Half Alive with the La Brothers

01/09/2026

Winter is freezing out the La brothers! Their latest episode from frozen hell: https://rss.com/podcasts/halfalive/2450280

12/05/2025

https://rss.com/podcasts/halfalive/1919187
Another real writer dares to be interviewed by the La brothers!

Real life working writer and actor Daniel Guyton joins the La brothers for this episode to explain how he balances acting, directing, and writing with teaching theatre as a college professor. Basement La's insecurities morph into true inspiration as Dan patiently shows the brothers how it's possible...

08/26/2025

The La brothers rouse themselves in their sweltering house to record another hilarious podcast.

06/03/2025

Our latest episode, with a real writer!

Writer, mental health advocate, and self- defense coach, Julio Rivera, discusses his latest book, Internal Jiu Jitsu: How to Conquer Inner and Outer Resistance by Giving Way, which was published in May (mental health awareness month) by White Deer Publishing. He is a graduate of NYU’s journalism p...

03/03/2025

She stole this look from the La brothers.

03/01/2025

Playwright extraordinaire Dan Guyton joins the La brothers for an interview this episode:

Real life working writer and actor Daniel Guyton joins the La brothers for this episode to explain how he balances acting, directing, and writing with teaching theatre as a college professor. Basement La's insecurities morph into true inspiration as Dan patiently shows the brothers how it's possible...

01/23/2025

The La Brothers start the new year the only way they know how!

With 2025 freshly born, the La brothers reminisce about the many insane holidays they've had in the past. One memory involves an ugly scene on the set of Friends, and another a chance encounter with Truman Capote's ghost in the restroom at Washington Square Park. And then there are the family Christ...

11/02/2024

What do Oscar Wilde and the La brothers have in common? Nothing, of course, since Wilde was at least successful at one time and the La brothers never were. But the twins wrangle with an interesting quote from Wilde about the tragedy of getting what you want. They also sift through responses from lis...

09/06/2024

Will the La brothers entice Armie Hammer to move in with them?

Is it especially humiliating to get rejected for a non-paying acting role? Or to have your short story rejected by an online journal that doesn’t pay its writers? This week, La and La discuss this particular strain of rejection. Not incidentally, they are both newly-fired from their latest surviva...

07/19/2024

After reading irate subscribers' emails about their interview with Clementine Roach who killed a heckler with the instrument she was playing, La and La read some old journal entries, to see if they can get any inspiration from their younger selves. Basement La's journals turn out to be surprisingly poignant, while Attic La's poem from the early 90's reveals his utter lack of poetic skill.

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06/10/2024

This is the La Brothers' first time interviewing a didgeridoo player/ murderer. Hilarity ensures!

Half Alive features the fictional La and La brothers who are sixty-year-old twins with more than a few career, financial, and size challenges. They chased big dreams in their youth (professional acting, writing), but were unable to catch them. Now, they've returned home to Schenectady from their yea...