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

Comedian & actor Earthquake chats with Trey Elling, prior to his headlining shows at Cap City Comedy Club, March 28-30. Topics include:30-year, overnight success (0:00)Touring is livin' (5:32)Magic City in Atlanta (8:39)The Washington Commanders (12:14)Shouted out at the Tom Brady roast (13:56)The challenge of parenting (16:20)An ode to standup (20:45)

Actor, comedian, and podcaster Paul Scheer chats with Trey Elling, prior to his live recording of How Did This Get Made at ACL Live at the Moody Theater in Austin, TX on March 25th, 2025. Topics include:Human Giant at SXSW (0:00)A comeback for comedies? (2:38)Paul Rudd (4:23)Still grinding (9:08)How Did This Get Made (11:25)The joys of youth sports... (15:59)...and the perils (24:13)Paul's memoir (26:53)An ode to entertaining (30:56)

Dr. Jason Wersland, Founder/Chief Wellness Officer of Therabody and inventor of the Theragun, chats with Trey Elling during South By Southwest 2025. Topics include:Inventing the Theragun (0:00)Realizing its true customer base (9:25)Using it to prepare, perform, and recover (18:33)Other Therabody products (24:20)Making the Theragun even better (30:20)An ode to the Theragun (34:03)

Actor & comedian Chris Kattan chats with Trey Elling, prior to his show at Cap City Comedy Club on March 15th. Topics include:Chicago (0:00)Standup (2:12)Gay Hitler (4:15)First pitch at Wrigley (5:46)Class clown (8:50)Will Ferrell rapport (10:50)Mr. Peepers (12:34)SNL 50th & Paul McCartney (13:44)An ode to comedy (16:11)

Katherine Blanford chats with Trey Elling, ahead of her trip to Austin for SXSW and pop-ins at downtown clubs all throughout the week. Topics include:Arrested Development (0:00)Performing in posh Colorado ski towns (2:26)Austin comedy (6:13)Smaller vs bigger venues (10:31)Dave Attell (14:05)The Comedy Mothership (16:53)Ian Edwards (18:49)Next hour almost ready (22:50)Cussing kids (27:28)An ode to standup (29:22)

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, GOAT (15:28)An ode to swimming (18:52)

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 pageantry of college sports (14:01)The orange smoke (16:48)Drone show pyrotechnic trailblazers (18:40)Making a great thing better on game days (20:23)

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)

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)

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)