Staying Alive with Jon Gabrus & Adam Pally

On this episode of Staying Alive, hosts Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally grab a lunchtime sit-down with fashion writer/editor Jake Woolf (GQ, Robb Report) to talk about how what you wear figures into your mental health, compare notes on their high school styles, therapy regimens, feeding the algorithm, and wonder about moving from critic to designer. Plus: Gabrus and Pally talk about their teenage sketch groups, and which LA canyon has the most cougars (no, not that kind).
 
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This episode was recorded April 2, 2025 at SiriusXM studios in New York City
Special thanks to Jared O’Connell and Casey Holford
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: MRI, Ike Barinholtz, Gianna Michaels, OnlyFans, Apple Watches, Superman, Airwalks, Rusty, Quiksilver, Doc Martens, GQ, ESPN Zone, Jimmy Butler, grey rollneck J Crew sweater, The Morning Show, Long Island Little League, Allen Iverson, Joe Namath, DJ Cousin Ben, surfwear, Substack, Ven.Space, The Row, Aaron Levine

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On this episode of Staying Alive, hosts Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally kick back with one of their favorite people, the hilarious Alison Leiby (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, Broad City, The President Show) to talk about what she’s doing to stay alive (spoiler alert: who’s even sure they want to?). They’ll discuss solo hiking, circle swimming, metal backs, drinking no water after 4pm, and the career of Adrien Brody. Plus, Gabrus has never been to Disneyland, and Pally names the billionaire he believes he could fight to the death, you know, if he had to.
 
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This episode was recorded March 11, 2025 at SiriusXM studios in New York City
Special thanks to Jared O’Connell and Casey Holford
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: Disney adults, Australian rules football, Michael Shannon, Jason Narducy, R.E.M., Revolutionary Road, asteroid, avian bird flu, Mark Zuckerberg, Fallout, Fight Club, blood pressure, Aire, ice bath, Gurney’s in Montauk, college recruitment, synchronized swimming, Busby Berkeley, circle swimming, men be shopping, Emilia Perez, citrus salad, ginger shots, melanoma, The Theo Von Podcast, spine surgery, everything on the outside, Cujo

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On this episode of Staying Alive, hosts Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally get a treat when they sit down with an old friend, one of the fastest guns in comedy, Sean Clements (Hollywood Handbook, Severance, Workaholics), to talk about how jacked he feels, the multiple lives he’d lived before comedy saved him, the complete plot of the unmade Making History episodes with Fred Armisen as Tesla, and yes, eventually what he’s doing, fitness-wise, to stay alive. Plus: Gabrus has started on the GLP-1’s, and Pally discovered Tim Robinson (Tim does NOT like it when he says this).

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This episode was recorded December 9, 2025 at SiriusXM studios in Los Angeles

Special thanks to Brendan Byrnes

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: Zepbound, Wegovy, Wang Chung, Ben Rogers, Ike Barinholtz, fat calipers, LL Bean, Connecticut, Leonardo DiCaprio, detox ward, sobriety, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Making History, Solo, Tim Robinson, Al Capone, Mila Kunis, M+Power By Her For Her, SmartLess Mobile, Fred Armisen, Tesla, MTV’s Spring Break House

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Hosts Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally haven’t seen each other since last year, and since Pally booked a new job they may not see each other in person for a bit yet, so they hopped on the old video conferencing app for an epic catch-up. They’ll talk about Jon’s mood-altering Christmas in Mexico, apologize for having to drop our show at SF Sketchfest this year, compare notes on Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, and more. Plus: Gabrus and Jack Black’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood? And Mount Pallymore has taken a hit recently, time to offer up some sincere RIPs.
 
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This episode was recorded January 18, 2026 across 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

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On this episode of Staying Alive, hosts Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally want to study ALL the martial arts, so they sit down with author and astrologer Aliza Kelly to find out how astrology can better help them understand themselves (spoiler alert: lotta bullseyes getting hit in this episode lol). Aliza has prepared their full birth charts, and she’ll take them through step-by-step, highlighting Gabrus’ love of adventure and Scorpios, and Pally’s love of Phish and fish.

 
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This episode was recorded October 14, 2025 at SiriusXM studios in New York City
Special thanks to Jared O’Connell and Casey Holford
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: astrology, horoscopes, birth charts, kung fu, monkey style, ayahuasca, gaslighting, therapy, the East River, 90210, The Babysitter’s Club, Aquarius, Pisces, archivist, COVID, Zoom, Tropic Of Capricorn, Tropic Of Cancer, solstice, daddy stuff, 1982, Thriller, ET, boy astrology, Scorpio, past lives, astrocartography, Phish, cardinal signs, fixed signs, mutable signs, Chico’s, death charts, Pixies, Roxy Music, Halloween playlists

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