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

US Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) chats with Trey Elling. Topics include: NIL in college sports (0:00) WADA's lack of Olympic transparency (11:15) Texas & Texas A&M resuming their football rivalry (14:35)

The legendary Roseanne Barr chats with Trey Elling, ahead of her headlining shows at Cap City Comedy Club on June 17th, 18th, and 19th. Topics include: Austin & Texas (0:00) Independent thought (4:38) Bill Hicks (7:15) Parenting in 2024 (9:06) Belligerent technology usage (12:40) Cancel culture (14:22) Political correctness in comedy (16:22) An ode to standup (20:00)

Comedian and actor Aries Spears chats with Trey Elling, ahead of his headlining shows at Cap City Comedy Club from June 13th thru 16th. Topics include: Austin's standup scene (0:00) Aries' current hour (1:45) Seeing a lot of adult things as a kid (3:36) Eddie Murphy (9:08) Political correctness in comedy (14:32) The Spears & Steinberg podcast (17:28) Too many 'aw shucks' moments (18:57) Admitting mistakes (20:15) Being ok with silence on stage (25:29) Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul (27:19) An ode to standup (30:31)

Magician Michael Carbonaro chats with Trey Elling, ahead of his June 16th show at Austin's Paramount Theatre. Topics include: The "Lies On Stage" Tour (0:00) A Zoom card trick (3:23) A love/hate relationship with magic (5:45) Political correctness in comedy (7:43) The live show (11:32)

Comedian and actor Brian Posehn chats with Trey Elling, ahead of his shows at Creek and the Cave. Topics include: Austin, TX (0:00) Brian's new comic, Grommets (3:39) 8th grade graduations & the like (10:22) Interviewing Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath (16:43) The new hour (21:23) Brian's skater past (22:40) An ode to standup (24:57)

Comedian Mike Vecchione chats with Trey Elling, prior to his headlining shows at the Comedy Mothership. Topics include: Back at The Mothership (0:00) Philly --> NYC (2:24) Teaching special education (8:25) Philly sports insanity (14:03) Comedy crowds (23:14)

Filmmaker Viggo Mortensen chats with Trey Elling about THE DEAD DON'T HURT, a new Western he wrote, directed, starred in, and scored. Topics include: His mom's influence on the story (0:00) Vicky Krieps as the female antagonist (2:38) Acting is playing (4:34) Collaboration (5:36) The non-linear structure (7:44) Getting the horseback riding right (11:28) Believability (13:04) What he learned making this film (16:11) An ode to filmmaking (17:48)

Phil Rosenthal, star of Netflix's Somebody Feed Phil and creator of Everybody Loves Raymond, chats with Trey Elling, prior to his annual appearance at the ATX TV Festival. Phil also co-hosts the podcast, Naked Lunch. And he's written two books, Somebody Feed Phil The Book and Just Try It!, a children's book co-authored with his daughter, Lily. Topics include: Chicago (0:00) A love for television (2:46) Meeting Bruce Springsteen (7:14) Meeting Larry David (10:03) Phones at the dinner table (11:54) Food: the key to bipartisanship (13:07) Phil's books (16:18) Favorite ATX food (18:05) Norman Lear (21:08) An ode to shared meals (23:16)

Nellie Bowles, currently a writer for The Free Press and formerly with The New York Times, chats with Trey Elling about MORNING AFTER THE REVOLUTION: DISPATCHES FROM THE WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY. Topics include: The book's goal (0:00) CHAZ! Seattle's Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (2:55) Cancel Culture (12:21) Black Lives Matter (15:03) San Francisco (28:06) Trans lives matter (37:15) Optimistic or pessimistic about things? (48:37)

Comedian Jackie Fabulous chats with Trey Elling, ahead of her headlining shows at Creek and the Cave. Topics include: Travel headaches (0:00) Getting on stage in a variety of places (7:26) Standup etiquette (11:15) Austin, TX...Jackie's future home??? (14:44) Tattoos (29:40) An ode to standup (32:28)