About this episode

Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally chat with Chef Evan Funke about his passion for Italian cuisine and various culinary experiences.

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. Follow Evan @evanfunke Full video episodes available HERE. Check out Staying Alive merch at siriusxmstore.com/stayingalive 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…

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