The Dork Forest

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 her happy birthday and watch a doco she’s in called “Out of Print” on Netflix and everywhere. 12:25 Why she wanted to BE a Projectionist. She Got to Wear Her Own Shoes. 43:42.40 Have Gariana every cheered in front of a painting? 47:20 the Movie Purple Rain from the projectionist booth. THAT EXPERIENCE. 1:18.20 SHE’S STILL TALKING. I’M ENDING THIS THING. SHE’S SO GREAT. Donate to The Dork Forest at www.dorkforest.com or www.jackiekashian.com My new album “I Am Not the Hero of This Story” available on Amazon, iTunes and hard copy if you want it signed on the website. As well as TDF tshirts, standup shirts and other CDs and just videos of my comedy. Premium eps of TDF are taped live and available here: https://thedorkforest.bandcamp.com/ USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos: www.hiredguncoding.com

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 sweet sweet treat. Enjoy. 8:30 What Carlos would like you know KNOW about the Great British Bake Off. 18:15 Carlos helps me know what the hell a “sponge” is and I make him say it a lot. 45:45 I guess there’s a Great British Bakeoff Master Class – Paul and Mary face off?! Donate to The Dork Forest at www.dorkforest.com or www.jackiekashian.com My new album “I Am Not the Hero of This Story” available on Amazon, iTunes and hard copy if you want it signed on the website. As well as TDF tshirts, standup shirts and other CDs and just videos of my comedy. Premium eps of TDF are taped live and available here: https://thedorkforest.bandcamp.com/ USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos: www.hiredguncoding.com

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 non-expert but knows SO MUCH MORE than I do. I listened to “through the wire” and was entertained. Now you will be as I learn about it. Enjoy. 9:09 Kanye has said some stuff but he doesn’t actually HATE women! 23:22 when the lyrics are great but the music cannot make one’s pussy pop. 49:50 Marcella’s ego is a REACTION to being raised with people talking crazy about women. Donate to The Dork Forest at or My new album “I Am Not the Hero of This Story” available on , and hard copy if you want it signed on the website. As well as TDF tshirts, standup shirts and other CDs and just videos of my comedy. Premium eps of TDF are taped live and available here: USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos: www.

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 will enjoy this. I insist. 11:00 we give advice about parenting from a position of neither of us having kids 14:00 who is Craig? I had no idea. 26:00 Tips on how to search Craig’s List Donate to The Dork Forest at or My new album “I Am Not the Hero of This Story” available on , and hard copy if you want it signed on the website. As well as TDF tshirts, standup shirts and other CDs and just videos of my comedy. Premium eps of TDF are taped live and available here: USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos: www.

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 contrarianism. Voyager. The Punisher. A basketball team that doesn’t win a lot. You will love this. 13:00 Basketball Underdog Story 17:00 Voyager was the BEST Star Trek 31:00 Punisher by Garth Ennis is the BEST Punisher DONATE TO YOUR LOCAL FOODBANK THIS MONTH INSTEAD OF DONATING TO THE DORK FOREST. Google “your town” and “food bank.” DO IT New Album available on Amazon and iTunes now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: https://thedorkforest.bandcamp.com/ Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at www.jackiekashian.com USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos: hiredguncoding.com

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 (@dougstanhope) has a new book. You could love Doug Stanhope. Find out. 8:49 Drunkalogue one 10:12 Tequila and hot sauce 52:32 Leisure Suits DONATE TO YOUR LOCAL FOODBANK THIS MONTH INSTEAD OF DONATING TO THE DORK FOREST. Google “your town” and “food bank.” DO IT New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 comedy special on Amazon and iTunes (OUTRAGED) that you can watch. From the comedy scene to the sports to the Safe House we reminisce. Enjoy. DONATE TO YOUR LOCAL FOODBANK THIS MONTH INSTEAD OF DONATING TO THE DORK FOREST. Google “your town” and “food bank.” DO IT New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 thing and we get INTO it. He has a wrestling podcast if you like: Comedians of Wrestling. Enjoy. SPONSORED EP! Use Code DORKFOREST and get 15% off really cool headphones. DONATE TO YOUR LOCAL FOODBANK THIS MONTH INSTEAD OF DONATING TO THE DORK FOREST. Google “your town” and “food bank.” DO IT New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 MONTH INSTEAD OF DONATING TO THE DORK FOREST. Google “your town” and “food bank.” DO IT New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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, people. Enjoy. DONATE TO YOUR LOCAL FOODBANK THIS MONTH INSTEAD OF DONATING TO THE DORK FOREST. Google “your town” and “food bank.” DO IT> New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 MONTH INSTEAD OF DONATING TO THE DORK FOREST. Google “your town” and “food bank.” DO IT> New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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. NOTE: if you like Oasis, no harm was meant. I still don’t know who they are either. New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 up. Let us all hear the CALL OF CTHULHU. Enjoy. New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos: transformer toys in it”

