Staying Alive with Jon Gabrus & Adam Pally

On this episode of Staying Alive, hosts Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally get to sit down with one of Pally’s OGs and favorite collaborators, the fabulous Jessy Hodges (Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, Barry, Indebted). They’ll talk about migraines, bodywork, Airbnbs, The Evil Dead, and how Jessy is addicted to the smell of sheet rock. Plus: have Jessy and Gabrus met before, or not? The answer may surprise them both.

 

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This episode was recorded May 28, 2026 at Forever Dog in Los Angeles, CA

Special thanks to Brett Boham

Staying Alive is produced by Devon Torrey Bryant and Anne Harris

Engineered and edited by Devon Torrey Bryant, who also wrote the music

Associate producer and video editor is Maddie McCann

Executive produced by Jon Gabrus, Adam Pally, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Bernie Kaminski, and Rich Korson

 

Keywords for this episode: YouTube, Indebted, Beck Bennett, Thank you Mamdani, Williamsburg, renovation, The Swedish Times, Feldenkrais, conservatorship, migraines, bodywork, therapy, trainer, BWW, Widow’s Bay, Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, Equinox, Jen Statsky, The Evil Dead, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Zoe Lister-Jones, managers, Don Draper, Vancouver, Kyle Mooney

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On this episode of Staying Alive, hosts Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally received an unexpected treat when their friend, Hacks co-creator and co-star Paul W Downs, came by to do their podcast ON THE DAY THE HACKS FINALE AIRED. Paul was quite reasonably in his feelings that day, and the fellas really want to ask about putting five years of a successful TV show to bed, getting over his addiction to Mochalatta Chills, getting in shape to play a trainer on TV, and they all agree that the placebo effect is absolutely fine. Plus: we learn the three people who email Pally every birthday, and we stumble across Gabrus’ perfect job.

 

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This episode was recorded May 28, 2026 at Forever Dog in Los Angeles CA

Staying Alive is produced by Devon Torrey Bryant and Anne Harris

Engineered and edited by Devon Torrey Bryant, who also wrote the music

Associate producer and video editor is Maddie McCann

Executive produced by Jon Gabrus, Adam Pally, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Bernie Kaminski, and Rich Korson

 

Keywords: Hacks, MSG, cold turkey, hot turkey, Hannah Waddingham, Scarlett Johansson, Lucia Aniello, Keto, flax milk, bodega coffee, Mochalatta Chills, orthorexia, ectomorph, resistance training, the bro split, toes to bar, galaxy gas, mimes, cold plunge, NAD, Adderall, Meg Stalter, Tower Bar, RuPaul, Italy, French Open, Chandler Bing, Jen Statsky, Real Sex

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On this episode of Staying Alive, Gabrus is in New York and the fellas get a chance to sit down with the hilarious and centered Michelle Buteau (Survival Of The Thickest, The Circle, Babes) to discuss face massages, power suits, health insurance, Family Feud, the final season of Michelle’s Netflix series Survival Of The Thickest, and Naked Boys Singing. Plus, the fellas promise they are not testing out new material, they have NEVER made that joke before, no, seriously. How did Juneau?

 

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Check out Survival Of The Thickest S3

Check out Spa Weekend, out August 21!

This episode was recorded July 8, 2026 at Quad Studios in NYC

Staying Alive is produced by Devon Torrey Bryant and Anne Harris

Engineered and edited by Devon Torrey Bryant, who also wrote the music

Associate producer and video editor is Maddie McCann

Executive produced by Jon Gabrus, Adam Pally, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Bernie Kaminski, and Rich Korson

 

Keywords for this episode: body confusion, gabagool, luggage, Sam the Eagle, Jack Black, Formation, The Child, The Caretaker, Anne Harris, Anaconda, kids, Joan Rivers, The View, Working Girl, Carly Simon, health insurance, heart disease, Shia LaBeouf, trainer, massage, Pisces, compass (Honestly, he’s NEVER done that joke before, no no seriously), Face Gym, divorce, Benjamin Button, Naked Boys Singing, Blue Man Group (Honestly, he’s NEVER done that joke before, no truly), Family Feud, John Gemberling, Wanda Sykes, Elvis, crowdwork, hot flash

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If you don’t have an appetite when you hit play, you certainly will by the end of Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally’s conversation with pasta genius Chef Evan Funke, as they talk about where his passion for Italian food comes from, keeping cool under pressure, cooking on a plane for Steph Curry, balancing his culinary art with his on-camera presence, and only buying pants that can take a serious beating. Plus: is Mystery Men due for reevaluation? We think so.

 

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This episode was recorded May 26, 2026 at Forever Dog in Los Angeles CA

Staying Alive is produced by Devon Torrey Bryant and Anne Harris

Engineered and edited by Devon Torrey Bryant, who also wrote the music

Associate producer and video editor is Maddie McCann

Executive produced by Jon Gabrus, Adam Pally, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Bernie Kaminski, and Rich Korson

 

Keywords: gold rush, Dodgers, Drew Barrymore, chief of staff, pesto, Mr Throwback, Steph Curry, Total Recall, Starship Troopers, Mystery Men, New Zealand, Orson Welles, In-N-Out, Italy, Alessandra Spisni, Tuscany, restraint, Uncle Paulie’s, Chef’s Table, Formula One, Manhunter, Mother Wolf

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It’s a good time for one of our Proof Of Life episodes, because anybody who saw photos of hosts Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally during the weekend of the Knicks win and the Del Close Marathon may actually want some hard proof that the boys are still with us. They partied, they cheered, they celebrated, they improvised, they carried strangers on their shoulders through the streets of New York, but they did survive, and you’ll get the full play-by-play in this episode. Bars attacks.

 

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This episode was recorded June 25, 2026 on the information superhighway

Staying Alive is produced by Devon Torrey Bryant and Anne Harris

Engineered and edited by Devon Torrey Bryant, who also wrote the music

Associate producer and video editor is Maddie McCann

Executive produced by Jon Gabrus, Adam Pally, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Bernie Kaminski, and Rich Korson

 

Keywords for this episode: Tanning, The Knicks, Del Close Marathon, running, push ups, colonoscopy, Zyn, GLP-1, Sunk Cost Fallacy, bagels, candy, The Match Game, Matt Besser, Paul Scheer, Betsy Sodaro, Mano Agapion, Las Vegas

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