Steph Infection

This week Stef Dag rolls by Steph Infection via Waymo, to talk everything from the origins of her name she's never really identified with to the beauty and magic of plastic surgery and Botox. The two Slavic, filth queens also get into the mental warfare that is female body image, being pro-Ozempic, capitalizing on hate comments, going viral off of hot takes, the lesser known signs and symptoms of an eating disorder, doing the nasty in autonomous vehicles, drunk and drowsy Uber drivers, unwanted pregnancies, and more! Go see Stef and Steph on the road!

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This week Wheeler Walker sits down with Steph and gets into the nitty gritty of life on the road, the rules he had to break to break records, staying true to yourself, and capitalizing on the hate. They touch on atrocious auditions, nightmare flights, shit-etiquette, waxing where the sun doesn't shine, and Wheeler's farewell album: Pulling Out. Go listen to it now and see both Wheeler and Steph on tour!

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On this week's episode from the not so distant past, Asif Ali sits down with Steph to breakdown moments from filming his show Deli Boys, following each other on stage, music festival Dos and Don'ts, roommate horror stories, AI scams, their childhood dreams and neuroses, arranged marriage, the underground bird trade, heart attacks, eczema, rolling ankles, the hard truth of helmets, and dying in cartoonish ways. Strap on your helmets, it's a fun ride. Go watch Deli Boys, and catch Asif and Steph on Tour!

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Sam Tallent swings by Steph Infection to talk everything from his newest novel, Brut, to his dreams of donating his body to science. Steph and Sam breakdown what it means to be a "safe man", the psyche of female apex predators, aquatic antics, sobriety, sexual proclivities, clown takeovers, benefits of weight loss, health care accountability, and striking fear into the heart of an audience. Go see Sam on tour and buy his newest novel, Brut, now!

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Margaret Cho stops by Steph Infection and delivers what is officially the grossest story ever told on this podcast, the one that finally made Steph gag on mic. Steph and Margaret get into being each other's Daniel Webb connection, why Margaret hasn't gone to a Hollywood party since the aughts, bangs and Botox as an anti-aging program, Forensic Files guilt and whether true crime is a cautionary tale for women or just somebody else's tragedy, the night a 500-pound man in a tow truck tried to talk a teenage Margaret into coming with him and how she knew to...

Dr. Terry Dubrow of Botched stops by Steph Infection and within five minutes has diagnosed Steph's frozen forehead, explained why he has built up complete immunity to four types of Botox, and claims responsibility for two of the top 5 worst reality shows of all time. Steph and Dr. Dubrow get into The Swan, where twelve women couldn't see their own face for three months after surgery, Bridal Plasty, which somehow involved competing for rhinoplasties as wedding prizes, plus the Lorenzo Lamas show where a laser pointer was used to identify women's physical deficiencies on live television, why Steph is...

Kelsey Cook joins Steph to talk about her new Netflix special cracking the Top 10, plus comedy couples who fight in public, planning a wedding the same week your special drops, paying for it yourself, eloping in Vegas with the Blue Man Group as witnesses, being a ranked foosball champion who takes money off men who swear they can beat her, whether it's ever okay to poop on a plane, getting publicly shamed by a flight attendant, looking at all her poos, why Burning Man is a hellscape, compression socks and Crocs as a travel outfit, getting a Russian woman's...

Jared Freid joins Steph to talk about his new Netflix hour The Family Plan, an entire special built out of his dad asking him how much he weighs at the beach. This leads to the two of them immediately spiraling into parent damage. Steph explains how she blew $900 on a one-way Air Canada ticket to escape her parents' cottage after getting screamed at over her parents' dog's diarrhea ("not my dog, not my problem"), then details her mom's $30,000-and-climbing stone slab renovation and the "there goes my inheritance" joke she landed ten times in three days while the neighbors...

