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#295 - Joe Maddon on THE BOOK OF JOE
November 01, 2022 14:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBJoe Maddon, a longtime MLB manager who led the Tampa Bay Rays to their first ever World Series appearance and the Chicago Cubs to their first World Series title in more than 100 years, chats with Trey Elling about THE BOOK OF JOE: TRYING NOT TO SUCK AT BASEBALL AND LIFE. Topics include: The book's goal (2:14) Slogans helping to get a message across (4:08) A football coach who shaped his leadership style (7:24) How he got into coaching baseball (8:53) His favorite championship (10:52) T...
#294 - Benjamin Abelow on HOW THE WEST BROUGHT WAR TO UKRAINE
October 28, 2022 13:57 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBEuropean history and nuclear arms policy expert Benjamin Abelow chats with Trey Elling about HOW THE WEST BROUGHT WAR TO UKRAINE: UNDERSTANDING HOW U.S. AND NATO POLICIES LED TO CRISIS, WAR, AND THE RISK OF NUCLEAR CATASTROPHE. Topics include: NATO's expansion east over the past 30 years (0:35) Why NATO would've promised not to expand east in the early 1990s (2:46) NATO adding Poland is a member in the late '90s (6:09) George W. Bush withdrawing the US from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Tre...
#293 - Natasha Lance Rogoff on MUPPETS IN MOSCOW
October 25, 2022 11:00 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBAward-winning television producer and documentary filmmaker Natasha Lance Rogoff chats with Trey Elling about MUPPETS IN MOSCOW: THE UNEXPECTED CRAZY TRUE STORY OF MAKING SESAME STREET IN RUSSIA. Topics include: Why Sesame Street asked her to bring the show to Russia (2:00) Starting with getting past Russia's gatekeepers (8:29) Finally finding Russian financing (14:42) The difficulty of convincing Russians to diversify the show's music (17:07) The Russian production team not understandi...
#292 - Bryan Caplan on DON'T BE A FEMINIST
October 21, 2022 11:00 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBGeorge Mason University Professor of Economics and New York Times bestselling author Bryan Caplan chats with Trey Elling about DON'T BE A FEMINIST: ESSAYS ON GENUINE JUSTICE. Topics include: Feminism (0:22) Orwellian 'othering' (13:49) Public school classes are too touchy-feely (18:41) Happiness (22:39)
#291 - Annie Duke on QUIT
October 18, 2022 20:01 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBDecision-making expert, bestselling author, and former professional poker player Annie Duke chats with Trey Elling about QUIT: THE POWER OF KNOWING WHEN TO WALK AWAY. Topics include: Why we have have a hard time quitting (2:17) Richard Pryor (5:26) Why NYC cabbies in the 1990s were bad quitters (8:17) The difficulty of quitting in the red (13:03) California's high speed train money pit (16:22) Monkeys and pedestals (21:13) Sears not being able to quit itself (24:48) Daniel Kahneman p...
#290 - John Crist on DELETE THAT
October 13, 2022 12:53 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBComedian John Crist chats with Trey Elling about DELETE THAT (AND OTHER FAILED ATTEMPTS TO LOOK GOOD ONLINE). Topics include: Writing a memoir at 38 (:31) John's unique childhood (2:20) Failure (6:58) Early affirmations from a comic who had 'made it' (10:47) Louie Anderson's generous offer (13:51) Getting over a fear of discussing his spirituality on stage (17:00) Mocking both sides of a topic (22:22) A Sophie's choice for John (25:51) Those little motivators early in a standup care...
#289 - Susan Linn on WHO'S RAISING THE KIDS
October 11, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBRenowned child psychologist and author Susan Linn chats with Trey Elling about WHO'S RAISING THE KIDS: BIG TECH, BIG BUSINESS, AND THE LIVES OF KIDS. Topics include: How a commercialized, digitized society affects kids' brain development (3:45) Nurturing 'awe' in children (6:14) Mr. Rogers encouraging silence (14:12) Mattel trying to hook babies with Aristotle (19:03) Screens substituting for real-life interactions (21:38) Amazon's Alexa for kids (24:16) Minecraft (28:49) Brand tribe...
