The Dork Forest

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: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxShvvK9Qe5cqyJAl961vzOzIFK...

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 Amazon and iTunes now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live...

It’s probably not a conspiracy but it IS fascinating. Dan Cummins ( www.timesuckpodcast.com ) 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 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:...

Buckle up, it’s music. And cool (but NOT cool bc punk) music. Scott Marvel Cassidy (fine artist http://scottmarvelcassidy.com/ ) 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 Amazon and iTunes now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped liv...

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 Amazon and iTunes now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live a...

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 Amazon and iTunes now and later. “I Am Not the...

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 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...

Credit Cards can get you free travel and hotel for free. Chip Chinery (@chipsmoneytips www.chipsmoneytips.com ) 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 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://thedorkfore...

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 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: h...

Pinball. Kevin Kleinhans (kevwritescomedy@gmail.com) 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: http://www.pinballmap.com/ WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album available...

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 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,...

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. https://...

Bewitched to The Walking Dead. Supernatural shows that address the big issues. @debiontheweb www.debiontheweb.com 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 Amazon and iTunes now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the website. Premium eps are taped live an...

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 www.costaki.com for all of it all....

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 Amazon and iTunes...

Dr. Katz, Home Movies and Bob’s Burgers. Charlie Hester (@alittleoffcolor and www.charliehestercomedy.com ) 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 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 avail...

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 Amazon and iTunes now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Real CD on the w...

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   https://thedorkforest.bandcamp.com/   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. Open...

The Art of THE DANCE! Renee Camus (@camusr6 www.reneecamus.com and www.aliveandkickingfilm.com )! 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 Amazon and iTunes now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Stor...

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 www.almadrigal.com . This one is great. I swear. DO EET. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album avai...

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 ( https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/idwgames/rayguns-and-rocketships?token=5395840f ) 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 a...

Animation. David Huntsberger (@huntsbergerjunk and http://www.davidhuntsberger.com/news/ ) 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 Albu...

Musicals. Rebecca Sugar (@rebeccasugar) is the creator and executive producer of Steven Universe and is ALSO working this nerd cruise https://jococruise.com/ ). 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...

Geneology. Julie Dixon Jackson (@joolsjackson) is ON THIS NERD CRUISE https://jococruise.com/ ). 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: We Are All Famous To A Few People= http://joewilsontv.tumblr.com/ WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album available on...

Saturday Night Live. Hal Lublin (@hallublin) knows the beloved show SNL and is ALSO working THIS NERD CRUISE https://jococruise.com/ ). 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...