Standup comedian and podcaster (⁠Soccer Comic Rant⁠) Ian Edwards chats with Trey Elling, ahead of his headlining shows at ⁠Joe Rogan’s Comedy Mothership⁠ club. Topics include:

  • Austin’s standup transformation (0:25)
  • The ebbs and flows of LA’s standup scene since covid (1:32)
  • How Ian crafts jokes from scratch (4:13)
  • Getting passed by Mitzi Shore at The Comedy Store (7:08)
  • The toughest act he’s had to follow (10:32)
  • The importance of failure (13:11)
  • Weirdest place he performed standup (14:41)
  • His current soccer passion (18:56)
  • The MLS improving in quality (24:06)
  • US Men’s Soccer taking steps forward (26:47)
  • Whether soccer should change the offsides rule (29:40)