The Dork Forest

Sierra Katow @SierraKatow grew up here in LA and LOVES Disneyland. It’s just a fun that rules. You will love. She has a new album and Special called “Funt.” GET IT.   Donate to The Dork Fo...

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Rob Haze (@robhaze) is a great comic and loves him some Ralph Lauren. He has a new comedy album and special called “Frontin” – get in on that. This is SO GOOD. Enjoy. Donate to The Dork For...

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Anna Valenzuela (@AnnaVisFunny) is a comic that will TAKE A CLASS… In person, on line. She also has her first comedy album coming out in June, called “Murder Puss” … wait for it. This is ...

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Carl Gabrielson is a multifaceted dork and we dork out about POKEMON… THIS TIME. You will love. @EDH_PHD on iG. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal is my email jackie@jac...

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Mat Alano Martin (@matalanomartin) is a great comic and he loves the game series Fallout!! This is great. Enjoy.  Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal is my email jackie...

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Kristin Lytie has a new album coming out (Disassociation Vacation – stay tuned @kristinlytie on IG). Oh… we go thru the 17 episodes of this tv show – episode by episode. It took a sec for m...

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Five shows, 8 musical tracks on spotify… Ahmed Al-Kadri (@ahmedlovesbread) is on the show talking Anime. His podcast is Monday Funday and his comedy special is on YouTube called “Special not ...

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 AJ Connell (@ajoco) is a comic and a fan of a DIFFERENT kind of wrestling. ARM WRESTLING. Wow. Enjoy.   Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal is my email jackie@jackiekas...

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 J.M. Diedrich (https://jmdiedrich.net/ and IG @jenniferdiedrich44) loves historical romance novels, has written her first trilogy and I talk thru most of this 😊 … Enjoy. It’s the dorkout...

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Caitlin Peluffo (@CaitlinPeluffo) is a NY comic (with a new album “DIRTY BIRD” – Buy It and loves so many HGTV shows and we talk about a few of them. There are HITS on HGTV. I think I’m b...

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Jessica Sele (@JessicaSele) is a comic (with a new album, BUY IT: Weird Vibes – available everywhere) who will, for money, but ALSO FOR FUN… help you organize yer stuff. She loves it. We talk...

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Ian Lockwood (@mrianlockwood) is a comic, musical comic and has this really cool intro video to his work called. ORBO! Link on thedorkforest.com. WE TALK MODERN POP MUSIC ICONS! I learn things. Y...

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John Kovalic (@muskratjohn www.dorktower.com) is a Taekwondo doer!! I’ve never even met her. HI. I love John Kovalic and you will too. TAEKWON-TOO. Andy bonus insisted on these puns. Donate ...

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Mary Moran (@hailmaryfoodofgrace) went to Le Cordon Bleu and did “food stylist” and now loves a walk up food truck or taco cart. We talk old food, making pasta all the ways and going to a Ram...

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Bec Charlwood (@charlbecwood is a comic from Sydney AU and has a new special! “Bi-Polar Baby”) likes ALL THE CRIMES. Murder, romance, cons, and a long talk about “catfishing.” Heh. I know...

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Adam Cayton-Holland (@caytonholland) is a Denver comic with a new special called “Wallpaper.” He loves him some birds and it’s a great hour of MORE bird talk!! I might be becoming BIRD CURI...

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Kate (@resistandrecover) loves crafting, crocheting, animated shows, TikTok in their lives. We talk about communities on TikTok, exploring queer content, and the game Stardew Valley. I’m remind...

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Maria Bamford (mariabamford.com) is still talking about money. Get used to it …heh. We talk money problems, retirement planning, and the emotional impact of money. Money in a capitalist society...

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Joe Zimmerman (@JoeZimmerman has a new comedy special free on you tube called “Cult Classic”) and he’s a newish but enthusiastic BIRDER! Yessssssss.  DONATE to your local foodbank in lieu ...

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DONATE to your local foodbank in lieu of TDF this month! All the money you send to me will go to LA Foodbank and I’ll get all the credit! Feedingamerica.org or google “your town” and “foo...

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Virginia Jones (@badinia) is a great comic and loves all things Douglas Adams and we weed off to Jane Austen and Interactive Fiction Games. This is super fun. You will love.   DONATE to your lo...

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I talk to my longbox about THE MARVELS. SPOILER RIFFIC. Andy Ashcraft (Ethics and Video Games podcast) and I are married and dorks. Enjoy.   DONATE to your local foodbank in lieu of TDF this mon...

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Liz Glazer (@lizglazer) loves a self help guy named Allan Carr (who seems to use the THINK SYSTEM™ (the music man) and I get to learn the history and uses of the old school ski simulator workou...

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Dave Hill (@mrdavehill davehillonline.com) has a new book about hockey and he loves hockey. We don't talk a LOT about hockey bc I like Dave Hill so much we talk about hockey for about 11 minutes ...

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David Huntsberger(.com has all podcasts and animation and is great) loves so many things and this hour is the tale of milling a found piece of lumber to make a work bench. It’s amazing. You wil...

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Jordan Morris (@jordandavidmorris) loves a vs game and is playing both Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat. I know more ABOUT MK but learn the joys of Streetfighter 6. He has a new graphic novel com...

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Macey Isaacs (@maceyisaacs) is a great comic and got to meet Priscella Presley which, as a life long Elvis fan… is awesome. You will love. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The...

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It's Phil Krause (http://www.timecommunitytheater.com/ and Lyle's FoxValleyComedy cohort). We talk Taskmaster (NOT MARVEL) and now I wanna see more of it. It's great. Enjoy. Donate to The Dork Fo...

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Kevin Gootee (@guttingthesacredcow, @fantasyfootballjibberjabber @kevingootee) is a comic and podcaster and is a guy that loves an 80’s action film. Big Trouble, Point Break, Commando, Aliens a...

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Minister Faust (@MinisterFaust.com) is a teacher and author and he loves Anime. That I’ve heard of and tried to watch some of… but the parts of Studio Ghibli I haven’t delved into: essentia...

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Wil Anderson (@wilosophy.com and tofop.com) is back with ANOTHER sport American’s can’t fathom… Australian Rules Football. It’s oval, the field is oval and the distances are “eyeballed....

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Amy Holzhauer (a ranger out in the world) and I dork OUT about Friends. It’s a lot. But we like it. You will too.  this episode is sponsored by www.BetterHelp.com/DORK   Donate to The Dork F...

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Lindsay Glazer (@lindsayglazercomedy and LindsayGlazer.com) is a comic with a new comedy album (Thanks Dad) and she explains Ted Lasso and the joys of Apple TV to me. I’m soooo tempted. Enjoy. ...

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Glen Tickle (@glentickle-new special “Glen Tickle Against the World Crime League”) loves a movie I would have thought I’d have seen in 1984. Buckaroo Banzai. We go thru it. Tho NOT TO THE E...

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So many shows to watch on Britbox and there are some spoilers. @LizBarrett is a comic with a new album “Gettin By.” We should all be GETTIN IT. Enjoy. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like th...

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Jason Klamm (@jasonklamm) is a comedy NERD… his DORKDOM is the ol’ Sitcom NewsRadio and we get INTO it! I am reminded of the 90s. He has a new book coming called “We’re Not Worthy” and ...

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Caitlin Cook (@thecaitlincook.com) is great and we talk the dirty and the sublime dorkdom of graffiti! LISTEN UP! She has a show off Broadway “the writing on the stall” tickets at www.thecait...

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Joe Wilson (@joewilsontv on IG) hosted with me the first 2-3 years of the dork forest! He’s back to talk about what he’s dorking out with WHILE HE HAS CANCER! VR, Gardening… it’s just won...

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Ronn Vigh (RonnRonnRonn on IG) is a great comic and loves The Golden Girls. Many do but this is my first ep about it I THINK. It’s great.  Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. Th...

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Laura Kempton (www.thecosycuttlefish.com ) likes Harry Chapin MORE THAN ME. Holy smokes there’s some sad sack dorking out to be had here. You will love.  Donate to The Dork Forest if you like ...

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Jann Karam (https://www.jannkaram.com/) loves to work out and yoga and spin and it’s all a mystery to me. I try to FIGURE IT OUT. She is adorable. Enjoy.  Donate to The Dork Forest if you like...

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Raja Michael (@rajamichael123) loves the story BEHIND the horror films. It’s cathartic, the women who survive give answers to BEING terrified. Fascinating. Her horror short film: https://mail.g...

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Django Gold seems a made up name of a guy who WOULD eat a lot of steaks. But it’s his real name. And he loves steak. Chicken Egg. Nature Nurture. In any case he’s a NY comic and @djangoindust...

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Liza (LEEZA @glittercheese and That’s Messed Up Podcast) loves Vanderpump Rules and I learn ALL ABOUT Scandalvol. Hopefully spelled right. IT’S a fascinating trainwreck! Enjoy.  Donate to...

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Carolyn Kahn love a Horror Musical. On Stage, as a film. Not so much on ice! It's great. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal is my email jackie@jackiekashian.com and venmo ...

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Amy Keyishian is my long lost cousin and she grew up in NJ and is FASCISNATED by Morris Canal. Oh my… you will love. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal is my email ja...

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Sara Benincasa’s (@sarajbenincasa ) loves non fiction read beautifully with nice production. And she LEARNS. We all get a nice list of great books to listen to on audio. Or you could read them....

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Myq Kaplan (@myqkaplan) isn’t a Buddhist so he dorks out about what he knows, he thinks he knows and I talk about not knowing much about it at all. It’s delightful really. Donate to The Dork ...

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Valerie Lopez (@supermeowy IG comedywham.com) likes the original Law & Order.  "Dun-Dun" I think. I’ve seen several episodes but not REALLY. Not like this 😊 ENJOY. Donate to The Dork Fores...

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Amma Marfo (MA comic @ammamarfo) introduces me to a bevy of handsome celebs to crush on. It’s a really fun one. Yay. https://ammamarfo.com/comedy/ has her shows and her special!!  Donate to Th...

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Shocking no one… Sassy Mohen (@sassymohen IG, @sassymohenfilms FB & birthcontrolhacks.com ) is a filmmaker who loves films. I’ve heard of SOME of them!! She has a movie out called How to Hack...

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Denver comic Christie Buchele (@thejokementor) loves the IDEA of WW1. HOW. WHY? And why do we keep on doing this? We dork out about that there war and war in general. AD: The Dork Forest is broug...

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Floyd Jones (@floydjonesmusic @floydjonescomedy) has MANY instruments. And the last half hour is ALL drums. You will enjoy. I swear.  Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal i...

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Gerard Peters (@fmkmepod on IG) has COMMITTED to a comment he made 10 years ago about Howard the Duck. We listen to him expound. Fun! Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal...

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Leah Rudick (cohost of @DTNSPix https://dailytechnewsshow.com/) Finally a music episode I’m allowed to NOT know things but NO ONE CARES! It’s a great one. You will love.  Donate to The Do...

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Not just any Reality Show Dorkout, Sarah Lane (of @DTNSpix) loves a Before and After!! I look VERY before in this video. I need sleep. But this is really fun. You will love.  This episode is spo...

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TBarb (@iamtbarb on IG) is a comic and her brand is ONLY IN DETROIT. She’s great and she will go down almost any rabbit hole if it’s got a documentary, docu series or just a pile of info from...

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It’s all KINDS of Circus info!! Vaudiville and Burlesque and the A Ball of Circus talk with Skippy Rose @skipperydooda. It’s so fascinating. Ha! You will love. AD: HelloFresh.com/dork60 is th...

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Your cholesterol goes up as we listen to Bill Oakley @thatbilloakley (animator – Simpsons and the LIVE reshowing of Mission Hill COMING to a town near you hopefully) dork out about SNACKS. It�...

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Jeffrey Baldinger (@jeffbaldinger) is a comic and when last we spoke, he stopped at 1966. We jump around a bunch and end up in 1967. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE BEATLES. This episode is sponsored b...

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Will Nash (@therealwillnash IG/TikTok, @WillySoxx Twitter) is a Canadian comic and lover of Calvin and Hobbes, Skateboarding, a rapper that was fascinating but we WEEDED OFF into the world of hik...

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Tom Merritt (host of Daily Tech News Show on Twitch and podcast) introduces me to almost two handfuls of Korean Series that are NOT Squidgame. I’m in. If I can find the streaming. You will Love...

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Dan Bublitz Jr (@dbubcomedy on all things) and Luke Johnson (@comedyLMJ) LIVE at SNOJAM talk games and wrestling games and then DnD and then other games. LIVE!! Super fun. You will love. AD; hell...

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THE WORLD OF ROLLERDERBY! @ShandaSung (Bloomington IN comic) did it for years and then life and lockdown. By the end of this I knew how RollerDerby was scored!! Will I remember? Fun ep you guys. ...

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Comic Gabe Mollica (@ his name EVERYWHERE) is a theater nerd and then, MORE specific, Sondheim. He has a theater show in NY and soon LA called Solo: A Show about Friendship. We had a lot of fun. ...

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Tess Rafferty (@thetessrafferty on IG) loves Barbie. And she just published a new murder mystery (To Lie in the SUN) and we talk fashion, dolls and why and how it’s feminist to love a Barbie. S...

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Justin Mohareb and TBG to Superhero RPGs – EP 705 It’s Marvel, DC, Champions and more. @JustinMohareb talks gaming and there’s a SPECIAL guest about 45min in to talk Hero Instant. Heh. FUN!...

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Not Pokrmon Go. Emerald. Other gems. Nour Hadidi has been playing for a while and will always play. POKEMON. She’s a great comic. Toronto and NY… @nourhadidi on IG. DO EET. December – DO NO...

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Kurt Braunohler and THE SURF – EP 703 Kurt Braunohler (@kurtbraunohler everywhere) LOVETY Loves Surfing. He is also a great comic (new special PerfectlyStupid.com and has a podcast called Banan...

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There is a love of great pastry! ALSO a love of frozen cake. DJ On (@dqojr IG) dorks out! He is a Vancouver comic and has a new 30 min special out streaming (Prime, Roku, Tubi). We wander this fo...

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Keith Nahanee (@bubbas_comedy on IG and bubbascomedyshow.com) loves Metallica and several super dorky choices of rando shows from the 70’s 80’s and 90’s. He is a Vancouver comic and has a n...

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Matthew Patrick Davis (@matthewpatrickdavis is an actor and songwriter, he’s in Barbarian 😊 currently playing on HBOMAX). He got into Björk and is still listening. I learn that there’s mo...

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Lauren Chesnut (@dinolaurrexnut on IG) does sketch and improv in Minneapolis.  It’s SORT Of penpallism. It’s very much, the sending of cards to people. That’s what she spends a LOT of time...

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Horror: The genre. I know October is over, but this is great. Matt Braunger @braunger loves a movie, a book, a novella, a tv show. All of it. I bet just a GUY FEELING something bc MONSTERS. Matt ...

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Margo Donohue (@BrooklynFitChik Twitter/IG and @MargoDonohue on Tiktok) has THREE podcasts, one called #DorkingOut, another #WhataCreep and #BookvMovie. We talk about Stephen King novels, movies ...

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She LIKES SOMETHING. It’s Carmen Morales @thefunnycarmen (new special on HBOMAX) likes to cut up old magazines and put em on art paper and keep em or send them to her friend Katie. She’s grea...

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Ethan Stanislawski (@ethanstancomedy and @avatarcomedyshow on IG) is a comic and FILM DORK. This is a deep dive into, probably, TWO of the MANY Polish filmmakers that Ethan loves. It’s fascinat...

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Holy Smokes, it’s Ellen Sugarman (@ellensugarman617 on IG) san diego comic and avid reality prison show tv dork! Love and Live after Lockup and DURING. Yikes. It’s worth the youtube just to s...

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Sammie James (@sammiesamjames) is a comic and LOVES a lot of scary movies. I make her pick five. Heh. Yay! Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links is my email and v...

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CJ Sullivan (twitter is @cjsullivan_ IG is @cj_sullivan_was_taken - his podcast, “the blackout diaries” and new album, What am I Complaining About are exciting) He is a Chicago comic and I le...

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Sean Bair-Flannery (@and dotcom that name) (podcast, “the blackout diaries” and new book, “places I can’t return to”) is a Chicago comic and we talk what makes a dive bar and the ones h...

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Matt Stanton (@mattstantoncomedy.com) is a San Diego comic and we wander around LATE at night examining the things he loves. He named his DOG Godzilla. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the s...

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Jasmine Ellis Oh @jasmineelliscomedy (comic w a podcast Rhythm and Bae) is great & she talks me through the soothing art of AT LEAST looking and gathering items at Ross, Marshalls, and Nordstrom ...

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My sister Darla (@bossykashian) and I talk Orchestras, playing along with the radio, various instruments and how fun they are. This is a great ep. You will LOVE. St Paul – Monday Sept 12, 530pm...

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Rebekah Deans out dorks me on her love of The Venture Bros but she inspires me to watch it again. You should know that it is a DARK as hell animated series that is also smart and great. I loved t...

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Mo Alexander (@moalexander) is a great comic with a new album out “Mo Possum Blues” and we talk DC, Possums, and cartoons in general. It’s great. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the s...

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Sam Adams (@samadamdoescomedy) is a great Denver comic and LOVES Earth Wind and Fire! I remember things about them while we talk but he KNOWS things. Here’s his playlist of some favorite use of...

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Antonio Portela plays and enjoys the trombone. What info do YOU know about trombones? I don’t have a lot. So I ask a lot. He records a fun mix once a week on his lunch break from his dayjob her...

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Chase (@TQLoudly and GhostlightMedia.net) is a gamer and podcaster and loves him some DnD. He podcasts his campaigns, and then has more live/casual campaigns and he’s going to GenCon. This is f...

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Ramin Nazer (@mindunderpod and raminnazer on IG) loves the beat. I just needed to say that. Bass guitar, funk with bass, famous musicians you may not have known that PLAY the bass. Oh yes. It’s...

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Zach (@zachnoetowers – great comic, with a podcast called “Good Morning Sodomites” loves absurd horror movies. It’s SPOILERY – but the movies aren’t brand new: The Final Girls, I Know...

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Gianmarco (@gianmarcosoresi – ny comic with a podcast called The Downside) loves Seinfeld. The show. We don’t get into his personal feelings about the man. It’s a sitcom dorkout that leads ...

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Kyle Clark (@kyleclarkisrad of the podcast @thisisrad) is back! So many dorkdoms, so little time. He is comic, musician, artist, and the tech guy on my OTHER podcast 😊 – you will enjoy ART T...

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On vacation so Andy and I talk all the Marvel of PHASE FOUR!! Andy Ashcraft has a podcast – everywhere listed as Ethics and Videogames. Twitter and IG: @videogameethics. So much Marvel. Donate ...

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Comic and Data Scientist Andrea @jonesrooy explains the joys of spreadsheets. Omg it’s amazing. You will love. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links is my email...

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I FORGOT to ask him if he WORDLES!! @zachsherwin is GREAT. Crossword – the live show. Vocalics and Letters and Words. It’s a DEEP CUT into dorking out about words. A DELIGHT. Donate to The Do...

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Shelley McLendon (@shellsbells and owner of sirentheater.com) loves documentaries and she picked some faves and they were ALL CULT documentaries! Ha! You can find her work at smoothjazzinferno.co...

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Geoff Tice (@GeoffreyTice) is the OTHER half of Grid Penalty podcast and WE talk about the scandal and personalities of Formula One Racing. Also called, billionaire’s sons are CHARMING. Donate ...

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Confidence, role models, adulthood – Rebecca Lee (@its_RebeccaLee) dorks out about coming out of the darkness of lack of confidence and abandonment, and what to do with those things. I share wa...

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The sport of Billionaires is, kinda, the ULTIMATE dorkdom. Brent Gill (@IamBrentGill of the Grid Penalty podcast) introduces me to this, probably, really loud sport. It’s FASCINATING. Donate to...

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  Sophie Buddle (@sophiebuddle @sophbuds of @obsessedwsoph) watches reality TV for the, actual, real moments. It’s also the trainwreck. “It’s not church” made me laugh so hard. You will ...

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Panel Dorkout w @GuyBranum @AtsukoComedy Okatsuko and @Chris Cubas where were talk about our favorite meals, fast food, fancy food and things to cook! It couldn’t be more charming and fun. Dona...