#288 - Meg Gardiner on HEAT 2
October 04, 2022 13:48 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBBestselling author Meg Gardiner chats with Trey Elling about HEAT 2. Gardiner co-authored the book with Michael Mann, which serves as the sequel to Mann's 1995 crime thriller HEAT, starring Al Pacino, Robert Deniro, and Val Kilmer. Topics include: How she and Mann linked up (0:35) Where the book picks up from the film (6:48) Writing dialogue for characters that already exist on the big screen (13:30) The balance of paying tribute to a classic film, while making the current project its ow...
#287 - Randall Balmer on PASSION PLAYS
September 29, 2022 12:41 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBRandall Balmer, an Episcopal priest and John Phillips Chair in Religion at Dartmouth College, chats with Trey Elling about PASSION PLAYS: HOW RELIGION SHAPED SPORTS IN NORTH AMERICA. Topics include: Baseball as counterculture to the Industrial Revolution (2:32) Football benefitting from the US Civil War (17:08) Hockey as a metaphor for Canada (28:24) Basketball's similarities to American urbanization (35:50) Are sports the new opiate of the masses (43:56)
#286 - Louise Willder on BLURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
September 27, 2022 11:00 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBLouise Willder, a copywriter at Penguin Books whose written around 5,000 blurbs over nearly three decades, chats with Trey Elling about BLURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM: AN A-Z OF LITERARY PERSUASION. Topics include: Defining “blurb” (0:29) The profession of “blurbing” (3:09) Adjectives begetting laziness (7:10) Subtitles (10:24) Why some authors despise blurbs (14:10) Do authors ever write their own blurbs? (17:14) Charles Dickens: trailblazing self-promoter (21:00) What makes a book ‘classic’...
#285 - James DiEugenio on JFK REVISITED
September 23, 2022 13:52 - 1 hour - 82.5 MBJim DiEugenio, a foremost expert on the assassination of John F. Kennedy, chats with Trey Elling about JFK REVISITED: THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. The book provides annotated transcripts of Oliver Stone's recent two- and four-hour documentaries, co-written by Jim, that present the most recent evidence uncovered by the Assassinations Record Review Board (ARRB). Topics include: The ARRB's importance for this project (2:45) JFK's autopsy confusion (12:57) The mystery of a press conference held...
#284 - Henry Sanderson on VOLT RUSH
September 20, 2022 11:03 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBJournalist and author Henry Sanderson chats with Trey Elling about VOLT RUSH: THE WINNERS AND LOSERS IN THE RACE TO GO GREEN. Topics include: Why electric vehicles didn't catch on initially in the early 1900s (2:01) How Exxon gets partial credit for discovering the lithium battery (4:37) China as the world's 'battery superpower' (7:54) Lithium's path from ground to battery (11:40) Cobalt's path from ground to battery (18:11) Nickel's path from ground to battery (26:04) The shocking am...
#283 - Kristin Ohlson on SWEET IN TOOTH AND CLAW
September 15, 2022 11:50 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBPortland-based writer and author Kristin Ohlson chats with Trey Elling about SWEET IN TOOTH AND CLAW: STORIES OF GENEROSITY AND COOPERATION IN THE NATURAL WORLD. Topics include: Harvesting trees while keeping a forest healthy (1:14) Dead salmon's contribution to the forest network (5:17) Bees sometimes cheating mutualism with pollenating flowers (7:03) Relaxed selection versus natural selection (9:10) How viral infections helped with human evolution (13:57) Humans emit a lot of bacteri...
