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#312 - Jeff Guinn on WACO (part 1)
February 07, 2023 12:00 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBAward-winning investigative journalist and bestselling author Jeff Guinn chats with Trey Elling about WACO: DAVID KORESH, THE BRANCH DAVIDIANS, AND A LEGACY OF RAGE. In the first- or a two-part conversation, Jeff and Trey discuss the evolution of the Branch Davidians and David Koresh's rise within the religious organization. Topics include: The book's genesis (1:26) 20 ATF agents going on-record about Waco for the first time (2:51) How the group originally settled in Waco, TX in the early...
#311 - Dr. F. Perry Wilson on HOW MEDICINE WORKS AND WHEN IT DOESN'T
January 24, 2023 12:23 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBYale School of Medicine physician and researcher F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE, chats with Trey Elling about HOW MEDICINE WORKS AND WHEN IT DOESN’T: LEARNING WHO TO TRUST TO GET AND STAY HEALTHY. Topics include: Goal with the book (0:00) Pharma’s role with patient mistrust (1:57) Pharma’s influence on doctors (6:49) Generic drugs not such an easy fix (10:22) How medical errors commonly lead to death (12:34) Surrogate outcomes (15:50) Getting patients to change their minds for GOOD reasons...
#310 - Greg Graffin on PUNK PARADOX
January 19, 2023 12:00 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBBad Religion frontman Greg Graffin chats with Trey Elling about PUNK PARADOX: A MEMOIR. Topics include: Goal with the book (0:00) His first taste of live music (2:40) Trauma in rural Kansas in 1976 (4:18) The initial appeal of punk (7:57) A love for The Jackson 5 (10:25) The ugly reality of punk in 1984 (12:11) How lizards are like lead singers (13:41) A change in Bad Religion’s crowd in the late ‘80s (16:22) Bad Religion’s Christmas Songs album (17:21) The concept of “selling out”...
#309 - James Rickards on SOLD OUT
January 10, 2023 12:54 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MBNew York Times bestselling author James Rickards chats with Trey Elling about SOLD OUT: HOW BROKEN SUPPLY CHAINS, SURGING INFLATION, AND POLITICAL INSTABILITY WILL SINK THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. Topics include: Book's goal (0:00) The magnitude of the supply chain (2:50) The new science of supply chain management (7:19) The start of an ongoing trade war between the US and China (11:39) How Covid 19 contributed to supply chain problems (15:34) Vaccine mandates and the supply chain (20:07) Car...
#308 - Gianmarco Soresi on the Dark Art of Standup Comedy
January 05, 2023 14:10 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBStandup comedian Gianmarco Soresi chats with Trey Elling, ahead of his shows at Cap City Comedy Club on January 6th & 7th. Get tickets HERE. Topics include: Performing in Austin (0:00) Suffering through the Whole 30 diet (1:47) Cutting his teeth in NYC at LOL Comedy Club in making it to the Comedy Cellar (3:45) Feedback (5:45) Taking a comedy class at Caroline's Comedy Club (7:49) How to pull off dark humor on stage (11:26) Receiving validation from other comedians (16:06) Working ou...
#307 - Heather Radke on BUTTS: A BACKSTORY
January 03, 2023 15:05 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBHeather Radke, a writer and contributing editor/reporter at Radiolab, chats with Trey Elling about BUTTS: A BACKSTORY. Topics include: Heather's goal with Butts (0:00) The gluteal cleft (2:13) Why humans evolved to have butts (3:31) How the butt is a Swiss Army Knife (5:26) Male peacocks and the female human butt (7:07) The modern objectification of the female butt beginning with Sarah Baartman 200+ years ago (10:56) Scientists' creating racial hierarchy with butts (and more) in the 1...
#306 - Richard J. Johnson, MD, on NATURE WANTS US TO BE FAT (Part 2)
December 31, 2022 15:11 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBDr. Rick Johnson chats with Trey Elling about NATURE WANTS US TO BE FAT: THE SURPRISING SCIENCE BEHIND WHY WE GAIN WEIGHT AN HOW WE CAN PREVENT--AND REVERSE--IT. Listen to part one of their conversation HERE. Topics in part two include: Why sugar/fructose can fuel problems like ADHD (0:00) Drinking vs eating fructose (10:42) Fructose in vegetables and fruits (17:51) Dairy and the 'survival switch' (22:11) Exercise and the 'survival switch' (24:24) Obesity rates increasing while sugar c...