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Paasha Motamedi scents something – EP 669 Paasha Motamedi (@paashamotamedi on IG) is an artist, poet and likes smells ALL AROUND HIM. His home, his body: Perfume, Potpourri, spices and, even, c...

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Pete Mele (@LSWOTcast) is a classic sci-fi fan and has deep dived into all Star Treks. This Ep we talk Star Trek Enterprise and I learn about some new animated series too!! It’s is a DELIGHT. Y...

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He’s David LaMere and he has a podcast called @thewildhuntsman. He’s a hunter and a cook and he’s great. He’s not hunting endangered species or other PEOPLE. He’s great. You will love. ...

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Spring! Flowers! Barbara Mele (@bMcMele and new podcast called @FlowerStories.org) loves em, works with em and we talk about em. A lot. I bring up Beach Glass. You will love. Donate to The Dork F...

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In-N-Out Burger SECRET/NOT SECRET menu! Irene Tu (great comic Irene_Tu w a new album “We’re Done Now”) waxes lyrical about In-N-Out Burger. It’s a chain. In California mostly. You might h...

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This one is LIVE. And Blaire Postman (@postmancomedy on IG) is ALIVE with so much information and enthusiasm I can’t even bandcamp this. You NEED to hear it. The audio is Voice MEMO bc I forgot...

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Picture Books change lives w Jacob Sager Weinstein – EP 663 Jacob Sager Weinstein (@jacobsw) writes the words for picture books and fell in love with them and we dork out hardcore. You will lov...

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Eliza Skinner (@eskinz and @elizaskinner) is a great comic and it’s games and has a social trick to get to know people, talk to people… just BE around people!! Enjoy. Donate to The Dork Fores...

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 Live music via zoom and in person again! Dive Bars only in person. Valerie @valerie_tosi   http://www.valerietosi.com/ shares the stories. I horrify by trying to riff with a scratchy throat. ...

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Fly Fishing with Phil Kashian – EP 660 My brother Phil Kashian loves to fly fish. So he’s back to dork out about it all. You will love. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There�...

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Darla Kashian with Simple Food and Fiddly Food – EP 659 My sister Darla Kashian (@bossykashian) returns with simple BUT DETAILED food talk. It CAN be done simply. OH… it CAN be done fiddly. B...

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Caitlin Durante (@caitlindurante & @bechdelcast) breaks down the Paddington Bear series for me and now I must see them. SPOILERS for these movies. With epic social messages in them going above an...

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Taylor McCluskey (@TaylorMcCluskey loves video games and the more Green Beret/Navy Seal/Recon Marine it is… the better. #GhostRecon Suit UP! Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. Ther...

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Tess Barker (@tesstifybarker @lady2ladycomedy @britneysgram) goes thru some very specific musicals and I learn stuff!! It is a DELIGHT. You will love. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the sh...

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Lacey Artemis (@Artemis_Creates and hatcollecting.com) is a Goalie fan. Hockey Goalie. I know nothing about HOCKEY… so we start there. The Youtube on this one might be a needs be. Enjoy! Donate...

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Jamie Loftus (@jamieloftushelps @bechdelcast) is .. EPIC in the last ep of the year. Chuck E. Cheese. The drama, the lighting, the terrible life choices. Holy hell you will love. It’s December ...

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Vish Khanna (@vishkhanna of Kreative Kontrol podcast) loves him some Dylan. Not stalkery… but THOROUGHLY. And I learn all about it. Starting with, he’s still alive and working! You will love....

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Andy Ashcraft (theheroinstant.com and @VideoGameEthics) got into professional game design thru ground floor UCLA Live Action Role Playing, which they called LIGS (Live Interactive Game) for a sho...

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Tess Rafferty (@TessRafferty) writes murder mysteries -and she has a new one. We talk her love of a good mystery, both novel and video, and hang the heck OUT. You will love. It’s November or De...

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Amy Marschak (@northpolepoet.com and improvpoet.com) loves Christmas, improv, poetry and … in the end, collects chalkboards and is AWESOME. A deep dive into Christmas and .. then some chalkboar...

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Ophira Eisenberg (@ophiraE) loves a variety of mysteries, action books… all fiction… all intended to stop the voices. I couldn’t agree more. You will love. It’s November and it’s time t...

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Murray (@murrayv and   has a new game show called For What it’s Worth and its musical trivia games. So, as I know nothing about music (except what I like), we wander the different kinds of mus...

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Jenny Zigrino @jennyzigrino @jennyzigrinocomedy loves the drama and lovely world of other people’s stuff!! You will love. It’s November and it’s time to NOT DONATE TO THE DORK FOREST BUT, I...

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Caitlin Gill is back and screening shirts in the desert LIKE THE REBEL SHE IS. GuaranteeShirts.com is where it’s at. I learn and relearn things. It’s great. Donate to The Dork Forest if you l...

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Matt Weinhold @monsterpartyhq) is back and we talk scary movies and how they have, traditionally, never gotten any respect but it’s getting better. Genre’s within genres. This is great. Donat...

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Who Curates the curator? We may never know. But we do know but that the restored movies that Matthew Chadourne AND the Criterion Collection … collect are a MIXED bag of movies. All things Mathe...

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Michael Charboneau loves Sandman and we dork out hard about MANY things Neil Gaimen. You will love. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email addre...

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Everyone should know her name – Danielle Koenig (@podcasthowtosurvive of How to Survive with Danielle and Kristine) dorks out HARD about Cheers and we DIP into Family Ties. She’ll have to be ...

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Singer and Musical fan Riley Mangels and I talk around a lot of DIFFERENT kinds of musicals. Disney, Stage, Film and TV. You will love. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s p...

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Pearl Jam is Branden Palomo’s Jam – EP 640 Someone had to say it. Branden Palomo (@brandenP and betterbandpod.com) takes a slow, steady, deep dive into the band Pearl Jam. I learn stuff. Enjo...

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Comic, Actor, Director, game designer, podcaster (@sixunseemly twitter @varnadov on IG victorvarnado.net) Victor Varnado and I dork out about video games, programing, robots, comics, and showbiz ...

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Nelsie Spencer (@losingitpod and nelsiespencer.com) talks R&B and, yes.. it’s another Music Episode. I know some of this one tho!! But Nelsie has some AMAZING stories of seeing the greats back ...

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Aug Stone (@AugStone and @AugXStone on IG) has comedy and songs and we dork out about James Bond. YoungSouthPaw.com is his website and now I want to read the books. You will love. Donate to The D...

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Demond Thompson (@DemondDoes for his podcast “Demond Does” and disputedpod.com for historical debates!). He has another kind of dorkout on wrestling bc HE WRESTLED. I find that out about min ...

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Katie Gaffney (@thekategaffney all the things-Podcast “Service from Hell”) has had an artistic crush on Stevie Wonder since she was six. Get your bingo cards out bc it’s a MUSICAL DORK Dona...

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Heather Thomson (comic, writer, actor: @theheatherthomson https://www.theheatherthomson.com/) told me about that Jackie bouvier kennedy cousin story Grey Gardens. For a long time. It is AMAZING. ...

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Chris Mancini is old school comedy film nerd. We talk Gloomhaven and other EXPANSIONY board games. His website (whitecatentertainment.com) has all the info and he as a new graphic novel – Kung ...

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Shelagh Ratner (@shelaghratner IG) is a comic w a new album “Comic Footprint” and is COMMITTED to this tile rummy game called Rummikub. Pronounced CUBE. I find things to ask about it. It soun...

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Damon Sumner (comic @damonjr twitter/ @damonjr2 IG) has a favorite movie. That I have NEVER SEEN!! It’s Denzel Washington in Remember the Titans. Yes. I’m surprised I’ve never seen it eithe...

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Mooooore Star Trek!! It’s quarantine goodness with Adam Bozarth (lefthandedradio.com and @lefthandedradio) talking TNG, Deep Space Nine and Voyager.  We also weed off. Enjoy. Donate to The Dor...

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Sand Castles with Shlomo Sher - 629 Uh. Sand Castle dork out. It·s epic. With Shlomo Sher (ethicsandvideogames.com and @videogamesethics twitter/IG). You must enjoy. Donate to The Dork Forest if...

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We dive too deep!! Secrets are spilled. Theories are speculated. The hour goes by almost immediately. Justin Mohareb (@thebitterguy) and I talk over each other about Marvel. A lot. It’s great. ...

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Joyelle Johnson (@joyellenicole everywhere and her album “Yell Joy” is now available) has seen Gone with the Wind a LOT. And I have NOT. So she takes me through the plot, the people, the outf...

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She LIVED in Korea you guys. So Korean food is discussed in depth. Yay. Aisha Alfa (@aishaalfa everywhere) has a new album out – ALL THE PARTS and a podcast called THE SHOUTOUT SHOW. She played...

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Jeanne Hospod (artist, animater and writer – has her info AND a post about her dorkdom!) Singer/Songwriter Scott Walker -who SOUNDS LIKE … DEAN MARTIN? Like CROONY. Wild. Lyrics DEFINITELY Th...

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David Rees (Hulu’s DickTown animated series creator-w John Hodgeman and podcast host to ) has SO MUCH info about a sound thing. They’re called Effects Pedals and I LEARN THINGS. You will love...

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Mark Saltveit (@taoish and palindromist.org loves him a frontways/backways pile of letters that say the same thing and WE GO BACK to the LATIN. This is amazing. You will love. Donate to The Dork ...

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San Francisco WAS the old west in 1856 - 622 Bob Calhoun (@bob_calhoun) is BACK! He’s got a new book out called “The Murders that Made Us” and we talk about San Francisco MURDERS mostly in ...

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The TV show Frasier. With Kelsey Grammar. Yeah. Holly Brown (@itshollybrown & @hollybrowncomedy on IG) LOVES it. Has Memorabilia because her dad worked on the show and what was dumb when she was ...

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We all deal with Q-tine differently. Brian Swartz (@brianswartz, trumpet player w a new jazz album “To Be With You on distrokid.com) LOVES him some M.A.S.H. Does it hold up? SOME of it 😊 YES...

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Ramon Rivas II @blazerramon has comedy chops all over the internet and IRL. Podcast (PreBaked, Albums – spotify/pandora) and he leads me through the epic Shakespearean drama that IS The Wire. I...

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Alison Leiby @alisonleiby comic and cohost of @RuinedPodcast is my guest. We do a deep dive into what COULD, ambitiously, be called a charcuterie situation but is really “SNACK dinner.” You w...

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STARDEW VALLEY. Ha@! It’s a more dramatic Animal Crossing. I love IT. And Katie McMillian is DIPPED. We get into it and I love it. I LOVE it. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The...

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Halle Kiefer (@hallekiefer) loves horror tv, movie and will support anyone who does NOT love such things (she has a podcast called “RUINED” and makes it better for her friend Alison who can�...

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Arthur Gaus (@maniac_bowl twitter and IG) is a comic with a new album “Nice Jokes for Smart People” and we dork out hard on history and San Francisco history specifically. Enjoy Donate to The...

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Briane Parise (@parisecomedy twitter and IG) is a comic with a new album “Last Wishes” and we dork out hard on his love of making pasta. This is fun. You will love. Donate to The Dork Forest ...

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Chris Fleming (@chrisfluming twitter and @chrisflemingfleming IG) is a comic that loves puppets and horror and they ALL help his anxiety. (Follow for zoom shows!). He is delightful. Donate to The...

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Kyle Ayers @kyleayers (comic w great album called “HAPPINESS” and podcast “Never Seen It”) loves a band. Which seems to be a woman named Annie Clark. And I learn about a BAND!! Yay music....

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More baseball w Greg Proops: The Negro Leagues - 611 Greg Proops @gregproops is a great comic and we did the history of baseball TDF seasons ago. This ep is a deep dive (w pictures YOUTUBE) into ...

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We get to the 1980s with Batman. I know. But with Scott Rogers @mightybedbug you get comics AND TV AND toys AND writers and artists and then ALMOST the movies. He’ll be back. This is great. Don...

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Holding Ollie Barder to 5 of his fave Anime and getting to see some sick action figures makes this a must watch TDF. There are SPOILERS for shows FROM THE 1980s. FYI. Ollie is a game designer and...

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Mike Drucker (comic @mikedrucker, head writer ofFull Frontal, author of new book Silent Hill2) will play a scary video game. In VR. I will HEAR about such things. But not play. Too Scary!! But Fa...

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Free Willy and that Orca that killed SEVERAL jailers… Andie Main you guys… (@AndieMain, album MAGPIE, and her podcast People Enjoying Terrible Accidents-PETA) and I talk NOT fish. It’s awes...

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Orlando Leyba (@heylando, album and special on HBO Max “Adorable”) is a comic and loves the positive energy of some HGTV. Notably… The Fixer Upper. We also get some Orlando Grandmother stor...

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Wonder Woman Spoiler – Ep 4 Andy, his good friend and DC long box Lee Bennet all saw Wonder Woman and we TALK ABOUT IT IN DETAIL. THIS IS SO SPOILERY... so only listen if you've SEEN IT. Or DO ...

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Tom Papa (@tompapa and has all the books and shows) makes bread… simple bread.. exciting and, weirdly, for me, complicated. It’s a good one. You will love. Donate to The Dork Forest if you li...

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PS2 Platform Games. Specifically Sly Cooper. A DEEP dork dive with Xander Kwiecien @thewhatsupdate. This is so great. You will love. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s payp...

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This is MOST covid Dork Out! Suwon Weaver @suwonweaver (produces @hotmedusacomedyshow) is a comic and fashion designer and we talk COMFORT and STYLE. The Sweatpant. What could be more timely. You...

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Kevin James Doyle (@kevinjamesdoyle) is a comic (with a new album 30 Year Old Virgin and a podcast called The Bradshaw Boys) and loves the scratchy lyricism of Tom Waits. I learn who Tom Waits is...

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Jenn Welch (@jennwelchnow) is a New York comic and has a podcast (@LadyHDpod) and is one of the legion of people that told me Animal Crossing is THE BEST. She brings it. You will love. In Novembe...

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Two years ago, Gary Petersen (@garyjpetersen) (ep 492) talked about LEADING UP to the Revolutionary War. We have him back to talk about the NEXT YEAR. Oh… it’s 7 more eps with him. He has a n...

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FINALLY! Jen Kirkman (@jenkirkman on twitter/IG) will break her NON EXISTENT silence about her love of Hallmark Christmas Movies. Because of their simple SIMPLE formula. This is so good. You will...

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My brother RUSS KASHIAN loves many things. Great films. But not HERE. Here it is the love of a mediocre movie and that constant; a love of data. The video. You’re going to want to WATCH the vid...

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Sophia Zolan @SophiaZolan on IG with SoZo’s Variety Show on IG – loves a scary movie. But she’s been going at it since 1997 so I mention scary movies I’ve HEARD of and we talk about how s...

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Ron Babcock @ronbabcock and Ryan McKee @TheRyanMcKee make a ‘zine (Modest Proposal) and love zines and their zine is now an anthology you can get!! - welcome to ZINE TALK!! Enjoy. In November ...

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Kristin Key (@thekristinkey on twitter/IG) makes Mad Libs. Since sheltering in place she’s got a podcast where she does it for people (Mad Mondays). We talk about the history (fascinating), the...

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Bil Dwyer (@bildwyer on IG) is PUZZLED. WHAT? I know. Sudoku, Crosswords. I just like Bil. He’s a great comic and who knew he liked word and number puzzles so much. It’s great. You will enjoy...

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Jeremy Wein (@thisismyshow &  ) loves theater, SURE… but we talk cartoons. We start with Kevin Smith and go through the Simpsons, Space Ghost and SO many I’ve never seen. And we celebrate Ke...

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A man and his 3D Printer – video w awesome pictures!! Nick Betancourt (@nickhbet & https://www.thingiverse.com/txengineer14/designs) to see the cool stuff). Holy smokes do I learn stuff and it�...

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Amber Preston (@prestonparty) collects CHURCH COOKBOOKS. And has a new comedy album out “SPARKLY PARTS”- get it. This is the practical response to Jenny Yang’s love of all of these dishes. ...

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Lisa Curry (@lisacurry and @olympianlisacurry IG) is a comic (NEW ALBUM “Alive For A WHILE”) grew up on a lake in Indiana with motor boats. We talk boats and she tells me how she learned to S...

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Tess Rafferty (@tessrafferty and @thetessrafferty IG) loves Italy and all things Italian and we talk about Olive Oil and fancy MEAT. BE WARNED… the BUNNY is discussed as a FOOD ITEM. She is hil...

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Sofiya Alexandra (@thesofiya) returns alone to talk about Robert Jordan/Brandon Sanderson epic Wheel of Time. It’s hilarious. She’s hilarious. She has a new album out called Father’s Day. G...

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Nore Davis (@noredavis) has a new comedy album he recorded ON ZOOM called “Live from the Comedy Trap House” and you should check it out. And he dorks out (With Shared video, if you check the ...

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Jason Weems (@jasonweemscomedy IG, @jweemscomedy twitter) has a new comedy special on Amazon “Unknown” and he loves so many things that we wander and then… I learn MORE ABOUT Jay Z. The man...

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Oh yeah…. Dave Berck (@hapadave) tells me SO MUCH I can’t follow it all. But it’s ALL MARVEL. And his favorite character is MoonNight. You will love. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like t...

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Mandee Johnson (@mandeephoto) loves to gather, travel and host 13 to 22 people at a time! Covid might be driving her mad but she has tips and recipes and ways of making big meals fun for everyone...

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Dar Vendegna (@PickleballDar)is an epic Ranger of the Dork Forest and heard the Pickleball ep and NEEDED to hear more, say more, let the world in on how great Pickleball is! for pickleball questi...

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Alex Edelman (@thealexedelman on IG & @alexedelman on twitter) wants to crawl and climb around a SLOT canyon. Yes, I know. It’s a possibly dangerous, super fun to him, way to discover and enjoy...

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Jenny Yang (@jennyyangtv) is a great comic and discovered weird (to her) midwestern delacacies like Peanut butter and jelly SANDWICHES, tuna casserole and I share that I never had toast with butt...

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Andy Iwancio (@andyiwancio) joins a long list of people that are surprised I’ve never heard of the music she likes. AH… thus my plan continues. Something called The Avalanches – here’s a ...

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The elusive PICKLEBALL! It’s TINY! Christine Blackburn (@storyworthy) talks many racquet sports (tennis, badminton, ping pong) but none is more fascinating (to me)… than PICKLEBALL! You will ...

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Josh Snyder (@nerdyvirgin) can sign and storytell about MOVIE soundtracks. Yes. I know even LESS about music in the background of movies. He has a lovely sense of pitch and it’s amazing. You wi...

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Barbara Holiday (@flapperscomedy) cannot wait to get trapped in a small room again. I KNOW. But it’s escape rooms and it’s SUPER SPECIFIC. So it is great. You will love. Donate to The Dork Fo...

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Robert Jenkins (@robjcomedy) is a great comic and we have worked some weird gigs and he’s a lawyer and his experiences make him a safe and serious dork about guns. We talk about that safety and...

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Grover Cleveland (not his real first name) and Benjamin Lay are very different leaders… and I learn a bunch about them from Alex Schmidt (@AlexSchmidty and https://www.alexschmidty.com/). It’...

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Ron Funches (@ronfunches @ronfunch IG) IS King Shark. But we talk wrestling and video games. This ANIMAL CROSSING draws my attention. He is the best. You will love. Donate to The Dork Forest if y...

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Robert Hurt (@astrorob - astrophysicist and artist who does the astrovisualization of telescope data for NASA) IS BACK. This time? Babylon 5. I’ve never seen it and NO SPOILERS I wanna see it. ...

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Nelly Thomas has a joke about Michel Foucault’s name and then it’s a wordplay pronunciation thing and then we get real. Did you know about the relationship between power and knowledge? Yeah�...

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Pamela Walt (@houseofpamcakes twitter) is a comic and we talk about so many things and we KEEP coming back to Groundhog Day! We meander and it’s hilarious. You will love. Donate to The Dork For...

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Peter Falk was better looking than Columbo. I talk with JimWoster-of EPISODE ONE of the prerecorded fame-about the well written mystery. This one was an exciting use of USB sticks and the US Mail...

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Dominic Ferrantelli is NOT on yer social MEDIA! Yeah. He is watching Laser Disks and playing old video games and pinball. AND explaining Cathode rays to ME. Oof. I learned so much a lot of it lea...

