Skip to content
Melo Podcasts Home
CategoriesLanguagesFollowing

Episode · LEXLOS

Why We Called It Joy Isn't Canceled

24 Sep 2026 · 53 min

Play episode WhatsApp Download

Episode notes

A bonus episode. We went live on Talk Shop Live to talk about our new book, Joy Isn't Canceled, and sign pre-order copies. Why we wrote it, why that title, and what it actually means to say joy isn't canceled when you're in the middle of something you'd never have chosen. Signed pre-orders: https://talkshop.live/shop/-Hjo-JUut665 Joy Isn't Canceled is out November 3. Watch on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@LexLos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Podcast

LEXLOS

Carlos & Alexa PenaVega · Society & Culture · English

Lexlos is Carlos and Alexa PenaVega, married 12 years, four kids, two Hollywood careers, and a whole lot of opinions about how to keep a family together while building a life you actually want. Every week they sit down with each other and with friends to talk about marriage, faith, parenting, work,

More from LEXLOS All episodes →

  1. 8 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 12 min

    Gustavo Tells All: The Red Lobster Bonus, Robbing the Set & 8.8 Billion Plays (Ft. Stephen Kramer Glickman)

    Stephen Kramer Glickman played Gustavo Rocque on Big Time Rush. During the pandemic he put a cover of "Crazy" on TikTok, it did 8.8 billion plays, it charted on Billboard above Kendrick Lamar, and almost nobody realized it was him. That's how he ended up on the reunion tour, after a phone call that came through while he was sitting in synagogue with his mom. Carlos has known Stephen longer than he's known Alexa, so nothing in this one is off limits. He crashed a Big Time Rush mall show in full Gustavo costume and got pulled out by security. Fans left CDs on his car because they thought he…

  2. 6 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 33 min

    Saver vs. Giver: What Money Does to a Marriage (Ft. Colby Gilmore)

    Disclaimer: This conversation is for general information and encouragement only. It is not financial, investment, tax, or legal advice, and nothing in it is a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold anything. Colby's comments reflect his own views, not advice for your situation. Talk to a licensed professional who knows your actual circumstances before you make any money decision. One of us saves. One of us gives it all away. Thirteen years of marriage and we are still negotiating it. Colby Gilmore is a wealth manager who works mostly with athletes and entertainers, and who emailed Carlos every…

  3. 1 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 12 min

    Lex & Los: Do Your Kids Respect You or Fear You?

    Neither of us parents that way now, and we're still figuring out what to do instead. Four kids in, we talk about how we were raised, the things we swore we'd never repeat and caught ourselves repeating anyway, giving our kids a real seat at the table, what we're feeding them, and the hardest two words in parenting. Plus the line that reframed it for us: there's a difference between a kid who's scared of you and a kid who doesn't want to let you down. Not a how-to. Just what we're trying. Watch on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@LexLos lexlos.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…

  4. 29 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 16 min

    Brian Pruett: Stop Trying to Be Liked

    Brian Pruett has spent his life in fitness, and he'll be the first to tell you it's temporary. Futile, even. It just opens doors. The former ballplayer and coach talks about what baseball taught him about chasing approval, how his wife Gigi found him because of the fame he was embarrassed by, and why broken isn't an identity. Then our producer Derek drops a reframe near the end that none of us have shaken since: stop trying to be liked, start trying to make people feel loved. Watch on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@LexLos lexlos.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  5. 24 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

    I Didn't Cheat. He Thought I Did Anyway

    She didn't cheat. But for a few days on tour, Los was convinced he'd lost her. We talk about what Hollywood does to a marriage: months apart, kissing scenes, and a job where flirting comes with the territory. The season that hurt the most, the boundaries we set afterward, and why "I'm just a flirty person" isn't a free pass. Not only an actor problem. If you work closely with anyone who isn't your spouse, this one's for you. New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday. Watch on YouTube at youtube.com/LEXLos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  6. 22 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 11 min

    My Body Was Trying to Tell Me Something (ft. Dr. Chris Motley)

    Your body has been trying to tell you something. Dr. Chris Motley is the guy we text when ours won't stop talking. A self-described skeptic, Chris walks us through what stress does to the body, why sleep carries more weight than we think, and why paying attention to how God built us isn't New Age. A conversation, not medical advice. New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday. Watch the full video on YouTube at youtube.com/@LexLos. lexlos.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  7. 17 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 10 min

    The Crane Accident That Almost Killed Alexa

    We left part one on a cliffhanger, and this is where the story finally comes out straight. The crane accident has been part of Alexa's set of stories for as long as Carlos has known her, and somewhere in the retelling it picked up some flourishes. Thirteen years into this marriage, he gets the actual version, live, on mic. His reaction is the episode. From there it turns into the fun kind of hangout. What growing up on those sets was really like once you strip the polish off, and then the big what-ifs: a Spy Kids musical, where the franchise could go next, and the ideas that come out when…

  8. 15 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 46 min

    I Quit Big Time Rush 3 Times (ft. Kendall Schmidt)

    Carlos sits down with bandmate and brother-figure Kendall Schmidt while their kids play downstairs. They dig into wild origin lore: the BTR pilot that was shot line-for-line without Kendall, the 'there's no tape — you're the band' reveal, and Kendall crying the night he booked it because of the commitment. Kendall shares his childhood as one of three acting Schmidt brothers, including Steven Spielberg spinning around with a cake for his tenth birthday on the set of A.I. They get honest about the grind — 18-hour days, splitting management, One Direction opening for them before eclipsing them,…

  9. 15 Sep 2026 · 43 min

    The Spy Kids Questions Alexa Has Never Answered

    Carlos puts Alexa in the hot seat for a full Spy Kids interrogation, and she actually answers. This is the origin story fans have been asking about for twenty years: what it was really like growing up on those sets as a kid, the behind-the-scenes details that never made it into press, and the Spy Kids secrets she's been sitting on. Carlos brings a list of questions and does not let her off the hook on any of them. Then she mentions having her first kiss on set, and the room stops. Glenn Powell comes up too, though not in the way you'd assume. There was too much to get through in one sitting,…

Take it with you

The Melo app keeps playing with the screen off, works in the car and on your watch, wakes you to your station, and browses the whole catalogue offline. Free, no ads, no account.

Get it on Google Play