Trevin & Sawyer In The Morning — 2026-05-15

Trevin & Sawyer In The Morning | Austin, TX | Friday, May 15, 2026

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🎙️ First Hour

Here is my analysis of this portion of the transcript:

Topics Covered

• Sawyer’s hangover from a friend’s wedding rehearsal dinner the night before, including backstory on the three-day wedding extravaganza
• Texas Longhorns baseball and softball updates
• San Antonio Spurs playoff update
• Central Texas river ecosystem recovery following the July 4th floods
• A viral video of a doorless vehicle on Mopac
• A runaway poodle story from Sawyer’s night out on Red River

Austin/Texas Sports Covered

• [00:04:00] UT Longhorns men’s baseball team wrapping up the final regular season series against Mizzou; Sawyer notes they need to win all three games, with an outside shot at winning the SEC
• [00:04:24] UT women’s softball team beginning regional action, with a game against Wagner; games to be held simultaneously at the Dish and McCombs area
• [00:04:45] San Antonio Spurs hosting the Minnesota Timberwolves in a potential elimination game, with Victor Wembanyama highlighted

Austin Events, Concerts, or Local Happenings

• [00:05:41] Creek in the Cave comedy club on 7th Street mentioned, with Sawyer noting the groom used to work there as a waiter and the bride performs comedy around Austin
• [00:05:50] Trevin reminisces about seeing Green Day at Red 7, the former venue at 7th and Red River that is now Creek in the Cave

Main News Headlines Discussed

• [00:09:21] Central Texas river ecosystems, including the Guadalupe and Pedernales rivers, are recovering faster than expected nearly a year after the July 4th floods, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife data; fish populations including Guadalupe bass are rebounding, which could be good news for summer fishing
• [00:11:01] A viral video captured on Mopac showing a doorless vehicle — possibly a Jeep — driving without any doors on either side; Trevin notes the most impressive part was that Mopac traffic was actually moving

Funny Moments, Bits, or Memorable Exchanges

• [00:00:58] The show opens with Trevin immediately clowning on Sawyer’s rough appearance after a night of open bar at his friend’s rehearsal dinner; Sawyer is visibly hungover and slumped over the board
• [00:01:58] Sawyer reveals he ordered a DoorDash burrito (actually a taco) to recover, and admits he only ordered for Trevin to qualify for free delivery — “Thank you for being here for the free delivery”
• [00:02:24] Sawyer jokes that if everyone treats the wedding the way he treated the rehearsal dinner, he’ll “look like a serious top prospect” at the Saturday baseball game
• [00:06:05] Sawyer realizes mid-sentence that the bar “Red 7” was named after its location at 7th and Red River — “This just made sense in this moment” — getting a big reaction from Trevin
• [00:07:16] A Waymo self-driving car stops in time to avoid hitting the runaway poodle, prompting both hosts to cheer “Good job, Waymo”
• [00:08:51] When Sawyer and his friend Nicky arrive at Creek in the Cave, the door person asks if they’re there for the open mic (because Nicky is dressed in a Cardinals tee and gym shorts); Sawyer responds, “He just saved a dog. We’re here for the dogs.”
• [00:11:17] Trevin jokes that the doorless car was traveling at “Prius speed — going like 33,” and that the most impressive part of the video was that Mopac was actually moving

Summary

The show opens on a comedic note as Trevin immediately calls out Sawyer for looking and feeling terrible, the result of a night at an open bar during a friend’s three-day wedding extravaganza. Sawyer explains the wedding belongs to Emma and Robert — a couple from Austin’s local comedy scene — and covers the rehearsal dinner, the actual wedding happening that day, and a baseball game on Saturday. A DoorDash taco delivery is credited with saving the show before Sawyer powers through a brief but energetic sports segment covering UT baseball, UT women’s softball regionals, and the Spurs’ potential elimination game against Minnesota.

Sawyer then launches into one of the more entertaining stories of the segment: a runaway standard poodle that bolted into traffic at 7th and Red River the night before, narrowly avoided being hit by a Waymo, and ultimately ran three blocks home on its own. The story includes a mid-conversation epiphany about why the old venue “Red 7” was named what it was, and ends with Sawyer and his friend Nicky arriving at Creek in the Cave looking disheveled enough to be mistaken for open mic performers.

