2020/11/06

Matthew McConaughey chats with Trey Elling about GREENLIGHTS, including: how Longview, TX taught him to dream, the importance of receiving validation from his dad when pursuing acting, his recollection of the 'naked bongos' arrest, why it's crucial for opposing viewpoints to meet in the middle, memories from TRUE DETECTIVE, what "The Eyes of Texas" song means to him, and more.

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00:29:24

#81 - Katherine M. Gehl on THE POLITICS INDUSTRY

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2020/11/03

Katherine Gehl chats with Trey Elling about THE POLITICS INDUSTRY: HOW POLITICAL INNOVATION CAN BREAK PARTISAN GRIDLOCK AND SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY, including: how the current setup benefits a select few while neglecting many, an example from more than a century ago when the people had to wrest back democracy, and viable solutions to fix elections and the legislative process.

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00:45:40

#80 - Témoris Grecko on KILLING THE STORY

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2020/10/29

Témoris Grecko chats with Trey Elling about KILLING THE STORY: JOURNALISTS RISKING THEIR LIVES TO UNCOVER THE TRUTH IN MEXICO, including: why 'cartel' and 'war on drugs' are misleading terms, the tragic stories of several journalists who were murdered for reporting the truth, how reporters' lives are not only threatened by organized gangs but also by government officials, and more.

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00:31:31

#79 - Sam Acho on LET THE WORLD SEE YOU

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2020/10/28

Sam Acho chats with Trey Elling about LET THE WORLD SEE YOU: HOW TO BE REAL IN A WORLD FULL OF FAKES, including: how he went from a no-name recruit to receiving a scholarship offer from Pete Carroll and USC, why Calais Campbell is partially responsible for Sam's marriage, receiving free Chipotle for a year, the importance of mourning, what "The Eyes of Texas" means to him, and more.

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00:20:11

#78 Annie Duke on HOW TO DECIDE

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2020/10/27

Annie Duke chats with Trey Elling about HOW TO DECIDE: SIMPLE TOOLS FOR MAKING BETTER CHOICES, including: why so many people who make decisions for a living have hard time explaining how, accounting for luck, when past experience misleads the decision maker, how hard decisions become easy, quit-to-itiveness, and more.

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00:28:43

#77 - Roman Mars on THE 99% INVISIBLE CITY:

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2020/10/22

Roman Mars chats with Trey Elling about THE 99% INVISIBLE CITY: A FIELD GUIDE TO THE HIDDEN WORLD OF EVERYDAY DESIGN, including: why stairways to nowhere are named after a former pro baseball player, the origin and danger of padlocks placed on bridges out of love, how cats are the inspiration for road reflectors, the greatness of those dancing inflatable tubes, Austin's moontowers, international internet connections spanning the depths of our oceans, Busta Rhymes Island, and much more.

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00:27:25

#76 Jocko Willink on DISCIPLINE EQUALS FREEDOM...

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2020/10/20

Jocko Willink chats with Trey Elling about the expanded edition of DISCIPLINE EQUALS FREEDOM: FIELD MANUAL Mk1-MOD1, including a variety of no-nonsense advice for getting things done, and whether he indulges in donuts from time to time.

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00:23:25

#75 - Steve Madden on THE COBBLER

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2020/10/15

Steve Cobbler chats with Trey Elling about THE COBBLER: HOW I DISRUPTED AN INDUSTRY, FELL FROM GRACE, AND CAME BACK STRONGER THAN EVER, including: what he learned from working his first jobs In shoes, why getting cut off was the best thing his dad ever did for him, how standup comedy inspired the 'Steve Madden' label, hooking up with Jordan Belfort, whether doing time in "Club Fed" was as cush as the nickname suggests, the many forms of creativity, and much more.

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00:54:08

#74 - David Vine on THE UNITED STATES OF WAR

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2020/10/13

David Vine chats with Trey Elling about THE UNITED STATES OF WAR: A GLOBAL HISTORY OF AMERICA'S ENDLESS CONFLICTS, FROM COLUMBUS TO THE ISLAMIC STATE, which examines how US infrastructure around the globe, including bases, forts, and colonization, has enabled the United States to wage war and/or conflicts for all but eleven years since It came to be in 1776.

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00:38:10

#73 - Ryan Holiday on LIVES OF THE STOICS

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2020/10/06

Ryan Holiday chats with Trey Elling about LIVES OF THE STOICS: THE ART OF LIVING FROM ZENO TO MARCUS AURELIUS, including: Chrysippus possibly dying the best way imaginable, Antipater evolving the Stoic idea of 'family', why Cicero receives his own chapter, Athenadorus' advice to political leaders for balancing the stresses of the job, Seneca's life-threatening conditions shaping his thoughts on death, Musonious' love of an audience that responded with silence, Epictetus' unique perspective on

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01:01:00

#72 - Kevin Davies on EDITING HUMANITY

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2020/09/29

Kevin Davies chats with Trey Elling about EDITING HUMANITY: THE CRISPR REVOLUTION AND THE NEW ERA OF GENOME EDITING, including: the difference between CRISPR and CRISPR genome editing, the evolution of CRISPR editing, the wild story behind (and fallout from) #CRISPRbabies in 2018, whether CRISPR-edited babies are truly on the horizon, George Church's attempt to resurrect the wooly mammoth, and more.