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Maria Bamford (@mariabamfoo and Amazon et al Weakness is the Brand) loves a reality show and the BEST are CANADIAN reality shows. I hear about it. In the end, it isn’t the PROBLEM.. it’s the ...

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The fiction of Godzilla ruins the reality of Dinosaurs for JUST a second. And then ongoing in the life and times of Steve Mandel (@nevativsteve). Then he’s back with more SCIENCE. We talk MONST...

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Matt Kirshen (@mattkirshen / @matt_kirshen) and Myq Kaplan (@myqkaplan) both wanted to talk advice columns and it came up THE SAME WEEK. So we ALL did it. Dork Panel!! Myq has a new album coming ...

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Get ready for another Great Depression! This time with Turmeric! My sister (@bossymagoo) Darla Kashian can make a meal out of any found items. She LIKES nice items but she cooks like the depressi...

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I met Luisa Rebull (@lrebull – CalTech Astronomer) working on UniverseUnplugged.org and we got to talk for 15 minutes. I wanted to ask my simple space and science questions for another hour. So...

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When last we visited with Robin Ryan (@robinryan200) she dorked out about Rollerderby (EP 360) but here we get the grit and hope and dark humor that is her job – teaching High School/GED in a C...

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Guy Branum (@guybranum) knows so many things and these six British aristocratic sisters are FASCINATING. I wish to make a mitigating pun. I will not. This ep is recorded via skype bc of the ‘ro...

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The dorkdom is Improv and, yes, and we hash out the art, the community, the silly and the terribleness of Improv. Sean Conroy (@seanconroy has a new ‘cast Sean Conroy gets Happier). He’s hila...

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Aldrin Cornejo (@acornayho) loves all the games and a LOT of animation (he works at American Dad!) but this episode is all about the tabletop game The Vampire Masquerade. HE KNOWS SO MUCH!! Enjoy...

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Niceole Levy (@niceolecookies writer from Cloak&Dagger, and new movie The Banker) explains the good time that IS Janet Jackson. I came in knowing SOME THINGS. It’s a good one. You will love it....

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 It’s a glimpse into ANOTHER band I don’t know anything about, but Sarah Mowrey (@sarahmowrey) does. OH DOES SHE. I am shocked and enthralled. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show....

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Diana’s cousins’ needed to learn English so she listened AND LOVED a lot of K-Pop. I learn what that is 😊 AND… Let me say that, first, that it’s DIANA Hong (@wellhongd) not Diane. Hi. ...

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More Marvel with comic John Poveromo (@johnpoveromo) – we talk tv, movies and comics and get into some specifics of Cyclops’ powers. Just good clean fun here, folks. Enjoy. Donate to The Dork...

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Leah Mansfield (@leahmansfield) is a comic who was in the Air Force and worked with NUKES. And we talk about the dorky world of world annihilation. And I FINALLY realize how rockets work. You wil...

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He was a flawed hero and Dawn Brodey (@dawn_brodey) KNOWS IT. We go into some revolutionary war minutia and it was fun. You will love. AD: for 15% off your first order!! Use the code: Dork. Donat...

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It doesn’t SEEM funny, but it is. Learn how much Amanda Cohen (@amandacohen27, comic and rights activist) and I DO NOT know about how women’s bodies work. Also men’s. But that’s less surp...

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SO MANY SHOWS! Keith (@J_Keith and the @gofactyourpod) loves Broadway and we GET INTO IT. I wish I loved actors DOING it as much as Keith. Enjoy and learn. I did. Donate to The Dork Forest if you...

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Andy and I saw Rise of Skywalker and had to TALK ABOUT IT IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS SO SPOILERY... so only listen if you've SEEN IT. Or DO NOT CARE. Both are acceptable to us. Enjoy. Donate to The Dor...

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People don’t just grow their nails real long. Mary Basmadjian (@maryb626 on IG) explains the how and the WHY of it. Then it’s Armenian food which leads to a Korean Youtube thing called Mukban...

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Mariah Carey is a very famous singer/songwriter and Danielle Perez (@divadelux) explains the decade’s worth of music I’ve probably heard. It’s a music ep and it holds MUCH information for m...

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Tig Notaro (@therealfluffNotaro on IG) is Vegan. AND IT’S WORKING OUT!! You should totally try it. If you want. No pressure. I’ve tried it. Between meals. But I loved this conversation. You w...

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Dueling Pianos actually DUET. Martha Boles (@ms.marthaboles on IG) has MANY interests but she told me that’s her dayjob RIGHT before the show started so it’s DUELING PIANO’S. She is a delig...

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Thom Tran (@_thomtran Sex Jokes Rock n Roll Podcast) loves ALL the ways The Flash is repped. I learn about the Flash! I want to now see… The Flash. You will enjoy this episode. Listen at your o...

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Adam Conover (@adamconover of Adam Ruins Everything and the Factually Podcast) loves Nintendo but I got him weeding off on Miyazaki. It is a wonderful wander thru the love of food and popular art...

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You know when you major in Chinese and then get accounting clients in Singapore and it’s Death Month? Mary Becquet (@becquetSQ & IG @maryb3) LOVES it. Recorded Halloween day made for youtube Ch...

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British Reality Shows-The longboxes of Netflix with Sharon Houston (@sharon_houston and IG @sharonhouston). She’s a comic and, sure she watches The Great British Bakeoff but have you seen of Ni...

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UK comic Tiff Stevenson @tiffstevenson and @tiffstevensoncomic is in LA and she loves so much about Buffy. And, interestingly… the college years! We also dork out about comedy, los angeles and ...

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The 80s and 90s had a wealth of Star Wars for them that needed it. And Dan Telfer (@dantelfer of Nerd Poker and DnD Beyond) was that demographic. We get INTO it. There’s so much we don’t get ...

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Villains of History is Cat Alvarado’s @thecatalvarado podcast (I did Pol Pot on it). She’s come to talk Latin American despots. I am reminded of the 70s and 80s and beyond. But not like a rad...

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Brian Jacobovitz @brianjacobovitz got into the game, then into the stories. HP Lovecraft is weird, you guys. No, really. But he inspires an awesome bunch of games. You will love. AD: Donate to Th...

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Without the benefit of copyright is Kira Soltanovich @kiracomedy talking to me about how she CAN CURE YOU. MAYBE. With Homeopathic Medicine. And she’d love to try. In other news, watch LET’S ...

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Dave Ross will save Zelda and they will BE FRIENDS. Over and over. We talk about the cooking sitch in Breath of the Wild for a weirdly long time. This is great. You will LOVE! He has a new album ...

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Books and rocks and learning about what to do NEXT with Rebecca Rush (@rebeccarush639) – she has a book podcast that I did right after THIS ONE 😊 ComicsBookClub Donate to The Dork Forest if ...

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Courtney Joyner (@courtneyjoyner)  is a WELLSPRING of information. There’s not just ONE dorkdom. He has a new Boardgame out/coming out… request it at your Game Store “NEMO RISING.” Andy ...

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Prince is from MN and he did that song about a corvette. Christopher Titus (@titusnation) might have the REST of the information about him. I learn stuff and get a list to listen to. NOTE: Most B...

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Andrew Solmssen (@solmssen and @andrewsolmssen) is a hiking monster. He’s turned his, considerable, attention span to walking up and around Los Angeles. There’s tech talk too. Because it’s ...

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Artistic Women’s Gymnastics; mostly 1980s and 90s. Not RHYTHMIC gymnastics and, currently, while still psyched, Lindsay Guzzardo has issues with the “changes.” This was GREAT. She’s on li...

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Brian Posehn @brianposehn, famously, dorks out about heavy metal and has a Dnd Podcast and I get to learn SO MUCH. Heavy Metal. Thrash Metal. A band called UFO. Let’s do this. Donate to The Dor...

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Robert Hurt (@AstroRob IG: @AstroRobLA ) returns!! Astrophysicist and an ENORMOUS fan o the Trek… we get deep into Deep Space Nine. See that word usage? The show is much better than that senten...

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My BROTHER Phil is back on the show to tell tales of riding the non-rails. Phil Kashian is apart of the TDF Ranger group if you want to talk to him. This was fun. It’s like getting to know my O...

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So many things were learned. The age appropriateness of Jessica Fletcher’s love interests. Caitlin Gill (@RobotCaitlin – NEW ALBUM Aug 2nd!! MAJOR) is a great comic and a delight. You will lo...

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Tabletop VS game with figures and stuff to buy? I AM INTERESTED. Justin Herrmann (@_J_Herrmann_) loves Heroscape and I got to see all the parts. It looks so cool. IN a DORK FOREST kind of way. Yo...

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Beth Topper (@magentalady) knows photography from the production side and it’s fascinating. Turns out there some real basic colors out there. You combine them to make other colors. And then you...

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YES> Andy AshCRAFT and I discuss the newest Spiderman - Far From Home and it's CHOCK FULL OF SPOILERS. You've been warned. Andy's website is Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There�...

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Sci Fi Noir and Space Opera and Syfy and Amazon. Justin Marchert (@JustinMarchert and ) is a comic and has lit a fire for me to see more than just the first season of this really cool show. Let u...

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Old Liquor stores and neon and California sun have Matt Oswalt (@mattoswaltva) looking for the cool, brightly lit, dingiest liquor stores he can take a picture of. They are great looking and you ...

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Central Park was designed by a hot landscape artist that Sara Benincasa (@sarajbenincasa) admires THROUGH SPACE AND TIME. I learned a lot. He did more than JUST Central Park. You will enjoy. AD: ...

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More info than there was time for and even more gushing by Lydia Popovich (@hatertuesday and LydiaPopovich.com) regarding the amazing Dolly Parton. I learn even more how cool she is. Enjoy. AD: S...

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The Beatles, Ladies and Gentlemen, beloved by Jeffrey Baldinger – EP 522 Jeffrey Baldinger (@jeffbaldinger & jeffreybaldinger.net) has some minutia to tell me about a VERY famous band that I kn...

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Matt Balaker is a comic and he loves the comedy of Greg Giraldo. So he wrote his life story in a BOOK. Crazy. @greggiraldobook is so much info. I didn’t think it would but we talked the whole t...

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Ebony Jones and I were friends from the last dayjob. She still doesn’t fully grok I don’t know who Beyonce is. But I’m willing to learn!! Follow Ebony @elizabethpegues and watch shows she�...

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Sam Varela @nakedcomedy LOVES stand up and podcasts and we dork out about as many as we can fit into an hour!! Rangers! It’s a list of OTHER podcasts you might like to listen to! Enjoy. Donate ...

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Concerts and Venues with Valerie Tosi - 518 Boy do I not know things about bands this one is hilarious. @Valerie_Tosi is an hilarious comic, and this episode is made hilarious (and we laugh and l...

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She knows about all the platforms and how to use them and I learn about the deeper world of INSTAGRAM. Melanie Vesey @melanievesey and @promotionalrescue is a comic and has a new special called �...

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I talk to Andy about ENDGAME and SPOIL as many mysteries as possible. SO if you haven't SEEN ENDGAME. PRESS PAUSE. Then see ENDGAME. If you want. Carry on. Regular shows commence each Tuesday. Do...

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We speak of overeducated, underemployed, crowded living condition THEATER. It’s really most of the world. But Ethan Stanislawski @ethanstancomedy knows British Theater and we discuss it. As wel...

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COSPLAY is for everyone and Judith Stephens @OMG_DJ_Judy of Women of Marvel Pod SEWS and has facts and encouragement and this was a great one. I learned stuff. Enjoy! AD: Scentbird.com/dork for %...

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Cindy Caponera (@cccap and @cindycaponera on IG) is SO FUNNY. And she has memorized because she was MESMERIZED by so many scenes in cop TV shows. Then just movie scenes. She must return. You will...

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Raised on the road; learning the ropes and meeting ALMOST ALL decent dads while loving comedy. Carmen Morales @thefunnycarmen is a great comic and has the best attitude. Another fascinating dorkd...

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It’s a LIVE ep but it’s not a PREMIUM ep bc I need eps!! And you need THIS ep! Treefort Music Festival had comics and I talked to them! @professordoye explains the Dragonball universe. @sofiy...

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I insisted he do this. This one, by the way, NSFW. Auggie Smith @auggiesmith has the BEST road stories and this is me convincing him to tell some of them. On the grounds that the people he spoke ...

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TWEET! But the tweets of birds. Gary Anthony Williams (@garyawilliams on twitter and co host of Day Drinking with Gary and Elliot @garyandelliot) SEES birds. He sees nothing else. But we talk bir...

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She has the app. Just for the crossword. Michelle Biloon (great comic and @biloon on all the platforms) loves a crossword and THERE’S A CON. Enjoy! Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the sho...

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TREASURE!! You know those Metal Detectors that people use on beaches? @DenisePlante, her husband and kids LOVE them. She is hilarious and I learn stuff. Radio personality and podcaster: Life and ...

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Sean White @seanwhitecomedy is an old school plug and play FASCINATING Star Trek and Marvel dork. He is GREAT. You will love this episode. I cannot keep up and it’s wonderful. AD: for 15% off y...

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Erin Tracy (@erintracycomedy and @erinntracy on IG) is a comic and a baker and has a Masters in Dance choreography. It’s sweet then it’s fascinating. Enjoy. AD: for $6 for 12 weeks of the New...

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Kat Burdick (@DrKatBurdick and @katburdick on IG) is a comic and IS part of the next generation that truly enjoyed the Star Trek: The Next Generation and we talk tech. We talk cosplay. We talk Tr...

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My friend TJ Ford (@earthlingsanonymous on IG) loves bats and science and running long distances and introduced ME to the La Brea Tar Pits and is taking a “leap year” and traveling around the...

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The best bathrooms and…The Worst. Bathrooms. Wynter Spears @wynterspears and I discuss… publicly, the best place to go to the toilet. Publicly. We reveal the secrets to a clean out-of-the-hou...

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WHO ARE THE CYLONS? Greg Green loved that show so much he watched the documentary. I learn about the tension, the parable that IS BG. Follow @greggarz on Instagram and listen to his podcast on it...

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Karate with Rachel Ryszard - Ep. 501 Rachel Ryszard LOVES Karate and I learn there’s different kinds. She has a podcast called Playing Hooky and it’s everywhere and at her website too. https:...

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Ruthie Fudge (@velveetaunderh1) loves the band WEEN and I learn about the band WEEN. They sound fascinating. And I’ve been given a list to listen too). Learn and enjoy! AD: 50% off the NEW YORK...

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Erin Foley (@erinfoleycomic) returns for a non sport related dorkdom.  HALLMARK CHRISTMAS MOVIES!! NETFLIX CHRISTMAS MOVIES. All the things. It’s Magical. It’s Christmas. LOVE IT. DO NOT Don...

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Matt Weinhold @mattweinhold loves all things monsters and it’s the HOLIDAYS. Let’s get into it. And we do. He has a podcast called Monster Party which is on all the itunesy things and faceboo...

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Comic/Writer Paige Weldon @paigeweldon hangs out at malls. Like a John Hughes movie but wo the peer pressure. This was great. Heh. AD: Modcloth - 15% off one time order of over $100 w the code we...

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Jen O’Donnell (@jenodd @jenodd1 IG) wants to cry it out. She learned how with YA “sick lit” and makes the case that it’s not to be vilified quite so much. I agree. Not my dorkdom but this...

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SHARKS. Alice Wetterlund (@alicewetterlund) is a great comic and actor and she freaking loves sharks. NOT FOR PETS. They survived 5 extinctions you know. I loved this one. Enjoy. AD: UH... the NE...

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Robert Buscemi (@roberbuscemi and .com) is a comic and actor and LOVES the work of acting and standup and on being okay with himself. And he brought books to prove it. I learn stuff. This is fun....

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Nina Manni (@ninamanni and @get2thepointpod) wants all of us to travel and stay at hotels for free EVERYWHERE. All the time. I’m SO close to wanting it too. It really sounds smart. Let us gathe...

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I know SORT OF who Joni Mitchell is … but not as much as DeAnne Smith (@DeAnne_Smith) does. Let us dork out about this singer/songwriter a lot. You will love. AD: AD: Donate to The Dork Forest ...

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There isn’t a Youtube video of some weird paranormal thing that Ryan Singer ( will not watch. As far as I can tell. It’s Ghosts and Aliens and I had to cut him off (for time) on Bigfoot. He�...

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Music and musical and performing and loving performing, even it’s it’s someone new. Ted Alexandro (@ and .com it) and I talk Musicals. I learn some MORE and now am committed to seeing Les Mis...

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A guy who loves women and feminism and has always had the feels – Greg Behrendt (@gregorybehrendt Maybe It’s You Podcast) and I reminisce about the ladies. What it’s like to like them; what...

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We find out Courtney Hameister (@weisenheimer) SENT ME her book “Okay Fine Whatever” and I READ it. So, you’re paranoid unless you’re not. She’s hilarious. We talk about facing anxiety ...

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He’s written all the characters I think. I’ve read SO MANY of them. I am excited, but I act cool. Mark Waid is one of my favorite comic book writers and he loves him some SUPERMAN. Let’s do...

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Collecting things others MIGHT NOT consider valuable means comic Jason Van Glass @Jasonvanglass can have THEM ALL. Mwaahaahaa. Boy is this an awesome rabbithole. You will love. AD: or text DORK t...

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Taking photos can be like surfing to find the exact moment to capture. @FeliciaMichaels (and feliciamichaels.net) (comic w a podcast “The Liars Club” and a documentary coming to Amazon “Per...

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Cleaning products and processes w @KayceeConlee (webseries “Clean Comic” and podcast “Not From Here” KayceeConlee.com). This has more dick jokes than I would have thought. You will love. ...

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It’s LABOR DAY! Dork out w stand up comic Nato Green (@natogreen @mrnatogreen -new album “The Whiteness”) about activism and union organizing and bbqing at marches. He’s not going to get ...

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Dance Dance Party Party.  It’s a Hot Rain of dance music.  Kristen Studard  (@kstud) dorks out about music playlists and I barely embarrass myself. Look for it.  This is fascinating.  You ...

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All the life choices! Steve Brett Young @studiocitylifecoach IG @stevebrettyoung) talks Yoga, PTSD, Comedy and we bond over opening for Maria Bamford! You will fall in love with him AGAIN. AD: fo...

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Andy () leads me through the games he playtested and the games he played the JOYS of being with 60k gamers in Indianapolis. Donate to The Dork Forest at or My current album “I Am Not the Hero o...

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We go thru that wardrobe to Narnia – where I have never been. Noam Friedlander (@noam25), author and screenwriter goes DEEP into the mythical world and I’m gonna give them books a try. You wi...

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I talk to halfling wizard and writer Amy Heidt (@amyheidt) about starting to play DnD and then it’s all about cheese Grommet. You will love it. I loved it. This is a great episode. AD: TomboyX ...

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Muppets with Nia Debose @lolniadebose and @nia_debose on IG. We wander the depths that puppets should NOT sink to in this super fun ep of dork on dork dialog. Heh. You will love. AD: Fab Fit Fun ...

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SPOILER ALERT for show from almost 60 years ago. Between the pit of man’s fears and the summit of his knowledge Dani Fernandez @msdanifernandez of Natural Selection and @nerdificent is watching...

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ALMOST. We almost get a theory of where that plane from 2014 that left Malaysia is/went. With Karen Rontowski (@rontowski and @paranormalkaren) it’s always some worm hole. You will love. Or hat...

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Mai Tai’s, History and cool décor. That’s what’s fun for comic Tamra Brown @heytamra_ and . I mistake rockabilly for ska  - AGAIN? And it’s fun. Enjoy. AD: Fab Fit Fun – it’s a myst...

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The Revolutionary War hasn’t even started and we’re an hour in with Gary Petersen (@garyjpetersen and ). We get to Lexington and Concord. He'll be back. Anecdotes about the Revolution w comic...

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Emma Arnold @iamaroadtrip is a comic (her free filmed hour on ) and KEEPS BEES. Bees are back and I relearn stuff and hear more great bee stories. This one is great.  Donate to The Dork Forest a...

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Not kidding. Stevo Doccerson (@hobthetroll and his own podcast on) is a troll at Ren Faires (plural) and, while it’s his livelihood… there’s no reason for it not to be his dorkdom. I LEARN ...

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Dave Nadelberg (@mortified and ) is fascinated by Walt Disney. He loves Pixar but it isn’t Disney so much as the life and times of the guy who created this THING. Whether it’s good or bad, it...

