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Halkias is best known as a former co-host of the podcast ''[[Cum Town]]'' from its inception in 2016 until his departure in 2022.<ref>{{Cite Instagram|postid=CfPFYdpgFxc|user=stavvybaby2|title=We had a good run|date=June 26, 2022|author=Stavros Halkias}}</ref> Since 2019, he has co-hosted the basketball podcast ''Pod Don't Lie'' with [[Sam Morril]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pod Don't Lie|url=https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/pod-dont-lie-887953|access-date=2021-07-13|website=Podchaser|language=en}}</ref> Prior to this podcast, he co-hosted ''White Chocolate NBA Pipecast'' with Adam Friedland.<ref name=":25">{{Cite web|title=White Chocolate NBA Pipecast|url=https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/white-chocolate-nba-pipecast-583471|access-date=2021-07-13|website=Podchaser|language=en}}</ref> He also hosts a [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] series ''Stavvy Solves Your Problems''.<ref>{{Citation|title=stavvybaby - Twitch|url=https://www.twitch.tv/stavvybaby|access-date=2021-07-13}}</ref> In 2022, Halkias released his first [[Stand-up_comedy#Specials|comedy special]], ''Live At The [[Highland Park Masonic Temple|Lodge Room]]'', on his YouTube channel, which reached 2 million views in three weeks.<ref name="TheLaughButtonStavrosDebutSpecial" />
Halkias is best known as a former co-host of the podcast ''[[Cum Town]]'' from its inception in 2016 until his departure in 2022.<ref>{{Cite Instagram|postid=CfPFYdpgFxc|user=stavvybaby2|title=We had a good run|date=June 26, 2022|author=Stavros Halkias}}</ref> Since 2019, he has co-hosted the basketball podcast ''Pod Don't Lie'' with [[Sam Morril]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pod Don't Lie|url=https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/pod-dont-lie-887953|access-date=2021-07-13|website=Podchaser|language=en}}</ref> Prior to this podcast, he co-hosted ''White Chocolate NBA Pipecast'' with Adam Friedland.<ref name=":25">{{Cite web|title=White Chocolate NBA Pipecast|url=https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/white-chocolate-nba-pipecast-583471|access-date=2021-07-13|website=Podchaser|language=en}}</ref> He also hosts a [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] series ''Stavvy Solves Your Problems''.<ref>{{Citation|title=stavvybaby - Twitch|url=https://www.twitch.tv/stavvybaby|access-date=2021-07-13}}</ref> In 2022, Halkias released his first [[Stand-up_comedy#Specials|comedy special]], ''Live At The [[Highland Park Masonic Temple|Lodge Room]]'', on his YouTube channel, which reached 2 million views in three weeks.<ref name="TheLaughButtonStavrosDebutSpecial" />


== Controversies ==
Halkias has been noted as a [[body positive]] activist.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-12-09 |title=11 Body-Positive Men Redefining Male Beauty |url=https://www.out.com/lifestyle/2016/12/09/11-body-positive-men-redefining-male-beauty#slide-10 |access-date=2022-06-26 |website=Out.com |language=en}}</ref> Halkias' involvement with ''Cum Town'' podcast has occasionally caused controversy, with criticism levied at the podcast's association with the [[dirtbag left]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Marantz |first=Andrew |date=2021-07-23 |title=The Post-Dirtbag Left |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/08/02/the-post-dirtbag-left |access-date=2022-06-30 |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=North |first=Anna |date=2017-10-24 |title=Listen to what socialist women are saying about misogyny on the left |url=https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/10/24/16503462/dsa-women-cumtown-chapo |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref>
In 2017, Halkias' [[Instagram]] account was delisted for an abuse of terms of service. An article by the news publication Interrobang stated the following, "According to Stavros, the account has been banned, not for nudity as he assumed, but for “harassment and bullying”.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://theinterrobang.com/no-reprieve-stavvybaby-instagram-youll-never-guess-banned/ | title=No Reprieve for Stavvybaby on Instagram, and You'll Never Guess Why He Was Banned | date=February 18, 2017 }}</ref> Statements by Halkias on the ''Cum Town'' podcast have mired him or the podcast in controversy; much of the criticism levied at them is due to their association with the [[dirtbag left]] and other controversial podcasts like ''[[Red Scare (podcast)|Red Scare]]'' and ''[[Chapo Trap House]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Marantz |first=Andrew |date=2021-07-23 |title=The Post-Dirtbag Left |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/08/02/the-post-dirtbag-left |access-date=2022-06-30 |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=North |first=Anna |date=2017-10-24 |title=Listen to what socialist women are saying about misogyny on the left |url=https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/10/24/16503462/dsa-women-cumtown-chapo |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref> Halkias' use of slurs and reliance on offensive humor (on topics including LGBTQ+ issues, the intellectually disabled,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKS0ygB1KQM|title=Cum Town - Gay Retarded Jackass|website=YouTube|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627013616/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKS0ygB1KQM |archive-date=2022-06-27}}</ref> victims of child molestation,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaNhbT2XSqU|title=Cum Town - Stavros Halkias Wants to Molest Babies|website=YouTube|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626033402/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaNhbT2XSqU |archive-date=2022-06-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lARo9Klb8NU|title=Cum Town - Bryan Singer Victim|website=YouTube|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627014720/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lARo9Klb8NU |archive-date=2022-06-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD34-zBwg34|title=Thousand Island Stare ( cumtown animated )|website=YouTube|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628072046/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD34-zBwg34 |archive-date=2022-06-28}}</ref> and terrorism<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hN75iBYAhQ|title=Cum Town: Mailroom terrorists|website=YouTube|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627013909/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hN75iBYAhQ|archive-date=2022-06-27}}</ref>) have long been a hallmark of the program's material.


