Half Alive with the La BrothersExplicit

by Attic La and Basement La

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 years in Los Angeles and New York, and are trying to salvage some fraction of their career goals. They believe they can help others ... 

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  • Season 3

  • Actor, Playwright, Screenwriter Daniel Guyton

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    Actor, Playwright, Screenwriter Daniel Guyton

    S03 E01
    Mar 1, 2025
    49:19
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    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 to be successful with the right strategies.

  • Season 2

  • Ghosts of Holidays Past

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    Ghosts of Holidays Past

    S02 E10
    Jan 23, 2025
    44:39
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    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 Christmases... Theme music "The Trapezist" by Quincas Moreira.

  • The La Brothers Go Wilde

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    The La Brothers Go Wilde

    S02 E09
    Oct 31, 2024
    48:50
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    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 listeners who've dealt with the compounded humiliation of being rejected for artistic work they wouldn't be getting paid for in the first place.

  • Rejection Comes on Little Cat Feet

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    Rejection Comes on Little Cat Feet

    S02 E08
    Sep 6, 2024
    45:27
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    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 survival jobs. And, in keeping with the rejection theme, the brothers strategize on how to entice newly-destitute actor Armie Hammer to rent the middle apartment in their Schenectady house.

  • Poignant Toxicity

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    Poignant Toxicity

    S02 E07
    Jul 18, 2024
    48:41
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    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.