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 James tells us the worst thing he did as a child. I pictured something MUCH worse. You will love this ep. Enjoy! New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 nothing about actual basketball or Michael Jordan’s career. It’s really fun. You will love. New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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, hundreds of free eps are also here… this defrays cost and is, essentially, a bonus ep. Live The Dork Forest at LA PODFEST w Laraine Newman, Kelly Carlin and Moon Zappa. We hash around the BIG ISSUES you guys. The full episode is at These women are sane and happy and my age and there’s epic talent and lineage here. And it hasn’t made them any crazier than anyone else. In them I see a great deal of sympathy and awareness and I hope you can hear it in this episode. Enjoy. Full eps are on iTunes, dorkforest.com and whatever app you’re using. NOW – also on YouTube! Playlist updating from old ones… slowly. Check it out: New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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's Comedy Crib and is a comic writer for Devastator Press and you will love her for she is a delight. WELCOME to year TWELVE of TDF. Full eps are on iTunes, dorkforest.com and whatever app you’re using. NOW – also on YouTube! Playlist updating from old ones… slowly. Check it out: New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 is a SECRET. I learn things. We laugh a great deal. Enjoy! WELCOME to year TWELVE of TDF. Full eps are on iTunes, dorkforest.com and whatever app you’re using. NOW – also on YouTube! Playlist updating from old ones… slowly. Check it out: New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 great comedy album, “I’m a Person.” Enjoy this. Get that. You know. WELCOME to year TWELVE of TDF. Full eps are on iTunes, dorkforest.com and whatever app you’re using. NOW – also on YouTube! Playlist updating from old ones… slowly. Check it out: New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 value of appreciating the shark jump. Enjoy! WELCOME to year TWELVE of TDF. Full eps are on iTunes, dorkforest.com and whatever app you’re using. NOW – also on YouTube! Playlist updating from old ones… slowly. Check it out: New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 eps are on iTunes, dorkforest.com and whatever app you’re using. NOW – also on YouTube! Playlist updating from old ones… slowly. Check it out: New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 and this is a great one. You will love. WELCOME to year TWELVE of TDF. New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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. Enjoy. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 go there. You will love. Enjoy. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 Doctors. On THIS podcast… we talk about the horny teen movies of John Hughes. And I still like them. Enjoy. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 TDF. New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 TDF. New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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. You will love. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 rules. You will love. Enjoy. NOTE: of the many… enjoy this one: Find a Pinball Machine in the United States at: WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 can do virtually… there’s movies to watch. And Star Trek. Now I’m interested. Enjoy. NOTE: Star Trek Bridge Crew was released May 30, 2017 and crosses platforms: Playstation VR, HTC VIVE, Oculus Rift. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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. Enjoy! WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 “Live at Acme” and he’s a great comic so get on that. He has a podcast called “Quick Snaps” about the NFL… during the foot-ball season. We don’t talk about football. Check for all of it all. And enjoy this thing. Cuz it’s fascinating. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 Dago” his call you guys… check it out so that you will not be offended. Or be offended without examination). Jimi Hendrix you guys. Enjoy. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 Virgil here in LA. Find him, he makes really good chicken. Enjoy. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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, hundreds of free eps are also here… this defrays cost and is, essentially, a bonus ep. LIVE in Portland, OR at the Bridgetown Comedy Festival w MANY local dork luminaries. Opening music by Aubrey and Angela of ( @thedoubleclicks) and then great gaming talk with Eberron Creator (DnD world build for 3 and 3.5) Keith Baker (@hellcowkeith) and his partner in NEW games Jennifer Ellis () It’s live. It’s great. Enjoy. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. This is a Premium episode... there are hundreds of FREE episodes on iTunes or New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. As well as the rest of the Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON link on the main page or on the SUPPORT THE SHOW page. No additional charge to you and Amazon kicks back to TDF. Thank you! The support the show page also has the donation link. Knock yourselves out. credits Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 anything about dancing. You will hear. Enjoy. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 “Shrimpin Ain’t Easy”) actor (“I’m Dying Up Here” also Showtime) and his website has a free album of his standup . This one is great. I swear. DO EET. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 Wars action figures. It’s some great deep dorkdoms here. You will love. Enjoy. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 of May 2017) and has his own podcast called The Space Cave. It and preordering his podcast is all available on his website. Enjoy! WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 get into some REAL Musicals and some big issues. It is wonderful. She is a delight. You will love it. I insist. But I don’t need to. Enjoy. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 is made. Fascinating and revealing… You will love. Enjoy. NOTE: = WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 and me to learn about 42 years of sketch comedy from a REALLY funny, talented guy. He’s got 3 podcasts!! We Got This: Tights and Fights: Surprisingly Nice. And you can hear and watch him on episodes of Venture Bros. Thrilling Adventure Hour and Welcome to Nightvale. Get on the Hal Lublin Train. This is a great episode. Enjoy. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 get out of that room. As a puzzle guy… Tyler is hooked and he is IN THE KNOW. This was fascinating and you will love it. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 his love of being “under the sea” to me. It’s great. You will love. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 enthusiastically answers my VERY simple tech questions. It’s a great ep on the really fun JoCo Cruise () WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 bond. Deeply. About JK Rowling. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 learn a lot and get envious. Enjoy. Photo credit: Mindy Tucker WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album available on and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos: