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Trevin & Sawyer In The Morning — 2026-05-11

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Trevin & Sawyer In The Morning | Austin, TX | Monday, May 11, 2026

🎙️ First Hour

Here is the analysis of this portion of the transcript:

Topics Covered

  • Birthday weekend recap — Sawyer shares stories from his birthday weekend, including visiting the HEB Bar at Mueller, drinking $5 cocktails, spotting Blanton’s whiskey on the shelf, and celebrating with sausage and peppers inspired by Action Bronson
  • Texas Longhorns softball SEC Tournament Championship — Texas defeated Georgia and then Alabama to win the SEC Tournament title
  • Texas Longhorns men’s baseball — struggled Friday and Saturday in Knoxville but bounced back with a big win over Tennessee on Sunday
  • NBA Draft Lottery — Washington Wizards won the lottery and will hold the number one pick
  • San Antonio Spurs vs. Minnesota Timberwolves — Victor Wembanyama was ejected for the first time in his career; Spurs lost and the series is now tied
  • Driving in the rain rant — Sawyer goes on a rant about Austin drivers using hazard lights while driving in the rain, calling it dangerous and counterproductive
  • Hantavirus/Andes virus news — 17 Americans from a cruise ship that experienced a Hantavirus outbreak landed and are being monitored at a quarantine center in Nebraska
  • Athena the owl surrogate story — The owlet of Athena at the Wildflower Center now has a surrogate great horned owl mother named Edison; fundraising for the owlet exceeded $70,000 with matching gifts
  • Austin Chronicle Best in Austin Awards — Sawyer promotes the Austin Chronicle’s annual Best in Austin voting, specifically encouraging listeners to vote in the stand-up comedy category, and begins naming nominees including Roxy Castillo and Vanessa Gonzalez

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Main News Headlines Discussed

  • [00:09:01] 17 Americans from a cruise ship affected by the Andes virus (a strain of Hantavirus) have arrived in Nebraska and are being monitored at a quarantine center; one passenger tested mildly positive
  • [00:10:14] The owlet of Athena at Austin’s Wildflower Center has been given a surrogate great horned owl mother named Edison; fundraising for the owlet’s care raised over $70,000 through matching gifts

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Austin/Texas Sports Covered

  • [00:04:11] Texas Longhorns softball won the SEC Tournament Championship, defeating Georgia on Friday and Alabama on Saturday
  • [00:04:42] Texas Longhorns men’s baseball struggled Friday and Saturday in Knoxville against Tennessee but had a big offensive game on Sunday to win
  • [00:04:54] Washington Wizards won the NBA Draft Lottery and will hold the number one overall pick
  • [00:05:04] Victor Wembanyama was ejected for the first time in his NBA career during a Spurs loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves; the series is now tied

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Austin Events, Concerts, or Local Happenings Mentioned

  • [00:01:47] Action Bronson is coming to Austin; Sawyer celebrated in advance by cooking sausage and peppers in his honor
  • [00:12:36] The Austin Chronicle’s annual Best in Austin Awards voting is underway; Sawyer encourages listeners to vote, particularly in the stand-up comedy category

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Restaurant or Food Mentions

  • [00:02:06] HEB Bar at Mueller — praised as a great place to watch the Longhorns, with $5 cocktails described as a great deal; Blanton’s whiskey available by the glass for $19
  • [00:06:48] P. Terry’s — mentioned in passing; Sawyer was waiting in the drive-thru for a Mountain Shake of the Month during the rainstorm

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Funny Moments, Bits, or Memorable Exchanges

  • [00:01:10] Sawyer kicks off the show by admitting he had such a good birthday that he told stories twice — and attempted a third retelling the next day before being stopped by a friend
  • [00:01:55] Sawyer jokes he was “twice baked as a potato” during his birthday weekend, setting up a pun about twice-baked potatoes
  • [00:03:05] Trevin’s birthday gift to Sawyer is revealed to be 12 fancy hot dogs with German writing on them and 12 Busch Lights; Sawyer jokes about trying to finish all 12 beers before the show ends
  • [00:05:04] A fake French news announcement introduces the Wembanyama ejection story, with Sawyer translating it as “a large French alien assaulted a Minnesota man”
  • [00:09:38] Sawyer reacts to the Hantavirus cruise story with: “From the makers of Snakes on a Plane, come Rats on a Cruise”
  • [00:10:40] Sawyer looks at a photo of the baby owl and deadpans that he would have abandoned it too, calling it “a chopped ass bird” and “one funky looking little bird”
  • [00:11:27] Sawyer jokes that the owlet’s story will make a great episode of Maury when the original mother Athena comes back for the $70,000 that was raised
  • [00:08:52] Sawyer caps his driving rant with: “Did you know race car is spelled backwards as race car?” — catching Trevin off guard

