Podcast appearances and mentions of trey elling

Caeleb Dressel, a swimmer for the US men's team and one of the most decorated gold medalists in Olympic history, chats with Trey Elling, as he ramps back up for competition. Topics include:Re-thinking training for LA in 2028 (0:00)Ryan Lochte (17:29)"Sacrificing" for your kids (21:14)Parenting challenges (29:11)Florida Gator sports (38:26)Personal "Florida Man" stories (48:09)Nulo partnership (51:28)

Actor, Director, and comedian Jay Mewes chats with Trey Elling, prior to his shows at Cap City Comedy Club on May 31st & June 1st. Topics include:Standup is hard (0:00)Fatherhood (10:21)Memories of DOGMA at 25 (23:02)

Comedian & Golden Globe-winning actor Ramy Youssef chats with Trey Elling on the red carpet, ahead of the SXSW premiere of his new animated series on Amazon Prime, #1 HAPPY FAMILY USA. Topics include:Unshared art (0:00)% of ideas that work (2:09)The new series (3:54)

Comedian & award-winning actor Lavell Crawford chats with Trey Elling. about highlights from FOUR decades in entertainment! Topics include:Living in Houston, TX (0:00)Too Funny To Open (4:13)Trash-talking Michael Jordan (7:04)Starting & growing as a standup (10:05)Intimidating Mike Tyson (18:08)Getting BREAKING BAD (23:30)Working with Bob Odenkirk (30:47)Getting BETTER CALL SAUL (33:11)An ode to standup (39:41)

University of Texas at Austin Vice President and Director of Athletics Chris Del Conte chats with Trey Elling. Topics include:The upcoming Horns Up fundraiser (0:00)How to make A+ hires (3:37)Leaders lead...and apologize (10:33)That $35-to-40-million figure (15:59)The future of the CFP (20:11)Success in the SEC (23:42)

Michael Landa is founder & CEO of Austin-based Nulo Pet Food, the top specialty pet food brand on the market. He chats with Trey Elling about building Nulo into what it currently is, how a swimming background helps him in business, and benefitting from the endorsements of Simone Biles, Caeleb Dressel, and other Olympians during the 2024 Paris Games. Other topics include:Starting Nulo (0:00)The pet food industry (4:48)The science (7:31)The high-quality ingredients (11:07)Michael's competitive nature (15:00)Michael's entrepreneurial spirit (18:40)Swimming helping in business (20:17)Nulo's current goals (22:34)Failure & the lesson learned (25:43)Endorsed by Olympians! (27:48)"Integrity is the new transparency" (30:19)

Filmmakers Ashley Underwood and Craig Coyne chat with Trey Elling about their documentary, DREAKBREAKER: A PICKLEBALL STORY. The film, which is available now on HBO MAX, chronicles the young-but-crazy world of professional pickleball. Topics include:How the film came to be (0:00)The major financial players (3:47)Celebrity team ownerships (11:22)Rising star Paris Todd (14:06)Nudist pickleball (17:24)Pickleball injuries (22:04)Pro pickleball's viability (24:29)Is there a good rivalry? (28:16)Popularity at a local level (34:38)Does Trey think pro pickleball will work? (37:45)

Comedian, stuntman, and clown college graduate (yes, really) Steve-O chats with Trey Elling, prior to his headlining shows at Cap City Comedy Club. Topics include:Performing in Austin (0:00)His animal rescue ranch (1:36)Clown College (5:27)MTV touchy about fire (8:27)His current standup show (10:48)Moral limits to podcast ads (14:38)What he fears (16:59)An ode to standup (18:19)

Comedian Felipe Esparza chats with Trey Elling. Topics include:Selling merch for the Dodgers (0:00)The world's worst assistant baseball coach (12:42)Dodgers Stadium first pitch (17:49)Getting thrown out of Dodgers Stadium x2 (23:45)An ode to standup (31:54)

Comedian and actor Michael Rowland chats with Trey Elling, prior to his shows at Cap City Comedy Club. Topics include:His standup arc (0:00)Performing in Austin (5:08)Killing vs bombing & Norm (8:18)Former fat kids (10:24)Health & fitness (12:05)ANIMAL CONTROL (15:35)

