Escaped Texas Giraffe & LaMelo Trade | Trevin & Sawyer 6/25/26

Trevin & Sawyer In The Morning | Austin, TX | Thursday, June 25, 2026

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🎙️ First Hour

Morning X — Thursday, June 25, 2026 — Transcript Analysis (Portion 1)

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Topics & Stories Covered

• 10 Health Trends Scaring Doctors [00:00:10]: Trevin and Sawyer riffed through a listicle covering vaping, ketamine, sleep deprivation/energy drinks, GLP-1 drugs (Ozempic-type), nitrous oxide abuse, e-scooters/e-bikes, influencer medicine/parasite cleanses, distrust of medical professionals, false panaceas (ivermectin), and black market anabolics.
• Buffalo Wild Wings Beer Towers [00:04:01]: Tied to NBA/NHL draft season, B-Dubs launched Michelob Ultra-sponsored beer towers, available as of that morning.
• “Carts of Darkness” Documentary [00:05:11]: Sawyer enthusiastically recommended this 2008 free YouTube documentary about homeless men in Vancouver who race shopping carts downhill.
• Oil & Gas Discovery Near Buda, TX [00:08:46]: USGS reported millions of barrels of oil and billions of cubic feet of natural gas underground in the Buda Limestone Formation in Central Texas.
• World Cup Stadium Food / Empanada Mundial [00:10:33]: Discussion of a five-pound chicken and cheese empanada being served at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium for $40 during the World Cup.

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Austin/Texas News Stories

• Oil and Gas Under Buda, TX [00:08:46]: The U.S. Geological Survey identified recoverable reserves of 12 million barrels of oil and 184 billion cubic feet of natural gas in the Buda Limestone Formation near the Gulf Coast, covering parts of Austin and Central Texas. Trevin noted he had just been in Buda on Tuesday and joked about the city’s “beautiful” identity being at odds with energy extraction.

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Austin Events, Concerts, or Local Happenings

• Buda reference [00:09:50]: Passing mention of Buda’s famous wiener dog races in connection to the oil/gas story.

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Restaurant & Food Discussions

• Buffalo Wild Wings Beer Towers [00:04:01]: Michelob Ultra-sponsored beer towers now available at B-Dubs. Trevin noted there’s one near the station. Sawyer recalled foamy beer towers at Kobe Sushi in San Marcos.
• World Cup Empanada Mundial [00:10:33]: A giant five-pound chicken and cheese empanada at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium for $40. Trevin did the math — “$8 a pound, that’s pretty good” — and both struggled to correctly pronounce “mundial.”

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Funny Bits, Debates & Memorable Exchanges

• “Damn Good Saturday Night” [00:01:57]: After going through the scary health trends list, Sawyer quipped that vaping, ketamine, sleep deprivation, Red Bull, GLP-1s, and nitrous all together sounds like “a damn good Saturday night” — and then noted “you’re not going to get hungry once.” Trevin called it “a Queens of the Stone Age song.”
• Carts of Darkness enthusiasm [00:05:11]: Sawyer played the trailer on-air and gave a full, genuinely excited breakdown of the documentary. Trevin committed to watching it that afternoon. Sawyer’s closing line: “Also, I didn’t really know they had homeless people in Canada.” [00:08:38]
• Buda dig joke [00:09:01]: Trevin addressed “Buda” directly on-air telling residents to grab a shovel, while joking that all the underground gas “comes from them wiener dogs.”
• Mundial pronunciation [00:11:20]: Brief recurring bit where Sawyer couldn’t settle on how to say “mundial,” going back and forth with Trevin.

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Summary

The first portion of the June 25 Morning X opens with Trevin and Sawyer working through a listicle of ten health trends alarming the medical community — vaping, ketamine, GLP-1 drugs, nitrous oxide, and more — with the duo treating it less like a public health warning and more like a weekend itinerary. The bit peaks when Sawyer imagines combining all of them in a tent and Trevin compares the whole list to a Queens of the Stone Age song. The segment has a loose, free-associating energy that sets the tone for the rest of the block.