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Guests or Phone Callers

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Ticket Giveaways or Contests

  • [00:12:21] Listeners are invited to text 512-835-1015 with name suggestions for the baby owlet from the Wildflower Center story

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Summary

The show opens on a loose, celebratory note as Sawyer recaps his birthday weekend, including a visit to the HEB Bar at Mueller, where he enjoyed $5 cocktails and passed on a $19 glass of Blanton’s. Trevin reveals he got Sawyer fancy German hot dogs and a 12-pack of Busch Lights as a gift, with Sawyer jokingly vowing to finish all 12 before the show ends. The casual banter sets a fun, easy-going tone for the morning before transitioning into sports.

The sports segment is a highlight, with Sawyer delivering big Longhorns news: the Texas softball team won the SEC Tournament by defeating both Georgia and Alabama, and the men’s baseball team rebounded from a tough weekend in Knoxville to beat Tennessee on Sunday. On the NBA side, the Washington Wizards won the draft lottery, and Victor Wembanyama was ejected for the first time in his career as the Spurs fell to the Timberwolves, tying their playoff series. Sawyer introduces the Wembanyama story with a comedic fake French news announcement, one of the funnier bits in the segment.

The headlines portion brings a mix of serious and lighthearted stories. Sawyer covers 17 Americans being monitored for the Andes virus after a cruise ship outbreak, drawing a COVID comparison with some dark humor. The mood lightens considerably with a story about a baby owlet at Austin’s Wildflower Center getting a surrogate mother named Edison, which prompts jokes about the ugly bird, a Maury Show bit, and listener engagement to name the owlet via text. The segment closes with Sawyer promoting the Austin Chronicle’s Best in Austin Awards and beginning to campaign for local stand-up comics, tying in nicely to his own background in Austin comedy.

⏰ Second Hour

Here is the analysis of this portion of the show:

Topics Covered

  • Austin Chronicle Best of Austin voting and nominees
  • 90s nostalgia and trends possibly making a comeback
  • Morning headlines (Hantavirus cruise ship outbreak, Austin storm damage)
  • Hydrilla/carp problem on Lake Austin
  • Texas Longhorns softball and baseball updates

Austin or Texas News Stories

  • [00:21:20] Strong thunderstorms rolled through central Texas/Austin the previous night, bringing pea-sized hail, wind gusts up to 75 mph, power outages, downed trees, and property damage; high of 81 degrees expected for the day
  • [00:22:38] Grass carp introduced into Lake Austin to combat invasive hydrilla weed appear to be ineffective; Trevin reports the hydrilla is dense and widespread after fishing the lake for the first time this season on Saturday
  • [00:15:02] Austin Chronicle Best of Austin voting discussed, including local controversies: Alamo Drafthouse mobile ordering switch, AISD school closures, Prop Q, the City of Austin’s new logo, and the Cheer Up Charlies drama

Sports Topics, Takes, and Predictions

  • [00:24:42] Texas Longhorns softball won the SEC Tournament championship, defeating Ole Miss, Georgia, and Alabama — hosts are enthusiastic
  • [00:24:55] Texas baseball went 1-3 against Tennessee; they close out the regular season at Disch-Falk against Missouri

Austin Music, Venue, or Event Mentions

  • [00:14:23] Angelina Martin runs an open mic at Luster Pearl East
  • [00:14:38] “Buzzkill” comedy showcase at Buzzmill, every Wednesday at 9 p.m., described as the longest-running weekly showcase in Austin — free to attend
  • [00:14:45] Angelina Martin performed at Moon Tower (comedy festival)
  • [00:13:46] Austin Chronicle Best of Austin awards voting — Sawyer encourages listeners to vote and offers tickets as a possible incentive

Food or Restaurant Discussions

  • [00:16:39] Austin Chronicle Best of Austin categories mentioned include “Best dive bar” and “Best secret mezcal club” (brief, no extended discussion)