The legendary Tim Meadows chats with Trey Elling, prior to his headlining shows at Cap City Comedy Club. Topics include:Coaching his son in youth basketball (0:00)Memories of Michael Jordan (5:35)The SNL 50th Anniversary Celebration (9:37)Performing on Broadway (16:02)

Comedian ⁠Pete Holmes⁠ chats with Trey Elling, prior to his show at the ⁠Paramount Theatre⁠ on the closing night of ⁠Moontower Comedy Festival⁠. Topics include:Austin's place in comedy (0:00)'Clean' comedy (5:50)Pete's PG-13 tour (10:41)Brainstorm-to-bit ratio (17:29)Standup bubble? (21:27)Roasting Blake Griffin (23:37)The challenge of fatherhood (26:43)An ode to standup (34:10)

Brad Williams chats with Trey Elling, prior to his Moontower Comedy Festival show at the Paramount on April 15th at 7pm!

Comedian, director, and actor Erik Griffin chats with Trey Elling, prior to his headlining shows at the Comedy Mothership. Topics include:The complex challenge of 'making it' in 2025 (0:00)Is radio part of the equation? (6:23)Kill Tony (9:20)The WNBA (14:02)Women's volleyball (18:06)Steph Curry (21:36)Taylor Swift (24:47)Father of a one-year-old (26:45)Erik's evolving role in standup (29:56)Matt Rife (34:50)

Alex Garland (28 Days Later, Ex Machina, Civil War) and Ray Mendoza chat with Trey Elling about Warfare. The film, which they co-wrote and -directed, is based on details provided by Ray and his Navy SEAL teammates of a traumatic two-day escape from an civilian home, during the Iraq War in 2006. Topics include:The film's genesis (0:00)Ray getting the call from Alex (2:22)The soundtrack...or lack thereof (3:22)Making it for Elliot (7:12)A story staying true to memories (8:51)Ray's teammates visiting set (12:24)Would Alex direct a comedy? (14:20)

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)

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)

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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)

Comedian Steve Byrne talks sports, standup, and parenting with Trey Elling, prior to his shows at the Comedy Mothership! Topics include:Boxing for exercise... (0:00)...and hockey for sport (1:03)Getting drunk with Jelly Roll (10:31)The Comedy Mothership experience (13:34)The standup grind (17:03)The Matt Rife quandary (23:00)Latest film project (26:49)Parenting challenges and joys (29:01)

Legendary sportscaster Chris Myers, author of THAT DESERVES A WOW, chats with Trey Elling, prior to NASCAR's race at Circuit of the Americas in Austin on March 2nd. Topics include: COTA hosting NASCAR (0:00) A busy February (3:55) The Superdome's magic (5:39) Calling the Westminster Dog Show (8:25) An old soul at a young age (10:53) A passion for interviewing (17:25) Friends with Bill Murray (23:15) Remembering the audience (26:41) Afraid of death? (28:37)

Comedian Ian Edwards chats with Trey Elling. Topics include: A love for Austin (0:00) LA fires vs 9/11 (2:56) a healthy fear of water & heights (7:38) A new special? (9:40) Better Man & monkeys as humans (11:50) Man U's struggles (14:32) A memorable W & L in sports (22:25) A memorable W & L in life (27:00)

Valter Longo, PhD, is director of the Longevity Center at the University of Southern California. He chats with Trey Elling about his new book,FASTING CANCER: HOW FASTING AND NUTRITECHNOLOGY ARE CREATING A REVOLUTION IN CANCER PREVENTION AND TREATMENT. Topics include:Explaining cancer (0:00)Explaining fasting (4:02)Fasting & cancer (7:03)Growth hormone factors & cancer (11:04)Animal protein debate (20:50)Fasting & specific cancers (31:38)The Ketogenic Diet (39:30)The downside of 16:8 time-restricted feeding? (44:19)His hope for the future (51:09)Ozympic & other GLP-1s (56:24)

ComedianBonnie McFarlane joins Trey Elling for a conversation about:Parenthood (0:00)Growing up without TV vs no limits (4:10)Standup comedy (8:27)Bourdain (15:50)Killing chickens, and other animals (17:22)More parenting (22:35)Awe (26:43)Rich Voss, LEGEND (28:57)An ode to standup (30:19)

Comedian & actor Jon Lovitz chats with Trey Elling.