Jay Chandrasekhar (Super Troopers, Broken Lizard) joins Steph to talk about his new stand-up special Brown Supremacist, directing over 200 episodes of TV including Arrested Development and New Girl, and why the only way into the movies is to write yourself into them. Steph finally watches Super Troopers 25 years late and has questions about the very real penis in it, Jay reveals Arrested Development was only about 4% improvised, and he tells the story of getting a steak stuck in his throat on a date, throwing up next to two models, going back to finish the steak — and how that led to...

Evan Mulrooney joins Steph to finally break down filming their sex scene together on season three of Tires, from learning the role was almost a certain 90s heartthrob, to two hours with Steph's feet on his shoulders, to Evan improvising his way downstairs to a full crew lunch in nothing but a modesty sock, plus the intimacy coordinator's yoga mat and a modesty pouch that looked like a medieval coin purse. From there Evan gets into judging RuPaul's Drag Race in a gold Speedo, Steph getting cut out of Canadian Drag Race, and coming up under Shane Gillis and...

Professional wrestler Steph De Lander joins Steph for a two-Steph summit of broken bodies and public rage. SDL walks through the full saga of her neck: hearing the crunch-crunch-crunch on a northern lights suplex at the WWE training center, years of injections straight into the disc, the rupture on a jumping pull-up the day before a five-day Australian tour, crying through the flight, and the two surgeries that left her with a piece of her own hip bone and brand-new microplastic tech fused into her spine, which healed so fast her surgeon called his colleagues to look at the...

Des Bishop joins Steph in his non-suit era and get into why Des wears the same suit all weekend on the road (plane included), telling a beauty-queen-turned-comic "f*** that guy, be hot," his Red Bull rationing system, hunting down snobby coffee shops just to be judged by the barista, being sober since 19, plus Steph and her fiancé's drunken fight over a TYPE-OFF, why you never lump Ireland into a UK tour, the nude beach circumcision census, losing a ball to testicular cancer in your 20's and the fake one offered to Des, comparing balls with his best friend, t...

Mena Suvari joins Steph and within five minutes there are feet on camera, a $30 Erewhon catastrophe, and a breast implant confession nobody saw coming. They get into Mena's new film where she escapes captivity using only her bunion foot, the teleprompter audition secret, a realtor who keeps coming back to get roasted, wearing heels at 13 in New York and paying for it forever, getting and removing breast implants, the woman at the meet and greet who yanked her own labia into a surgical situation, seeing an old man's full situation hanging out of his trunks at the Oakwood at...

Will Sasso joins Steph for a full-blown Canadian summit, and somehow both of them currently have a hole in their foot. Steph and Will get into eating fried chicken with no plate ten feet from Ted Sarandos, shaking Eddie Murphy's hand, Homeland Security opening a sympathy card for Steph's dead dog and slapping a 10% tariff on it, Kids in the Hall supremacy, Will's hammertoe surgery that left him with no knuckles in three toes, landing in a Napoli hospital with an infected foot mid-vacation, his DIY gauze-in-the-hole wound care method (his doctor might hate him), Steph's snapped calf and...

Hannah Calvo, the aesthetician behind Steph's CoolSculpting journey, finally makes it onto the podcast. Steph has been talking about her stomach for years and now the person responsible for fixing it is here to explain exactly how it works. Hannah and Steph get into the science of freezing fat cells, how kids sucking on popsicles literally led to this technology, why you pee and poop the dead fat out, what Kybella does to your chin, laser hair removal gone wrong, people DIYing their own filler at home, the horror story of a woman whose face was filled with mystery...

Marc Maron stops by Steph Infection and immediately makes himself at home, which means an hour of medical anxiety, body scan results, and somehow ending on a book of gangrenous cock illustrations. Steph and Marc get into bombing at the Comedy Store after tragedy, crying onstage, Marc's full body Nuvo scan results including desiccated discs, mild scoliosis, and a thyroid problem, plus asking his cardiologist to just put preventative stents in, quitting his podcast, three cats he can't get rid of, going vegan and missing tin fish, Jay Leno still doing his thing, and his dad's medical textbooks full...