#282 - Douglas London on THE RECRUITER
September 13, 2022 12:49 - 1 hour - 72.1 MBSpy. Spook. Intelligence officer. However you label him, Douglas London spent 34 years with the CIA, working as a field operative in countries outside of the United States, establishing relationships with foreign nationals who could help the US with highly sensitive information. And he's sharing his story with Trey Elling as told in THE RECRUITER: SPYING AND THE LOST ART OF AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE. The book is part memoir, part how-to-spy guide, and part critique of how and why the CIA lost it...
#281 - Anthony Michael Hall on THE CLASS
September 08, 2022 12:56 - 18 minutes - 17 MBLegendary actor Anthony Michael Hall chats with Trey Elling about his new film THE CLASS. Topics include: THE CLASS as a sort of spiritual sequel to THE BREAKFAST CLUB (0:38) Taking a page from John Hughes with rehearsals (5:00) Playing a school administrator, and remembering Paul Gleeson (8:53) Humanizing the authority figures (13:17) Acting class memories (14:59)
#280 - Evan Puschak on ESCAPE INTO MEANING
September 06, 2022 19:34 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBEvan Puschak, the guy responsible for the wildly popular The Nerdwriter channel on YouTube, chats with Trey Elling about ESCAPE INTO MEANING: ESSAYS ON SUPERMAN, PUBLIC BENCHES, AND OTHER OBSESSIONS. Topics include: Coming into his own as a writer (1:46) Lessons learned from Emerson (6:35) Articulating like Jerry Seinfeld (10:03) The brilliance of standup comedy (12:43) Facebook's true customers (15:37) The greatness of public benches (23:38) Why Venice, Italy is Evan's favorite place...
#279 - David James talks standup, Alamo, murdering Bills fans in Buffalo
September 01, 2022 23:28 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBPhilly-based standup David James chats with Trey Elling, a head of his shows at Cap City Comedy Club from Sept. 2nd - 4th. Topics include: Getting fired from a paper company (0:25) Working as a parole officer (2:35) His standup journey (4:33) Tik Tok standup "comedians" (5:57) Remembering the Alamo while murdering Bills fans in Buffalo (7:36) David's terrible NYE in San Antonio (13:29) What he hates about Philly (17:13)
#278 - Trey Elling on getting fired
August 30, 2022 15:27 - 5 minutes - 4.71 MBTrey takes a break from interviews to discuss his recent departure from 104.9 The Horn, a sports radio station in Austin, TX where he hosted a midday show for the past five-plus years.
#277 - TJ English on DANGEROUS RHYTHMS (part 2)
August 25, 2022 10:49 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBJournalist, screenwriter, and New York Times bestselling author TJ English chats with Trey Elling about DANGEROUS RHYTHMS: JAZZ AND THE UNDERWORLD. In the second of a two-part conversation with TJ, topics include: Jazz thriving through the Great Depression (0:15) How gangsters "mobbed up" jukeboxes during the Great Depression (2:40) Frank Sinatra as the main figure in the book's second half (4:40) Sinatra's mom providing him an 'in' with the Hoboken, NJ mafia (6:16) Frank using the mob ...
#276 - TJ English on DANGEROUS RHYTHMS (part 1)
August 23, 2022 10:15 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBJournalist, screenwriter, and New York Times bestselling author TJ English chats with Trey Elling about DANGEROUS RHYTHMS: JAZZ AND THE UNDERWORLD. In the first of a two-part conversation with TJ, topics include: Why the birth of jazz was about more than merely creating a new sort of language (3:10) How lynchings helped form a bond Sicilian club owners and black jazz musicians in early-1900s New Orleans (6:29) The origins of the term 'jazz' (10:22) "Jellyroll" Morton (14:06) The influen...
#275 - Randy Lanier on SURVIVAL OF THE FASTEST
August 16, 2022 10:58 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MBLegendary race car driver and marijuana smuggler Randy Lanier chats with Trey Elling about SURVIVAL OF THE FASTEST: WEED, SPEED, AND THE 1980s DRUG SCANDAL THAT SHOCKED THE SPORTS WORLD. The book details how Randy became one of the most lucrative international marijuana traffickers in US history during the 1980s, part of which coincided with his rapid ascent in professional auto racing, before it all came crashing down.
