Trevin & Sawyer In The Morning — 4/13/2026
First Half
📻 Morning X – First Half 📻
🎙️ HOSTS PRESENT
• Trevin Smith – veteran host, running solo for 7 days while partner was away
• Sawyer Stull – returned from week-long Pacific Northwest vacation
📰 MORNING X HEADLINES
• Water main break at 6th & Red River causing flooding, area closed to traffic
• U.S. military enforcing blockade on Iranian ports in Strait of Hormuz starting 10am
• Pope Leo responds to Trump criticism, says he has “no fear” of administration
• Oil prices back above $100, stock markets falling after collapsed Pakistan peace talks
🏈 MORNING X SPORTS
• NBA play-in tournament explained – 7th vs 10th seed, 8th vs 9th seed format
• San Antonio Spurs will be 2nd seed in playoffs
• Texas baseball loses 2 games to A&M, third game cancelled due to weather
• Texas softball avoids sweep against OU with Sunday walk-off win
• Texas Stars hockey clinched playoff spot, finish regular season Friday/Saturday vs Rockford IceHogs
• Mini Masters at Peter Pan Putt-Putt – Nicholas Savarino wins 3rd title
🎟️ TICKET GIVEAWAYS
• Jimmy Eat World tickets at Moody Amphitheater (9/9) – part of 101X concert series
• Pacific Northwest trivia contest vs Haley (caller who called in sick to work)
• Haley wins with correct answer: California golden poppy is state flower
📞 PHONE CALLERS
• Haley – called in sick to work, won Jimmy Eat World tickets in trivia contest
😂 DAILY BIT / BANTER
• Sawyer complaining his week-long vacation was “too long”
• Wedding fight story – bride’s ex-boyfriend crashed wedding party, got physical with hockey players, father-daughter team beat him up
• Sawyer’s claims that decomposed whale bones look like driftwood
• Pacific Northwest trivia failure – neither host knew Oregon capital (Salem)
• Voicemail complaints about 2-minute limit
• Cannabis car concept discussion
🎸 AUSTIN EVENTS
• Moontower Comedy Festival happening now – Esther’s Follies/Velveeta Room potentially affected by 6th St flooding
👤 GUESTS
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📝 SUMMARY
Sawyer returns from his Pacific Northwest vacation to reunite with Trevin after being away for seven show days. Despite describing the trip as “long,” Sawyer shares entertaining stories including attending a college friend’s wedding in rural Oregon where the bride’s ex-boyfriend crashed the party and started a fight with multiple hockey players, resulting in both the bride and her father joining in to subdue the troublemaker.
The hosts dive back into their regular format with Morning X Headlines covering local flooding at 6th and Red River, international tensions with the Strait of Hormuz blockade, and papal politics. Sports coverage includes Texas teams struggling on the baseball diamonds while the Stars hockey team secured their playoff spot. The show maintains its comedic energy with banter about vacation lengths, Sawyer’s questionable Pacific Northwest knowledge, and his bizarre theory about whale bones becoming driftwood.
Production quality shines as they execute a smooth ticket giveaway segment, complete with game show music and sound effects, giving away Jimmy Eat World tickets through Pacific Northwest trivia. Despite both hosts failing spectacularly at the geography questions, caller Haley manages to win with her correct guess about California’s state flower being the golden poppy, proving that sometimes the audience knows more than the experts.
