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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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00:35:19

#503 - Steve Byrne

The Sport of Life: Chats w/ Comedians, Filmmakers,... ·

2025/03/04

Comedian Steve Byrne talks sports, standup, and parenting with Trey Elling, prior to his shows at the Comedy Mothership! Topics include:Boxing for exercise... (0:00)...and hockey for sport (1:03)Getting drunk with Jelly Roll (10:31)The Comedy Mothership experience (13:34)The standup grind (17:03)The Matt Rife quandary (23:00)Latest film project (26:49)Parenting challenges and joys (29:01)

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00:30:48

#502 - Chris Myers

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2025/02/28

Legendary sportscaster Chris Myers, author of THAT DESERVES A WOW, chats with Trey Elling, prior to NASCAR's race at Circuit of the Americas in Austin on March 2nd. Topics include: COTA hosting NASCAR (0:00) A busy February (3:55) The Superdome's magic (5:39) Calling the Westminster Dog Show (8:25) An old soul at a young age (10:53) A passion for interviewing (17:25) Friends with Bill Murray (23:15) Remembering the audience (26:41) Afraid of death? (28:37)

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00:32:58

#501 - Ian Edwards

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2025/02/27

Comedian Ian Edwards chats with Trey Elling. Topics include: A love for Austin (0:00) LA fires vs 9/11 (2:56) a healthy fear of water & heights (7:38) A new special? (9:40) Better Man & monkeys as humans (11:50) Man U's struggles (14:32) A memorable W & L in sports (22:25) A memorable W & L in life (27:00)

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01:00:02

#499 - Valter Longo on FASTING CANCER

The Sport of Life: Chats w/ Comedians, Filmmakers,... ·

2025/02/11

Valter Longo, PhD, is director of the Longevity Center at the University of Southern California. He chats with Trey Elling about his new book,FASTING CANCER: HOW FASTING AND NUTRITECHNOLOGY ARE CREATING A REVOLUTION IN CANCER PREVENTION AND TREATMENT. Topics include:Explaining cancer (0:00)Explaining fasting (4:02)Fasting & cancer (7:03)Growth hormone factors & cancer (11:04)Animal protein debate (20:50)Fasting & specific cancers (31:38)The Ketogenic Diet (39:30)The downside of 16:8

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00:32:18

#498 - Bonnie McFarlane

The Sport of Life: Chats w/ Comedians, Filmmakers,... ·

2025/02/07

ComedianBonnie McFarlane joins Trey Elling for a conversation about:Parenthood (0:00)Growing up without TV vs no limits (4:10)Standup comedy (8:27)Bourdain (15:50)Killing chickens, and other animals (17:22)More parenting (22:35)Awe (26:43)Rich Voss, LEGEND (28:57)An ode to standup (30:19)

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00:32:09

#497 - Jon Lovitz

The Sport of Life: Chats w/ Comedians, Filmmakers,... ·

2025/02/06

Comedian & actorJon Lovitz chats with Trey Elling. Topics include...Tennis (0:00)Meeting baseball legends (5:37)Jon's standup journey (20:39)Norm Macdonald (28:39)

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00:58:13

#496 - Alexander Hutchison on IN DEFENSE OF DOPING

The Sport of Life: Chats w/ Comedians, Filmmakers,... ·

2025/02/04

Alexander Hutchison, PhD, is an expert on sports performance and author of IN DEFENSE OF DOPING: REASSESSING THE LEVEL PLAYING FIELD. He chats with Trey Elling about the need to rethink certain performance-enhancing drugs in sports, due systems and testing protocols that are both inconsistent and hypocritical. Topics include: The book's inspiration (0:00) Defining 'doping' (9:43) PEDs fall into 1 of 3 categories (12:53) WADA's hypocricy (15:14) The value of HGH (21:07)

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00:29:02

#495 - Ali Siddiq

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2025/02/03

Comedian Ali Siddiq chats with Trey Elling, amidst his current theater tour. Topics include: Spleeping, eating, and breathing standup (0:00) Filming in a prison (5:28) Tooth Fairy in the Siddiq home (9:32) Youth sports (16:19) Settling beefs in the boxing ring (22:21) What is worth the struggle? (24:08) Advice from Willie D (26:14)

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00:25:33

#494 - "Murr" from IMPRACTICAL JOKERS!

The Sport of Life: Chats w/ Comedians, Filmmakers,... ·

2025/01/23

James Murray is a multi-faceted entertainer, known for his work as "Murr" from IMPRACTICAL JOKERS and his efforts as a bestselling author, with nine novels under his belt! He discusses those things and more with Trey Elling, prior to his headlining shows at Cap City Comedy Club on Jan. 24 & 25! Topics include:Murr's standup show (0:00) Getting in trouble in school (5:32) Writing books & making movie adaptations (7:49) Impractical Jokers, fun for the whole family (11:24) Being friends

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00:27:52

#493 - Garret Price on YACHT ROCK: A DOCUMENTARY

The Sport of Life: Chats w/ Comedians, Filmmakers,... ·

2025/01/03

Filmmaker Garret Price chats with Trey Elling about his new doc on MAX, YACHT ROCK: A DOCKUMENTARY. Topics include:A Gen-Xer Making a Yacht Rock doc (0:00) Working with Bill Simmons (2:28) Defining Yacht Rock (4:42) The starting point (7:20) Steely Dan (9:21) Michael McDonald & Kenny Loggins (10:23) Christopher Cross (11:34) "What a Fool Believes" (12:58) Yacht Rock & Hip Hop (14:40) MTV killing Yacht Rock (16:03) Toto and "Africa" (17:23) Donald Fagen (20:49)