#274 - Earthquake
August 12, 2022 11:13 - 18 minutes - 17 MBComedian, actor, and radio host Earthquake chats with Trey Elling, ahead of his shows at Cap City Comedy Club. Topics include: Today's kids being bored by the childhood entertainment of the past (0:44) Cancel culture (4:21) Why Washington DC cranks out so many funny comedians (5:17) How he was shaped by serving 11 years in the Air Force (6:41) Audience members attacking comedians (9:00) Will Smith going after Chris Rock at the Oscars (10:31) How he got the name "Earthquake" (11:18) W...
#273 - Mike Leach
August 11, 2022 16:41 - 45 minutes - 41.2 MBMississippi State head coach Mike Leach, aka "the Bill Murray of College Football", chats with Trey Elling ahead of the 2022 season. Topics include: The collective impact of conference realignment, NIL, and possible playoff expansion on the sport (1:52) Wanting to chat with Elon Musk (20:13) Mike's offseason (23:33) Pikes Peak & Buffalo Bill trivia (28:33) Craziness in the Florida Keys (35:16) Bigfoot (38:36) Previewing Mississippi State football's upcoming season (42:52)
#272 - Justin Gregg on IF NIETZSCHE WERE A NARWHAL
August 09, 2022 11:32 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MBDolphin social cognition expert and science writer Justin Gregg chats with Trey Elling about IF NIETZSCHE WERE A NARWHAL: WHAT ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE REVEALS ABOUT HUMAN STUPIDITY.
#271 - Nate Ebner on FINISH STRONG
August 04, 2022 11:38 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBSuper Bowl champion and US Rugby Olympian Nate Ebner chats with Trey Elling about FINISH STRONG: A FATHER'S CODE AND A SON'S PATH. The book tells the story of Nate's special relationship with his father growing up, his dad's tragic murder, and how Nate used the lessons learned from his dad to walk on at Ohio State Buckeyes football, win three Super Bowls with the New England Patriots, and represent US Rugby at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. Nate and Trey discuss some of those details.
#270 - Comedian Jeff Ross
August 02, 2022 12:51 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MBComedian Jeff Ross, aka the Roastmaster General, chats with Trey Elling, prior to his shows at Cap City Comedy Club on August 4 - 6. Topics include: Jeff's status as an elder statesman in standup (1:59) Performing bits that have nothing to do with trash-talking (3:04) How losing Bob Saget and Gilbert Gottfried affected his comedy (3:45) Disappearing airport etiquette (4:43) Jeff growing to love dogs during the pandemic (5:36) A lack of hecklers at his shows (7:51) Jeff connecting with...
#269 - Bryan Callen philosophizes on comedy, life
July 28, 2022 11:23 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBComedian, podcaster, writer, and actor Bryan Callen chats with Trey Elling, ahead of his standup shows at Cap City Comedy Club on July 28, 29, & 30. Topics include: Performing in Austin (4:12) Pronoun- & trans-politics (6:58) Interviewing Sammy "the Bull" Gravano (15:16) Upcoming standup special & cranking out new material (17:36) Standup in the 'cancel culture' era (18:54) Getting back into standup in 2005 (24:13) Places he won't go with his comedy (25:32) Failure (27:35)
#268 - Rebecca Rolland on THE ART OF TALKING WITH CHILDREN
July 26, 2022 19:53 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBSpeech pathologist, writer, and Harvard lecturer Rebecca Rolland chats with Trey Elling about THE ART OF TALKING WITH CHILDREN: THE SIMPLE KEYS TO NURTURING KINDNESS, CREATIVITY, AND CONFIDENCE IN KIDS.