Second Half
🎙️ Morning X – Second Half 🎙️
📰 HEADLINES (continued)
• Flooding at 6th & Red River – major water main burst, repairs needed (near Esther’s Follies) 🚰
• Williamson County cattle rustlers – 5 arrested for organized livestock theft, 50+ cows stolen & slaughtered 🐄
• Trevin’s conspiracy theory: Same crew that cut internet cables might be behind cattle theft 🕵️♂️
• Gang dubbed “ATX Cowpokes” – now in the “cowpokey” (jail) 😂
🏈 SPORTS (continued)
• NBA Playoffs set: San Antonio Spurs #2 seed in West, opponent TBD from play-in tournament 🏀
• Houston Rockets vs Lakers starts Saturday – LeBron’s short-handed team 🚀
• Texas softball splits weekend vs OU – one win better than none! 🥎
• Texas baseball struggles at A&M – games rained out, lost first two, Sunday canceled ⚾
• Sawyer calls Aggies “cowards” for not playing through rain 😤
🎟️ TICKET GIVEAWAYS (continued)
• Jack White at Moody Amphitheater – Marketplace Monday competition 🎸
• Chad wins Jack White tickets after crushing Trevin in pricing game 🏆
• Items: Randy Savage Slim Jim holder ($80), Star Trek Worf plate ($20), Hilary Duff VHS ($150) 📼
• More Jimmy Eat World tickets tomorrow 🎫
📞 PHONE CALLERS (continued)
• Chad – Motocross & pot enthusiast, crushed Marketplace Monday 🏍️💨
• Only caller for Jack White tickets, competed against Trevin instead 😅
😂 DAILY BIT (continued)
• Marketplace Monday – Price is Right style game with Austin area weird items 🛒
• Chad’s interests: “Motocross and smoking pot” 🏍️🌿
• Trevin’s catastrophic $142.50 miss on Hilary Duff VHS pricing 💸
🍔 AUSTIN FOOD & RESTAURANTS
• Peter Pan Mini Golf – hopes it stays open, “lasted longer than McDonald’s” 🏌️♀️
• Taco Bell Cantina in San Francisco – $9 Baja Blast margarita was “worth every penny” 🌮🍹
🎵 MUSIC DISCUSSION
• Coachella Weekend 1 coverage – Sombra, Nine Inch Nails, The Strokes, Jack White 🌵
• Sombra bringing Billy Corgan for “1979,” coming to Moody Center 🎤
• Nine Inch Noise (Trent Reznor + Boyz Noise) – new album “Halo 38” drops Friday 🔥
• The Strokes released new single on limited cassette tapes (100 made) – Sawyer missed out 📼
• Julian Casablancas joking about “Coachella battalion” being “sexiest battalion” 😂
👤 GUESTS (continued)
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👋 SHOW CLOSE & TOMORROW
• Trevin going to Toadies at Buck’s Backyard Thursday (101X concert series) 🎸
• Sawyer hosting comedy show at Bangers Basement Thursday 7:30pm 🎭
• Eve 6 & Fastball also Thursday – two 101X shows same day 🎵
• Podcast returning today – Sawyer producing after show 🎧
• Instagram issues continue – may need to visit Meta headquarters 📱
• Jimmy Eat World tickets tomorrow 🎫
📝 SUMMARY (3 paragraphs)
Sawyer’s triumphant return from his epic 9-day West Coast adventure brought energy back to the Morning X, complete with tales of Oregon weddings, bride/father tag-teaming drunk locals, $6.66 gas, and Taco Bell Cantina romance in San Francisco. His vacation stories revealed new relationship dynamics (fear of heights after 4 years together) and showcased his girlfriend’s Northern California roots, though the trip was more adventure than rest, leaving him jet-lagged and running on West Coast time.
Marketplace Monday delivered comedy gold as Chad, the motocross-loving pot enthusiast, absolutely demolished Trevin in their pricing competition for Jack White tickets. The segment featured bizarre Austin-area items including an $80 Macho Man Slim Jim holder, a $20 Star Trek Worf collector plate, and a shocking $150 “rare” Hilary Duff VHS that sent Trevin into pricing oblivion with a $142.50 miss that sealed his fate.
Music and festival fever dominated discussions as Coachella Weekend 1 highlights sparked excitement for ACL season, with Nine Inch Noise’s desert performance and The Strokes’ limited cassette release capturing attention. Thursday brings dual 101X concert series shows – Trevin hitting the Toadies while Sawyer launches his new Bangers Basement comedy night – proving the hosts are fully back in Austin event mode while still battling Instagram verification mysteries and planning tomorrow’s Jimmy Eat World ticket giveaway.
