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

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) A PED paradox in sports vs life (27:16) The Tour de France & PEDs, a history (33:35) MLB's gains & losses with PEDs (39:34) "Protecting the children" (41:35) Clenbuterol (47:15) Potential solutions (50:37) Drugs that should remain illegal (53:52)

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)

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 w/ David Zucker of Airplane! fame (13:38) How Murr's wedding broke Smash Mouth up (18:16) A story about Steve Byrne (20:59) A story about Allen Iverson (22:41)

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) Appearing on camera (25:07) An ode to Yacht Rock (26:04) An ode to filmmaking (26:45)

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)

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) Pissing Larry David off (27:10) Fatherhood (29:00) An ode to standup (32:02)

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)

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)

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)

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)