The news portion covers two lighter local stories: encouraging data from Texas Parks and Wildlife showing that Central Texas rivers like the Guadalupe and Pedernales are recovering faster than expected following last year’s July 4th floods, with healthy fish populations returning ahead of summer; and a viral video of a doorless vehicle — possibly a Jeep — cruising down Mopac, with Trevin joking that the most impressive detail was that traffic on Mopac was actually moving.

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⏰ Second Hour

Here is the analysis of this transcript portion:

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Topics Covered

• Silly riff on combining a Prius and a Jeep (“Preep/Jesus”) and doorless cars
• Texas Longhorns baseball and SEC standings
• San Antonio Spurs playoff game
• Austin public transportation and a California high-speed bus concept
• The movie *Speed* (1994) and its sequel
• Austin’s population surpassing 1 million people (Census Bureau data)
• Drake releasing three albums
• NFL schedule release announcements
• Mike Vrabel/Diana Rossini scandal
• Teaser into a coffee/fatigue health story

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Austin or Texas News Stories

• [00:13:00] Texas Longhorns baseball: Georgia won the SEC regular season title; however, if Texas wins their series that weekend, they maintain a 2-seed, keep Regionals and Super Regionals in Austin, and stay on track for the College World Series in Omaha
• [00:17:26] Austin’s population has officially surpassed 1 million people, per US Census Bureau estimates (July 2025 data, sourced from KXAN); the city is now the 5th largest in Texas and 12th largest in the US
• [00:18:44] Discussion of the broader Austin metro area being estimated at around 2.6 million, including Round Rock, Cedar Park, Pflugerville, and Buda
• [00:19:18] Commentary that Austin is not infrastructurally ready to be a top-10 city despite the population milestone

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Sports Topics

• [00:12:58] San Antonio Spurs playing that night against the Minnesota Timberwolves; host predicts the Spurs will eliminate the Wolves; joke about Victor Wembanyama being “eight feet tall” and wheeled in on a dolly
• [00:12:58] Texas Longhorns baseball needing to win their weekend series to maintain a 2-seed in the SEC, keep Regionals and Super Regionals in Austin, and pursue a path to the College World Series (“Omaha”)
• [00:13:00] Correction that Georgia, not Texas, won the SEC; host acknowledges being previously wrong
• [00:22:30] NFL schedule release: hosts discuss teams’ creative announcement videos; the Los Angeles Chargers are singled out as the only team that made fun of the Mike Vrabel/Diana Rossini scandal in their release video
• [00:22:46] Mike Vrabel/New England Patriots head coach scandal recap: alleged affair with ESPN reporter Diana Rossini, possible secret child; NFL reportedly considered punishing teams for mocking it but ultimately did not

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Austin Music, Venue, or Event Mentions

• [00:16:32] One host mentions watching the original *Speed* at the Alamo Drafthouse

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Food or Restaurant Discussions

• [00:12:50] Brief mention of tacos — one host bribed someone down the hall with a taco in exchange for sports information; a second taco is referenced and nearly withheld

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Funny Bits, Debates, or Memorable Moments

• [00:11:35] Extended absurdist bit about combining a Prius and a Jeep to make a “Preep” or “Jesus,” segueing into a riff about doorless cars and road rage — one host argues open-door cars would make drivers less bold and “save lives,” capped with a riff on “when God takes the doors off a Prius, he opens a window on a stretch limousine”
• [00:13:00] One host openly admits he was wrong about Texas winning the SEC, saying “it turns out you shouldn’t listen to me for anything I have to say”
• [00:14:11] Joke about Wembanyama being strapped to a dolly and wheeled into the arena
• [00:17:11] One host is described as having his “face in his hands” saying “oh my God” at least 20 times during the broadcast — revealed to be “playing hurt” that day
• [00:17:54] After announcing Austin hit 1 million people, one host’s punchline plea to all 1 million residents is to “reset your presets to 101.X” (their station)
• [00:20:07] Riff on Drake releasing three albums: “Have you ever been so miffed at a person that you release three albums?”; one host admits to being a secret Drake fan and makes his co-host call his phone to play his Drake ringtone on air
• [00:23:33] Joke comparing Drake’s prolific album output to Dave Grohl, saying “this one goes to Mike Vrabel” as a sarcastic nod to Vrabel’s personal scandal

