The Dork Forest

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 show. There’s paypal links is my email and venmo is jackiekashian. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or . New album -STAY-KASHIAN is out NOW. Merch: TDF tshirts, standup shirts and other CDs and j...

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 to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or . New album -STAY-KASHIAN is out NOW. Merch: TDF tshirts, standup sh...

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 and it’s time to NOT DONATE TO THE DORK FOREST BUT, INSTEAD, FIND A FOOD BANK. or if yer not in the USA GOOGLE “food bank” and “name of town” New album -STAY-KASHIAN is out NOW. Merch: TDF tshirts, standup s...

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. It’s December and it’s time to NOT DONATE TO THE DORK FOREST BUT, INSTEAD, FIND A FOOD BANK. or if yer not in the USA GOOGLE “food bank” and “name of town” New album -STAY-KASHIAN is out NOW. Merch: TDF tshir...

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 short, halcyon moment. Of the hundreds he ran and played in, we talk about the 5 Sandman themed games today. You will LOVE> I do.  It’s December and it’s time to NOT DONATE TO THE DORK FOREST BUT, INSTEAD, FI...

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 December and it’s time to NOT DONATE TO THE DORK FOREST BUT, INSTEAD, FIND A FOOD BANK. or if yer not in the USA GOOGLE “food bank” and “name of town” New album -STAY-KASHIAN is out NOW. Merch: TDF tshirts, st...

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 chalkboard talk (and video on youtube). Enjoy! It’s November or December and it’s time to NOT DONATE TO THE DORK FOREST BUT, INSTEAD, FIND A FOOD BANK. or if yer not in the USA GOOGLE “food bank” and “name of town” N...

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 to NOT DONATE TO THE DORK FOREST BUT, INSTEAD, FIND A FOOD BANK. or if yer not in the USA GOOGLE “food bank” and “name of town” New album -STAY-KASHIAN is out NOW. https://800pgr.lnk.to/StayKashianYT Merch: TDF tshir...

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 music and the trivia therin. You will enjoy! It’s November and it’s time to NOT DONATE TO THE DORK FOREST BUT, INSTEAD, FIND A FOOD BANK. or if yer not in the USA GOOGLE “food bank” and “name of town” New album...

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, INSTEAD, FIND A FOOD BANK. or if yer not in the USA GOOGLE “food bank” and “name of town” New album -STAY-KASHIAN is out Nov 16th. Merch: TDF tshirts, standup shirts and other CDs and just videos of my comedy. To...

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 like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or . Merch: My current album “I Am Not the Hero of This Story” available on Amazon, iTunes and hard c...

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. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or . Merch: My current album “I Am Not the Hero of This Story” available...

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 Mathew is at (QEDComedyLab.com and this is GREAT. You will love. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or ....

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 address. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or . Merch: My current 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...

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 back. You will enjoy. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or . Merch: My current album “I Am Not the He...

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 paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or . Merch: My current album “I Am Not the Hero of This Story” available on Amazon, iTunes and hard copy if you want it si...

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. Enjoy. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or  Merch: My current album “I Am Not the Hero of This Story” av...

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 itself. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or . Merch: My current album “I Am Not the Hero of This...

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 in the day. You will love. The show is sponsored this week by awesome wireless earbuds company Raycon. Go to buyraycon.com/dork and get 15% off your order. They're great. For real. Donate to The Dork Forest...

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 Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or . Merch: My current album “I Am Not the Hero of This Story” available on Am...

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 30. Heh. It’s fascinating and awesome. You will love. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or . Merch: M...

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 Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or . Merch: My current album “I Am Not the Hero of This Story” available...

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. You will love. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or . Merch: My current album “I Am Not the Hero...

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 Fu Dragon Master Vol 2 – you can get both at the . All links to all his projects, social media, merch and films are on his website. Board Games. It turns out it’s becoming my own dorkdom too. Enjoy. Donate t...

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 sounds fun. Enjoy. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or . Merch: My current album “I Am Not the Hero of T...