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Emily Lubin (@Lubination and hotmesscomedyhour.com) enjoys a Dance themed movie. Very specifically; ballet gets the sparkle it’s always wanted. Movies crossover ballet and hiphop; ballet and mo...

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Amy Miller (@whosyourgodcast @amymiller ) is a fan of the one and only Dolly Parton. I know VERY LITTLE about Dolly Parton. I learn stuff again. You will love. AD:  PROMO CODE “Dork” save $3...

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Andrea Allan (@andreacomedy and hotmesscomedyhour.com) loves RUGBY!! Loves getting the aggression out, loves having the backs of her back and locks and getting in some Trys. I learn stuff. Then w...

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  Keith(@keithmalley) and The Girl(@chemda) have been podcasting the LONGEST. And they never do GET TO talk about the history of how it all happened, @keithandthegirl #myopeningline so we dork o...

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Emergency rewatch of the show ER! Mandy Stadtmiller stopped the voices in her head (@mandystadt) with LOST and now ER while writing. She’s got a new book Unwifeable () and we talk about that an...

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Bonus ep!! Black Panther SO FULL of SPOILERS. Great comic Joyelle Johnson @joyellenicole and I have been trying to dork out about ANYTHING forever. It’s not a full hour but it’s FULL OF JOY. ...

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Remember Charmed? I LOVED Charmed. Not as much as Kendra Zzyzwyck (@gingerblivet) because she really loves it. The chemistry of the sisters and, still fascinated, but not as beloved… the clothe...

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ALL THE PUZZLES! Pavel Curtis () is on board with all the puzzles. Mechanical. Logic. Escape Rooms. Jigsaw. Those just as lighter dorkdom. Oh he is dipped. You will love this. #jococruise Enjoy. ...

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Ikea and Home Depot are a dorkdom I did NOT see coming. Jean Grae ( – her new album “Everything’s Fine” just came out! Get it.) is such a delight I CLAIM I will go to an IKEA. Wait for it...

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It’s ALMOST outsider movies. Greg Benson (@mediocre films ) loves a movie where so much effort has been made but there’s NOTHING THERE. Not Camp. Showgirls. We see how Yeshmin came to be.  #...

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Such good intentions to discuss the fancy foods to aspire to but Anita Sarkeesian (@femfreq @anitasarkeesian) and I discover that we really want to dork out about being Armenian. And so it came t...

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We dive off the third rope into a couple of Open Mike Eagle’s (@Mike_Eagle) favorite wrestlers. I learn a LITTLE bit more about wrestling. He’s got a new album out (Brick Body Kids Still Dayd...

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There’s series of novels Erica Burns (@blondechick80) has NOT read, but I feel like there’s more she WILL. WE dork out hard on Harry Bosch, Jack Reacher, Outlander. We scratch a SURFACE. #joc...

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Stu Anderson (@andest01) knows about the elusive brown trout. He made an app! troutspotr for the website and downloadable, free app about FISHIN! I learn from the ground UP about these water base...

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Chery Jones (of @moviesmademepod ) is SO GREAT. She loved a movie, so she learned to sail. She read a bunch of books about sailing and then got her masters. What? Yes. Listen up. THERE’S AN AD ...

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Labyrinth is that Bowie/Jim Henson movie I saw once. Virginia Jones (@badiniadones),  standup comic and delight, has seen it A LOT. I learn Jennifer Connelly invented Cosplay. Holy smokes with t...

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The woman behind the man is usually right next to him getting her name removed from the research paper when they stop being married. Cathryn Michon (@thegrrlgenius) is a writer and director and s...

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Martha Gellhorn was inspirational to Julie Seabaugh (@julieseabaugh). Inspiring her to write what she wanted to write about (Julie is a freelance comedy writer) and, just as telling, get the hell...

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If you’re alive to read this; projectionist by trade maybe created Gariana Abeyta’s (@garianaabeyta) cross section of SO many movies she’s willing to love. It’s her birthday week and wish...

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It’s a science and it’s about helping each other. Dorking out about The Great British Bakeoff with Carlos Delgado (@cevichepapi delgadocomedy.com and has his own show POD DAMN AMERICA) is a s...

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Kanye West through the fire of Marcella Arguello Kanye West is married to Kim Kardashian and he makes danceable heartfelt rap. Marcella Arguello (great comic @marcellacomedy) is a self-proclaimed...

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Craig’s List is a soothing rabbithole for Dana Eagle (@danaeagletweets and author of How to Be Depressed – a Guide) and it can be done alone. She is a great comic and a savvy haggler. You wil...

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Ed Greer Knows an Underdog When He Sees One (@edgreerdestroys and pod: NerdGoat) is a multifaceted dork with an Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. He loves the underdog and does not want it to be con...

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Doug loves drinking, getting naked, comedy and leisure suits and we swear a lot. Not in that order. You’ve been warned, and this episode is great. This is not Fame with Doug Stanhope (@dougstan...

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You can use your Spanish in Milwaukee. We talk about Tom’s Catholic experience but, really, It’s back to how great all things Wisconsin CAN BE with Tom Clark (@tomclarkcomedy) He has a new co...

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The enjoyment that Dan Black (@dblackattack) gets from, SURE, playing Magic is great. But the collecting of cards. The art. The “flavor text.” The fact that there’s foils. It’s a whole th...

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There is power in loving something that is just done for the love of it. And Paul Sabourin @paulandstorm loves the power of that love. Lotta CLIPS!! Enjoy. DONATE TO YOUR LOCAL FOODBANK THIS MONT...

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CSPAN3. Did you know there was a THREE? Jen Briney (@jenbriney) follows the House and the Senate. There’s drama in these people that run our country. They are all, very HUMAN, very bought, peop...

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Harold. Maude. Veronica Mars. Nashville. Lane Moore (@hellolanemoore) watches some television I’ve (mostly) not seen. Listen to me learn why I ought. Enjoy. DONATE TO YOUR LOCAL FOODBANK THIS M...

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An appropriate band for Autumn. The Smashing Pumpkins. Ryan Conner (@rcconner ) is IN THE KNOW about the “pumpkins.” It’s a music episode so get your drinking game on. It’s great. Enjoy. ...

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Tentacles. Unknown monsters summoned. DREAD. I’m NOT talking about summoning Wyatt Gray (@wyattsgray ) who is a perfectly nice man who loves him some HP Lovecraft. I try to keep my san points u...

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  It’s Halloween Month. It’s always Halloween for Larry and James  - half the podcast @MonsterPartyHQ. The knowledge is deep. The love is real. We talk decorations, candy, costumes, and Jam...

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Sneakerhead. Johnny Beehner Standup comic @johnnycomic loves him an Air Jordan. Or two dozen of them. We talk about sneakers (which I only call tennis shoes ONCE) and we both realize we know noth...

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Planners. We (Jenny Jaffe @jennyjaffe and I) talk about paper calendars for almost the whole hour. It’s fascinating and then you KNOW what you’re doing. Jenny Jaffe is on “Nuerotica” IFC...

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SMOKED MEATS. The cooking of foods. Then we end up on how we don’t want to eat sharks cuz they’re great. Jamel Dotson is a comic (@hogsheadcheese and ) and knows things about meat. Some of it...

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Haunted Halloween Theme Parks. Kyle Clark (@kyleclarkisrad and a host of his dork forest-like pod THIS IS RAD) loves a haunted house and IT IS BEGUN. I become tempted. But still scared. He has a ...

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Sitcoms. Solomon Georgio (@solomongeorgio) and I talk about Black Sitcoms in particular and we barely scratch the surface of a genre I know NOTHING about. He’s a great comic and I learn that va...

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Quilt the Quilt you’re Quilting. Lisa Allard loves it and I, FINALLY, learned how the heck it is done. It’s crazy detailed and sooooo cosy. You will love. WELCOME to year TWELVE of TDF. Full ...

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It’s thousands of tiny x’s. Cross Stitch. You have to want it. Sara Schaefer (@SaraSchaefer1) is a comic and aspiring perfectionist. We talk Embroidery!! It’s a very very specific dorkdom a...

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It’s probably not a conspiracy but it IS fascinating. Dan Cummins () is a great comic and loves a rabbit hole of conspiracy and the history of LSD. Trip the light fantastic Rangers.  WELCOME t...

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Buckle up, it’s music. And cool (but NOT cool bc punk) music. Scott Marvel Cassidy (fine artist ) starts with a band that’s been around forever that he knows and we wander around from there. ...

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Moth Man. Not child or Moth People… this is one wandering last minute dork out with one of my favorite people: Karen Rontowski (@rontowski) on all things. Paranormal Karen on YouTube and IG. We...

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Weird Science. John Hughes. 16 Candles. Breakfast Club. Ferris Bueller. Steve Agee (@steveagee) loves these movies a lot. Know also that Steve has two podcasts! Steve Agee Uhhh… and We’re No ...

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Pokémon Go! Wizard Camp! Nordic LARPing? Harry Potter. Andy Erikson (@AndyErikson “Secret Unicorn”) is a multifaceted dork. So dipped. So great. Enjoy. I insist. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TD...

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Credit Cards can get you free travel and hotel for free. Chip Chinery (@chipsmoneytips ) cares. I have Money ISSUES and yet we celebrate his dorkdom. Let’s do this. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TD...

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Drag. As in Ru Paul’s Drag Race and the Queens and Kings of dressing up RIGHT. Kyle Shire (@kyleshire and "Host of Machinima's Body Count Fighting") is a comic and writer and we get INTO it. Yo...

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Pinball. Kevin Kleinhans () loves pinball. We could have talked ALL pinball but we go specific LOTR pinball. And within that, game strategy of “Road to Valinor.” Oh… this is deep. This rule...

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Speed Racer. For real. Nat Towsen (@nattowsen) is a great comic and has a podcast called “Rate and Subscribe.” He knows and loves and KNOWs about Racer X. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New A...

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Virtual Reality. Mike Drucker (@mikedrucker @mikedruckerisdead) is a great comic and writer and CLEARLY loves a video game. He has all the headsets. He’s ready. And there’s escape rooms you c...

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Bewitched to The Walking Dead. Supernatural shows that address the big issues. @debiontheweb is a great comic and watches a great deal of television and we learn that I do not. It’s a great one...

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Texas Holdem. Or is it Hold Em. Costaki Economopolis (@funnycostaki) knows more than many of us will every know about poker. He loves it. And, more importantly, it LOVES HIM. He has a new album �...

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Jimi Hendrix. Oh yeah. A musical episode. Buckle up. Sal Calanni (@SalCalanni) is a SF comic and loves him some Jimi Hendrix. I learn MORE STUFF. He also has a new album out (called “Little Dag...

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Dr. Katz, Home Movies and Bob’s Burgers. Charlie Hester (@alittleoffcolor and ) is a comic from Illinois and loves and has always loved a weirdo, adulty, cartoon. Let’s get into IT!! Enjoy. W...

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Finally, someone who gets me. Chicken. Bryan Cook (@Bryancooking) is a great comic, creates great live/recorded show like Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction and Reunited. And has a weekly show at The...

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So this, as with all the premium eps, is in addition to the regular podcasts. What you will hear here is Andy and I talking about the ep. The full episode is at    for $2. No obligation, hund...

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The Art of THE DANCE! Renee Camus (@camusr6 and )! I MET her because and on the jococruise and she lives here and dances and teaches dancing and we talk a bunch about dancing. I don’t know anyt...

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Jack Reacher NOVELS. Oh yeah. Al Madrigal (@almadrigal) is learning to chill out with a book. He’s chosen the Jack Reacher novels. YESSSSS. He is a great comic (new special on Showtime “Shrim...

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Boardgames and Star Wars ACTION FIGS!! Scott Rogers (@mightybedbug) has been on the show before and has SO many dorkdoms. We talk HIS Boardgame: Rayguns and Rocketships () and his beloved Star Wa...

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Animation. David Huntsberger (@huntsbergerjunk and ) is a great comic and loves to, when he’s IN IT, do animation. So I learned stuff. He’s a great comic (who is touring the west this month o...

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Musicals. Rebecca Sugar (@rebeccasugar) is the creator and executive producer of Steven Universe and is ALSO working this nerd cruise ). She writes music (Adventure Time and her own show) and we ...

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Geneology. Julie Dixon Jackson (@joolsjackson) is ON THIS NERD CRUISE ). We go down a rabbit hole of ancestry chromosomes and centimorgans and, while we don’t find any Midichlorians… progress...

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Saturday Night Live. Hal Lublin (@hallublin) knows the beloved show SNL and is ALSO working THIS NERD CRUISE ). We’ve been trying to do this for years and now we have time AT SEA for us to bond...

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Escape Rooms. Tyler Hinman (@thatpuzzleguy) loves a puzzle and is ON THIS NERD CRUISE ). He likes to be “locked” in a room with friends or even strangers; be told a story and given an hour to...

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Scuba Diving. Jason Hatrick () is a comic and is ON THIS NERD CRUISE ). He opened for me in Montreal and he happens to be a giant Jonathon Coulton Nerd Cruise guy and I asked if he’d explain hi...

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Photography. John Scalzi (@johnscalzi and Scalzi.com) known for being a great science fiction writer (REDSHIRTS) takes pictures and they are very good. Check them out:   I ask and he enthusiasti...

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Harry Potter. Michael Palascak (@MichaelPalascak and has a NEW album THAT ONE THING) finally gets to talk about Harry Potter as much as I’ll not talk over him! He has new insights for me and we...

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Ayahuasca. Myq Kaplan (@myqkaplan) noted comic and wordsmith (has a new album NO KIDDING) finally gets to tell me about the JOURNEY that is this South American tea that (can) blow one’s mind. I...

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YouTube Instructional Videos. Henry Phillips (@henlips and his new movie Punching Henry ) is a great comic and we talk about his LOVE of Amateur Instructional Videos on YouTube.  It is outstandi...

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President Psycho’s twitter account. Alycia Cooper @alyciacooper is a great standup comic with a new podcast @hot10withAlycia / and is obsessed with the trainwreck that is our federal governmen...

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Boardgames. More freaking boardgames. But Chris Mancini ( @chrisjmancini) loves the KICKSTARTER boardgame experience. We know that we WANT the fancy minifigs, but do we NEED them for the game. NO...

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Antique Watches. John Opdycke (@jbopdycke and ) collects antique watches and he’s wearing one and I got to see a 1961 Rolex and we talked about WW1 watches and Soviet watches. Then we got into ...

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Motorcycles. Greg Fideler (comedy writer and producer) loves him a motorcycle and I get to hear ALL about it. It was GREAT and you will like. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. Premium eps are taped ...

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Prince. Tim Harmston (@timharmston) is a comic from Minneapolis and he LOVES that Prince stayed in Minneapolis and created music non stop for his hard core fans. Tim is such a fan. Enjoy. WELCOME...

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More boardgames you guys. It’s John Kovalic (@muskrat_john and ), artist to the stars of game design (Apples to Apples and Muchkin) … has a love of Warhammer, DnD, boardgames and all nerdy do...

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It has begun. Here’s the most classically dorky of my siblings. Phil Kashian introduced me to Hobbit and LOTR. My brother Phil is a diamond of dorkdoms… so many facets…but we talk here, fir...

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The Minnesota State Fair. Brandi Brown (@itsthebrandi) is a great comic and has an eclectic pile of dorkdoms. We picked a couple. The state fair and her diving into the caucus system here in MN d...

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Food and Family. Nia DeBose (Houston comic @LOLNiaDeBose) and I talk recipes and go down a rabbit hole of foods we love. (no rabbit recipes were mentioned) Then we weed off in the end about wande...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-388-nia-de-bose

Roald Dahl. Caitlin Gill (@robotCaitlin on twitter @Caitlinistall on Instagram) loves the works. Knows the flaws of the man. Teaches me how prolific the guy WAS. She’s a great comic and this is...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-387-caitlin-gill

Lotta Werner Herzog. Buckowski. ART. Poems. Bucky Sinister (@bucky_sinister on twitter @buckysinister on Instagram). He’s dipped in the works and I learn a LOT. We go deep, psychologically. It�...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-386-bucky-sinister

Who has dressed AUTHENTICALLY in Colonial gear? Jenny Zigrino (@JennyZigrino). She did it for fun and money at Ren Faire’s, the Freedom Trail in Boston and, I assume, sitting around the house. ...

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Flavored water! Real Housewives! LA and the Thomas Guide. Oh yes… Steve Young (@mrsteveyoung ) and I dork out in stereotypic LA fashion about LA. We are ridiculous. Enjoy. NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-384-steve-young

Xena the Warrior Princess! @jennychalikian knows and loves this show. With guest appearances, occasionally, with sex in the city dork, @erinjudge. They are both comics and you should find more of...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-383-jenny-chalikian

It’s back to some DC! We talk DC comics and it’s a classic dork forest. David Germain is a comic from Denver and has a podccast called The Disjointed Podcast (@disjointedfilms) and I did his ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-382-david-germain

Artificial Intelligence. Eric Lampaert (@ericlampaert) is a great comic and loves him some, what I guess I believe, to be spooky tech. We talk about sentient robots. And find that there is very l...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-381-eric-lampaert

UM… you guys. Beverly D’Angelo (@imbeverlydangelo) is on the show. She is hilarious, fascinating and was just a good person! We talk about what music and places changed her life and a lot abo...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-380-beverly-dangelo

So this, as with all the premium eps, is in addition to the regular podcasts. What you will hear here is Andy and I talking about the ep. The full episode is at    for $2. No obligation, hund...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-379-live-at-dc-drafthouse-with-michelle-thaller

So this, as with all the premium eps, is in addition to the regular podcasts. What you will hear here is Andy and I talking about the ep. The full episode is at    for $2. No obligation, hund...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-378-live-in-portland-at-all-jane-fest-with-rocket-mean

Coffee Mugs! HGTV, Beverly Hills Cop, Poker! All of these things come up! Jackie Fabulous (@jackiefabulous) is a great comic and loves SO MANY THINGS. I mostly dork out about how Jackie and I nev...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-377-jackie-fabulous

Cooking! Ahmed Bharoocha (@ahmedbharoocha) is on the show and we wander around toys and hats and harry potter, then settle IN!! There’s peppers consumed and talked about and recipes revealed. A...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-376-ahmed-bharoocha

Barbie. The dolls. But really, the clothes. Brittnee Braun ( @brittneebraun) makes clothes for cosplay (for you if you want!!) and Barbie was a big part of her learning that that was what she wan...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-375-brittnee-braun

So this, as with all the premium eps, is in addition to the regular podcasts. What you will hear here is Andy and I talking about the ep. The full episode is at    for $2. No obligation, hund...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-374-live-in-toronto-at-jfl42

TDF 373 Stu Goldsmith Boardgames with stories. That’s Stuart Goldsmith’s jam. @comcompod and . British comic and podcaster and game lover. We talked for an hour then Andy came home and we pla...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-373-stu-goldsmith

Disneyland! Geoffrey Golden (@geoffreygolden from devastatorpress.com and his podcast, Two Packs a Week on iTunes) loves the popular rides of Disney land and world but, also, the ones that didn�...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-372-geoffrey-golden

Samurai Surfer Graham Elwood (@grahamelwood) collects swords, studies martial arts and surfs. I become jealous at several points. He co-founded the @lapodfest and has a great podcast called @come...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-371-graham-elwood

The Exorcist. SPOILER ALERT (from 1973)  Carlos Alazraqui (@carlosalazraqui and ) likes The Exorcist. And it’s fascinating. Wanna guess if I’ve ever seen it? Such a great episode. Find him o...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-370-carlos-alazraqui

So this, as with all the premium eps, is in addition to the regular podcasts. What you will hear here is Andy and I talking about the ep. The full episode is at    for $2. No obligation, hund...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-369-live-premium-ep-at-oddblock-comedy-fest

Law and Order SVU and Criminal Intent. Just those two. Martha Kelly (@marthakelly3 and ) likes a DARK procedural. Cuz there’s backstory. Because there’s character development. Because her sis...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-368-martha-kelly

Pirates! ARG. Phil Johnson (@roadsidephil and philjohnsoncomedy.com) has a pirate podcast! UnderTheCrossbones.com and he is all over every part of pirates that you’re willing to talk about. Old...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-367-phil-johnson

Your parents love you because you have compassion for your parents. Tarot Cards. There is a LOT of paranormal stuff talked about, around, at… Karen Rontowski (karenrontowski.com and @rontowski)...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-366-karen-rontowski

Ashley Esqueda (@ashleyesqueda and ashleyesqueda.com) has a talkshow about future tech and we never DO address the video game that she mentions in the beginning of this show J. (No Man’s Sky if...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-365-ashley-esqueda

So this, as with all the premium eps, is in addition to the regular podcasts. What you will hear here is Andy and I talking about the ep. The full episode is at    for $2. No obligation, hundre...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-364-maria-bamford-live-at-just-for-laughs-montreal

Amy Dallen (@enthusiamy and Future Girl (@futuregirlshow)  ) is awesome. SO MANY DORKDOMS. We scratched the surface with the video game Loom (which I must now find), we talk a little tabletop RP...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-363-amy-dallan

Golf. For a full hour, Rory Scovel (@RoryScovel and RoryScovel.com) explains the minutia that is the sport of GOLF! It’s soothing and fascinating all at once. I forget to be enraged about sexis...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-362-rory-scovel

HORROR movies! Joe Derosa (of @joederosacomedy and Fangoria podcast: We’ll See You in Hell) Again I larn more about scary stuff. Then we weed off into the joy that are the works of Paul Giamatt...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-361-joe-derosa

Roller Derby.  Robin Ryan (@robinryan200 and ) has played, loves and made great friends from Roller Derby. So interesting. So great. Enjoy. WELCOME to year TEN of TDF. Premium eps are taped live...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-360-robin-ryan

SPOILER ALERT ABOUT A BOOK WRITTEN 150 years ago! Alice in Wonderland and Lewis Carroll. A lot. Heather Simmons (@everywherealice and ) knows of that which she loves. I learn stuff. Not as much a...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-359-heather-simmons

Cricket. The freaking game of Cricket. I feel like I’ve waited my whole life for this. Wil Anderson (@wil_anderson and , aussie comic and friend of the show tells me HOW IT’S PLAYED. Finally....

