The Sport of Life: Chats w/ Comedians, Filmmakers, Sports Figures, Musicians, & Intellectuals

Rick Doblin, founder and president of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), chats with Trey Elling. Topics include the potential medicinal benefits of... Intro (0:00) Cannabis (2:16) MDMA (9:55) Ibogaine (24:56) Psilocybin (31:56) Qualified psychedelic therapists (37:32) Total eclipses (42:39)

Comedian Ian Fidance chats with Trey Elling, prior to his shows at Creek & The Cave on April 5th and 6th.

Legendary comedian George Wallace chats with Trey Elling, ahead of his shows at Cap City Comedy Club on April 5th & 6th. Topics include: Performing in Austin (0:00) Making it in comedy (4:51) The key to selling (9:12) Waiting in line for food (13:01) Hanging with Larry David (16:58) Working new material (18:25) Self-promotion (22:29) Traveling & airplanes (24:08) The last question (27:53)

Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk chats with Trey Elling, ahead of DARKSLIDES & SECRET TAPES: AN EVENING WITH TONY HAWK & RODNEY MULLEN at ACL Live on April 7th. Topics include: Parenting (0:00) That pesky broken femur (1:46) Darkslides & Secret Tapes (4:32) The skateboarding community (6:34) BACK II THE FUTURE & hoverboards (8:35) Skateboarding purists & the X Games (10:08) Skateboarding as a metaphor for life (11:56) Parenting and social media (12:28) Traveling the world with kids (14:36) The Skate Park Project (16:44) The big question (17:22)

Comedian Robert Kelly chats with Trey Elling, ahead of his headlining shows at the Comedy Mothership on April 5th & 6th. Topics include: Eclipses (0:00) Hanging in the woods (3:33) Kids and their feelings (14:04) The border (21:56) The Comedy Mothership (24:26) Current projects (30:57) Steve Byrne (35:12)

Legendary musician John Oates chats with Trey Elling during SXSW 2024. Topics include: Attending the first SXSW (0:00) Starting out in the music biz (1:30) Willie Nelson (5:15) The solo career (6:17) The story behind "Get Your Smile On" (7:42) "Maneater" (11:00) Taking a 10-year break in 1986 (13:16) Failing at country music (18:25) Artificial intelligence (20:50) Electric cars (23:35) Making music & telling stories live (25:33) His new album, Reunion (28:53) Mortality & the afterlife (30:54)

Trey Elling chats with the legendary Bootsy Collins and up-and-coming musician Fantaazma during SXSW 2024. Bootsy premiered his new single at South By. "The Influencers" features Fantaazma, Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, and more. Topics include: How Bootsy and Fantaazma met (0:47) The One (3:05) Bootsy's alien encounter (8:17) "The Influencers" (12:54) Bootsy gives a nickname to Trey (16:03)

Trey Elling chats with the cast of ROAD HOUSE, ahead of the film's premiere at SXSW 2024. The guests included Jake Gyllenhaal, Connor McGregor, Daniela Melchior, Jessica Williams, Billy Magnussen, BK Cannon, Dominique Columbus, Breland, and Bob Menery. Topics include: Intro (0:00) Jake & Connor teaching each other (0:58) Remaking a classic (2:52) Modern Jeff Healy (4:25) Last real fight (5:15) Filming in the DR (8:22) Fighting Connor in real life (9:16)

Actor Skeet Ulrich chats with Trey Elling, prior to the March 31st premiere of PARISH on AMC. Ulrich is also driving the honorary pace car prior to NASCAR's EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, TX on March 24th. Topics include: Skeet's deep connection to NASCAR (0:00) Having open-heart surgery at 10 (4:15) Driving the honorary pace car (8:52) His mischievous Parish character (10:38) Getting the Cajun accent right (13:17) A passion for woodworking (15:34) That big question (18:38)

Comedian and filmmaker Bobcat Goldthwait chats with Trey Elling, ahead of his shows at Vulcan Gas Company on March 22nd & 23rd. Topics include: Bobcat the standup comedian (0:00) The early days (1:19) Testing new material (4:24) ATX standup (6:02) Finding hid true voice on stage (8:50) Directing the Jimmy Kimmel Show (11:46) Befriending Robin Williams (14:31) Making World's Greatest Dad (16:58) Bobcats Mike Tyson story (20:31) Hitting it big in LA (22:50) Remembering Bill Hicks (23:52) Directing standup (25:29) Performing standup (26:50)