#305 - Richard J. Johnson, MD, on NATURE WANTS US TO BE FAT (Part 1)
December 27, 2022 14:20 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MBPhysician, researcher, and author Dr. Rick Johnson chats with Trey Elling about NATURE WANTS US TO BE FAT: THE SURPRISING SCIENCE BEHIND WHY WE GAIN WEIGHT AND HOW WE CAN PREVENT--AND REVERSE--IT. Topics include: The book's goal (0:00) When & why excess weight is beneficial to animals (2:32) Why humans evolved to be so sensitive to fructose (8:40) Uric acid's connection to fructose and weight gain (17:36) Negative health effects of fructose consumption beyond excess fat (26:17) The lin...
#305 - Richard J. Johnson, MD, on NATURE WANTS US TO BE FAT
December 27, 2022 14:20 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MBPhysician, researcher, and author Dr. Rick Johnson chats with Trey Elling about NATURE WANTS US TO BE FAT: THE SURPRISING SCIENCE BEHIND WHY WE GAIN WEIGHT AND HOW WE CAN PREVENT--AND REVERSE--IT. Topics include: The book's goal (0:00) When & why excess weight is beneficial to animals (2:32) Why humans evolved to be so sensitive to fructose (8:40) Uric acid's connection to fructose and weight gain (17:36) Negative health effects of fructose consumption beyond excess fat (26:17) The lin...
#304 - Mary Beth Albright on EAT & FLOURISH
December 13, 2022 12:00 - 50 minutes - 45.8 MBWashington Post food expert Mary Beth Albright chats with Trey Elling about EAT & FLOURISH: HOW FOOD SUPPORTS EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING. Topics include: The book's inspiration (0:28) "How" we eat impacting mental health (2:09) The health benefits of eating together (4:32) How the nervous system connects food and emotions (7:47) Sound as the secret sensory ingredient to food (9:49) Celebrating accomplishments with food (15:25) The science of "hangry" (16:07) The benefits of switching from ...
The Neuroscience of Why We Love Music
December 06, 2022 20:02 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBIn episode #303, multi-platinum record producer-turned-neuroscientist Susan Rodgers chats with Trey Elling about THIS IS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE: WHAT THE MUSIC YOU LOVE SAYS ABOUT YOU. Susan is best known for her work with Prince during his peak creative years (1983-87). Susan’s unique path from award-winning sounder engineer and record producer to neuroscientist (1:43) How Miles Davis changed her perspective on listening to music (3:40) The beauty of record pulls (7:36) The messy “brillia...
#303 - Susan Rodgers on THIS IS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE
December 06, 2022 20:02 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBMulti-platinum record producer-turned-neuroscientist Susan Rodgers chats with Trey Elling about THIS IS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE: WHAT THE MUSIC YOU LOVE SAYS ABOUT YOU. Susan is best known for her work with Prince during his peak creative years (1983-87). Susan’s unique path from award-winning sounder engineer and record producer to neuroscientist (1:43) How Miles Davis changed her perspective on listening to music (3:40) The beauty of record pulls (7:36) The messy “brilliance” of The Shagg...
#302 - Jeff Pearlman on THE LAST FOLK HERO
December 01, 2022 14:04 - 40 minutes - 36.6 MBNew York Times Bestselling author Jeff Pearlman chats with Trey Elling about THE LAST FOLK HERO: THE LIFE AND MYTH OF BO JACKSON. Topics include: How he got the nickname "Bo" (0:26) Why young Bo cleaned his act (1:30) Bo the high school football player (3:16) Choosing college football over pro baseball and Auburn over Alabama (4:06) How Bo helped "kill" Bear Bryant (5:39) Bo's first season in college baseball (8:18) Bo showing his human side (11:56) Bo's The Natural moment in college...