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-358-wil-anderson

So this, as with all the premium eps, is in addition to the regular podcasts. What you will hear here is Andy and I talking about the ep. The full episode is at    for $2. No obligation, hundre...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-357-live-ep-with-ronald-wimberly

Traveling. Getting OUT there. Getting to SEE stuff. Lahna Turner (@allthingscomedy pod Perfect 10 and @lahnaturner) has been to a BUNCH of places and we hear some hair raising tales. Enjoy! NOTE:...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-356-lahna-turner

Zombies. I question. I am answered and then it becomes clear I’ve thought about them too much. Ivan Van Norman (@Hydra_Lord) has wallowed in the lore. He then helped publish an RPG tabletop gam...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-355-ivan-van-norman-andy-ashcraft

Private Eyes. Gumshoes. Sarah Urling (@sarah_the_pi from Gailey Associates in OC) loved the idea so much she became one and still reads/watches and thinks a lot about the private eyeball job. It�...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-354-sarah-urling

Meditating. Laura House (@imlaurahouse and of the podcast laura house at large) is a comic and fascinating. We wander. We concentrate. A perfect storm of a dorkdom because Laura wants to make fun...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-353-laura-house

Sex and the City. The TV show. Erin Judge (@erinjudge) is a comic and has her first NOVEL is coming out in August – you can pre-order it! The TV show Sex and the City. Not the movies. Not the b...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-352-erin-judge

Bravo shows. All of them. Ronnie Karam (of @RonnieKaram and the podcast Watch What Crappens and ) watches all of it and loves it and hates it. And I do not disappoint if you wondered if I still d...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-351-ronnie-karam

Glue guns and Harry Potter. Comic books and Costumes. Gina Devivo (@ginasauruss and Future Girl ) is awesome. You will love. WELCOME to year TEN of TDF. Premium eps (they cost $2ea) are taped liv...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-350-gina-devivo

Figuring out what comes next and not freaking out about it. Moon Zappa (@moonzappa) and I talk nesting then weed the hell OFF. It’s fascinating. You will like. Enjoy.  WELCOME to year TEN of T...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-349-moon-zappa

This is an add-on to TDF. It's an "after" show so this opens with the Mike Ruekberg rendition of "Mexican Hat Dance" and continues from there. I read emails from April of 2015. We will eventually...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/dork-addendum-sixteen

Superman. Meet Dash Kwiatkowski (@thetrollverine). He likes Superman better than Batman. That comes up. Dash is a comic and loves him some Superman. And Green Lantern. And I learn stuff about mor...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-348-dash-kwiatkowski

Potatoes. I mentioned I like em but don’t love em. Riley Silverman (@ryesilverman and www.rileysilverman.com) and I talk a LOT about Trader Joe tater tots. And, also a verbal tour of places in ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-347-riley-silverman

Pro Wrestling. There is so much love and so many angles to this dorkdom. Mike Lawrence (@theMikeLawrence and www.mikelawrencecomedy.com) is a great comic you guys. He also is knows both the light...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-346-mike-lawrence

The Beatles. Jamie Flam @jamieflam has two podcasts @longshotpodcast and Gatekeeper Podcast. He grew up here and has Beatles information for me. As per usual, when music is the dorkdom, I panicke...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-345-jamie-flam

This is an add-on to TDF. It's an "after" show so this opens with the Mike Ruekberg rendition of "Mexican Hat Dance" and continues from there. This one is SPECIAL. OH I read old emails and commen...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/dork-addendum-fifteen-long-ago-and-far-away

Clowning. Robotech. Holy hell. It’s all happening, you guys. Heather Wood (@heather__wood) from @futuregirlshow on youtube talks Clowns, Anime, Neverending Story. It’s a great one. Enjoy. WEL...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-344-heather-wood

The Green Bay Packers. Nate Craig (@NateCraigLive on everything) is a comic, from Wisconsin and loves ALL sports. But we never DO get past the football team, The Green Bay Packers (did you know t...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-343-nate-craig

Summer Camp! Like a whole summer of camp. Standup comic Kara Klenk (@KaraKlenk) was sent away for weeks on end and she still has those friends. She’s still dorking out. I get it. Fascinating. E...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-342-kara-klenk

Knitting! I learn the ins and outs of knitting. GET IT? With standup comic Cathy Ladman (@cathyladman) and, then, at the end, we weed off into movies. Heh. Fun. Enjoy. WELCOME to year TEN of TDF....

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-341-cathy-ladman

Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Finally. Barbara Holm, comic from Portland Oregon (@barbara_holm ) knows a LOT. We delve into some other vampire stuff too. Good times. I know a little. I learn more. Th...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-340-barbara-holm

The Spanish invasion of the Americas. And the impetus for this? To write women’s historical fiction research! Also called a “discovering.” Sovereign Syre (@SovereignSyre and )       ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-339-sovereign-syre

Chess. The game. Also, awesome mention of the MUSICAL! Comic, writer TJ Chambers (@tjchambersLA) talks Chess and introduces me, slowly, back into the game. It’s a good one. Enjoy. NOTE: My brot...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-338-tj-chambers

Comic book Art. Jeff May (@heytherejeffro) has been following artists for longer than I’ve been reading comics and I hear some names, you guys. It’s great. Enjoy!! WELCOME to year TEN of TDF....

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-337-jeff-may

LIVE in Los Angeles @riotla with Dana Gould (@DanaGould), Ken Daly (@unclegoopy) and Matt Weinhold (@mattweinhold). The talk turns to Star Wars, Star Trek and MANY actors I’ve never heard of…...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-337p-premium-episode-from-lariotfest-w-dana-gould-ken-daly-and-matt-weinhold

The Oregon Trail video game. In depth, with enthusiasm, from comic Jim Stewart Allen (@jimstewartallen ). This episode is so great. For so many reasons. Enjoy. WELCOME to year TEN of TDF. Voting ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-336-jim-stewart-allen

Andy Kindler (@andykindler) and Bobby Tisdale (@bobbytisdale) in a bonus PREMIUM episode LIVE in San Francisco @sfsketchfest at the San Francisco Punchline. Breakfast foods and coffee are discuss...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-336p-premium-episode-from-sketchfest

Marching Band, Future Farmers and then, we get into it; Photography. I talked with avid Ranger of The Dork Forest Maegahn Steele. Both of us describe her photos. For an audio audience. OH… we g...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-335-maegahn-steele

Pink Floyd. The band. I learn about the band Pink Floyd. Strap in for what I do not know. With comic Dave Waite (@davewaitecomedy ) Oh yes. I know nothing. Enjoy. I did. WELCOME to year TEN of TD...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-334-dave-waite

MMA. Comedy and MMA. Photography and Comedy and MMA. Troy Conrad (@troyconrad , co-creator of Set List on Nerdist’s Youtube and has pictures up at ). We wander and there is talk of hitting. And...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-333-troy-conrad

Pretty Little Liars. I did their podcast (@pretttylittlepod and ) and asked if they wanted to be on TDF. “What will you dork out about?” I asked. Without looking at each other they said, “u...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-332-ben-and-melissa

Fan Fic. Hobbit/LOTR/Silmarillian fan fic. Harry Potter. Hamilton even! Oh yes. AND… this is the first TNG TDF – cuz this is a teenager daughter of a friend of mine who is a fully fledged dor...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-331-fishydwarrows

Silent Hill. Horror Video Games. Brock Wilbur is a comic and writer (@brockwilbur, hosts 2 pods “Brock Party” and “Laughing At Archaeologists” and has comedy albums and road dates brockwi...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-330-brock-wilbur

Starships. The art. The probability. The history of Starships on TV and Movies according to Robert Hurt (@astrorob and astronomyviz on wordpress) astrophysicist and astrophotographer for the Spit...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-329-robert-hurt

This is a bonus PREMIUM EP.. Recorded Live in Atlanta at the Highland Ballroom. The track playing here is the, normally, free bonus track of Andy and I discussing the show. So give me $2 for the ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-328-hollis-gillespie-premium-ep

Baking! Happy Holidays you guys. Lesley Tsina (@lesleytsina and ) has a book Restart Me Up: The Unauthorized, Un-Accurate Oral History of Windows 95 is now available in print and ebook on  and ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-327-lesley-tsina

Hamilton. Without enough information (neither of us has seen it) Pat Susmilch (@psusmilch and ) talk and talk. Then we go through his reading list, which is culled from the American Library Assoc...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-326-pat-susmilch

This is a bonus PREMIUM EP.. Recorded Live in San Francisco at DocsLab. The track here is the, normally, bonus track of Andy and I discussing the show. So give me $2 for the whole thing on  Here...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-325-gail-carriger-premium-ep

Ghosts. Suzy Soro (@hotcomestodie on twitter and here’s her books!!! ) and I talk a LOT about Ghosts. We weed off about France (we recorded this before the Paris attack but after Charlie Hebdo)...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-324-suzy-soro

The X Files. I don’t know anything about this show. I’ve seen four. Amanda (@chez_Amanda and ) does. A lot. I learn stuff. It’s a good one. And. Finally! Enjoy. It’s NOVEMBER… Donate to...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-323-chez-amanda

Minutia about Minutia. Trivia. Steve Young (@steveyoungrocks and ) does trivia. He writes trivia. He knows things. He loves weird facts and extrapolating offa that. I can’t stop laughing and kn...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-322-steve-young

Comedy can mean different things to different people. And when you see a comic you don’t like; leave. It has nothing to do with you. You should have youtube googled him. Ryan Stout (@stoutryan)...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-321-ryan-stout

Beer and boardgames. Wil Wheaton (@wilw) makes beer. He’s also WIL WHEATON. I learn about how to make beer (being from Wisconsin doesn’t preclude this learning) and we talk about games. It’...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-320-wil-wheaton

This is a PREMIUM EP.. recorded live. The track here is, what is normally, the free bonus track of Andy and I discussing the show. So give me $2 for the whole thing on Here is a clip of the show:...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdfep319-landry-walker

Old timey photo booths. Breanna Conley (@saturnbooth ) has begun collecting 1950’s photo booths. To her fella’s eternal patience and, one day, income-filled joy. I learn a lot about Breanna, ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-316-breanna-conley

Jay Z is very important to Dwayne Perkins (a great comic and podcaster @funnydp and @movienightcast). I learn the who and whyfor and I weed off and he gets us back to dork out on Jay Z. heh. You ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-315-dwayne-perkins

The housewife love is REAL. I don’t know nuffin about no reality shows… but Jay Mohr (@jaymohr37) does and he reveals it all. He’s also got a new special out called Happy. And A Lot. Get on...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-314-jay-mohr

"Bad" Movies don't know their bad. Danielle Radford (@DanielleRadford) loves a lot of things. We could have talked comic books or TV but we talked “movies” … of a certain kind. A bad movies...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-313-danielle-radford

The 70’s is a great decade for FILM! And movies. And Greg Proops (@gregproops) has more information and stories and the great great tales of a LOT of them. Live @lapodfest in front of an amazin...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/live-tdf-312-lapodfest-with-greg-proops

Juggler, Banjo Player & Cartoonist for the New Yorker; multifaceted dork diamond Matthew Diffee (@MatthewDiffee) will dork out about banjos and jugglin! His book is good. His comics are smart and...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-311-matthew-diffee

This is an add-on to TDF. It's an "after" show so this opens with the Mike Ruekberg rendition of "Mexican Hat Dance" and continues from there. I do the audio on this so it doesn't sound as good a...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/dork-addendum-thirteen

David Koechner (@davidkoechner) is a great comic and actor and is loves him a non fiction history book. In paper, on audio, probably as a kindle. He also has five kids. We talk all over the place...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-310-david-koechner

Rain Harvesting and Sand Hydroponics you guys. Marc Price cares and wants us all to care about water! I care now!! Marc is on twitter @MarcPriceNow and and he’s doing MONTHS of roadwork this fa...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-309-marc-price

A childhood SAVED BY THE BELL! See what I did there? Sumukh Torgalkar (@sumukhcomedy ) just really likes that show. Still. And still watches it … a lot. I’ve barely seen it so I get a blow by...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-308-sumukh-torgalkar

This is an add-on to TDF. It's an "after" show so this opens with the Mike Ruekberg rendition of "Mexican Hat Dance" and continues from there. I read old emails and comments, and we will eventual...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/dork-addendum-twelve

Redemption of a supervillain. That’s Stephen Brophy (@StephenBrophy ) dorkdom. He loves the idea, he loves to read about them… he loves to write about them. Tis superhero PROSE you guys. We d...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-307-stephen-brophy

Using Dorkdoms to deal with Depression. Paul Gilmartin (@mentalpod  and ) is a multifaceted dork woodworking, guitar, hockey and the video game Civilization are dorked out upon. I’m a sloppy t...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-306-paul-gilmartin

Surfing! Murray Valeriano (@MurrayV) and Monty Franklin (@MontyFranklin) are comics who, happen, to surf. They put up shows (with other comics who surf ) and came and talked about surfing a lot. ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-305-murray-valeriano-and-monty-franklin

Puzzles, words and language… Zach Sherwin (@zachsherwin) is a comic and rapper and genuinely wants to do all things that involve that figuring out how to communicate. He loves puzzles, we DO a ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-304-zach-sherwin

V-POTUS are celebrated by Matt Saxe (@vpmattsaxe and ). He does improv, has founded a theater group and is a filmmaker. He knows, by @jasonklamm’s own suggestion, MORE about Vice Presidents… ...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEP303_-_MattSaxe.mp3

Liz Miele (@LizMiele and her webseries ) is a comic and actress and producer. She loves CATS, Self Help, and Animation. A multifaceted dork and she is GREAT!! You will love. I know.   We all kno...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-302-liz-miele-knows-cats

Petey Gibson () loves vaudeville, burlesque and the circus. She does standup and characters (the BEST, for ME is her “Mary Dolan” character)… heh. We talk and I hear more great stories abou...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-301-petey-gibson-loves-theater

Amy Shira Teitel (@ASTVinateSpace and writer for Popular Science: ) is the PERFECT person to explain the space program to me. I couldn’t even remember the shape of the rockets. She knows stuff....

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-300-amy-shira-teitel-knows-space

Eli Olsberg (@eliolsberg) is a comic and loves the various cults that are in Los Angeles and then we GET to his love of TJ Hooker. A lot. You will like. We all know I have an hour comedy video ou...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEP299_-_EliOlsberg.mp3

This is an add-on to TDF. It's an "after" show so this opens with the Mike Ruekberg rendition of "Mexican Hat Dance" and continues from there. I read old emails and comments, and we will eventual...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/DorkAddendum11.mp3

Jason Klamm (@jklamm @comedyonvinyl) is a podcaster and lover of vice presidents, lego (more lego!) and archiving, cataloging LIFE! We meander because he’s the sixth episode I did that week and...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEP298_-_JasonKlamm.mp3

This LIVE EP is on  - in an effort to pay for the live eps... they are set at a premium. So they're $2. I don't know how special they are, BUT, there are hundreds of free eps on www.dorkforest.c...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEP296PhoneBonus.mp3

Tommy Ryman (@tommyryman) is a great comic and loves him some Lego. We (Rangers and me) are reminded that Lego is the plural of Lego. He’s also REALLY excited that there’s to be a new Ernest ...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEP297_-_TommyRyman.mp3

Maria Tornburg (@mariatornberg & mariatornberg.com) played the most memorable part in Super Troopers (2001) and we dork out about Sweden, Art, Photography and life in general. She’s a delight. ...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEP295_-_MariaTornberg.mp3

Retta is an actress and standup comic (). She has a love of a TV show (dramas) and handbags. I know nothing of the “purse” but I give it a shot. WE BOTH SPELL HERMES wrong. Things happen you ...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEP294_-_Retta.mp3

This LIVE EP is on https://thedorkforest.bandcamp.com - in an effort to pay for the live eps... I'm trying to make them special. So far the most special thing is that they are live and that's nea...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEP293PhoneBonus.mp3

Aubrey Webber (one of the duo who are GREAT (on twitter @thedoubleclicks) we talk technical musical software and cello and music theory… we get SUPER dorky. Oh. It’s good. Enjoy. This episode...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEp292_-_AubreyWebber.mp3

Angela Webber (one of the duo who are GREAT (on twitter @thedoubleclicks) takes up the dare to go DEEP into minutia… we talk public documents you guys!! Then it’s Animal Crossing, Minecraft a...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEP291_-_AngelaWebber.mp3

Cari Carter (@motokittypdx and crafty stuff at ... Is crafty. She also loves BLAZERS. And we were IN Portland, OR so I thought she liked lady-jackets a LOT. She, it turns out, likes a basketball ...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEP290_-_CariCarter.mp3

Mary Kennedy (@ohmaryshow @mkcomedy ohmaryshow.com) knows of crap reality shows and stars and the reason for it all. We dork out hard about reality tv (along the lines of Teen Mom, Real Housewive...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEP289_-_MaryKennedy.mp3

Steve Mazan (@Steve_Mazan ) is a comic and got cancer and it sped up his need to live his dream of being on Letterman. It worked!! He dorked out about all the Late Night shows… he’s a late ni...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEp288_-_SteveMazan.mp3

Michelle McNamara (@truecrimediary &  ) returns to get me up to date on Robert Durst, crime technology and it is so great… again!! You will love this ep. Enjoy. This episode is sponsored by �...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEP287_-_MichelleMcNamara.mp3

Alexandra Klimavich (@lifeinanutshel on twitter) is my kind of fan. Harry Potter, Disney, Star Wars, Pokemon… she’s the real deal you guys. Strap in. You will love. We all know I have an hour...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEP286_-_AlexandraKlimavich.mp3

Ian Abramson (@ianabramson on twitter and ) is a comic and actor and we talk for a HALF hour about McDonald’sLand. Then we talk about Buster Keaton. Both dorkdoms are crazy fascinating. He has ...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEP285_-_IanAbramson.mp3

Brian Upton (@bbupton) works at Sony Playstation and I learn about the Origin of DnD and then we get INTO it about The Aesthetics of Play. Why we play games!! Oddly, he has a book just out from M...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEP284_-_BrianUpton.mp3

Kerry Jackson ( and ) talk out the minutia of Marvel, DC and fandom in general. We channel our inner grandparents and speak to how great “you kids have it with your internet.”  Live in SLC ...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEp283-KerryJacksonLIVE.mp3

M Dickson (@awkpaupro and ) is comic and writer. And loves country music. We talked a LOT. She got to talk too. I hope you will enjoy. I did. Which is a good sign, in my opinion. And it’s my sh...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEP282_-_MDickson.mp3