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00:33:54

#492 - Keith Robinson

The Sport of Life: Chats w/ Comedians, Filmmakers,... ·

2024/12/27

Comedian Keith Robinson chats with Trey Elling, prior to his shows at The Comedy Mothership. Check out Keith's latest special, DIFFERENT STROKES, on YouTube! Topics include:Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn (0:00) Getting it from other comedians (5:26) Patrice O'Neal (10:41) Different Strokes (13:29) Mitzi and The Comedy Store (18:03) The Comedy Cellar (19:38) Messing with Bobby Kelly in Brazil (24:11) Fatherhood (27:01) An ode to standup (28:45)

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00:34:40

#491 - Patrick Warburton

The Sport of Life: Chats w/ Comedians, Filmmakers,... ·

2024/12/26

Patrick Warburton (Puddy in Seinfeld, Joe Swanson in Family Guy, Lemony Snicket in A Series of Unfortunate Events) chats with Trey Elling about (re)starting a standup career at 60! Patrick headlines Cap City Comedy Club, December 27th-29th. Topics include: Getting back into standup, 40 years later (0:00) The Comedy Store in the mid-1980s (8:21) Barry Sonnenfeld (10:35) Doing blow with Robin Williams & Kinison (15:05) Giving a speech at the JuCo he failed out of (21:14) Pearl Jam (23:27)

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00:05:58

#490 - Kelvin Banks

The Sport of Life: Chats w/ Comedians, Filmmakers,... ·

2024/12/17

Texas Longhorns' Outland- & Lombardi-winning offensive lineman Kelvin Banks chatted with Trey Elling at SEC Media Days, ahead of the 2024 season. Topics included:Leadership (0:00) Texas o-line thoughts (1:11) SEC ready? (3:16) BBQ reviews (4:03)

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00:05:57

#489 - Jahdae Barron

The Sport of Life: Chats w/ Comedians, Filmmakers,... ·

2024/12/15

Texas Longhorns defensive back and Jim Thorpe Award winner Jahdae Barron chatted with Trey Elling at SEC Media Days, prior to the 2024 season. Topics included: Coming back for one more year (0:00) Personal accountability (0:51) Ledership (2:57) Cornerback? (3:36) Optimism for 2024 (4:27) The new CFB video game (5:00)

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00:15:30

#488 - Jeff Schaffer

The Sport of Life: Chats w/ Comedians, Filmmakers,... ·

2024/12/14

Jeff Schaffer is Larry David's Larry David, thank to the crucial role he played as Larry's writing partner for Curb Your Enthusiasm, along with writing credits for Seinfeld and creating The League with his wife, Jackie. He joins Trey Elling to talk about:His beloved Seahawks (0:00) Going on tour with. Larry David (3:55) What would Larry do? (9:24)

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00:21:46

#487 - Chris Myers

The Sport of Life: Chats w/ Comedians, Filmmakers,... ·

2024/12/12

Emmy-winning sports broadcaster Chris Myers chats with Trey Elling about his autobiography, THAT DESERVES A WOW: UNTOLD STORIES OF LEGENDS AND CHAMPIONS, THEIR WINS AND HEARTBREAKS. Topics include: The book's impetus (0:00) Starting in radio (1:35) Interviewing Ali as a teen (3:06) Thanking Johnny Carson (4:43) A part of Sportscenter's golden era (8:32) The art of interviewing (11:04) Asking OJ if he was a murderer (14:13) Being friends with Bill Murray (16:44)

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00:35:14

#486 - Nick Swardson

The Sport of Life: Chats w/ Comedians, Filmmakers,... ·

2024/12/05

Comedian Nick Swardson chats with Trey Elling, prior to his Toilet Head tour coming to Austin's Paramount Theatre on December 5th. Topics include:Sam Darnold's revival w/ the Vikings (0:00) Nick's history with the ATX (5:21) Robbed by a friend (6:35) The Forrest Gump of Comedy? (9:46) Sports fanatics (13:16) The Toilet Head tour (19:11) Existentialism & starting standup (20:30) First pitches (26:25) An ode to standup (28:45)

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00:13:10

#485 - Kelsey Cook

The Sport of Life: Chats w/ Comedians, Filmmakers,... ·

2024/12/04

Comedian Kelsey Cook chats with Trey Elling, prior to her headlining shows at Cap City Comedy Club on December 6th & 7th. Topics include: The Butterfly Effect in Sports (0:00) Public confrontations (4:07) Entitlement (8:13) An ode to standup (10:03)

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00:32:53

#484 - Shane Stiles

The Sport of Life: Chats w/ Comedians, Filmmakers,... ·

2024/11/29

Texas BBQ veteran Shane Stiles chats with Trey Elling about his restaurant, Stiles Switch. Topics include:The Live BBQ Capitol of the World (0:00) The process (2:33) The early days (4:37) Collaborating & adapting (6:36) Stiles' non-brisket meats (9:05) Their sides (11:54) The 12 Meats of Christmas (14:19) Fond memories (17:36) Dave Grohl, the customer (20:24) Stiles Switch outside of Central Texas? (23:18) Aggies & Longhorns playing in football again (24:31) Home grilling

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00:45:59

#483 - Paul Virzi

The Sport of Life: Chats w/ Comedians, Filmmakers,... ·

2024/11/26

Comedian Paul Virzi chats with Trey Elling, in promotion of his new special on YouTube, REASONABLE MAN. Topics include:Austin's food & homeless scenes (0:00) Apolitical politics (6:19) The new special (10:23) Killing in obscurity (14:53) The New York Giants (23:44) Fatherhood (30:58) Bones to pick (36:24) An ode to standup (43:47)

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