The Dork Forest

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:

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 outstanding. Heh. Enjoy. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album March 3, 2017 available on iTunes and Amazon 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:

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 government. We talk about the crazy; the details and the implications. Warning… real actual current affairs talk here. Let’s take it in and help each other out here. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album March 3, 2017 available on iTunes and Amazon now and later. 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 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. 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. NOTE: Ear Buds, the Documentarty about podcasting is his and it’s OUT!! This is a really interesting, and a millionth angel on another boardgame ep. I love dorkdoms. Enjoy. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. Premium eps are taped live and available here: I have an hour comedy special out called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” because my soul is in it. You can download it here: or get the DVD on my site. 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:

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 his work with grassroots politics. Both fascinating. You will love. Get on it. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. Premium eps are taped live and available here: I have an hour comedy special out called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” because my soul is in it. You can download it here: or get the DVD on my site. 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:

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 live and available here: I have an hour comedy special out called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” because my soul is in it. You can download it here: or get the DVD on my site. 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:

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 to year ELEVEN of TDF. Premium eps are taped live and available here: I have an hour comedy special out called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” because my soul is in it. You can download it here: or get the DVD on my site. 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:

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 dorky things. He’s a local Wisconsin dork luminary and he is great. Read his comic, Dork Tower. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. Premium eps are taped live and available here: I have an hour comedy special out called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” because my soul is in it. You can download it here: or get the DVD on my site. 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 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, first, about Tolkien. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. Premium eps are taped live and available here: I have an hour comedy special out called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” because my soul is in it. You can download it here: or get the DVD on my site. 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 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 during the caucuses. It's fascinating. Enjoy!! Welcome to year ELEVEN of TDF. Premium eps are taped live and available here: www.thedorkforest.com.bandcamp.com (download the bandcamp app for EASIEST way to listen to them). Plenty of videos of me doing standup and my calendar on www.jackiekashian.com and you can buy and download my Horcrux DVD through www.comedyfilmnerds.com. You can get hard copies of my CDs/DVD or Dork Forest/Standup tshirts on www.jackiekashian.com Use the Amazon banner or link on the jackiekashian.com to SUPPORT THE SHOW! Audio Leveling: Patrick Brady Music by Mike Ruekberg Website by Vilmos

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 wandering neighborhoods looking at real estate. It’s a great one. See her comedy. Listen to this. For it is fun. Last chance so IN DECEMBER PLEASE do NOT donate to TDF. DONATE to your LOCAL foodbank. FeedingAmerica.org is good if you’re in the US. OR… google the name of your town and the words “food bank.” You got this. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. Premium eps are taped live and available here: You can order tshirts or CD/DVD from and you can 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! I have an hour comedy special out called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” because my soul is in it. You can download it here: or get the DVD on my site. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 a great ep. Enjoy. NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER PLEASE do NOT donate to TDF. DONATE to your LOCAL foodbank. FeedingAmerica.org is good if you’re in the US. OR… google the name of your town and the words “food bank.” You got this. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. Premium eps are taped live and available here: You can order tshirts or CD/DVD from and you can 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! I have an hour comedy special out called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” because my soul is in it. You can download it here: or get the DVD on my site. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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’s a great ep. Enjoy. NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER PLEASE do NOT donate to TDF. DONATE to your LOCAL foodbank. FeedingAmerica.org is good if you’re in the US. OR… google the name of your town and the words “food bank.” You got this. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. Premium eps are taped live and available here: You can order tshirts or CD/DVD from and you can 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! I have an hour comedy special out called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” because my soul is in it. You can download it here: or get the DVD on my site. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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. I’m wearing my moccasins right now. Great ep. Enjoy. NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER PLEASE do NOT donate to TDF. DONATE to your LOCAL foodbank. FeedingAmerica.org is good if you’re in the US. OR… google the name of your town and the words “food bank.” You got this. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. Premium eps are taped live and available here: You can order tshirts or CD/DVD from and you can 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! I have an hour comedy special out called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” because my soul is in it. You can download it here: or get the DVD on my site. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 PLEASE do NOT donate to TDF. DONATE to your LOCAL foodbank. FeedingAmerica.org is good if you’re in the US. OR… google the name of your town and the words “food bank.” You got this. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. Premium eps are taped live and available here: You can order tshirts or CD/DVD from and you can 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! I have an hour comedy special out called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” because my soul is in it. You can download it here: or get the DVD on my site. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 their comedy. We talk powerful lady series and how that is STILL fictional. Enjoy. NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER PLEASE do NOT donate to TDF. DONATE to your LOCAL foodbank. FeedingAmerica.org is good if you’re in the US. OR… google the name of your town and the words “food bank.” You got this. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. Premium eps are taped live and available here: You can order tshirts or CD/DVD from and you can 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! I have an hour comedy special out called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” because my soul is in it. You can download it here: or get the DVD on my site. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 and it was fun! Find it! Enjoy. NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER PLEASE do NOT donate to TDF. DONATE to your LOCAL foodbank. FeedingAmerica.org is good if you’re in the US. OR… google the name of your town and the words “food bank.” You got this. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. Premium eps are taped live and available here: You can order tshirts or CD/DVD from and you can 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! I have an hour comedy special out called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” because my soul is in it. You can download it here: or get the DVD on my site. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos:

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 little sci fi overlap between us. WE talk the big issues and it’s fascinating. NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER PLEASE do NOT donate to TDF. DONATE to your LOCAL foodbank. FeedingAmerica.org is good if you’re in the US. OR… google the name of your town and the words “food bank.” You got this. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. Premium eps are taped live and available here: You can order tshirts or CD/DVD from and you can 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! I have an hour comedy special out called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” because my soul is in it. You can download it here: or get the DVD on my site. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos: