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