#267 - Ron Shelton on THE CHURCH OF BASEBALL
July 21, 2022 12:17 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MBLegendary filmmaker Ron Shelton chats with Trey Elling about THE CHURCH OF BASEBALL: THE MAKING OF BULL DURHAM: HOME RUNS, BAD CALLS, CRAZY FIGHTS, BIG SWINGS, AND A HIT. The book is part memoir, part screenwriting/directing masterclass, and part oral history of one of the best sports movies ever made.
#266 - Nicklas Brendborg on JELLYFISH AGE BACKWARDS
July 19, 2022 11:42 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBMolecular biologist Nicklas Brendborg chats with Trey Elling about JELLYFISH AGE BACKWARDS: NATURE'S SECRETS TO LONGEVITY. Topics include: Why we age (:51) How a certain jellyfish ages backwards (1:29) The unique aging of salmon (2:26) Large animals outliving small ones (3:17) The curious case of the naked mole rat (4:19) Genetics and lifespan (6:49) Why eradicating major diseases wouldn't extend average lifespan (9:20) Distinguishing the queen bee from worker bees (12:04) Antioxida...
#265 - Frantz & Collins on SALMON WARS
July 14, 2022 11:44 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBInvestigative journalists Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins chats with Trey Elling about SALMON WARS: THE DARK UNDERBELLY OF OUR FAVORITE FISH. Topics include: The genesis of this book (0:49) How the farmed salmon industry is like Big Tobacco and Big Ag rolled into one (3:04) How embedded farmed salmon is in our food supply (5:27) Properly labelling seafood (7:16) The evolution of commercial salmon farming (8:21) The Canadian government's role in the rise in that country's open-net ...
#264 - Mary Lynn Rajskub on FAME-ISH
July 12, 2022 11:38 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBActress, comedian, and writer Mary Lynn Rajskub chats with Trey Elling about FAME-ISH: MY LIFE AT THE EDGE OF STARDOM. Topics include: Covid as the inspiration to write this book (1:10) Making the ranch dressing at Denny's (2:32) Find a home as a young performer in LA (8:15) The evolution of her standup (13:36) The key to acting dead (20:37) Her million-dollar mansion that housed a women's commune and anus-less dog (21:39) Writing about personally difficult experiences (23:08)
#263 - Hans Kim on his journey in standup comedy
July 08, 2022 12:06 - 35 minutes - 32.1 MBComedian Hans Kim chats with Trey Elling, prior to the standup showcase he's hosting at Vulcan Gas Company on July 10th. Topics include: Kill Tony discovering him (2:19) Life changing massively in the last year-plus (3:33) Moving to Austin (5:28) His standup experience in NYC (6:41) Getting comfortable on stage (8:44) Being funny as a kid (11:20) Layers of being funny (13:06) Continually honing his craft (14:48) Opening for Joe Rogan, in front of 17,000 people (19:40) Performing at...
#262 - Jerry Stahl on NEIN, NEIN, NEIN
July 05, 2022 09:40 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBBestselling author and screenwriter Jerry Stahl chats with Trey Elling about NEIN, NEIN, NEIN: ONE MAN'S TALE OF DEPRESSION, PSYCHIC TORMENT, AND A BUS TOUR OF THE HOLOCAUST. Topics include: Why he decided to go on a Concentration Camp bus tour a few years ago (0:25) Coming to terms with his own depression many years ago (1:12) The added challenge of placating Hollywood while on the bus tour (3:23) Investing in digitally hip luggage before the trip (5:15) Keeping it real on Spielberg’s ...
#261 - Admiral James Stavridis, USN, Ret. on TO RISK IT ALL
June 30, 2022 10:32 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBRetired four-star Admiral James Stavridis chats with Trey Elling about TO RISK IT ALL: NINE CONFLICTS AND THE CRUCIBLE OF DECISION. Topics include: John Paul Jones continuing to fight a battle that was seemingly lost (1:43) Lieutenant Stephen Decatur 'cutting out' in Tripoli Harbor (3:08) An amazing example of risk-taking from the US Civil War (4:46) Gut instinct as an element of good decision making (6:37) "Cool Hand" George Dewey and the challenges he overcame with his fleet entering ...