Funny Bits, Debates, or Memorable Moments

  • [00:13:59] Sawyer campaigns hard for Angelina Martin to win Best Stand-Up Comic in the Austin Chronicle awards, jokingly daring the Chronicle to come after him for encouraging listeners to vote, saying “The Chronicle, come at me”
  • [00:15:44] Trevin correctly guesses that Sawyer would vote for the City of Austin’s new logo in the local controversy category; Sawyer confirms; they riff on the graffiti someone spray-painted on I-35 using the Austin logo font to write a crude word, and joke that Dallas has the “D” logo and Austin has the “A,” and they’re slowly spelling something out across Texas
  • [00:19:48] Sawyer jokes about his age relative to the 90s, saying he was “watching my parents be upset at Desert Storm” as a toddler and claims his first words were a Limp Bizkit reference (“chocolate starfish”)
  • [00:22:38] Trevin jokes that he tried to push his own fence over during the storm so his landlord would have to replace it; he also riffs that his dog is “addicted to crack” — meaning a crack in the fence the dog obsessively stares through
  • [00:23:00] Trevin jokes that the carp introduced to eat the hydrilla must be “the laziest carp in all the United States,” and Sawyer quips it’s “a very Austin style of carp — doing the bare minimum… working from home”

Pop Culture, National News, or Non-Austin Topics

  • [00:20:20] 17 Americans aboard a cruise ship that experienced a Hantavirus outbreak have returned to the U.S.; one passenger tested mildly PCR positive; passengers being transported to the National Quarantine Unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha; health officials say risk remains low
  • [00:16:43] Broader 90s nostalgia discussion — baggy clothing trends returning, Upper Deck baseball cards, the shoe brand Simple, Journeys store mall swag, Jncos, rollerblading, Super Soakers, comic books, Limp Bizkit

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Summary

This portion of the show opens mid-discussion of the Austin Chronicle’s Best of Austin awards, with Sawyer making a full-throated endorsement of comedian Angelina Martin for Best Stand-Up Comic, praising her long-running open mic at Luster Pearl East and her weekly “Buzzkill” showcase at Buzzmill. The hosts also go through the local controversy category, landing on the City of Austin’s new logo as the most culturally combustible pick, which leads to a funny bit about I-35 graffiti and a riff about Dallas and Austin collectively spelling something unflattering with their city logo letters.

The show then shifts into a loose, nostalgic conversation about 90s trends potentially making a comeback, prompted by the observation that 1990 will be 40 years ago in 2030. Trevin and Sawyer bounce through memories of Upper Deck baseball cards, Journeys store keychains, Jncos, rollerblading, and Super Soakers, with Sawyer joking that as a new parent he gets to “reparent himself” by buying his kid all the toys he missed out on. Sawyer, who was very young in the 90s, leans into jokes about being a toddler during Desert Storm and claiming Limp Bizkit lyrics as his first words.

The back half of the segment covers the morning headlines, including the Hantavirus cruise ship story (met mostly with jokes) and Austin storm damage from the previous night’s severe thunderstorms. Trevin then shares a firsthand report from a fishing trip on Lake Austin, where he found the hydrilla weed problem far worse than expected despite grass carp being introduced to control it — leading to the running joke that the carp are lazy Austinites working from home. The show wraps the segment with a sports update celebrating the Texas Longhorns softball team winning the SEC Tournament championship, and noting that Texas baseball closes out the regular season against Missouri.

🏁 Final Hour

Topics Covered in the Final Portion

  • [00:25:09] NBA playoffs: Victor Wembanyama’s first career ejection for elbowing an opponent; San Antonio Spurs fall to the Minnesota Timberwolves, series tied 2-2
  • [00:25:28] OKC Thunder vs. LA Lakers playoff game preview (Thunder up 3-0, game starting at 9 PM)
  • [00:25:42] Austin rain and the resulting mosquito problem; Orkin’s list of top 50 mosquito cities; LA ranked #1 for the sixth year in a row; Houston and Dallas the only two Texas cities in the top 10; Austin not even in the top 50
  • [00:28:12] Bug-A-Salt gun discussion (continued from a previous segment), including Sawyer nearly buying one but balking at $14 shipping
  • [00:28:49] MorningX Headlines segment covering gas prices, the Ben Affleck/Matt Damon lawsuit from real Miami-Dade officers over the movie “The Rip,” and Dua Lipa suing Samsung for $15 million over unauthorized use of her image on TV boxes
  • [00:33:28] Brief mention of a new Michael Bay Transformers film
  • [00:33:44] Sawyer turning 31 and receiving a birthday text about a dying rat on his patio

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Closing News Stories / Sports Updates

  • [00:25:09] Victor Wembanyama ejected in his first-ever NBA playoff ejection; Spurs lose to the Timberwolves, series now tied 2-2, heading back to San Antonio
  • [00:25:28] OKC Thunder lead the Lakers 3-0 heading into a 9 PM game
  • [00:28:49] National gas average at $4.52/gallon, down slightly since Friday but up ~52% since the war began, per AAA and the New York Times
  • [00:29:18] Ben Affleck and Matt Damon sued by real Miami-Dade officers who inspired their film “The Rip,” which depicted a 2016 narcotics raid resulting in a $24 million cash seizure
  • [00:30:46] Dua Lipa suing Samsung for $15 million over unauthorized use of her image on TV packaging; Samsung reportedly ignored cease-and-desist demands

