#161 - Kumail Nanjiani

Stavvy's World

Stavros Halkias

Humor, Advice, Relationship, Comedy Interviews, Comedy, Improv, Stand-up

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2025

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Kumail Nanjiani joins the pod to discuss his new special NIGHT THOUGHTS (out now on Hulu), returning to standup for the first time in ten years, being a jacked guy but not having the vibe of a jacked guy, how he feels being the only star who did just one Marvel movie, and much more. Kumail and Stav help callers including a guy who’s been iced out of his high school friend group for years after sleeping with his best friend’s sister, and a guy who is feeling a little smothered by his overbearing Mexican father-in-law. Watch Kumail Nanjiani’s new special NIGHT THOUGHTS on Hulu: https://www.hulu.com/movie/kumail-nanjiani-night-thoughts Follow Kumail Nanjiani: https://www.instagram.com/kumailn https://x.com/kumailn https://www.tiktok.com/@kumailn Thank you to our sponsors! Twisted Tea - https://www.twistedtea.com/locations ☎️ Want to be a part of the show? Call 904-800-STAV and leave a voicemail to get advice! 🎟️ See Stavvy live on the Dreamboat Tour 🛥️💕!!! https://stavvy.biz/ for tickets ‼️ Bonus episodes every week! Unlock exclusive, Patreon-only episodes at https://www.patreon.com/stavvysworld

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0:00.0	Bapa! Welcome everybody to Stavvy's World 904-800 stop.
0:05.9	Call in, we'll solve all your problems.
0:08.8	We got on the couch.
0:10.3	Kumail Nanjiani, we're pumped to have you here, dude.
0:13.1	Thanks for coming.
0:14.4	Night thoughts.
0:16.2	On Hulu, you like the professional intro?
0:19.7	That was a really, until you said that, I was so impressed. I was like, honestly, first thought was he knows the phone number by heart. It took a while. It's been doing the show two and a half years. This guy's going places. And by the way, the last four digits are stav. I know, I know. Hey, that's professional, too.
0:37.8	That's not a coincidence.
0:39.6	That's why people were like,
0:40.7	oh,
0:40.9	are you from Jacksonville? It's like, no, we put in stav on Google voice and whatever number came back we took. Oh, wow. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's great. Love it, though. But yeah, got the new special out.
0:52.8	Nice to have you here, dude.
0:53.9	We're big fans.
0:55.2	I mean, I, when we met at, we, like, saw Naked Gun. Naked Gun. Which was awesome. It's just so funny. Really good. So good. Really good. I told you, like, I weirdly was keyed in on, because I was really into stand-up
1:11.8	when you were like kind of taking off,
1:13.6	before the acting stuff at all, right?
1:15.1	We're talking just, you were like,
1:16.6	I was like a really investigating,
1:19.0	hey, what alt comics are on the rise.
1:20.9	Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
1:22.1	And like, I have these very vivid memories of being,
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