The Sport of Life: Comedy, Film, Sports, and Music

Mar 10 2025 504 ep. 35 mins 11
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Trey Elling chats with comedians, filmmakers, sports figures, musicians, and authors about their stories.

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#505 - Caeleb Dressel

Mar 10 2025 23 mins  
Caeleb Dressel, a nine-time Olympic gold medal swimmer for the US men's team, chats with Trey Elling, prior to his panel discussion at SXSW. Topics include:Discussing peak performance at SXSW (0:00)Merely enjoying being in the water (1:55)Loving his dog and all animals (4:31)His relationship with Nulo Pet Food (5:30)Nutrition (8:15)Florida Gators football (10:44)Eddie Reese, GO

#504 - Drew Martin

Mar 07 2025 26 mins  
Drew Martin, Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director at the University of Texas-Austin, chats with Trey Elling, prior to his participation at the Hook Em House at Antone's during South By Southwest. Topics include:Explaining his panel discussion (0:00)LHN going digital-only (4:14)Blending new tech at DKR (7:48)Relevant gripes from last season at DKR (12:57)Maintaining the

#503 - Steve Byrne

Mar 04 2025 35 mins  
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

#502 - Chris Myers

Feb 28 2025 30 mins  
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) Friend

#501 - Ian Edwards

Feb 27 2025 32 mins  
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)

#499 - Valter Longo on FASTING CANCER

Feb 11 2025 60 mins  
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 (11:0

#498 - Bonnie McFarlane

Feb 07 2025 32 mins  
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)

#497 - Jon Lovitz

Feb 06 2025 32 mins  
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)

#496 - Alexander Hutchison on IN DEFENSE OF DOPING

Feb 04 2025 58 mins  
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 'dopi

#495 - Ali Siddiq

Feb 03 2025 29 mins  
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)