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

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)

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 time-restricted feeding? (44:19)His hope for the future (51:09)Ozympic & other GLP-1s (56:24)

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)