252: Little Boy Hands & My Dirtbag Wife (with Kal Penn)
We're Here to Help
Headgum
4.9 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2026
⏱️ 66 minutes
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The guys are joined by Guest Helper Kal Penn! Together, they help a lawyer whose colleague's tie is too short. Then, a Chicago caller thinks his wife lost a precious gift.
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| 0:40.3 | We're here. |
| 0:41.7 | We're here. |
| 0:43.4 | Two out. |
| 0:44.6 | And we are back. |
| 0:49.1 | We got a guest today. |
| 0:50.8 | The great Cal Penn is joining us. |
| 0:53.3 | Hey. |
| 0:54.0 | Thanks for having me, guys. Thank you, |
| 0:55.8 | Cal. You know, Cal, you've had a really interesting career, man. Gareth and I both did |
| 1:01.8 | Harold and Kumar together. We were all in that guy together. You popped big on that, and then you |
| 1:07.3 | got into politics. Briefly, yes, for for like two years but you didn't go casually |
| 1:14.2 | i remember being like because i've always known you as an actor you know i've known of you i've been a |
| 1:18.9 | fan for a long time so i was always watching your work then you were like hanging out with |
| 1:22.8 | obama it was yeah i mean i think if the thing, I have to explain this to audiences sometimes, |
| 1:29.7 | like if the only thing you know about me is that I played a stoner three times, and then |
| 1:34.5 | you're like, this guy, what business does he have working for any president of the United |
| 1:40.2 | States? |
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