Sports and food get a brief but enthusiastic crossover moment as Sawyer announces Buffalo Wild Wings’ new Michelob Ultra beer towers, timed to NBA and NHL draft season. With a B-Dubs reportedly right around the corner from the station, the hosts seem genuinely tempted. The segment then gives way to Sawyer’s most passionate recommendation of the morning — a 2008 YouTube documentary called *Carts of Darkness* about homeless men in Vancouver who race shopping carts downhill at high speed. Sawyer watched the whole thing during post-show couch time, played the trailer on-air, and gave a detailed, heartfelt breakdown that had Trevin immediately sold.

The news block covers two lighter stories: a USGS report on significant oil and gas reserves in the Buda Limestone Formation near Austin, which Trevin turned into a direct comedic address to the city of Buda, and a World Cup food story about a five-pound, $40 empanada being served at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium. The empanada bit ends on a small recurring gag as both hosts fumble the pronunciation of “mundial” — a fitting, low-stakes close to an energetic opening block.

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⏰ Second Hour

Morning X Transcript Analysis — June 25, 2026 (Middle Portion)

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Topics Covered

• FIFA World Cup 2026 food items from host cities
• World Cup match results and upcoming schedule
• My Chemical Romance ticket giveaway contest
• Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields music festival announcement
• Escaped giraffe in central Texas
• NBA trade breaking news: LaMelo Ball to Minnesota

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Austin & Texas News

• Escaped giraffe “Gracie” — A 3-year-old giraffe escaped from a private wildlife sanctuary approximately 100 miles west of San Antonio. A $5,000 reward is being offered for sightings. Searchers deployed a helicopter and drones over 7,500 acres with no success. The local sheriff noted prior escapes in the county had included a wildebeest, water buffalo, monkeys, and zebras — but this was his first giraffe case. Hosts rooted for Gracie to stay free.
• Texas tiger stat — Trevin mentioned that Texas has more tigers in captivity than anywhere else in the world, counting private owners and zoos.
• Di Spitz — Austin-based artist shouted out as part of the Daisy Chain Fields festival lineup.

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Sports Takes & Predictions

• World Cup — Mexico [~00:13:23]: Legendary goalkeeper Memo Ochoa pitched a shutout against Czech Republic; Mexico won 3-0 and finished the group stage 3-0, advancing to the Round of 32. Sawyer described it as possibly a “curtain call” for Ochoa.
• World Cup — Today’s matches [~00:13:47]:
• 3:00 PM CT — Germany vs. Ecuador
• 6:00 PM CT — Japan vs. Sweden (Sawyer noted Sweden is diminished without Zlatan Ibrahimović)
• 9:00 PM CT — USA vs. Turkey (already qualified; Sawyer expected stars to rest)
• NBA Trade Breaking News [~00:22:38]: LaMelo Ball traded from the Charlotte Hornets to the Minnesota Timberwolves, pairing him with Anthony Edwards. Sawyer expressed skepticism: *”Two pretty ball-dominant guards on the same team”* — leading to Trevin’s quick joke: *”How many balls are there? There are three.”*

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Austin Music, Venues & Events

• My Chemical Romance ticket giveaway [~00:14:42]: The show has been running MCR trivia all week at 8:00 AM. Phone number: 512-835-1015.
• Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields Music Festival [~00:18:37]:
• Date: August 29th
• Location: Irvine, California
• 14 acts across two stages
• Lineup includes: Chapel Roan, Di Spitz (Austin), Dochi, Garbage, Cat’s Eye, Olivia Rodrigo, Santigold, The Breeders, Karen O (special guest), Sarah McLachlan (special guest), Stevie Nicks (special guest)
• 100% of net proceeds benefit charities for women and girls
• Tickets sold out on presale; waitlist at daisychainfields.com
• Hosts played The Breeders after mentioning the festival

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Food & Restaurant Discussion

• World Cup Host City Stadium Foods [~00:11:25]:
• New York — “El Mundial” (name-dropped as a menu item)
• Los Angeles — “Twinkie Cheeseburger”: a cheeseburger topped with a bacon-wrapped jalapeño stuffed with brisket and cream cheese. Trevin said he has a texture issue with warm cream cheese; Sawyer was appalled.
• Vancouver — “Maple Bacon Smoky”: smoked sausage with bacon, onion jam, and maple syrup. Sawyer dismissed it as too predictably Canadian.
• Vancouver (also) — Short rib poutine. Sawyer: *”Congrats, Canada. Way to reinvent the wheel.”*
• Miami — Fancy tater tots topped with caviar, crème fraîche, and chives. Estimated price: $75. Both hosts loved the absurdity of it.

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Guests or Interviews

• Taylor, Angela, and Allison — Three on-air callers during the My Chemical Romance ticket giveaway. Taylor guessed “Vicks,” Angela couldn’t get it, and Allison correctly answered ivermectin — the “phrase that pays,” tied to the bit that Joe Rogan (described as a distant relative of Gerard Way) famously promoted ivermectin as a cure-all.

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Funny Bits & Memorable Host Moments

• Warm cream cheese feud [~00:11:43]: Trevin expressed disgust at warm cream cheese in bacon-wrapped jalapeños. Sawyer’s response: *”You’re out of your damn mind.”* Trevin: *”You think you know a guy.”*
• Joe Rogan / Gerard Way cousin reveal [~00:15:03]: The show had apparently revealed during earlier trivia that Joe Rogan is a distant relative of MCR’s Gerard Way, setting up the ivermectin “phrase that pays.”
• Ivermectin giveaway bit [~00:16:00–00:18:15]: Three callers failed before Allison got it. Sawyer: *”If I was Gerard Way, the next My Chemical Romance single should be called Ivermectin.”*
• Sarah McLachlan rescue dog joke [~00:19:11]: Trevin mentioned he met Sarah McLachlan his first week in radio. Sawyer asked if he cried on sight. Trevin: *”Yeah, I rescued a dog immediately after I met her. Right now.”*
• Giraffe laying down logic [~00:21:47]: Sawyer asked how you miss a 16-foot giraffe from a helicopter. Trevin: *”What if it’s laying down?”* Sawyer: *”If it’s laying down, that’s 16 feet! Yeah, but it’s still flat.”*
• Giraffe necking/concert bit [~00:22:19]: Hosts joked about getting a giraffe into a Turnstile concert mosh pit to neck-wrestle.
• LaMelo Ball punchline [~00:22:55]: After Sawyer noted the awkward pairing of two ball-dominant guards, Trevin immediately asked *”How many balls are there?”* Answer: three (LaMelo, Anthony Edwards, and a basketball).

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Pop Culture & National Topics

• Olivia Rodrigo launching an all-women music festival with a philanthropic focus
• Joe Rogan referenced as a distant relative of Gerard Way, tied to his ivermectin promotion
• Ivermectin — used as the trivia answer/phrase that pays, riffing on its cultural notoriety as a pandemic-era “cure-all” promoted for human use despite being a veterinary dewormer
• LaMelo Ball trade to Minnesota — framed as breaking NBA news

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Summary

This portion of the show opened with a lively debate over World Cup host city stadium foods, with the hosts riffing on everything from a $75 caviar tot in Miami to Canada’s predictably Canadian poutine offerings. Trevin’s confession that he can’t stand warm cream cheese in bacon-wrapped jalapeños triggered genuine disbelief from Sawyer and became one of the segment’s funniest moments. The food conversation flowed naturally into World Cup sports coverage, where Sawyer recapped Mexico’s dominant 3-0 group stage finish with Memo Ochoa’s shutout and previewed the day’s slate of matches, including the already-qualified U.S. team facing Turkey at 9 PM.