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00:34:17

#71 - Jacob Goldstein on MONEY

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2020/09/22

NPR's Planet Money cohost Jacob Goldstein chats with Trey Elling about MONEY: THE TRUE STORY OF A MADE UP THING, including: why money is fiction AND fundamentally social, the origins of coins and paper money, Genghis Khan's grandson inventing inflation, Blaise Pascal's role in the formulation of insurance, how artificial light explains monetary progress, the gold standard's undoing, the rise of digital money, and more.

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01:01:33

#70 - David Polfeldt on THE DREAM ARCHITECTS

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2020/09/17

David Polfeldt chats with Trey Elling about THE DREAM ARCHITECTS: ADVENTURES IN THE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY, including: getting his start in making games, how an unwavering belief in respecting an artist's tools led him to Massive Entertainment, the importance of failure in evolving as a person, the trials and tribulations from making FAR CRY 3 and TOM CLANCY'S THE DIVISION, the mixed emotions of releasing a hugely successful game, and much more.

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00:46:06

#69 - Glenn Kenny on MADE MEN

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2020/09/15

Glenn Kenny chats with Trey Elling about MADE MEN: THE MAKING OF GOODFELLAS, including: Joe Pesci's initial reluctance in playing Tommy, the origin of the 'how am I funny' scene, real-life bad guys In the secondary cast, how Michael Imperioli impressed Robert De Niro in a few days on the set as the Spider character, how Tommy's death disproves a supposed nobility within the mob, Martin Scorsese's love of picking music for his films, Barbara De Fina as the unsung hero in getting the film made, and

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00:41:15

#68 - Eric Weiner on THE SOCRATES EXPRESS

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2020/09/10

Eric Weiner chats with Trey Elling about THE SOCRATES EXPRESS: IN SEARCH OF LIFE LESSONS FROM DEAD PHILOSOPHERS, including: why GROUNDHOG DAY is the most philosophical movie of all time, what got Marcus Aurelius out of bed in the morning, how Socrates was like a child who questions everything (in a good way), learning to fight like Gandhi, and much more.

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00:46:48

#67 - Art Bell on CONSTANT COMEDY

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2020/09/08

Art Bell chats with Trey Elling about CONSTANT COMEDY: HOW I STARTED COMEDY CENTRAL AND LOST MY SENSE OF HUMOR, including: discovering Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Jon Stewart's character, stumbling upon the name "Comedy Central," striking gold with State of the Union: Undressed while avoiding separate hosting catastrophes with Al Franken and Dennis Miller, unknowingly angering Bill Maher with an award-winning ad campaign for Politically Incorrect but getting an ironic last-laugh, and more.

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00:28:31

#66 - Erin Brockovich on SUPERMAN'S NOT COMING

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2020/09/03

Erin Brockovich joins Trey Elling to discuss SUPERMAN'S NOT COMING: OUR NATIONAL WATER CRISIS AND WHAT WE THE PEOPLE CAN DO ABOUT IT, including: the importance of stick-to-itiveness in fighting for such a cause, how Richard Nixon shows that the issue of clean water goes beyond politics, empowering communities with Community Health Book, the heartbreaking-but-inspiring story of Jeremy and Janey Ensminger, and more.

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00:25:33

#65 - Marion Nestle on LET'S ASK MARION

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2020/09/02

Marion Nestle joins Trey Elling to discuss LET'S ASK MARION: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE POLITICS OF FOOD, NUTRITION, AND HEALTH, including: the rising cost of whole- versus ultra-processed foods, how agriculture, Wall Street, and food regulation fueled the US obesity epidemic in the early 1980s; why glyphosate is still allowed to be sprayed on crops, whether technology can help fix our food system, and more.

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00:49:10

#64 - Pluckrose & Lindsay on CYNICAL THEORIES

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2020/09/01

Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay chat with Trey Elling about CYNICAL THEORIES: HOW ACTIVIST SCHOLARSHIP MADE EVERYTHING ABOUT RACE, GENDER, AND IDENTITY--AND WHY THIS HARMS EVERYBODY, including: the three major phases of postmodernism over the last 50 years, why the movement rejects science, the definition of 'Theory', the ins and outs of specific Theories, what will become of postmodernism by 2030, and more.

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