Francisco Ramos joins Steph fresh off the release of his first hour special, "Still Learning" (go watch it everywhere right now). Steph and Francisco get into stress eating versus stress drinking, collecting a dead dog's hair in a Ziploc bag, getting a taco tattoo removed from a terrible ex, Al Pacino having a baby at 82 with a 29-year-old girlfriend, Tracy Morgan's 22 kids and counting, a woman fainting mid-show and having to follow that set, two years of knee tendonitis that ended in surgery, why men have zero idea how tampons work, and the story of a 24-year-old man, a...

Fiona Cauley joins Steph fresh off getting engaged, and the two get into it fast. Steph and Fiona talk about her rare genetic condition (she's 1 of 3 siblings out of only 5,000 people in the US who have it), being told for three years as a teenager that she was faking her symptoms, a doctor who was visibly thrilled to finally diagnose her, $40k a month medication, dating with a disability and the men who either ran from it or weaponized it, handicap bathroom etiquette, and a story about a prolapsed uterus on the open sea that will ruin your week.<...

Daniel Sloss rolls into Steph Infection still recovering from American bar pours, turns out 5 gin and tonics in the US is not the same as 5 gin and tonics in Scotland, and he has learned this the hard way. Steph and Daniel bond hard over Highland dancing (for real), Scottish country dancing as a pickup culture, having a best bitch at your wedding, and why the Edinburgh Fringe would absolutely lose its mind if Steph showed up. Then it gets real as Daniel walks through both of his kids' births in full detail, including his wife losing 1.5 liters of blood...

Ari Shaffir stops by Steph Infection and immediately makes himself at home, which means slow motion poop videos, piss bottle confessions, hemorrhoid talk, and an award presentation. Steph and Ari get into performing at The Box for Ari's storytelling show The End, being homeless by choice, getting booed in Brooklyn and London, why men have no idea what a labia is, hiding from Shabbos in a dorm room for 20 weeks, and the spoon story that cannot be unheard.

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Heather Shaw joins Steph today to talk about how she can’t get the lesbian fans, having a perfect health track lesson and her new special.

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Straight off a 6 hour plane ride Derrick Stroup is here for this episode of Steph Infection! Steph and Derrick talk about having Netflix specials (check out Derrick’s special Nostalgic on Netflix!), Derrick’s wildcard way of getting into comedy, Beanie weenies saving Derrick’s life, and everyone thinking Steph is from New York. They get into the reality of being a road dog and the difference between being a clean and dirty comic, health anxiety and so much more! 

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Caitlin Peluffo is on this week's Steph Infection! Caitlin and Steph talk about Caitlin making it to the top 10 for Kevin Hart’s Funny AF (out on Netflix now!), always being two months from being jacked, catching print, Steph getting star-struck at pilates and so much more!

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This week Steph's good pal Simon Gibson comes on the podcast to talk about about not knowing how to properly clean his member, selling his dads magical wands as merch (this is not a joke) and watching insane grizzly bear videos online that I doubt anyone else watches.

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Mike Turner joins Steph on today’s episode to talk about him not doing well in front of Kevin Hart on the new Netflix reality stand up show “Funny AF”. Mike also explains how his D was sore without having any hanky-panky and bad baseball injuries.

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Alana Johnston is in the studio for today's episode of Steph Infection! Steph and Alana have a heart to heart about Susan the Golden, Alana quitting comedy to produce and write for the Junos, the perils of doing morning radio as a comedian, Alana being caught in the background of live TV, and not being able to understand age-gap relationships. How an abnormal pap turned into yearly surgeries, and Alana finding out the hard way only real friends will be there for you during health emergencies.

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It's a sad time in the Tolev house today for Steph Infection. Steph and Jefferson talk about Susan, their recent trip to Australia and a surprise gift from a fan. Thanks to our sponsor, Talkiatry! Head to https://www.talkiatry.com/STEPH and complete the short assessment to get matched with an in‑network psychiatrist in just a few minutes.

