On this episode of Staying Alive, hosts Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally meet up at Team Coco studios with one of their favorites, actor/writer and now director Jillian Bell, to talk about being background artists, being mistaken for background artists, taking a half hour a day to just sit in the sun, giving up things that drive you crazy, the hormonal rollercoaster of late life birth control, and Jillian’s experience directing her first feature, Summer Of 69. Plus, an appearance by all three Wahlbergs.

Follow Jillian @jillianbell on Insta

Watch her new movie Summer Of 69 on Hulu!

This episode was recorded March 27, 2025 at Team Coco in Los Angeles

Special thanks to Joanna Samuel and all at Team Coco

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: Soho House, Primal Fear, Lindsay Lohan, New Kids on the Block, Steph Curry, Baby Reindeer, Zepbound, Las Vegas, birth control, perimenopause, Jordan Knight, Cheesecake Factory, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

On this episode of Staying Alive, hosts Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally sit down with National Institutes Of Health-funded immunologist (and fellow omakase enthusiast) Dr. Shruti Naik to talk about the glowing bacteria that made her become a scientist, the heroic mice who really give us our medications, the benefits of cruciferous vegetables, and much more. Then, they have Dr. Shruti back for a quick catch-up about what’s been happening at the NIH in the first few months of this year. Big takeaway: Tell your congressional representatives and Senators that funding science is very important to you!

Follow Dr Shruti on Twitter @DrShrutiNaik

This episode was recorded January 22 and April 7, 2025 at SiriusXM studios in New York City

Special thanks to Jared O’Connell

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: Phish, red meat, Jimmy Buffett, mice, research scientist, innovation, Big Pharma, Mouse Wahlberg, glow-in-the-dark bacteria, quorum sensing, bald eagle meat, Omakase, cruciferous vegetables, gut bacteria, Aura ring

On this episode of Staying Alive, hosts Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally sit down with entrepreneur and finance influencer Haley Sacks (aka MrsDowJones) to talk about why investing is supposed to be boring, why making money isn’t just for other people, their mutual love of watches and gambling, and the very non-replicable loophole Haley uses to keep herself honest at the casino. She also asks about the worst thing Pally & Gabrus ever did for money and wonders if having kids has changed their friendship. Misery is an inside job.

Follow Haley Sacks @mrsdowjones on YouTube and social media

This episode was recorded April 4, 2025 at SiriusXM studios in New York City

Special thanks to Jared O’Connell

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: Tariffs, Submariner, GMT, Carrie Bradshaw, Twix, Investment, Vegas, Polymarket, Money Market accounts, crypto, 1985 AP Royal Oak, David Barton, girlmath, money date, UCB