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

Comedian Margaret Cho chats with Trey Elling, prior to her Moontower Comedy Festival show at the Paramount Theatre on April 11th. Topics include: Performing in Austin (0:00) Network TV Execs suck (5:17) Evolving as a standup (7:42) "Gay face" (9:54) Armenian food (13:20) Her upcoming Broadway show (15:29) The big question (16:36) Sam Rockwell (17:32) An ode to standup (18:33)

Ahmed Gallab, aka Sinkane, chats with Trey Elling during SXSW 2024. Sinkane's new album, WE BELONG, hit stores on April 5th, blending funk, afrobeat, disco, southern gospel, Sudanese pop, and more. Topics include: The new album (0:00) Learning to be a front man (2:55) Singing falsetto (9:32) Ohio State (12:02) Performance art (17:46) WE BELONG (19:45)

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)