The mid-block was dominated by the My Chemical Romance ticket giveaway, a recurring bit all week built around the unlikely family tree connection between Gerard Way and Joe Rogan. Three callers cycled through — guessing “Vicks” and “ketamine” before Allison finally landed on “ivermectin,” the dewormer Rogan famously championed. Sawyer’s suggestion that the next MCR single should be called “Ivermectin” was the bit’s peak. Trevin then transitioned into headlines, leading with Olivia Rodrigo’s newly announced all-women Daisy Chain Fields festival in Irvine, which got a local shoutout for including Austin’s Di Spitz on the bill, before the hosts played The Breeders in celebration.

The segment closed on two breaking stories: first, the charming and absurd tale of Gracie, a 3-year-old giraffe who escaped a private Texas wildlife sanctuary and couldn’t be found despite helicopter and drone searches over 7,500 acres — inspiring the hosts to champion her freedom with an impromptu “Free Gracie” rallying cry. Then, with the show still live, NBA trade news broke that LaMelo Ball had been dealt to the Minnesota Timberwolves to join Anthony Edwards. Sawyer expressed skepticism about two ball-dominant guards sharing a backcourt, which Trevin immediately punctured with the effortless punchline: *”How many balls are there? There are three.”*

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🏁 Final Hour

Final Segment Analysis — “Trevin & Sawyer In The Morning” (June 25, 2026)

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Topics Covered

• Ball family NBA update — LeVar Ball filing for divorce; sons Lonzo (knee issues/leaving league), LiAngelo, and LaMelo discussed
• Portland Trail Blazers ownership — New owner Tom Dundon called a cheapskate for demanding taxpayers fund a full Moda Center renovation; Dundon’s Stanley Cup win with Carolina Hurricanes noted
• Dunkin’ July 4th limited menu — Rocket Pop donut, Stars and Stripes donut, Stars and Stripes Munchkin, peanut butter dunkalette, and a $10.99 collectible Eagle Cup (available June 29th); National Rocket Pop Day tie-in
• Turnstile “Never Enough” Tour (Part 2) — Genre-bending lineup with rotating support acts including Dice Spitz, Wives, Tumor, Fiddlehead, Texas is the Reason, Haywire, Thundercat, and Ceremonias; runs September–mid-October; closest Texas date is Oklahoma City; Turnstile also appearing at ACL Fest in October
• Olivia Rodrigo’s “Daisy Chains Fields” tour — Pre-sale tickets sold out; wait list available on site
• My Chemical Romance “Black Parade Tour” model — Referenced as popularizing the rotating local support act format; Garbage played Fort Worth, Mars Volta in San Antonio
• Sawyer’s contact high story — Childhood anecdote about going to BuzzFest in Houston for Puddle of Mudd, getting a contact high from the crowd, eating a whole DiGiorno pizza, and dragging his brother to see Red Jumpsuit Apparatus at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
• Podcast promotion — Morning X podcast on Spotify and 101x.com; followers rewarded with ticket giveaways

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Austin Event & Weekend Recommendations

• Tonight (Thursday, June 25):
• Royal and the Serpent, Snow Wife, and Slush Puppy at Brushy Street Commons (formerly North Door/Parish) — $37, doors 7pm, show 8pm
• U.S. vs. Turkey soccer, 9pm kickoff — watch at In Cahoots (official watch party, warned to arrive very early due to capacity issues last week) or Hotel Vegas as backup
• Friday, June 26:
• Ariana Grande Night 2 at Moody Center — sold out
• Elmo, Abby, and Cookie Monster (Sesame Street live show) at ACL Live at the Moody Theater — 6pm
• DJ Mark Farina, DJ Ja Karma, DJ G Money at Far Out Lounge and Stage (South Congress) — $30, 7pm
• Ryman and Stealin (Beastie Boys tribute, four-piece band) at ACL Ivy (downstairs) — $10 cover suggested via “Timbos on your toes” comment

