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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