This is an add-on to TDF. It's an "after" show so this opens with the Mike Ruekberg rendition of "Mexican Hat Dance" and continues from there. I read old emails and comments, and we will eventual...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/DorkAddendumTEN.mp3

Joe Zimmerman (@joezimmerman ) is a great comic has been working on himself since college. “If there were a book that told me every step of how to best live my life I would be all about it.” ...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEP281_-_JoeZimmerman.mp3

Shane Mauss (@shanecomedy ) is a great comic and loves him some sexy science. The technical term is evolutionary psychology and biology. It’s racy. Another great one. Enjoy! He’s got a podcas...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEP280_-_ShaneMauss.mp3

Brian Kiley (@KileyNoodles and BrianKiley.com) is a comic, writer for Conan and loves him a Presidential Biography. I learn stuff. Anecdotes are shared and too many books and authors are mentione...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEP279_-_BrianKiley.mp3

This is an add-on to TDF. It's an "after" show so this opens with the Mike Ruekberg rendition of "Mexican Hat Dance" and continues from there. I read old emails and comments, and we will eventual...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/DorkAddendumNINE.mp3

Dan St. Germain (@DSGermain and ) is a comic and we get DEPRESSED!! He likes “depressing literature” and Murder. Yes. Murder. I like him. I decided I didn’t need to call social services on ...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEP278_-_DanStGermain.mp3

Mike Olson (@devlin1) is a game designer and so we talk a fair amount about gaming. Andy Ashcraft  sits in (as per usual when gaming comes up…heh) and then we do that thing, where we find OTHE...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEP277_-_MikeOlson.mp3

Beth Littleford (@bethlittleford) is a comedic actress (adults will remember her as a segment "reporter" on The Daily Show) that is on DOG WITH A BLOG. She loves THE DANCE... real dancing, but al...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEP276_-_BethLittleFord.mp3

Leann Olsen (@geekiana) is back! She did a SHORT ep about Doctor Who and is now back to let loose her love of Musical Theater. Heh. I love it too… but I tend to weed off. She has DEEP dork cred...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEP275_-_LeannOlson.mp3

Page Branson (@page_branson, @level7accesspod and her art is at ) is an artist. I finally get someone to tell me what Sailor Moon is without me having to watch Sailor Moon!! She is NOT in the Nav...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEP274_-_PageBranson.mp3

It's the add-on to TDF. It's an "after" show so this opens with the Mike Ruekberg rendition of "Mexican Hat Dance" so I talk as it closes www.thedorkforest.com and begin this... I read old emails...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/DorkAddendumEIGHT.mp3

Sean Crespo (@seancrespo on twitter) is comic, actor and writer. For the purpose of our setting… he freaking loves Dune. And he holds the heck FORTH. It’s great. for too much info. Enjoy!! Th...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEP273_-_SeanCrespo.mp3

Will Miles (@MrWillMiles) is a great NY comic and we talk about Romantic Comedies (it’s one of my own dorkdoms so I talk over him a bit…grr, learn to shut it, Kashian!) … so I’m glad we m...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEP272_-_WillMiles.mp3

LIVE at NYCPodfest! Bridget Everett (@bridgeteverett) is great. Singer, comic, actress…  has a show at The Public Theater called Rock Bottom. Her dorkdom? Sincerity. Not even kidding. I think ...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEP271_-_BridgetEverett.mp3

Andy Levitt… from Live Nation, loves ALL SPORTS… Let’s just say that I know nothing about all of these sports and I think I even wreck the Harlem Globetrotters joke I attempt. NOTE: We are ...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEP270_-_AndyLevitt.mp3

Christian Brown, Roselle Hurley and Andy Ashcraft finally tell us what LARPing is and it ends too soon. Because they all needed to go play a game. Yes. You can play or follow along here:  Do it....

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEP269_-_LARPTalk.mp3

Tammy Pescatelli (@ is a great comic and loves a thrift store. Then I run out of questions, because the air in Aspen CO is shy of needed oxygen… so we switch to her love of Vampires. Yes. Vampi...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEP268_-_TammyPescatelli.mp3

It's the add-on to TDF. I read old emails and comments, and will eventually catch up.  I tell you more about MY dorky thing for this week, so, who knows. In any case, thanks for listening. It's ...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/DorkAddendumSEVEN.mp3

Beth Schumann (@BethSchumann) is a comic and LOVES a mushroom. A fungus. Latin names and everything!! This is a great episode. And neither of us eat or die from muchrooms. Enjoy!!We all know I ha...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEp267-BethSchumann.mp3

Ngaio Bealum (@Ngaio420) is comic and proud dork sex and weed. Weirdly, his new CD is called “Weed and Sex” … we discuss both of those things. I am slightly out of my depth. Not a dick joke...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEP266_-_NgaioBealum.mp3

Kelly Carlin (@Kelly_Carlin) is a great storyteller and has a solo show/new book coming out soon and all that info is on her twitter and We all know I have an hour comedy video out at right? Cuz ...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEp265_-_KellyCarlin.mp3

Joseph Scrimshaw (@josephscrimshaw) is a great comic and writer and has come to TDF to FINALLY defend the Star Wars prequels. It’s not a BAD defense either. It’s a great episode you guys. I k...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEP264_-_JosephScrimshaw.mp3

It's the add-on to TDF. I read old emails and comments, and will eventually catch up.  I tell you more about MY dorky thing for this week, so, who knows. In any case, thanks for listening. It's ...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/DorkAddendumSIX.mp3

Ron Funches (@ronfunches) is a great comic and actor from Portland, OR and he brings the twin dorkdoms of wrestling and video games to my living room. So fun. He Loves Lucy, he loves marijuana…...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEp263-RonFunches.mp3

Suli McCullough (@SuliMcCullough) is comic, writer, actor and SNEAKERHEAD. So much info. So much sneaker talk. For real. You’re welcome. This month our sponsor is Bob Calhoun! You might remembe...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEP262_-_SuliMcCullough.mp3

Tony Sam (@toekneesam). He has a degree in Marine Biology. He’s a fish dork. Scuba dork. AND a great comic! New album too. Get on it. Fish. It’s great. Enjoy. This month our sponsor is Bob Ca...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEP261_-_TonySam.mp3

Jimmy Pardo (@jimmypardo)   is a comic, writer and podcast host (Never Not Funny) and talks about the band… CHICAGO for, easily, 30 minutes this episode.  Other bands are mentioned and some c...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEP260_-_JimmyPardo.mp3

It's the add on to TDF. I read old emails and comments, and will eventually catch up.  I tell you more about MY dorky thing for this week, so, who knows. In any case, thanks for listening. It's ...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/DorkAddendumFive.mp3

Laraine Newman (@LaraineNewman) is LARAINE NEWMAN. From SNL she is actress, writer and kept doing awesome character voices which blew me away. Her dorkdoms are scary movies and then we get INTO i...

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Emily Heller (@MrEmilyHeller)   is a comic, writer and actress (TBS “Ground Floor”). She is a penpal, experiences ASMR and we both love on High School Debate. So good. Enjoy. This month our ...

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It's the add on to TDF. I read old emails and comments, and will eventually catch up.  I tell you more about MY dorky thing for this week, so, who knows. In any case, thanks for listening. It's ...

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Matt Oswalt (@puddinstrip) is actor, director and a guy that likes JEANS… knows how to care for them. Knows what THEY want. He’s also obsessed with the longest of all walks. Up Hill. Hiking. ...

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Jared Logan (@jaredlogan) you guys. Medieval and Renaissance history. So fun. I learned stuff. I was reminded of stuff. We celebrate a LOT of historical fiction and, get this… he reads non fict...

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Joe Wilson (@vampiremob and @joewilsontv) started The Dork Forest in 2006 then went on to teach himself directing, screenwriting and, now, graphic novel writing. So great. We dork out HARD about ...

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Jesse Case (@jessecase) returns! He was a lego dork in 2010 and this ep we talk about his typewriter collection and we weed of HARD CORE into WW2. Listen to us both put our feet in our mouths… ...

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Debra DiGiovanni (@DebraDiGiovanni and DebraDG.com) is a delite. Prepare yourselves to be CHARMED. Holy smokes. Some television dorking, some animal movies “sharks are smart” and we close on ...

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Is it dum? It is an add on. I read old emails and comments, and will eventually catch up.  I tell you more about MY dorky thing for this wee, so, who knows. In any case, thanks for listening. It...

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Kipleigh Brown  (@kipleighbrown) is a sketch comic and actress and is in a couple episodes of the ongoing series !  We talk wigs, “music” to sleep to, SCIENCE! And, of course, Star Trek. Ch...

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Eddie Pepitone (@eddiepepitone) is a great comic and has a new special for streaming on Netflix called “In Ruins.” Check it out. We dork out VERY specifically about Hockey. I know. HOCKEY! So...

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Sandra Daugherty (@sexnerdsandra) is a sex educator and podcaster on the Nerdist podcasting network. All the info is at We don’t talk about sex so much. We talk about makeup, hair and fashion. ...

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Is it dum? It is an add on. Willl I do more of them? It was fun to read old emails and comments. I tell you more about MY dorky thing for this wee, so, who knows. In any case, thanks for listenin...

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Brian Regan (@brianregancomic) is a great comic and you should go see him. Smart, silly... all good things. We are on his tour bus at 1am, so we are punchy. Which is all to the good of exacerbati...

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Ben Acker (@bnacker) is a writer of many things. With his parter Ben Blacker – yes, they know, I love Thrilling Adventure Hour the show. Now it’s a comic, they’re writing other comics and t...

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Is it dum? It is an add on. Willl I do more of them? It was fun to read old emails and comments. So, who knows. In any case, thanks for listening. You can email me at jackie@jackiekashian.com and...

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Kate Flannery (@kateflannery) is so great. She loves movies pre Hay’s Code in Hollywood and we get into Shirley Temple movies. And a lot of other stuff. So great. You know her from The Office�...

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Nic Dressel (@nicdressel) is a man that knits Harry Potter scarves. He loves Harry Potter and we dork out HARD core about books. We talk books but we weed off into Mrs. Doubtfire and My Little Po...

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Brittnee Braun (@Brittneebraun) makes cosplay costumes and loves all things fabric and fashion and sewing and it all comes together so that she can dress up like Batgirl Poison Ivy or various Ste...

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Ron Babcock (@ronbabcock) is a great comic and a guy who likes things to look NICE. We go through it all… his semester at sea, his tour in a vintage Benz. Then… it gets real with talk of deco...

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Peter Adkison owns GenCon . He’s the founder of Wizards of the Coast and has been instrumental in my gaming life. Magic the Gathering. Dungeons and Dragons and, now… and for some time… boar...

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Ed Baraf (@ebaraf and ) and Andy Ashcraft () are game designers and are DIPPED in all games. We talk mostly boardgames in this episode because Ed, generally a video game designer has developed a ...

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Sean Patton () is from New Orleans and we dork out LIVE, at the first ever Chicago Comedy Exposition, about the city of his birth. New Orleans. He’s great. You will enjoy. This month our sponso...

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Doug Mellard is an Austin comedian and HE, , enjoys the wonderful world of MAGNUM P.I. And we talk about it. We weed off into the world of Sega Genesis briefly. Heh. Enjoy.   This month our spon...

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Rhea Butcher (@rheabutcher) () is a Chicago comic and also has podcasts. Fun. PYHT and a Maximum Fun podcast, WHAM BAM POW on iTunes. She loves her some Back to the Future. A Lot. Let's do this. ...

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Eric Hollerbach (@erichollerbach) is a comic, podcaster (Highway Diary – we record his right after this, wherein he has found every embarrassing thing I’ve said online and asks me about it . ...

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I’m still A-Kon. Andy () taught a game design workshop at A-Kon and Josh Jordan () LIVES in Dallas and makes, as a hobby SO FAR, tabletop RPGs. So the two of them dork out about game mechanics...

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Helen McCarthy (@tweetheart4711 & ) is, possibly, the GREATEST guest that has been. And that is saying a lot! We talk romance novels. She is a little quiet on the mic but it's totally worth it. ...

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Kristen McGuire (@kriscomics on twitter ) makes manga, watches manga, does voice work and this is a weird audio filled challenge. But Manga, My Little Pony and all things tiny and adorable are di...

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Wil Anderson (@Wil_Anderson) is a great comic, has a fun podcast TOFOP on All Things Comedy () and we talk a LOT about Batman. The movies. And the superhero. THEN it’s all AFL (Australian Rules...

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Emo Philips is one of the greatest writers of the standup comedy EVER. A silly, happy man. He’s on. But Nathan and Jonathan and I dork out AT Emo for a glorious 40min episode. I am clearly exci...

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Mark Alan Miller (@markalanmiller) likes Horror, scary stuff and has collected MANY of them on that genre known as V.H.S. Mark writes, produces, and directs original content alongside master of h...

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Julie Klausner (@julieklausner on twitter) is a funny writer, podcaster and hellova smart woman. http://julieklausner.com/ for links to her podcast (How Was YOUR Week?), her upcoming pilot and al...

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Myq Kaplan (@myqkaplan on twitter) is comedian, podcaster and wordsmith! He loves him some letters that form words that make sentences and we talk about them. Using words of our own. Podcast: htt...

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Live from Austin, TX Moontower Comedy Fest - Randy and Jason Sklar, Erin Foley (@sklarbros and @erinfoleycomic on twitter) talk about baseball and sports and it makes me WANT to want to get INTO ...

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W. Kamau Bell (@wkamaubell on twitter) and wkamaubell.com is a great comic and a fine advocate for the movie Rocky 2. So great an episode. Then we weed off into the world of Bruce Lee. You will e...

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Emily Gordon (@thegynomite on twitter,) is the co-host of The Indoor Kids on Nerdist.  We dork out about breakfast. It's good times. Tune in and enjoy. This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Fin...

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Michael Dorsher (@dorsher on twitter) is my guest. He’s a comic and comedy producer and we talk Hong Kong and then  We are live in HK, the intro got cut off… but we’re at the FIRST Hong Ko...

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She’s BACK! Kelly Anneken (@thefatling) LIVE at the Green Gravel Comedy Festival in Toledo IOWA. Yes, Iowa. Kelly gets into American Girl Dolls. SO much. So great. Her website is Up Yours Downs...

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Jeopardy winner, author and personable dork… Ken Jennings! @kenjennings is so fascinating. Geo-caching. This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial planner, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! She...

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Slow Clap Jock (supporter of nerds and dorks everywhere), Jay Mohr (@jaymohr37)  comes into The Dork Forest! He’s a guy that is THERE for the nerd who “does it right.” All of this is me ex...

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For so long… I’ve been trying to get John Roy () on the show. Warhammer. Comic Books. We talk at about a MILLION miles an hour. Good luck. It’s great. This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!!...

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Louise Palanker and I talk music, documentaries and psychology. She’s a freaking dork diamond and is all over the place. She has a book, directed a movie, has an album and runs a website for wa...

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Tom Rhodes likes dead people. He is a great comic and he goes to the graves of his heroes around the world as he travels and does his LOVELY standup comedy. is his website. @_TomRhodes on twitter...

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Annabelle Guwitch is hilarious. She’s an author (newest one out this week! Called I See You Made An Effort). She loves so much awesome girly stuff and we dork out about IT. Enjoy. Gee, did you ...

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Eric Lampaert and I did a show and I was DELIGHTED to meet him. He loves Evolution. LOVES IT. I made him weed off and not evolve his theory fully. But it’s great.  NOTES: Eric's Podcast is cal...

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San Francisco Sketchfest is dorky goodness. I did a live Dork Panel with Todd Glass, Ron Funches and Janet Varney. Oh… I’ll have them back on individually because it was FASCINATING. Table se...

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Chris Mancin of s and the loves video games and we talk it up! Old games, new games, the games that we're ashamed to love, the games that got away. He also has a kickstarter to make a podcast doc...

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Robert Hack @robert_Hack is an artist and and knows a GREAT DEAL about Doctor Who. This MIGHT be the episode you've been waiting for. If you've been waiting for me to know nothing about Doctor Wh...

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Who loves the good works of the Coen Brothers? Josh Gondelman does! He's a great comic, www.joshgondelman.com and @joshgondelman on twitter, and we talk politics and characters. I didn't think I ...

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Kevin Seccia (@kevinseccia and www.kevinseccia.com) is a writer that loves to watch some Boxing, MMA and has spent some time thinking about who could beat up who. His blog www.howtobeatupanything...

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The World Champ Judah Friedlander (@JudahWorldChamp) www.judahfriedlander.com is a great comic, wonderful actor, decent human and loves him some Ping Pong. We talk it out. I learn things and then...

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Brian Thompson (@Amsci) of the podcast QUIT IT http://amateurscientist.org/ is a comedy writer (Feb 19 UCB-LA) and a self-admitted, literary nerd. We are gathered to speak fo Kurt Vonnegut, and w...

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Corey Olsen (@TolkienProf) teaches in the English Department at Washington College (in Maryland). He has a podcast as The Tolkien Professor and we talk about The Hobbit movies v the books. You'll...

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Greg Asdourian () is a San Francisco comic and loves suits and cigars and other trappings of Rodney Dangerfield's heyday. We talk it out and it's great. Enjoy. December sponsor is and she's got s...

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Ben Aller (@zoofab) is a Zoo Guy! He makes prefab vines and rocks for the animals to climb on! He knows things. We walk around the San Francisco Zoo and talk it out. Dork Expedition at the ZOO! I...

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Matt Mira (@MattMira) loves James Bond. I learn a lot. Like what he likes to do in hotel rooms after kicking some ass. Matt is on the Nerdist and another pod called James Bonding. Cuz he's a bit ...

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Leann Olsen () won the Laffster () contest wherein you get to be ON TDF. We talk crafting and Dr. Who. She's been listening to the show so long I think she KNOWS that, schedule permitting, you do...

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Brandi Brown (twitter @ItsTheBrandi) is, like most of us, a nesting doll of dorkdoms. We, eventually, get to her fascination with the current Supreme Court of the United States and local Canadian...

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Rhiannon Archer (twitter @RhiannonArcher) is a Toronto comic, hilarious lady and loves taxidermy. BUT... she doesn't love the idea of stuffing dead animals. So she makes trophy heads of stuffed a...

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Ryan Stout (@StoutRyan) is a great comic www.ryanstout.com adn a guy that is willing to "fight the man." We hash out the traffic justice system in this country, the Constitution and NONE of this ...

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This episode was LIVE Streamed through www.Laffster.com. Dana Gould (@DanJGould), Matt Weinhold (@MattWeinhold) and Shawn Sheridan talked with me about scary movies that might be palatable to me....

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Jane Edith Wilson (twitter @JaneEdithWilson) is a great actress and a good person. She's in and we talk crafts. Cuz she loves a glue gun and to knit and she will BRING the adorable into your liv...

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Mike Schmidt (twitter @the40yearoldboy) and Andy Peters (twitter @Andy_Peters) LOVE wrestling. To the tune of almost 2 hours and they want to come back. Immediately. I learned SO much that, at on...

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Michelle McNamara returns to creep me out about True Crime! (@truecrimediary & www.truecrimediary.com) and it's great. This is her third time back... we discuss home security and cops and crimina...

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Live at the LA Podcast Festival to a full crowd! It's Dork Panel with Maria Bamford, Karen Kilgariff, Murray Valeriano and Dave Anthony (stepping in for Kilgariff when she goes off to do another ...

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It's Keith and the Girl www.keithandthegirl.com week at TDF... last ep was with "the girl" (ie Chemda) and this episode is with Keith Malley, who BRINGS the dorkdom with some Hair Metal talk. I l...

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Chemda is a food dork. Not a "foodie" but probably a foodie. She is a lady that loves food. Um.. me too. So we dork it up hard core about food. She is half of a great NYC podcast called Keith and...

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Robert Hurt (www.spitzer.caltech.edu/mission/profile/50-robert-hurt) is the visualization scientist(he translates color) for the Spitzer Telescope. He works for Cal Tech, JPL and NASA... in that ...

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James Adomian (@JADOMIAN on twitter) is one of my favorite comics working today and knows that there are True and Valid conspiracies that are happening. It's not reptiles and the moon landing. He...