Alexander Hutchison, PhD, is an expert on sports performance and author of IN DEFENSE OF DOPING: REASSESSING THE LEVEL PLAYING FIELD. He chats with Trey Elling about the need to rethink certain performance-enhancing drugs in sports, due systems and testing protocols that are both inconsistent and hypocritical. Topics include:

Comedian Ali Siddiq chats with Trey Elling, amidst his current theater tour. Topics include: Spleeping, eating, and breathing standup (0:00) Filming in a prison (5:28) Tooth Fairy in the Siddiq home (9:32) Youth sports (16:19) Settling beefs in the boxing ring (22:21) What is worth the struggle? (24:08) Advice from Willie D (26:14)

James Murray is a multi-faceted entertainer, known for his work as "Murr" from IMPRACTICAL JOKERS and his efforts as a bestselling author, with nine novels under his belt! He discusses those things and more with Trey Elling, prior to his headlining shows at Cap City Comedy Club on Jan. 24 & 25! Topics include: Murr's standup show (0:00) Getting in trouble in school (5:32) Writing books & making movie adaptations (7:49) Impractical Jokers, fun for the whole family (11:24) Being friends w/ David Zucker of Airplane! fame (13:38) How Murr's wedding broke Smash Mouth up (18:16) A story about Steve Byrne (20:59) A story about Allen Iverson (22:41)

Filmmaker Garret Price chats with Trey Elling about his new doc on MAX, YACHT ROCK: A DOCKUMENTARY. Topics include: A Gen-Xer Making a Yacht Rock doc (0:00) Working with Bill Simmons (2:28) Defining Yacht Rock (4:42) The starting point (7:20) Steely Dan (9:21) Michael McDonald & Kenny Loggins (10:23) Christopher Cross (11:34) "What a Fool Believes" (12:58) Yacht Rock & Hip Hop (14:40) MTV killing Yacht Rock (16:03) Toto and "Africa" (17:23) Donald Fagen (20:49) Appearing on camera (25:07) An ode to Yacht Rock (26:04) An ode to filmmaking (26:45)

Comedian Keith Robinson chats with Trey Elling, prior to his shows at The Comedy Mothership. Check out Keith's latest special, DIFFERENT STROKES, on YouTube! Topics include: Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn (0:00) Getting it from other comedians (5:26) Patrice O'Neal (10:41) Different Strokes (13:29) Mitzi and The Comedy Store (18:03) The Comedy Cellar (19:38) Messing with Bobby Kelly in Brazil (24:11) Fatherhood (27:01) An ode to standup (28:45)

Patrick Warburton (Puddy in Seinfeld, Joe Swanson in Family Guy, Lemony Snicket in A Series of Unfortunate Events) chats with Trey Elling about (re)starting a standup career at 60! Patrick headlines Cap City Comedy Club, December 27th-29th. Topics include: Getting back into standup, 40 years later (0:00) The Comedy Store in the mid-1980s (8:21) Barry Sonnenfeld (10:35) Doing blow with Robin Williams & Kinison (15:05) Giving a speech at the JuCo he failed out of (21:14) Pearl Jam (23:27) Pissing Larry David off (27:10) Fatherhood (29:00) An ode to standup (32:02)

Texas Longhorns' Outland- & Lombardi-winning offensive lineman Kelvin Banks chatted with Trey Elling at SEC Media Days, ahead of the 2024 season. Topics included: Leadership (0:00) Texas o-line thoughts (1:11) SEC ready? (3:16) BBQ reviews (4:03)

Texas Longhorns defensive back and Jim Thorpe Award winner Jahdae Barron chatted with Trey Elling at SEC Media Days, prior to the 2024 season. Topics included: Coming back for one more year (0:00) Personal accountability (0:51) Ledership (2:57) Cornerback? (3:36) Optimism for 2024 (4:27) The new CFB video game (5:00)

