Steph Infection

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...

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 car...

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...

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 tal...

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...

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 publicl...

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, n...

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 Developme...

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 coi...

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...

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...

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...

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 wi...

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...

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 ca...

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 f...

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...

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...

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...

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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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 betwe...

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! Special thanks to our sponsor, Talkiatry! Head to Talkiatry.com/steph to complete the short assessment and get matched with a...

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Follow ⁠Steph⁠ and the ⁠Steph Infection Podcast⁠ on Instagram! Send in your body stories to be featured on the pod! See Steph Live!! KEEPIN EM HARD 2026...