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Brandie Posey (@brandazzle on twitter) is a comic, podcaster (LADY TO LADY on iTunes) and REALLY wants to talk about Ska music. I, as usual with a music episode, know... NOTHING. She knows so muc...

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Kelly Anneken (@thefatling on twitter) is a San Francisco stand up comic, the comedy curator over at Pandora Radio and enjoys a nice biography. A lot. She picked her current three favorite biogra...

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Totally True. Fielding Edlow (@fieldingedlow on twitter) is a storytelling, acting, standup comic-ing lady that buys and uses stickers ALL THE TIME. www.imdb.com/name/nm3421144 A lot of people LI...

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Cameron Esposito (www.cameronesposito.com and @cameronesposito on twitter) KNOWS the history of the portrayal of lesbians on television and the movies. And, can name more actresses than I can nam...

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Moshe Kasher (http://www.moshekasher.com/ and @moshekasher on twitter) has a love of Religion. We talk about the BIG issues in a tiny tiny way. He goes into the history of various religions, his ...

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Fred Armisen (Portlandia, SNL) loves accents, drums and admires the good works of Paul McCartney. We talk music and comedy and he's a really great guy. Wow, do I learn stuff about Paul McCartney....

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Carrie Brownstein (Portlandia, Sleater-Kinney) (@Carrie_Rachel on twitter) loves books, music, socio-linguistics, dogs, guitars and I interupt almost every stoy she tells. I talk too much but she...

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Kurt Braunohler is a smart, silly, hilarious man. His LOVE of Psychogeography gives him more information about Los Angeles than I've had in 15 years of living here. His new album is available for...

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Carr D'Angelo isn't from Earth 2 but he's from Earth 2 () … get it? He is the keeper of my pull list and he knows some serious minutia… heh. His comic book store is GREAT. In Sherman Oaks, C...

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Greg Franklin  animates stuff. REALLY WELL. REALLY FUNNY. So I ask him about cartoons. A lot. We weed off into wrestling and standup and it's ALL good. He wrestled for 7 years! He's great. Enjoy...

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James P. Connolly is a comic and a great guy. He also knows about, wants to talk on, and WILL talk about - Elvis. Presley. Not Costello. Not anything else. The original king. This is so great. En...

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Lee Bennett is one of Andy's best friends and has been my DC Comic "docent" on many an occassion. You asked for more DC Comic dorking out, we bring it. Lee has many dorkdoms... this is just the f...

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TiVo sponsored TDF in June. My friend Andrew solmssen @aolmssen on twitter, has had TiVo from the beginning. He gets his TiVo accessories at WeaKnees in Culver City, so Michael Adberg came over. ...

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Live from Limstone Comedy fest in Bloomington, IN at the Comedy Attic. Dayna Thompson brings her interest in all things Sasquatch with Al Jackson (remember TDF EP 123) and Graham Elwood (TDF EP 6...

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It's another great episode at A-Kon 2013. So Fun. I talked with Kyle Hebert who is the voice of Gohan on DragonballZ - so THAT was cool for me. He's also in everything else. We talk anime, voice ...

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Lisle Wilkerson grew up in Japan. I ask a LOT of very BASIC questions about Japan. She does voice work for many kick ass ladies in video games. Tekken, Street Fighter... you know. Kick ass ladies...

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Greg Proops www.gregproops.com is back! This ep is a LOT about Ancient History. As per usual I could listen to him read old timey papyrus scrolls. That's how the phone books used to come! Weird. ...

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Tracey Ashley (www.traceyashley.com) is a great comic and friend of mine from Minneapolis. She loves The Sims and we celebrate the freaking Sims. I blow off a canvasser, hardcore, in the middle o...

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(www.alleewillis.com) loves Detroit, sandwiches and kitsch. She's written songs you know. September made famous by Earth, Wind and Fire... Boogie Wonderland... the theme to Friends (I might be th...

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is from my hometown. He went to high school with my brother and he was in on the ground floor of Trek and other “fancy” bikes. He knows bikes. He loves bikes. We talk about bikes. Enjoy. DONA...

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I’m in Atlanta with and Winchester. Sarah has a podcast called : Which is excellently dorky. Her lovely and talented husband, Will, is studying to be a librarian. And he makes music! Here: He i...

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I don’t know why Janeane doesn’t have a twitter or a fb… but she doesn’t… You know who is… she and Bamford talk Beading and Suze Orman.I laugh a lot. Enjoy. DONATE folks… I’m work...

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( and @joestarr187 on twitter) is a great, dorky comic and loves Transformers. I asked for his website… he sent me this (an animated Transformer movie from another decade) so he is in the right...

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@thatchrisgore on twitter, is a professional dork and has a podcast called . He crashed my podcast… will play a little of this one on his and symbiosis is born! He’s great, you’ll love him ...

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, stand up comic from NY who loves a lot. We got a long, questiony email from James before the show and Alex answered his questions here:  Alex also enjoys comedy. His own and others. And . List...

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is such a great comic. You’ve seen him. I know you have. He’s been on Letterman 42x. And he is a Dork. VERY Specific. Very fun… and, at one point, kinda emo. Tune in; love it and him. DONAT...

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is hilarious, interesting and smart as a whip! And he loves HORSES. See what I did there? He dorks out about 4H and horses! I love horses. His podcast: about SCIENCE! He also has a new album out ...

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is an artist, performance artist and I met him in New York, watching him sing a “bad trip” (mushrooms) Operatically, in Italian, with translation on a screen behind.  @josephkeckler is his t...

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is a comic, actress and collects LUNCH BOXES! And has since I first met her. – are two podcasts that she has/does. She knows things… it’s a great ep. Tune in and Enjoy! DONATE folks… I’...

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. She . She . Yes, Frank Zappa is her dad. But, dang, she’s a GREAT first knitting dork!! Wow… do I not know about YARN. Ha@! DONATE folks… I’m working over here. or (Show schedule, t-shi...

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 makes art and loves art supplies. A lot.Not kidding. Art Supplies. He is DIPPED. It’s awesome.  I realize here are more things I know not jack about. Minerals, colors, paint, oils… all kin...

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 has a podcast called . I met him at the here in LA. He co-produces the show. We talked, he mentioned, in passing, that he's re-reading ALL of the Spiderman issues ever written. What? Okay. Get...

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did a with his buddy and made a card game. It’s the perfect example of the thing YOU love turning into work, career and even more fun. Or work. Who knows! The journey has just begun with Adam. ...

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Live at , , ,  dork panel. I, genuinely, can’t stop laughing. I don’t know how dorky it is (except I’m talking… so it HAS to be and, whenever I’m riffing with comics… I can’t �...

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Scott Rogers is an Imagineer. It’s his dream job and he’s loved Disneyland FOREVER. So… he takes me on a virtual tour. With stories. He’s great. His book, is available now. Enjoy. DONATE ...

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Live in Toronto, Canadian actors, comics and readers of books:  and  – this is so great. She loves stationary, her cat and romance novels. It’s dork panel so Sean Cullen talks history an...

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Mark Anderson is a freelance journalist and wrote a book called . He and his friend, are both “.” I know so little about Shakespeare, and I don’t really have a horse in this race, that I’...

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I know as a great comic. You might know him as a correspondent on The Daily Show. We’re at in NYC for the . Wyatt loves Animation, Puppets and Bourbon. We’re live in NYC. Great closing standu...

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is a NY comic and has a new puzzle show on NPR called . We were both told we have the same voice. I say it’s Canada and Wisconsin trying to leave our bodies. We dork out about how loud the rest...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-155-ophira-eisenberg

 is the creator of one of the earliest, safest space in comedy – The. We talk comedy and life. It's great. Enjoy.  DONATE folks… I’m working over here.  or  Credits:Patrick Brady fixes...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-154-beth-lapides

loves . He doesn’t talk about it enough for me, but we learn that he read that John Jakes series with The Bastard when he was a child. He is a walking hilarity. His website is not available so ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-153-live-with-bil-dwyer

GIANT SIZED END OF YEAR EXTRAVAGANZA! Andy said, “wanna go to the LA Auto Show”? Uh… I want to watch YOU at the LA Auto Show. And so another Dork Expedition happens. It’s sensory overload...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-152-dork-expedtion-to-the-la-auto-show

is the “lovemaster” … we don’t talk about it. He’s got a great podcast called . We talk about his dream sequence of being on Hollywood Squares with Paul Lynn – which leads to tales of...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-151-craig-shoemaker

is a British comic and loves the tension and drama of television and movies. She also likes ghosts and movies about ghosts and books about ghosts and, I actually say, “safe space.” Remember: ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-150-gina-yashere

makes fabulous audio dramas. She writes, directs, produces and performs in three ongoing series. She knows her old timey radio, Lovecraft and the writing craft. LARPing is discussed and I try to ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-149-julie-hoverson

 is a funny, funny comic and writer. You might have seen him on Chelsea Lately a lot; and he worked at G4. He's a great comic. He also knows some seriously obscure facts about Canada. Probably ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-148-guy-branum-loves-canada

(@solangecb on twitter) is a stand up comic and loves to DANCE! We talk Salsa! The dance of her people, or someone’s people. She loves it, it sounds like I should love it. I want to love it. It...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-147-salsa-with-solange-castro

I did a LIVE show in Portland with  at a Comedy Festival there. It’s a bit buzzy because of the mystery of me taping live. Sigh. Patrick Brady is not to be judged. But the show is so great....

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-146-live-with-chelsea-cain-who-loves-dn-d

 (STINE) and  (VaLARiano) join me at the  to talk about Music. I think we know what happens when music is introduced into the plot. Shots. I laughed my head off. Enjoy. Donation Button, if y...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-145-live-at-lapodfest-with-paul-adelstein-and-murray-valeriano

and are writers, comics, musicians from Seattle. I love their works. Aham thought he was coming over to “audit” the show in my living room. Oh no. Yer in the house, you’re on the show. And�...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-144-lindy-west-and-aham-oluo

  Sue Costello is working on being a good person in the world. We talk comedy and then comedy… and then some more comedy. Heh. It was fascinating. Enjoy.   Donation Button, if you wish is on ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-143-sue-costello

Dork Panel that I am MANIC.    and  are ALL on this show. These people will be on specifically, alone… for they are so great individually. It’s so great… review it and tell me if you ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-142-live-with-retta-rajskub-kilmartin-and-scovel

enjoys origami. A lot. And he’s the creator of an LA based comedy blog called The Comedy Bureau, which I use a lot to find out shows to watch, be on and open mikes to do. We weed off from art t...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-141-jake-kroeger-loves-origami

loves cartoons. He’s going to be hosting 6 hours of animation with on October 21st. He’s excited. I’m excitable. It’s great. Donation Button, if you wish is on Review the show on Feel fre...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-140-jerry-beck

talks Minneapolis in the 1980’s and then it’s VENTRILOQUISM! Yes… puppet talk! Then monster talk. We skype. And we all learn, by the end of this great episode, why I like it when we’re in...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-139-joel-hodgson

is a language dork! He’s a . He codes rare and wonderful languages so that rare and wonderful people can write to each other on the computer. Cherokee, Hmong, Esperanto. I learn stuff. Tune the...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-138-michael-everson

 is a multilfaceted dork diamond. He's a great  and ... and... well, more will be revealed. So I won't limit him with faint praise. Oh, and he has his own  which you will enjoy. We talk musi...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-137-dave-hill

is @negativsteve on Twitter. His dork cred goes back to the conference call days of TDF. He’s on the podcasts and and he collects art and stories regarding the lameness that is Aquaman. (Steve ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-136-steve-mandel-loves-hero-clix

loves the Olympics! She’s going into withdrawal. She also gets to meet a lot of famous folk because she works the red carpet interviewing people. I know nothing… enjoy that. I let her in on a...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-132-kristyn-burtt

is the creator of a brand new comedy festival @riotla which will happen in Sept 2012 and is a HOROSCOPE DORK. Yay. We also have similar “father issues.” Her dad stories are Amazing. Love it. ...

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is a Korean Spa Dork. Seriously. I like a Korean Spa but she... she knows things. She’s a comic and is on The Tonight Show regularly. I have a great time on this ep. I hope you enjoy. Donation...

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(of Freaks and Geeks and MST3K) discusses how he has to use CONSTANT VIGILENCE against being consumed by any dorkdom. So he goes from tree to tree, in the dork forest, looking for the perfect bal...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-131-j-elvis-weinstein

writes one of my favorite ongoing comic stories (). I’m Live at in Minneapolis (Poster by is this week’s image). Again, I’m excited enough for the both of us. I weed off a LOT and keep aski...

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() is one of my favorite sci-fi/fantasy authors. I’m more excited than both of us. I’m excited enough for both of us. We’re at the Minneapolis CONvergence in my hotel room. Enjoy the occasi...

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is a true crime dork. More than that… she’s a true crime… expert. She has a website full of investigation, speculation and information. It’s great. And… much like her , we learn that th...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-129-live-with-michelle-mc-namara

I started stand up comedy with Steve Marmel. He’s writing on The Family Guy, he was in on the ground floor of Fairly Oddparents… he’s a political, animation and comic book dork. We go at it...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-128-steve-marmel

I’ve known for … ever. He’s a wonderful man and I get a bit snarky with him. He’s a storyteller and comic and writer and I am SO not the hero of this show. This is the last episode I tape...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-127-dylan-brody

is on Howard Stern a lot, he’s written a , he’s a great comic. He has his own podcast () and I love his stand up a lot. He’s just the most charming guy ever. See him live. As usual, I like ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-126-live-with-greg-fitzsimmons

Do you love Magic? Uh… I do. is a magician and a funny comic. I am SO easily wow’d by magic that you will get to listen to Derek do visual magic and me lose my mind. In the end I think he’s...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-125-derek-hughes-is-a-magician

has been doing stand up forever. Like Me. But he’s got to work, extensively, with fancy people… George Carlin, Joan Rivers, Rodney Dangerfield to name a FEW! And… fascinated by Hitler. It�...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-124-dennis-blair

(@aljacksoncomedy) is a great comic that I met in New York City. We talk old school Hip Hop, UFC, and he interviews me a lot. A LOT… so that was fun. I need to have him back and interview HIM. ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-123-al-jackson

is a fan of so many things that it went from games to movies to books to everything… so fun. I hope you enjoy it and I hope you support his kickstarter . Enjoy the dorky goodness. Donation Butt...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-122-sax-carr

has a love of robots! He’s a comic, an artist and he knows a LOT about robots and art and robots and art. It’s an extry long episode of the show because we get INTO it. I thought about breaki...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-121-tom-franck

is a GREAT standup comic and lovety loves the NY Giants. We spend a great portion of our time laughing. I hope you enjoy hearing people laugh. It was fun. You will like. Listen up. Donation Butto...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-120-erin-foley

is an actress and one of the founders of . You may remember her from . Minute 38 I find out she collects furniture. Hi. It’s a fun show … She’ll be at the Philly Comic Con this week. Go. Do...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-119-clare-kramer

is a GREAT standup comic from the DC area and she collects shot glasses. When I asked her to be on the show she said, “yeah… but everyone collects shot glasses.” Heh. Welcome to the Dork Fo...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-118-erin-jackson

 is The Tolkien Professor. I grill him about Tolkien and then I Iet him talk about more modern fiction… so it’s all books all the time. His book is available for pre-order. I am excitable an...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-117-tolkien-prof-corey-olsen

is a great comic and knows “a lot about 3 people.” Let’s hear him talk about Elvis Presley, Pete Best and Anne Frank. He’s great, it’s great. I compare myself to Anne Frank. Enjoy.   D...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-116-dwight-slade

Lizz Winstead is my guest and she has a out that feels "origin story-esque." And, surprise, guess who is into politics? A lot? , Minneapolis comedian, creator of The Daily Show and Air America.�...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-115-lizz-winstead-creator-of-the-daily-show

and I are at in Portland Oregon and I re-learn some ! Warning: You’re listening to us chat about this and other things while we play. And… I just realized that he let me win the first game! ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-114-magic-the-gathering-with-patrick-perkins

 and and I are at the. Jesse teaches game design at Carnegie Mellon, has his own company, and has great dork cred in the world of other hobbies: Harmonica, juggling. Andy Ashcraft and he talk fo...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-113-jesse-schell-and-andy-ashcraft

was on … and she LOVES Biblical Archeology… what? I think she’s a Hebrew-o-phile! And… there are dick jokes. closes with stand up. It’s great. Enjoy, Rangers.  Donation Button, if you ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-112-mary-birdsong-and-eddie-pepitone

. We’re in a coffeeshop in the village in NYC – it’s LOUD at this coffeeshop. Tomorrow, Jim's downloadable hour becomes available for $5. $5 an hour of his comedy... don't steal it. You ha...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf111-jim-gaffigan

Do you feel like his name is familiar? He fixes the audio every show!  is part of a great production company in NYC and we dork out about audio. You will notice he sounds GREAT. But we quickly ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-110-patrick-brady-talks-animation

(@KevinAvery) and (@kleethepimp) are standup comics and are real, dyed in the wool, Star Wars fans. Klee could probably act out the whole series. I need to have them back separately so that Klee ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-109-kevin-avery-and-klee-wiggins

 is a correspondent on The Daily Show. We recorded in his office, in NY, at The Daily Show. I was very cool about it. He’s a great comic and he’s BEEN that guy in ! I am more than matched in...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-108-al-madrigal-

Glee ! Just listening to TDF made Janine Schatz KNOW that she could be a guest. She is correct. And fascinating. We have dinner in Brooklyn (Japanese). So, you get to hear more restaurant noise! ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-107-finnchel-fan-fic-with-janine-schatz

(Twitter @harithecomic) is a great comic and I subletted his apartment in my recent trip to NYC! We talk of his love of Seattle, international comedy and then... more on Seattle. Here’s a clip ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-106-hari-kondobolu-

is a lawyer (not practicing), actor (practicing), and giant gamer (practicing)! We dork out about acting and gaming - and he’s now. And he has a that you can donate to. Listen up, more Boardgam...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-105-graydon-schlichter-

is on the show. She has a new and you should know who she is, really. Best known for working on Letterman, making up stuff like Stupid Pet Tricks, she’s written . I talk too much but I learn st...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-104-merrill-markoe

is hilariousdorkdom is to dissect famous people’s careers. He also loves an indie comic book. This is the snarkiest episode of the dork forest. Man… it’s so great. We get political and Then...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-103-live-andy-kindler-and-auggie-smith

is a Chicago comic and writer and total fan o’ science! That thing that historians loved so much and some modern folk have so many issues about. are just the tip of the iceberg here, folks. We ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-102-dan-telfer

Vilmos is a , and . It’s road comedy stories and Mitch Hedberg is talked about like he was a man. A human who was fallible and funny and a goof. Vilmos loves comedy and, we find out, drumming! ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-101-vilmos

is a writer and podcaster. He loves defunct football leagues and the history of the NFL. Are you sad because football season is over? Re-visit American Football with P.F. going into the minutia o...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-100-p-f-wilson

is a comic and a writer and, really, a dork. Awesomely committed to Star Wars, Star Trek, Pokémon, it just goes on. I admit that I heard him do 5 minutes on Pokémon and needed to hear him talk ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-98-asterios-kokkinos

These guys are comics and musicians and film makers and a couple of my favorites. (youtube series , Netflix streaming ) and (Critically acclaimed and did a Half Hour Special on Comedy Central wit...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-98-henry-phillips-and-mike-phirman-1

I’m back and my house! and are with me and they are great. He has 300 Ben/Grimm figures and she makes TINY plates of food. Here’s a picture of the tiny food. It’s on . Below is tumblr and e...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-97-rose-abdoo-and-john-matta-1

I’m in Aspen about to perform at the Wheeler Opera House for the eve of New Year’s Eve and the staff offered me a local dork luminary. came to Aspen to see Bonnie Raitt and then stayed. He’...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-96-andrew-kole-in-aspen

We are at in the with Kevin Eastman. Co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I ask him all the questions he’s answered before and he was patient and interesting and awesome. I recognize...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-95-live-kevin-eastman-and-baron-vaughn

I’m in Austin, TX at and I’m talking to , from MST3K and , who wrote a book I just read called and it’s all awesome. She is my friend. We talk a LOT about what general dorks we are. I get a...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-93-live-mary-jo-pehl

I’m in Austin, TX at and I’m talking to , who wrote a book I just read and it’s all awesome. I’m a super chatty. Lots of sales stories of my youth for no reason except me, obviously, want...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-93-live-ernie-cline

