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

Comedian ⁠Alex Edelman⁠ is a star on the rise. In 2024, he won an Emmy and a Tony for his special, Just For Us. And he was named one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People. He chats with Trey Elling, prior to his headlining show at the ⁠Paramount Theatre⁠ on April 9th, to kick off ⁠Moontower Comedy Festival⁠. Topics include:Performing in Austin (0:00)Club comic (1:54)Favorite place to perform (5:18)Boston comics (7:21)An incredible 2024 (12:50)The key to a good story (14:41)Standup epiphany (16:42)Eddie Murphy (21:47)First pitch at Fenway (24:50)Working for the Red Sox (28:55)Working for the Dodgers (30:49)Improving NASCAR (37:54)Vin Scully & Tommy Lasorda stories (40:18)An ode to standup (44:36)

Chatting on the red carpet, ahead of the world premiere of ASH at SXSW 2025, Aaron Paul, Eiza Gonzalez, & Flying Lotus discuss making this new sci-fi/horror/thriller!

Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Richard E. Grant. Will Poulter, Téa Leoni, and Alex Scharfman chat with Trey Elling about DEATH OF A UNICORN on the red carpet, ahead of the film's world premiere at SXSW in Austin, TX!

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)