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Funny Closing Moments / Memorable Quotes

  • [00:25:18] On Wembanyama’s elbow foul: *”You can’t elbow a dude in the head like that. Maybe in France.”* and *”He gave him the old elbow guillotine.”*
  • [00:25:54] Sawyer’s description of post-rain standing water: *”cesspools of mosquito orgy laying grounds”*
  • [00:27:39] Sawyer’s riff on California mosquitoes vs. Texas mosquitoes: *”Those California mosquitoes are all gluten-free, kombucha-drinking, yoga-posing, hippy-dippy-ass West California mosquitoes that our Texas mosquitoes would whoop the snot out of.”*
  • [00:30:29] After the officer’s quote about never stealing: *”That’s what they want you to think.”*
  • [00:33:18] Sawyer says he’d buy the Dua Lipa Samsung TV just to throw it away and hang the box; Trevin responds: *”Oh, Trevor wants Dua Lipa’s box. That’s gross, dude. Come on. We have families that listen to this show.”* followed by *”They’re all at work right now.”*
  • [00:34:32] Sawyer coining the word *”ratapult”* for his plan to deal with the dying rat at home
  • [00:34:42] Sawyer on turning 31: *”31 and I will be taking a life later today.”*
  • [00:36:12] The winning caller named the owl *”Adultery”* — after the singer of The Who (Roger Daltrey), a pun on “Daltrey” — which both hosts loved

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How the Show Wrapped Up / Previews

  • [00:35:53] Trevin previews Tuesday’s show as *”Trash Take Tuesday”* with a joke about not digging through his trash because there might be a dead rat in it
  • [00:35:59] Tickets to give away Tuesday for Rise Against and Alkaline Trio as part of the 101X concert series
  • [00:36:05] Shoutout to the winning caller who named the owl “Adultery” (a pun on Roger Daltrey of The Who)
  • [00:36:23] Hosts signed off with their social handles: Sawyer at @SawyerStull, Trevin at @TrevinOnTheRadio, and the show at @101XMorningX

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3-Paragraph Summary

The final stretch of Monday’s show opened with sports and local color. Trevin and Sawyer covered Victor Wembanyama’s first-ever NBA ejection for elbowing an opponent — with Sawyer joking it might be acceptable “in France” — and noted the Spurs-Timberwolves series is now tied 2-2 heading back to San Antonio. They also previewed the Thunder-Lakers game later that night with OKC sitting on a 3-0 series lead. From there, the conversation pivoted to Austin’s post-rain mosquito problem, which led to a fun tangent about Orkin’s annual worst-mosquito-cities list. Despite how bad mosquitoes feel in Austin, the city didn’t crack the top 50 — though Houston and Dallas both made the top 10. Los Angeles topped the list for the sixth consecutive year, which gave Sawyer the opening to mock California mosquitoes as soft and health-conscious compared to their Texas counterparts. The Bug-A-Salt gun came up again, with Sawyer admitting he nearly bought one until $14 in shipping stopped him cold.

The MorningX Headlines segment covered several entertaining news items. Gas prices held at a national average of $4.52 per gallon — roughly 52% higher than before the war — per AAA and the New York Times. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon were hit with a lawsuit from the real Miami-Dade officers whose 2016 narcotics raid — which produced a record $24 million cash seizure — inspired their film “The Rip,” with the officers claiming the movie damaged their reputations. Trevin jokingly proposed using the movie as a springboard in a “bubble diagram” system for finding better films to watch instead. Dua Lipa’s $15 million lawsuit against Samsung for putting her image on TV boxes without permission also got airtime, with the hosts agreeing Samsung blew it by ignoring cease-and-desist demands. A brief mention of a new Michael Bay Transformers movie rounded out the news block.

The show closed on a warm, comedic note centered on Sawyer’s birthday. Now three days into being 31, Sawyer received a birthday morning text from his girlfriend informing him that a dying rat was on their patio — leaving him to deal with it after the show. The hosts had fun with the scenario, coining the term “ratapult” and joking about a “final meal” of hot dogs for the doomed rodent. Trevin also revealed he’d gifted Sawyer a 12-pack of Bud Lights for his birthday. They then previewed Tuesday’s show — “Trash Take Tuesday” — including tickets to give away for Rise Against and Alkaline Trio at an upcoming 101X concert. A shoutout went to the day’s contest winner, who named an owl “Adultery” as a clever pun on The Who’s Roger Daltrey. The hosts signed off with their social handles, some laughs, and a promise to be back the next morning.

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

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