#260 - Cooper Raiff on CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH
June 28, 2022 11:01 - 4 minutes - 4.56 MBOne of Hollywood's brightest, young filmmakers Cooper Raiff chats with Trey Elling about CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH. Raiff wrote, directed and starred in the film, which is available now on Apple+. Topics include: Having a hamster as a costar in the film (1:23) How his sister serves as an inspiration in CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH (1:45) Directing actors of a variety of ages (2:47) "Brown Eyed Girl" (4:09)
#259 - Don McLean on the "American Pie" 50th anniversary
June 23, 2022 19:50 - 32 minutes - 30 MBLegendary musician Don McLean chats with Trey Elling, ahead of his show at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, celebrating the release of "American Pie" 50 years ago. Topics include: What the show consists of (2:33) The key to a good story (4:03) How he handled the success of "American Pie" poorly (8:24) Exploring a variety of themes and styles with his music over the past 50 years (13:55) Bob Dylan disliking the likelihood that he's the jester character in "American Pie" (17:01) The gove...
#258 - Marlon Wayans on performing standup
June 21, 2022 11:56 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBActor, writer, producer, and standup comedian Marlon Wayans chats with Trey Elling, ahead of his live shows in Austin, Houston, and San Antonio. Topics include: Whether he has a preferred type of venue to perform standup (1:39) What he loves about standup that is unique from making movies and tv shows (2:58) Has his brother Damon helped him evolve as a standup (5:26) What it'll take to get Eddie Murphy to perform standup again (6:55) The key to capturing Richard Pryor's vulnerability in...
#257 - Postscript chat with Myron Rolle, MD
June 16, 2022 12:26 - 14 minutes - 13 MBFollowing their conversation on Dr. Rolle's new book, THE 2% WAY, Dr. Rolle and Trey Elling discussed several social issues that have been swirling around the world of college and pro sports. Topics include: Is the school song for the University of Texas racist? (1:49) Should Florida State University consider replacing the Seminoles mascot? (7:28) The "Redskins" nickname and high schools flying the Confederate flag (10:04) People clinging to symbols (11:35) To watch/hear our chat on THE...
#256 - Myron Rolle, MD on THE 2% WAY
June 14, 2022 12:50 - 1 hour - 64.3 MBFormer NFL player and current pediatric neurosurgeon Dr. Myron Rolle chats with Trey Elling about THE 2% WAY: HOW A PHILOSOPHY OF SMALL IMPROVEMENTS TOOK ME TO OXFORD, THE NFL, AND NEUROSURGERY. Topics include: An explanation of the 2% way (0:45) Why examining one's foundations is important for fulfilling potential (2:26) What his mummy was like during his childhood (4:13) His dad's response to Myron kicking another kid's butt for calling him the n-word (6:12) The benefit of adopting hi...
#255 - Tyler Campbell on THE BALL CAME OUT
June 09, 2022 19:26 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBMultiple Sclerosis ambassador and motivational speaker Tyler Campbell chats with Trey Elling about THE BALL CAME OUT: LIFE FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD. Topics include: Tyler's goal with the book (3:00) The thing that caused him to let his guard down a bit as a kid (4:36) Growing up as an African American in an affluent, predominantly white community (7:13) How the discovery of football helped him (12:15) An mistake that derailed his life as a junior in high school (15:29) How his ...
#254 - Bo Seo on GOOD ARGUMENTS
June 07, 2022 13:40 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBFormer world champion debater Bo Seo chats with Trey Elling about GOOD ARGUMENTS: HOW DEBATE TEACHES US TO LISTEN AND BE HEARD. Topics include: Bo's goal with the book (0:27) Why disagreement is valuable in human interaction (2:30) Bo's outright avoidance of conflict changing in 2005 (4:52) The importance of topic analysis for debate (10:38) Why 'truth' and 'importance' are debate's two burdens of proof to convince a listener (15:49) Counterclaims as an embodiment for justifiable hope,...