#301 - Nate Boyer on MVP
November 22, 2022 12:00 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBHumanitarian Nate Boyer chats with Trey Elling about MVP, a film Nate co-wrote, directed, and starred in. Topics include: The starting point for this project (:30) When it was decided he would play the lead AND direct (5:46) Relating to the most emotional moments in the film (12:12) One of the themes in the film that everyone is f-ed up. (17:25) Nate's thoughts on Longhorn football under Steve Sarkisian (27:45) Whether Nate is optimistic or pessimistic on America's direction (32:38)
#300 - Frank Grillo on LAMBORGHINI
November 17, 2022 12:00 - 7 minutes - 6.59 MBActor Frank Grillo chats with Trey Elling about LAMBORGHINI: THE MAN BEHIND THE MAN BEHIND LEGEND. The film tells the wild story of Ferruccio Lamborghini, played by Frank, and what it took to create one of the most recognizable luxury sports car brands on the planet. Topics include: Whether Frank broke his disciplined diet white shooting on location in Italy (1:11) How Frank pulled off the Italian accent (2:51) A surprising detail from Ferruccio Lamborghini's story (3:55) Riding in a $28...
#299 - David Sax on THE FUTURE IS ANALOG
November 15, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 65.6 MBAward-winning writer David Sax chats with Trey Elling about THE FUTURE IS ANALOG: HOW TO CREATE A MORE HUMAN WORLD. Topics include: How the pandemic exposed the flaws of going too digital (0:22) The value of working at an office with your coworkers (3:28) The false promises of technology evolving education (18:45) What schools could learn from kindergarten (26:42) The initial vision of e-commerce vs what it became in this era of Amazon (36:19) The analog value of cities (45:38) The im...
#298 - Rose Namajunas & Pat Barry on THUG ROSE
November 10, 2022 12:46 - 6 minutes - 6.29 MBTwo-time UFC strawweight champion Rose Namajunas and her trainer & fiancé Pat Barry chat with Trey Elling about THUG ROSE: MIXED MARTIAL ARTIST from the red carpet, prior to its world premiere at the Austin Film Festival. The film documents the highs and lows from Rose's life and career. Pat Barry (0:00) Rose Namajunas (3:37)
#298 - Rose Namajunas & Pat Berry on THUG ROSE
November 10, 2022 12:46 - 6 minutes - 6.29 MBTwo-time UFC strawweight champion Rose Namajunas and her trainer & fiancé Pat Berry chat with Trey Elling about THUG ROSE: MIXED MARTIAL ARTIST from the red carpet, prior to its world premiere at the Austin Film Festival. The film documents the highs and lows from Rose's life and career. Pat Berry (0:00) Rose Namajunas (3:37)
#297 - Rose Namajunas & Marius Markevicius on THUG ROSE
November 08, 2022 12:00 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MBRose Namajunas and Marius Markevicius chat with Trey Elling about THUG ROSE: MIXED MARTIAL ARTIST. The documentary about Namajunas' life and career, directed by Markevicius, premieres on November 9th on UFC Fight Pass.
#297 - Rose Namajunas on THUG ROSE
November 08, 2022 12:00 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MBRose Namajunas and Marius Markevicius chat with Trey Elling about THUG ROSE: MIXED MARTIAL ARTIST. The documentary about Namajunas' life and career, directed by Markevicius, premieres on November 9th on UFC Fight Pass.
#296 - Jacques Pépin on ART OF THE CHICKEN
November 03, 2022 13:57 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBJames Beard- and Emmy-winning chef, tv personality, and author Jacques Pépin chats with Trey Elling about ART OF THE CHICKEN: A MASTER CHEF'S PAINTINGS, STORIES, AND RECIPES OF THE HUMBLE BIRD. Topics include: What he loves about chickens (1:32) Giving recipes in a narrative style (3:05) Cooking over live fire (5:28) Working at Hôtel Plaza Athénée, Paris (6:29) Moving from France to NYC in 1959 (7:43) Choosing Howard Johnson over the Kennedy White House (8:39) Making chicken crackling...
#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.