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Pop Culture, National News, or Non-Austin Topics

• [00:14:34] California experimenting with a high-speed bus capable of going 140 mph; hosts express enthusiasm and debate feasibility
• [00:15:16] Extended riff on the 1994 movie *Speed* starring Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves, debating the speed limit on the bus, Dennis Hopper’s villain role, Jeff Daniels’s fate, and the existence of *Speed 2*
• [00:19:55] Drake releasing three projects in one day; discussion of the streaming economy and how flooding the market maximizes chart presence; mention of features by 21 Savage and Future
• [00:20:18] Reference to the Kendrick Lamar vs. Drake beef and Kendrick’s “pedophile” accusations against Drake as context for the album releases
• [00:22:46] Mike Vrabel/Diana Rossini affair scandal and the NFL’s decision not to punish teams for making memes about it

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Summary

This segment opens with a loose, comedic riff on doorless cars and the absurd idea of a hybrid “Prius-Jeep” vehicle, which quickly gives way to a sports update. One host corrects a prior take, acknowledging that Georgia won the SEC regular season title rather than Texas, but pivots to what matters locally: if the Longhorns can win their weekend series, they hold a 2-seed and keep both Regionals and Super Regionals in Austin, keeping their College World Series hopes alive. There’s also a confident prediction that the San Antonio Spurs will eliminate the Minnesota Timberwolves that night, punctuated by a joke about Wembanyama’s enormous size.

The show then transitions into a discussion of public transportation, sparked by news of California testing a 140-mph high-speed bus. This spirals into a fun, tangent-heavy conversation about the movie *Speed*, with both hosts debating plot details, the minimum speed on the bus, Dennis Hopper’s villain, and the existence of *Speed 2*. From there, the show moves into headlines: Austin’s population has officially crossed 1 million according to new Census Bureau estimates, making it the 5th largest city in Texas and 12th in the country. The hosts celebrate the milestone but are candid that Austin doesn’t yet feel — or function — like a top-10 city, joking about its infrastructure struggles and sprawling suburbs.

The final stretch of this segment covers Drake’s surprise release of three albums in a single day, which one host frames as both a savvy streaming-era money move and a petty response to Kendrick Lamar’s diss campaign. One host outs himself as a secret Drake fan and gets his co-host to call his phone live on air to reveal his Drake ringtone. The conversation then shifts to the NFL schedule release, where the Los Angeles Chargers earn praise as the only team with the nerve to joke about the Mike Vrabel/Diana Rossini scandal in their announcement video. The segment ends on a teaser for an upcoming story about whether daily coffee habits are making people more tired.

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🏁 Final Hour

Topics Covered in the Final Portion

• [00:23:51] Coffee and caffeine debate — a registered dietitian’s claim that people use coffee as a “bandaid” for tiredness rather than addressing root causes
• [00:23:55] Sawyer’s personal rule of waiting an hour before having coffee, and drinking water first
• [00:24:44] Joking consideration of switching to cigarettes as an alternative to coffee
• [00:29:39] Malls making a comeback, driven by teens returning to them — and malls reportedly banning those same teens
• [00:30:54] Riff on mall nostalgia: Journeys, Cheesecake Factory, Claire’s, Gadzooks, Apple Store, etc.
• [00:30:54] Comparison of malls’ comeback to terrestrial radio’s resilience
• [00:32:22] Closing banter about Sawyer’s rough morning, the “before and after burrito” transformation

Austin Event and Weekend Recommendations

• [00:27:24] Smells Like Nirvana (Nirvana tribute act) — tonight at Antone’s on 5th Street, 8 p.m., $29
• [00:27:49] Ram Vela and the Easy Targets (single release show, free) — tonight at ABGB, with Small Engine Fire opening
• [00:28:46] The New Pornographers and Will Sheff of Okkervil River — tonight at Mohawk on Red River, $46.50
• [00:28:57] Mac DeMarco — two nights at ACL Live, Saturday and Sunday (Sawyer attending Sunday, balcony 5, row H, seats 416–417)
• [00:29:22] More Feel-Good Fest — tomorrow at Radio East, benefit for The Sims Foundation, featuring Nightcap, Cigarettes at Sunset, Infinity Song, and Elijah Delgado; full info at radioeastaustin.com