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Ticket Giveaway Mentions

• One more chance to win tickets Friday to:
• Dexter and the Moon Rocks at Emo’s
• My Chemical Romance at the Alamodome

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Funny Closing Moments & Memorable Quotes

• On Cookie Monster getting clean: *”You know he’s gotten clean, right? He’s not using the stuff anymore.”* / *”Don’t roll this for me. We don’t need him to lapse again.”*
• On Dunkin’: *”Tastes like diabetes.”* / *”And freedom.”*
• Trevin ad-libbing: *”He proceeded to then launch a Roman candle right through the holes of that Stars and Stripes donut. There’s your news.”*
• Sawyer’s Beastie Boys freestyle riff: *”I never know this on the wall, I get respect / Your alphabet and jewelry is what I expect / Rock their Adidas’s and never rock Filas / And not sniff Coke and only smoke Sents Amelias”*
• On Trevin relaxing when his wife returns home: *”Yeah. Funny how that works, isn’t it? Well, two people, one household.”*

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Show Wrap-Up

• Trevin and Sawyer exchanged social media handles: @TrevinOnTheRadio (Instagram), @SawyerStahl, @MorningXAustin
• Podcast plug: Morning X available on Spotify and 101x.com; listeners who follow and notify the show may receive ticket giveaways
• Signed off warmly with *”Good stuff by you. Thanks for hanging today. We’ll see you tomorrow. Bye.”*

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3-Paragraph Summary

The final stretch of Thursday’s Morning X opened with a quick NBA roundup on the Ball family — covering Lonzo’s knee troubles, LiAngelo’s status, LaMelo’s rise, and LeVar Ball’s recent divorce announcement — before pivoting to Portland Trail Blazers news. New owner Tom Dundon drew criticism for demanding taxpayers foot the entire bill for a Moda Center renovation, with Trevin and Sawyer poking fun at his cheapskate reputation despite his Stanley Cup pedigree with the Carolina Hurricanes. Sawyer joked that Portland could fund the arena by bumping PBR prices at dive bars, and the segment transitioned smoothly into the week’s big entertainment news: Dunkin’s patriotic July 4th menu (complete with a peanut butter dunkalette and collectible Eagle Cup), and a deep dive into Turnstile’s “Never Enough Part 2” tour — praised for its innovative rotating, genre-bending support act format echoing what My Chemical Romance pioneered on the Black Parade Tour.

Event recommendations filled a strong segment, with the guys steering listeners toward Royal and the Serpent at Brushy Street Commons for Thursday night and the U.S. vs. Turkey soccer watch party at In Cahoots (with a strong caveat about arriving extremely early given last week’s overflow crowds). For Friday, they covered Ariana Grande’s sold-out second night at the Moody Center, a Sesame Street live show at ACL Live, DJ Mark Farina at Far Out Lounge, and a Beastie Boys tribute band downstairs at ACL Ivy — prompting Sawyer to attempt an improvised Beastie Boys verse that earned a solid laugh. The Cookie Monster sobriety bit (“We don’t need him to lapse again”) was a clear highlight of the segment, as was Trevin’s deadpan Dunkin’ closer about launching a Roman candle through a donut.

The show wrapped on a warm, loose note as Sawyer shared a childhood story about getting an accidental contact high at a Puddle of Mudd concert at BuzzFest in Houston, stumbling home to devour a full DiGiorno pizza while pestering his brother about whether they played “that song where he goes everything’s so good.” The two traded memories of dragging family members to shows like Red Jumpsuit Apparatus at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, keeping the energy light and personal heading into the sign-off. Trevin reminded listeners about the Morning X podcast on Spotify and 101x.com, teased Friday ticket giveaways for Dexter and the Moon Rocks and My Chemical Romance at the Alamodome, and the two signed off with genuine warmth, declaring Thursday a solid “pre-Friday” before sending the audience into their afternoon.

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Analysis generated from archived transcripts. Hosts: Trevin Smith and Sawyer Stull. Morning X — 101X Austin, TX.