I’m in Austin, TX with , friend of the show. He hooked me up the comic book store here in Austin and, no surprise; he is a HUGE comic book dork. He explains Bendis to me. And I want to hear it!...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-92-noah-kuttler

I’m in Ann Arbor with Fritz Milhaupt, friend of the show. He asked if I’d like to meet his friends who (with him) play trains. They are part of the Operations Road Show project, an offshoot o...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-91-trains-ann-arbor-dork-expedition

This is a HUGE show. and are my guests. They are comics, actors, fans of tattoos and self empowerment. and Sarah Cohen sing and play the theme song he composed LIVE. And then close the show  wit...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-90-live-w-margaret-cho-

is a contributing writer to and his girlfriend Maria Renteria is on board and has embraced Andrew’s other dorkdom, tattoos.   December Donation Button: This month donate here:   Credits: Audi...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-89-andrew-leslie-and-maria-renteria

is a hilarious actor/comic. He does a sketch . I talk too much. I think I dorked out at him too much. He holds his own! It’s political, it’s reminiscing, it’s great. He’s great. Enjoy.  ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-88-dave-higgins

is a character actor that has been in so many great movies. From Return of the Living Dead to X2, and so much more, the guy works! But I was excited because he has what has to be the best Planet ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-87-brian-peck-and-the-planet-of-the-apes

is a great comic from Minneapolis.  It’s the last ep from Acme Comedy Company’s 20th Anniversary in Minneapolis. We talk about in car automotive entertainment… for a long time. Comedy lend...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-86-john-deboer-acme20

is a great comic from Chicago.  It’s another ep from Acme Comedy Company’s 20th Anniversary in Minneapolis. We talk mechanical things and comedy and I learn about auto part stores shortcuts!...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-85-tim-slagle-acme20

is a great silly goof of a guy. He is often mistaken for gay. He and his wife, Jamie Lee, a woman… (and not the comic Jamie Lee, a person in her own right that I'll have back on the show) are t...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-84-pete-lee-and-jamie-lee-notthecomic-acme20

is a US comic living in London and, get this, he’s great. All of the comics I interview at Acme Comedy Company’s 20th Anniversary in Minneapolis are great. He has a Masters in Music Compositi...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-83-david-fulton-acme20

and are comics. David is better read than both of us. We are still at Acme Comedy Company’s 20th Anniversary in Minneapolis. It’s another installment of talk to as many of the 20 comics celeb...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-82-david-huntsberger-and-chad-daniels-acme20

is a Minneapolis comic that has come up since I left. She is also a “classic dork.” Sci Fi, Video Games, movies and TV. We are still at Acme Comedy Company’s 20th Anniversary in Minneapolis...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-81-miss-shannan-paul-acme20

is a great comic. He also has a Masters Degree in in Fine Art. Yeah. It’s a smart TDF. We ARE at Acme Comedy Company’s 20th Anniversary in Minneapolis. It’s another installment of talk to a...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-80-bengt-washburn-acme20

is a great comic. We dork out hard core about stand up. We ARE at Acme Comedy Company’s 20th Anniversary in Minneapolis. It’s another installment of talk to as many of the 20 comics celebrati...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-79-ryan-stout-acme20

We’re at Acme Comedy Company’s 20th Anniversary in Minneapolis and I decided to talk to as many of the 20 comics headlining that weekend to find out what they all dork out about.  is a great...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-78-tim-harmston-acme20

My guests are the bestest horror movie fans ever. Comics, Writers and friends and . We recorded this right after Halloween. They are fantastic. Dark. And Fantastic.  I will now watch Mad Monster...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-77-matt-weinhold-and-ken-daly-

My guest is . He’s a comic, actor, writer, and producer. He’s a gift to showbiz, my living room and all of society. He’s fascinating and hes a good listener I guess. Cuz I talk a lot. It’...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-76-ed-crasnick-

My guests are friends and stand up comics and . We are live at in Hollywood.We explore food and Rye and I discuss whether we are actually not cool enough to be dorks anymore. This was cosy. Enjoy...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-75-rye-silverman-and-maria-shehata-

My guest is . We are live at in Hollywood.We are live at the Nerdmelt stage. We explore what MIGHT be Marc’s dorkdom. It turns out it might be comedy. This was really fun. Enjoy.   Credits: Re...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep74-marc-maron-live-in-la

My guest is , series regular, character in and host of the new segment on G4 called . He loves board games and knows a lot about them. Really. It’s great how much he loves them. It’s a good o...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-73-rich-sommer

We are at . and are my guests and we talk gaming and movies. It’s LIVE, it’s crazy and I was tricked into doing it. Worked out fantastic. Enjoy!   Credits: Audio leveling by Music is by . We...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-72-chattanooga-tn-live

My guest is ME. is the guest host interviewing me about my dorkdoms that she most enjoys. She’s thinks I haven’t talked enough about Chicken or Romance Novels. Maria, btw, is much better than...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-71-maria-bamford-dork-origin-episode

My guests are and and they are total fangirls!  There is a lot of Star Trek talk. Heh. and are on twitter as well.   Credits: Audio leveling by Music is by . Website design by : who has his OWN...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-70-jessica-mills-and-stephanie-thorpe

My guest is ME. is the guest host interviewing me about the show. Andy wants me to talk about my dorkdoms. I’ve tried to explain that that’s what I do every episode, so we talk about the part...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-69-andy-ashcraft-dork-origin-episode

My guest is , standup comic and, seriously, a guy that will watch some TV. This episode is a LOT like hanging out with Matt and I. We talk about how dorky we are about the new technology. Follow ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-68-matt-fulchiron

We are at in the Theater and we’re talking Harry Potter. It’s the best ever. , and does a set. I am having a great time. I hope you enjoy this as much as I obviously did.   Credits: Recorded...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-67-live-with-chris-hardwick-and-mike-palascak

My guests share a podcast called . was on the old version of the show and he’s the guy that first talked to me about Fantasy Wrestling! And his co-host, , fits right in. We’re awkward and the...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-66-brodie-foster-hubbard-and-gene-george

My guests are both huge fans of U2. Finally, I found another hard core fan of for regular, returning guest to talk to! And that man is comic, host and good guy . I prove that I don’t know about...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-65-damien-fahey-and-murray-valeriano

My guests are actors, stand up comics and music dorks. Heh. Let’s go there. and . We talk music, take a tour of old dork episodes and talk stand up. It’s a fun one. Enjoy.   Credits: Audio l...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-64-dave-ross-and-whitmer-thomas

This is a dork expedition to house where we met with some of her friends: Trina, Jill and Stacy. It might be the girliest dork forest ever! We talked Perfume. Because of the guerilla nature of th...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-63-dork-expedition-plays-perfume-

My guest is the comic, actor and gentleman: . He wanted to talk Shakespeare but he brought his non-popular card collection with him. Have you heard of Hyborian Gates? No one has. But you’re goi...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-62-baron-vaughn

My guest is the other founding member of !  He’s a comic, a surfer, a guy who loves cop shows from the 70’s. Specific enough for you? I now have more television to go back in time and watch....

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-61-graham-elwood

My guests are friends and love old timey comedy. TV’s and are recorded LIVE in Meltdown Comics at the Nerdmelt Stage. brings it home with some stand up!    Credits: Recorded Live by Audio lev...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-60-live-frank-conniff-and-ben-schwartz

My guest is . He has a new Hulk book out and he brought his brother Don Jankiewicz and we weed off to 70’s TV and comic books. I try to bring it back to the Hulk a couple times, I was overwhelm...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-59-patrick-and-don-jankiewicz

My guest is a bee dork! Finally! Stacy McKenna Seip has lurked around the bee “community” for a couple years and got herself a bee setup this year and knows more than me. I learned stuff. Wow...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-58-bees-

My guest is math and puzzle dork, Michelle Mikki. She knows about puzzles that I’ve never HEARD of. It’s fascinating. I don’t know how this will play but know you’ve chosen wisely. I SING...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-57-michelle-mikki-

My guests are fellow contributor and founder . Comic books, movies, nerditude… all covered. It’s a good one. Enjoy.   Credits: Audio leveling by Music is by . Website design by : who has his...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-56-chris-mancini-and-neal-weakley

My guest is the smartest man in the world, . This is a win, dorks. Ostensibly, it’s old timey baseball. And there’s plenty of Civil War to present baseball talk. But Greg is a man who loves l...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-55-greg-proops

My guests are bird dork and , comic and seriously funny word dork. Hooray. We talk about everything. This is a lovely loosey goosey TDF and I have to bring them back. Of course!   Credits: Audio...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-54-myq-kaplan-and-ellen-fox

My guests are performers (from stage and Current TV) and we talk about makeup and celebrity biographies. It’s light and wonderful and awesome. Enjoy!   Notes: Again with Laugh.comAgain with NC...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-53-erin-gibson-and-bryan-safi

My guests are stand up comics and fellow podcasters and . Its video games, comic books, stand up comedy, and cats. A lot about cats. It's a good one. Enjoy   Notes: – and When doing the notes�...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-52-jake-weisman-and-kumail-nanjiani

My guest is the greatest techy dork that I know: . Thought you cared about computers? He does a LOT. In the beginning I’m hyper and we talk Star Trek, but then… tech. I say “right” a lot....

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-51-andrew-solmssen

My guest is . A woman who loves to work on an unsolved crime. She has a website and talks regularly with police to figure it all out. Regularly. To Police. Again, I know almost nothing. And you c...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-50-michelle-mc-namara

  We are live at in Hollywood. My guests are and . I took notes and giggled a lot. Dork out. I did.   Notes: – singing starts 1:30 Mark Hamill – I’m not linking this. You KNOW. We’re th...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-49-live-dana-gould-and-james-urbaniak-maria-bamford-set-

My guest is , a traditional dork that has grown into a person that looks like she’s always been cool. Actress, Comic and, soon, host of her own dorky podcast. I just wish we were talking faster...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-48-aisha-tyler

My guests are married and care a LOT about points to be received and redeemed for buying Air, Hotel and Car. I’m using this information for good. I promise. now has a travel info and is a comic...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-47-margot-leitman-and-dan-curry

Back from the hiatus! My guests are both stand up comics and . I swear, we mostly chat while we eat a 2lb shrimp ring Matt brought. It was seriously distracting. I enjoyed it. The conversation an...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-46-matt-knudsen-and-josh-haness

My guests were booked separately but have known each other for a while. tells stories and loves and works in television. And loves terrible movies that are so bad they become, somehow, great. He ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-45-adam-spiegelman-and-joey-slamon

My guests are paper dork, Jim Coughlin and Monique Moreau, fan of different orders of nuns. Yes. Nuns. And Paper. (Twitter feeds @xandrique and @mrjimcoughlin on twitter). Both are comics and Mon...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-44-jim-coughlin-and-monique-moreau

Wendy is a marching band/TV dork and Scott loves 80’s music. Neither of them gets to talk much about their topics because there’s a technical problem early on and then we digressed so far off...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-43-wendy-wilkins-and-scott-boxembaum

My guests are both actors that do a LOT of really cool/dorky voice over work. @MaileFlanagan and @YuriLowenthal (on twitter). We could have talked for-ever. This was fun. I hope you enjoy!!   No...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-42-maile-flanagan-and-yuri-lowenthal

My guests are stand up comic (just did Letterman!) and comic (who has a great podcast @the40yearoldboy). It’s easily the fastest hour fifteen ever! Mike loves chaos and comics (pre 1990) and Mi...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-41-michael-palascak-and-mike-schmidt

My guests were my traveling companions for the last couple weeks in Africa and the Middle East. was the author of this tour and then got hurt and had to fly home before the end of the tour. So w...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-40-april-macie-and-vargus-mason

It’s another Dork Expedition out and about. We meet dorks in their natural habitat! works at and her mom (Janet Winter) owns . We wander.   I didn’t edit this AT ALL before going to the Midd...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-39-dork-expedition-with-branwyn-bigglestone-

I’m in the dining room of Convention dork and his lovely wife , who used to write a LOT of Fan Fiction… based on characters that Russell Crowe played. I love it when I pretend to know things....

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-38-bob-calhoun-and-rosie-picado

My guest today is Stand Up Comic, Musician and Writer… check out the links… It turns out she is great imaginary friends with Sandy Bullock. She’s hilarious and fascinating. I try to out ta...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-37-karen-kilgariff

Today I talk with and about autographs, bands, religion and serendipity. It’s a good one. I know I say that every time. This even ran long!   Notes: – VH1 – – weirdly Eric Johnson who pl...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-36-troy-conrad-and-pat-francis

My guests today are, voice actor and cartoon dork , and local guy and VH1 talking head show dork, .  We bonded on film, the joy of diners and then… we talk about comedy. Again. And I enjoyed i...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-35-tony-dimond-and-mike-funt

My guests are (who plays Jeff Barnes on Chuck) and my friend , standup comic and fan of mini-donkeys from Wisconsin. This is a morning edition of The Dork Forest; we’re all punchy because we’...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-34-mary-mack-and-scott-krinsky-

Back in my living room with my guests, (Warhammer gaming dork… got to have him back to talk it up some more) and , who loves her a “nutritional mineral.”   Notes: – I knew Joss Whedon wa...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-33-paul-feldman-and-taylor-orci-

This is a walking dork expedition to in Seattle with Craig Holt. knew I would be fascinated. And so it came to pass. It might be loud, but it’s awesome.   Because of the guerilla nature of the...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-32-dork-expedition-to-atlas-coffee-seattle

This is the second LIVE Dork Forest taped in Seattle, before a live audience. I talked with and .  Peter’s a comic book author and we find out 40 minutes in that Peter still goes to Myspace. I...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-31-peter-bagge-and-paul-merrill-

  This is the first LIVE Dork Forest. In Seattle, before a live audience, I talked with and . Ed is a multi-Eisner Award winning writer of many of the comic books I read. I dork out about HIM a ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-30-ed-brubaker-and-kermet-apio-live-

  My guests are (loves deep breathing and all that that implies from her San Francisco upbringing) and (language and travel dork!). I talk a lot and VERY fast on this show. We bonded nicely thou...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-29-steve-benaquist-and-emily-maya-mills

  writes for and I wasn’t too dorky about that. But I wanted to be. Instead I let him dork out about his freaking love of 3D and the Viewmaster and how it’s all come together for a live show...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-28-eric-drysdale-the-man-with-f-e-e-e-t-

  My guests are Gariana Abeyta, projectionist at the ArcLight Cinema and the Silent Movie Theatre, (@garianaabeyta on twitter) and twitter monster Alison Agosti (@Just_Alison on twitter). This...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-27-alison-agosti-and-gariana-abeyta

and are my guests. They are really funny comics and have their own podcast .  This is, if I may say, another great episode MOSTLY about stand up. We all, really, say TOO much. Also, this was ta...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-26-greg-beherendt-and-dave-anthony

    and are my guests and they are in a BAND! A dorky dorky band called . The rest of the band will be on another day – but they are all comics and sketch actors. We covered a LOT of ground. ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-25-ogre-mage

  My guests this episode are (stand up comic and host of ) and (writer, stand up comic and regular on the Chelsea Handler show). Get this – they both love ghosts and UFO’s and Tarot cards an...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-24-jen-kirkman-and-karen-rontowski

  My guest this episode is , host and creator of the fantastic podcast . He's such a fascinating comic that it took most of the show for me to get to the fact that he’s a Fantasy Baseball dork...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-23-jimmy-pardo

  My guests this episode are , (follow on twitter @jamesurbaniak) actor and the voice of Dr. Venture on and comedian and comedy writer (follow on twitter @murrayv). We talked the heck out of old...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-22-james-urbaniak-and-murray-valeriano

  New York comics Rob Stern (twitter @actionstern) and stop in to talk about their obsessions with Action Figures, Video Games, Dinosaurs and Yoga. And Abigoliah’s Mom let her change her name ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-21-rob-stern-and-abogoliah

Two stand-up comics stop by and we talk it out. Dinosaurs, Pro-Wrestling, Zombies, and comics… and are very nice and super dorky.   s - iPhone game demonstration – SNES (at about 3:11) – a...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-17-bailee-des-rocher-and-joe-starr

Andrew Deutsch and David Nett are this week's guests. They've made a dorky dorky show for the internet called GOLD - an RPG web series. . We talked Dungeons and Dragons and Board Games and, in th...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-19-gold-series-guys-

My guest is – Emmy award winning writer, comic, actor and fellow Wisconsinite. He is a Midwestern History fan and Band/Orchestra dork.  I’m a Jeff Cesario dork. It was great.   Novel Recomm...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-18-jeff-cesario

  My guests are ladies... so they talk soft like ladies... not a lot even Patrick Brady could do about it without making it all sound weird. So, it soft -and ladylike. That’s what’s up. T...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-17-wendy-liebman-and-judith-shelton

  It’s one on one dork dialog this episode.   (follow him on twitter @danajgould ) is a great , and one of the first comics I knew who committed to what I call, at this writing, dorkiness, in...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-16-dana-gould

  For the first time I think I’m out chatted. owns his dorkdom with a dignity that I truly admire and is a fascinating man in search of his muse. Together their enjoyment of the minutia of lif...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-15-doug-benson-and-eddie-pepitone

twitter: and twitter: , creators of are on the show this week and, they are serious media dorks. They have lists and lists of movies and books and comic books and music in their heads. We could...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-episode-14-thrilling-adventure-hour-

Yeah - that - from Bob Newhart and Edna Krabappel on The Simpsons and the wacky maid on That's My Bush!  - so cool. So I dork out on her a bit until we both get excited about Mr. - comic, storyt...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-13-marcia-wallace-and-gary-shapiro

A LOT of whispering. This week’s Dork Forest has a lot of whispering. Hopefully Patrick can make it not matter in the fix. Me, and are also - ill prepared. Merry busiest season of the year. We ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-12-mary-lynn-rajskub-and-mike-siegel

Episode 11   and talked a lot about games. Brian has a one-act play about World of Warcraft that you can see this weekend, and then we all recommend what board games are great gifts!   Obviousl...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-11-gam3rs-

Episode 10   and talk about words and reading and writing. We find out that Steve’s true dorkdom is murder sites here in Los Angeles. I tell some more of the same stories and neither of us let...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-10-aparna-nancherla-and-steve-young

TDF Ep 9 – the band…   Boy do I NOT know about Heavy Metal. These guys do, though. I had the band Beatallica () in my living room. They are a Beatles/Metallica live mash up band. Live – th...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-9-beatallica

I talked with  and  about food, self improvement and more food. Adam is so specifically a food dork I forget he loves comics and graphic novels. Gotta get him back on to talk of those things. B...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-8-adam-gertler-and-stirling-gardner

Episode 7     Beth Schumann is one of the managers at – a comedy club I played at last week – and she likes Shakespeare… a lot. She studied for a masters in it and it all began with…  ...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-6-beth-schumann-and-mark-lee

Today’s guests have “other” dorkdoms and we FINALLY get to it at the end of the show – but we mostly discussed how much we like standup comedy. Because what the three of us really are, ar...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/jimmy-dore-and-matt-knudsen

is a great stand up comic and actor and OBVIOUS accessory dork. As long as I've known him, he has always been a snappy dresser. I thought his wife was a "magic dork" but we will find out - becaus...

https://tdf.libsyn.com/tdf-ep-5-paul-f-tompkins-and-janie-haddad-tompkins

 and  (that's a link to her IMDB page as well, and I didn't ask her ONE DAMN question about doing video game voice work on Vice City. Not one. Here is her .  Instead we talked about Halloween...

http://traffic.libsyn.com/tdf/EP4-Oct62010DroegeRatner.mp3

The new theme song is by . It is adorable, fun to sing and fantastic.  and  had the longest conversation, before this, at the Comedy and Magic Club in Hermosa Beach two weeks ago. They learned ...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/TDFEP3MadiganKilmartin.mp3

Well - it's a brave new world. Audio… still working on levels.  Me… learning what I’m LIKE in podcasty “conversation.” Huh. Compared to these two I am the coarsest human on the planet....

http://traffic.libsyn.com/tdf/TDFEP2KmentPemberton.mp3

With  the Songwriter, Musician and meticulous man.He helped me (he claims that this is VERY rudimentary) set up the Dork Forest as a Pre-Recorded Podcast. And stand up comic and founding member ...

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tdf/EP1TDFWosterRuekberg.mp3