#253 - Phil Rosenthal on SOMEBODY FEED PHIL
June 03, 2022 16:29 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBEverybody Loves Raymond creator and Somebody Feed Phil creator/host Phil Rosenthal chats with Trey Elling, ahead of his appearance at the ATX TV Festival. The fifth season of Somebody Feed Phil is out now on Netflix!
#252 - Briga Heelan on GREAT NEWS reunion at ATX TV Fest
June 02, 2022 18:26 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MBActor Briga Heelan chats with Trey Elling, ahead of her appearance at the ATX Television Festival for a GREAT NEWS cast/crew reunion and table read. Briga shares what she loved about the show, lessons learned from working around some legends, where her natural comedic sense comes from, the joys of parenting, and more!
#251 - John Gleeson on THE GOTTI WARS
June 01, 2022 13:29 - 42 minutes - 39.5 MBJohn Gleeson was lead counsel in the successful racketeering-murder trials of John Gotti and Vic Orena, which he talks about with Trey Elling, as detailed in the new book, THE GOTTI WARS: TAKING DOWN AMERICA'S MOST NOTORIOUS MOBSTER. Topics include: The allure of working for the Eastern District of New York in the mid-1980s (1:28) How he became involved in the first Gotti case (3:15) Why his office didn't get along with the FBI's Gambino squad (6:42) Gotti's 'allure' in person (10:15) T...
#250 - Adam Campbell on GREAT NEWS at ATX TV Festival
May 31, 2022 14:20 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBActor Adam Campbell chats with Trey Elling, ahead of a reunion with some of his former GREAT NEWS cast- and crew-mates at ATX TV Festival. Topics include: Embarking on his first trip to Austin and Texas (1:25) Adam's description of Los Angeles to an outsider (2:53) The difficulties of learning the full picture on the issues most impacting the country and world (5:08) Adam gaining an appreciation of America when going through the citizenship process (8:50) American freedom (10:31) What ...
#249 - Ron Howard & Nathan Mook on WE FEED PEOPLE
May 26, 2022 10:17 - 6 minutes - 6.3 MBOscar-winning director Ron Howard and World Central Kitchen CEO Nathan Mook chat with Trey Elling about WE FEED PEOPLE during South By Southwest 2022. The Apple+ documentary, directed by Howard, details the tireless work and humanitarian aid provided by renowned chef José Andrés through his organization, World Central Kitchen. Nathan Mook (0:44) Ron Howard (3:17)
#248 - M. Chris Fabricant on JUNK SCIENCE AND THE AMERICAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
May 25, 2022 11:42 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBM. Chris Fabricant, Director of Strategic Litigation for the Innocence Project & expert on forensic science and the US criminal justice system, chats with Trey Elling about JUNK SCIENCE AND THE AMERICAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. Topics include: The birth of junk science as a jury-swaying courtroom tool (2:22) 'Peer reviewed' as a misunderstood term regarding science (10:33) An early 1990s US Supreme Court case favoring Dow Pharmaceuticals helping with the awakening on junk science (19:55) ...
#247 - Nolan Ryan, et al on FACING NOLAN
May 24, 2022 17:29 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBSeveral people responsible for the new Nolan Ryan documentary, FACING NOLAN, chat with Trey Elling on the red carpet before the film's premiere at SXSW 2022. The interviewees include: Bradley Jackson - Director (0:33) Reid & Reese Ryan - Executive Producers & Nolan's sons (3:22) Nolan Ryan - Major League Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher & Robin Ventura's daddy (9:16)
#246 - Scott Hershovitz on NASSTY, BRUTISH, AND SHORT
May 19, 2022 15:28 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBUniversity of Michigan Philosophy and Law professor Scott Hershovitz chats with Trey Elling about NASTY, BRUTISH, AND SHORT: ADVENTURES IN PHILOSOPHY WITH MY KIDS.