== Works ==
== Works ==

Revision as of 20:44, 7 September 2022

Stavros Halkias
Halkias in 2021
Born (1989-02-11) February 11, 1989 (age 35)[1]
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Medium
  • Stand-up
  • Podcast
EducationBaltimore Polytechnic Institute
University of Maryland (UMBC)
Years active2010s–present
Genres
Websitestavvy.biz

Stavros Halkias (Greek: Σταύρος Χαλκιάς; 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]

Early life

Halkias was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, to Greek immigrant parents (a Macedonian mother and Athenian father) and attended the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, a public high school where he played football.[3] He attended the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, working for Marc Steiner's Center for Emerging Media as an intern.[4] He stated on the podcast Digression Sessions that he was a few credits short of graduating.[5]

Career

Halkias began performing comedy while attending UMBC at which he hosted a monthly comedy showcase.[6][7][5] 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.[5]

He later moved to New York City where he has since made numerous radio and podcast guest appearances, and has written and performed on Adult Swim, IFC, MSG Network's People Talking Sports and Other Stuff.[7] He has appeared in the Comedy Central series Comedy Central Stand Up Featuring, Life Fails, and Sex Fails, and has acted in other internet shorts. He has also performed at venues like the New York Comedy Festival and has opened for acts including Wham City, Tom Papa, and Robert Kelly.[7][8]

Halkias is best known as a former co-host of the podcast Cum Town from its inception in 2016 until his departure in 2022.[9] Since 2019, he has co-hosted the basketball podcast Pod Don't Lie with Sam Morril.[10] Prior to this podcast, he co-hosted White Chocolate NBA Pipecast with Adam Friedland.[11] He also hosts a Twitch series Stavvy Solves Your Problems.[12] 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.[13]

Controversies

In 2017, Halkias' Instagram account was delisted for an abuse of terms of service. An article by the news publication Interrobang stated the following, "According to Stavros, the account has been banned, not for nudity as he assumed, but for “harassment and bullying”.[14] Statements by Halkias on the Cum Town podcast have mired him or the podcast in controversy; much of the criticism levied at them is due to their association with the dirtbag left and other controversial podcasts like Red Scare and Chapo Trap House.[15][16] Halkias' use of slurs and reliance on offensive humor (on topics including LGBTQ+ issues, the intellectually disabled,[17] victims of child molestation,[18][19][20] and terrorism[21]) have long been a hallmark of the program's material.

Works

Comedy specials

  • Live At The Lodge Room (2022)[13]

Podcasts[22]

References

  1. ^ Friedland, Adam [@AdamFriedland] (February 11, 2020). "Happy birthday to my gorgeous and infinitely talented friend Stavros. Love you baby. https://t.co/OnmGXMOp0n" (Tweet). Archived from the original on February 11, 2020. Retrieved July 26, 2021 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ B, Rishabh (January 14, 2022). ""Trumped me with death": Slime and stavvybaby have a hilarious back-and-forth on AustinShow's 'Love or Host'". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  3. ^ "More from Poly's Nick Halkias". Baltimore Sun. October 1, 2008. Archived from the original on July 13, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  4. ^ "Change We Cannot Quit On by Stavros Halkias". SteinerShow.org. Retrieved June 28, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ a b c The Digression Sessions (January 2013). Ep. 62 - Stavros Halkias! (podcast). Spotify. 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.
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ a b c "Stavros Halkias | Comedians". The Stand Restaurant & Comedy Club. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  8. ^ "The Lincoln Lodge Presents: Stavros Halkias". www.brownpapertickets.com. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  9. ^ Stavros Halkias [@stavvybaby2] (June 26, 2022). "We had a good run" – via Instagram.
  10. ^ "Pod Don't Lie". Podchaser. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  11. ^ "White Chocolate NBA Pipecast". Podchaser. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  12. ^ stavvybaby - Twitch, retrieved July 13, 2021
  13. ^ a b Kleinschmidt, Matt (June 1, 2022). "Stavros Halkias' debut stand-up special, "Live At The Lodge Room" premieres June 5th". The Laugh Button. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
  14. ^ "No Reprieve for Stavvybaby on Instagram, and You'll Never Guess Why He Was Banned". February 18, 2017.
  15. ^ Marantz, Andrew (July 23, 2021). "The Post-Dirtbag Left". The New Yorker. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  16. ^ North, Anna (October 24, 2017). "Listen to what socialist women are saying about misogyny on the left". Vox. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  17. ^ "Cum Town - Gay Retarded Jackass". YouTube. Archived from the original on June 27, 2022.
  18. ^ "Cum Town - Stavros Halkias Wants to Molest Babies". YouTube. Archived from the original on June 26, 2022.
  19. ^ "Cum Town - Bryan Singer Victim". YouTube. Archived from the original on June 27, 2022.
  20. ^ "Thousand Island Stare ( cumtown animated )". YouTube. Archived from the original on June 28, 2022.
  21. ^ "Cum Town: Mailroom terrorists". YouTube. Archived from the original on June 27, 2022.
  22. ^ "Stavros Halkias". Podchaser. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
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