Jeff Schaffer is Larry David's Larry David, thank to the crucial role he played as Larry's writing partner for Curb Your Enthusiasm, along with writing credits for Seinfeld and creating The League with his wife, Jackie. He joins Trey Elling to talk about: His beloved Seahawks (0:00) Going on tour with. Larry David (3:55) What would Larry do? (9:24)

Emmy-winning sports broadcaster Chris Myers chats with Trey Elling about his autobiography, THAT DESERVES A WOW: UNTOLD STORIES OF LEGENDS AND CHAMPIONS, THEIR WINS AND HEARTBREAKS. Topics include: The book's impetus (0:00) Starting in radio (1:35) Interviewing Ali as a teen (3:06) Thanking Johnny Carson (4:43) A part of Sportscenter's golden era (8:32) The art of interviewing (11:04) Asking OJ if he was a murderer (14:13) Being friends with Bill Murray (16:44)

Comedian Nick Swardson chats with Trey Elling, prior to his Toilet Head tour coming to Austin's Paramount Theatre on December 5th. Topics include: Sam Darnold's revival w/ the Vikings (0:00) Nick's history with the ATX (5:21) Robbed by a friend (6:35) The Forrest Gump of Comedy? (9:46) Sports fanatics (13:16) The Toilet Head tour (19:11) Existentialism & starting standup (20:30) First pitches (26:25) An ode to standup (28:45)

Comedian Kelsey Cook chats with Trey Elling, prior to her headlining shows at Cap City Comedy Club on December 6th & 7th. Topics include: The Butterfly Effect in Sports (0:00) Public confrontations (4:07) Entitlement (8:13) An ode to standup (10:03)

Texas BBQ veteran Shane Stiles chats with Trey Elling about his restaurant, Stiles Switch. Topics include: The Live BBQ Capitol of the World (0:00) The process (2:33) The early days (4:37) Collaborating & adapting (6:36) Stiles' non-brisket meats (9:05) Their sides (11:54) The 12 Meats of Christmas (14:19) Fond memories (17:36) Dave Grohl, the customer (20:24) Stiles Switch outside of Central Texas? (23:18) Aggies & Longhorns playing in football again (24:31) Home grilling (29:50) An ode to Stiles Switch (30:42)

Comedian Paul Virzi chats with Trey Elling, in promotion of his new special on YouTube, REASONABLE MAN. Topics include: Austin's food & homeless scenes (0:00) Apolitical politics (6:19) The new special (10:23) Killing in obscurity (14:53) The New York Giants (23:44) Fatherhood (30:58) Bones to pick (36:24) An ode to standup (43:47)

Emmy-winning actor Jim O'Heir, best known as Jerry from PARKS & REC, chats with Trey Elling about WELCOME TO PAWNEE: STORIES OF FRIENDSHIP, WAFFLES, AND PARKS AND RECREATION. Topics include: Auditioning for Ron Swanson (0:00) #2ing himself, on camera (7:34) Getting permission for some stories (12:07) Learning to kiss from Rob Lowe (16:42) Throwing a 1st pitch at Wrigley (19:15) An ode to PARKS & REC (25:07)

Comedian Beth Stelling chats with Trey Elling, ahead of her shows at Creek and the Cave in Austin. Topics include: Similar last names (0:00) Living in Chicago (2:30) Field hockey (6:24) The weirdness of the Biz (14:43) Turning over material (22:19)

Musician JD McPherson chats with Trey Elling, prior to bringing his Nite Owls tour and children's book tour through Austin.

Comedian Greg Fitzsimmons chats with Trey Elling, following the release of his Netflix special, YOU KNOW ME.

Comedian Dane Cook chats with Trey Elling, ahead of his Fresh New Flavor Tour stopping in Austin at ACL Live at the Moody Theater on November 3rd. Topics include: Middle-aged & working out (0:00) Crowd work (4:20) The Fresh New Flavor tour (11:42) Dane's healthy disposition on life (14:52) Austin's comedy scene (20:00) Bill Hicks (23:15) Losing a Comedy Contest to Stanhope (25:31) Grief (28:45) Apologizing to Dane (41:35) An ode to standup (46:32)