Funny Closing Moments and Memorable Quotes

• [00:24:38] Sawyer declares the one thing that won’t betray you like coffee will: “a nice cold fridge cig”
• [00:25:03] Sawyer dismisses the dietitian’s advice with: *”Dietitian schmiatitian”* — Trevin fires back: *”You got three of those letters right, brother”*
• [00:25:35] Sawyer on the radio station coffee: *”I’m missing an arm and I’m trying to put a bandaid on it”*
• [00:28:37] Trevin on his rehearsal dinner at ABGB: *”I just ruined my own wedding day, actually”*
• [00:29:07] Sawyer announces he’s going to cry at Mac DeMarco: *”If anyone wants to see what a grown man looks like when he cries — balcony five, row H, seats 416 and 17″*
• [00:30:54] On malls vs. radio: *”If malls can come back, terrestrial radio can come back”* / *”We’re so back”*
• [00:31:53] Trevin: *”Not a single fruit in the Apple store”*
• [00:32:19] Trevin: *”No show does less on a Friday than the all-new Morning X”*
• [00:33:40] Sawyer’s closing plea: *”If anyone knows where the mids are, please…”*

How the Show Wrapped Up

• [00:32:22] Trevin compliments Sawyer on getting through the show; Sawyer jokes he feels bad for everyone who listened
• [00:32:32] Sawyer promises to be less obnoxious *”four out of the five”* days next week
• [00:32:39] Listeners directed to 101x.com to find the podcast version of the show
• [00:33:19] Trevin notes Sawyer has 48 hours on his own (apparent reference to his wife being away), and Sawyer expresses guilt about missing his dogs
• [00:33:47] Social plugs: Sawyer at @SawyerStull on Instagram, Trevin @TrevinOnTheRadio, show @TheMorningX / 101X
• [00:33:52] Standard sign-off wishing listeners a good weekend, with confirmation the show returns Monday
• [00:33:57] Trevin: *”There’s nothing they can do about it”* / Sawyer: *”I’ve been panicking”*

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Summary

The final stretch of the May 15th Morning X opened with a riff on a registered dietitian’s claim that coffee is essentially a “bandaid” for tiredness, not a true fix. Sawyer used it to validate his personal rule of waiting an hour before having coffee and always drinking water first — though the conversation quickly devolved into jokes about switching to cigarettes and a dismissive *”Dietitian schmiatitian”* from Sawyer, which Trevin gleefully pointed out he’d almost mispronounced entirely. The bit was loose and fun, with both hosts trading quips about the radio station’s bad coffee and the limits of caffeine when you’ve had a rough night.

From there, Trevin rattled off a solid batch of Austin weekend recommendations — the Nirvana tribute act Smells Like Nirvana at Antone’s, a free single release show from friend-of-the-station Ram Vela and the Easy Targets at ABGB, The New Pornographers and Will Sheff at Mohawk, and two nights of Mac DeMarco at ACL Live (with Sawyer dramatically announcing his exact seat numbers for anyone who wants to watch him cry). A feel-good festival benefit for The Sims Foundation at Radio East also got a shoutout. In between, Trevin told the backstory of how he met Ram Vela through a chaotic Weezer promotion at the Irwin Center, adding a nice personal touch.

The show closed on a rambling but entertaining note about malls making a comeback — teens are returning to them, malls are banning said teens, and somehow Trevin spun it into an optimistic parallel for terrestrial radio. The final minutes were warm and self-deprecating, with Sawyer joking about what a trainwreck he’d been, Trevin breaking down the “before burrito/after burrito” versions of Sawyer, and both hosts sending listeners off with social handles and a promise to return Monday. The very last line — Sawyer saying *”I’ve been panicking”* — landed as an accidental perfect summary of the whole morning.

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Analysis generated from archived transcripts. Hosts: Trevin Smith and Sawyer Stull. Morning X — Austin, TX.