Comedian, actor, and podcaster Stavros Halkias pulls up a chair to sit with Ron Bennington during a chemotherapy sesh. Ron and Stavy talk “Tony” and Matt Johnson, “Tires," almost quitting, and stories from the Red Carpet in Cannes.
Portcast is recorded during Ron Bennington's chemotherapy treatment, filmed in an active chemotherapy suite. Some abrupt cuts and unusual visual changes are sometimes necessary to protect the privacy of patients, and staff, and to facilitate Ron’s medical care.
SiriusXM host Ron Bennington was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer in March 2026.
00:00 - Stavros Halkias Joins Ron in the Chemo Suite
00:46 - Stavros Halkias on making “Tony” working with Matt Johnson
03:12 - How “Tires” Got Made
06:00 - Day Jobs Before Comedy: Carnies and Warehouses
10:30 - Stavros Got Into an Oscar Movie
11:20 - Can You Hold My Chemo Ball
12:30 - Being a Creep on “Tires” and Beyond
16:00 - There’s No Stage 5
17:00 - Bobby Kellys Coaching Tree: Joe List & Dan Soder
19:50 - The Influence of Unmasked
24:00 - Don’t You Cry
25:30 - Cannes, Emma Stone and the Red Carpet
28:45 - The Funniest Friends Aren’t Famous
31:30 - Stavros Makes a Sacrifice For Ron
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