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Joey Avery is here on this week’s Steph Infection! Steph and Joey talk about the manosphere vs choosing to be a nice, normal person. They dive into balancing real life with touring, Joey being behind Steph’s Podcast set-up, the reality of producing your own stand-up special, and cities you don’t expect to have such a relaxed crowd. Steph approves of lesbians using Joeys hairstyles as inspiration, and Joey calls out his love of San Francisco. Steph and Joey talk about reading negative DM’s, Joey tearing his Achilles playing pickle ball, getting drugged at a wedding, and how y...

Timmy No Brakes (real name Timmy Stiefler) is in the studio today for Steph Infection! Steph and Tim talk about people who did improv being good at crowd work, improv shows over zoom during peak COVID, going from improv to stand-up, how he came up with the character Timmy No Brakes, Steph always being on the road, how Steph got into stand up, bad crowds, balancing social clips with burning material, Tim gives Steph the full rundown of a Kill Tony show, Steph and Tim bond over their love of Blink 182, voice memos over texting, Tim’s impressions, breaking th...

Molly Kearney is in the studio for this episode of Steph Infection! Steph and Molly talk about going out for the same roles in Hollywood, the real Montreal, why Molly thinks they would survive a Pluribus takeover, getting into beloved tv shows way too late, working at SNL, Molly’s role on CBS’s DMV, having an ER nurse in the family, their experience getting top surgery, plus SO much more!

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Benedict Polizzi is in the studio for this episode of Steph Infection! Steph and Benedict talk about the old "buy two get one free" hair transplant, the dog food birthday diet, 1,500 unread emails, a fancy dinner gone horribly wrong and so much more!

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TikTok star and comedian Kevin Sullivan is in the studio this week for Steph Infection! Steph and Kevin talk about discovering each other during Covid, the reality of doing a red carpet, how ADHD resulted in a missed meeting and a retiled kitchen, United Airlines doing Steph dirty, Kevin tearing his meniscus twerking, not wanting to date in LA, and a pitch for Steph and Kevin to do a Mt. Everest reality show. All that and more on today’s episode! A special thanks to our sponsor, Monarch! Start your free trial and get 50% off your first year of total mo...

Comedian and writer Robby Hoffman is in the studio for this episode of Steph Infection! Steph and Robby talk about being roommates, Robby’s new hobby, labiaplasties, having “a look” in the industry, Steph’s plans to see Dr.Pimple Popper, and a conversation about body acceptance and when plastic surgery is or isn’t enough.

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Dillon Francis is in the studio for this episode of Steph Infection! Steph and Dillon talk about the potential for dogs to live longer, the universal parental reaction to telling their parents they wanted to do stand up or music for a living, Dillon Francis’ connection to the late and great James Van Der Beek, a Brittany Snow story told publicly that just so happened to be about him, and how he broke his already broken arm TWICE as a kid.

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Dillon Francis is in the studio for this episode of Steph Infection! Steph and Dillon talk about the potential for dogs to live longer, the universal parental reaction to telling their parents they wanted to do stand up or music for a living, Dillon Francis’ connection to the late and great James Van Der Beek, a Brittany Snow story told publicly that just so happened to be about him, and how he broke his already broken arm TWICE as a kid.

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Arabelle Raphael is here on this week’s Steph Infection! Steph and Arabella talk about ruining your algorithm, the difference between a MILF, a Mommy, and a cougar. They also dive into Arabelle’s experience getting a BBL, buying a house in LA, being diagnosed with endometriosis and PCOS along with her mixed feelings about getting a nose job.

Morgan Jay is here on this week’s Steph Infection! Morgan and Steph talk about the weirdest gigs they’ve been offered, relationships affecting their follower count, a horrific scabies story, a New Zealand threesome gone wrong, being recognized during a colonoscopy, and so much more!

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Uncle Lazer is here on this week’s Steph Infection! Steph and Uncle Lazer discuss Skank Fest, boxing Jason Ellis in his underwear, a street fight with a fan, a corndog betraying him, finding out Kosher doesn’t mean grilled onions and much much more!

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