Stavros Halkias (born February 11, 1989) is an American stand-up comedian and podcaster. Active since the early 2010s, he is a nationally touring comic who came to prominence as a founding co-host of the podcast Cum Town.[2]
Halkias began performing comedy while attending UMBC, at which he hosted a monthly comedy showcase.[7][8][6] During this period, he was active in the greater Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia area and, in 2012, was named Baltimore's New Comedian of the Year.[6]
Halkias is best known as a former co-host of the podcast Cum Town, which he co-hosted from its inception in 2016 until his departure in 2022.[10] Since 2019, he has co-hosted the basketball podcast Pod Don't Lie with
Sam Morril.[11] Prior to this podcast, he co-hosted White Chocolate NBA Pipecast with
Adam Friedland.[12] He also hosted a
Twitch series Stavvy Solves Your Problems from 2020 to 2021.[13] In 2022 this series evolved into the podcast Stavvy's World. In 2022, Halkias released his first
comedy special, Live At The
Lodge Room, on his YouTube channel, which reached 2 million views in three weeks.[14] His second special, Stavros Halkias: Fat Rascal, was released on
Netflix in December 2023.[15]
Halkias has become well known for his crowd work, often engaging actively with the audience and riffing on their stories and anecdotes.[16] Many of his stand-up clips on his YouTube channel feature this practice.[17] He released a half-hour crowd-work-only comedy special, Four Nights In NYC.[18]
Halkias has been noted as a
body-positive activist.[19] Halkias's involvement with Cum Town podcast has occasionally caused controversy, with criticism levied at the podcast's association with the
dirtbag left.[20][21]
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abcThe Digression Sessions (January 2013).
Ep. 62 - Stavros Halkias! (podcast). Spotify.
Archived from the original on March 25, 2022. Retrieved March 25, 2022. Episode Description: ...And Mr. Halkias recently won Baltimore's New Comedian of the year for 2012 contest at Magooby's Joke House. Performing regularly in the Maryland, DC, and Virginia area, Stav is constantly on the grind, brah. He also produces and hosts monthly showcases at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and co-hosts the Super Comedy show every third Friday at Dionysus in Mount Vernon, Baltimore.
^Halkias, Stavros.
"A Tragic Mistake at One of Baltimore's Best High Schools". Marc Steiner and the Center for Emerging Media.
Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved July 10, 2021. CEM intern Stavros Halkias is an alumnus of Baltimore Polytechnic Institute... Halkias, Sondheim Public Affairs Scholar at UMBC & CEM Intern
^Alter, Rebecca; Clark, Anne Victoria; Fox, Jesse David; Frank, Jason P.; Kroeger, Jake; Pandya, Hershal; VanArendonk, Kathryn (October 2, 2023).
"The Comedians You Should and Will Know in 2023". Vulture. Retrieved October 2, 2023.