The Dork Forest

Bonus ep!! Black Panther SO FULL of SPOILERS. Great comic Joyelle Johnson @joyellenicole and I have been trying to dork out about ANYTHING forever. It’s not a full hour but it’s FULL OF JOY. Oh. That is also a pun on her name. She’s Great. Enjoy. There is ALSO some hilarious celebration of name dropping. Donate to The Dork Forest at or My new album “I Am Not the Hero of This Story” available on , ...

Remember Charmed? I LOVED Charmed. Not as much as Kendra Zzyzwyck (@gingerblivet) because she really loves it. The chemistry of the sisters and, still fascinated, but not as beloved… the clothes. Heh. She has a Charmed podcast. @charmedchatspod GET IT. THERE's A BUZZ. I think it was the cables. I just bought new cables. I'm sorry. The show IS free. Good luck. And... hey... Donate to The Dork Fores...

ALL THE PUZZLES! Pavel Curtis () is on board with all the puzzles. Mechanical. Logic. Escape Rooms. Jigsaw. Those just as lighter dorkdom. Oh he is dipped. You will love this. #jococruise Enjoy. Donate to The Dork Forest at or 11:00 (plus intro time) Physical Puzzles    21:00 various cons and IS there overlap? 28:30 5 Card Nancy My album “I Am Not the Hero of This Story” available on , and hard co...

Ikea and Home Depot are a dorkdom I did NOT see coming. Jean Grae ( – her new album “Everything’s Fine” just came out! Get it.) is such a delight I CLAIM I will go to an IKEA. Wait for it. I learn about curtains. You will be CHARMED. #jococruise Enjoy. AD: Secret Active. (you guys… they got the domain name secret.com. AWESOME). Donate to The Dork Forest at or 11:35 Home Depot    20:35 The Zombie A...

It’s ALMOST outsider movies. Greg Benson (@mediocre films ) loves a movie where so much effort has been made but there’s NOTHING THERE. Not Camp. Showgirls. We see how Yeshmin came to be.  #jococruise Enjoy. AD:  PROMO CODE: JK Donate to The Dork Forest at or 8:20 Showgirls 21:30 Manos the hands of fate    42:00 Mac and Me 50:00 The Room My album “I Am Not the Hero of This Story” available on , an...

Such good intentions to discuss the fancy foods to aspire to but Anita Sarkeesian (@femfreq @anitasarkeesian) and I discover that we really want to dork out about being Armenian. And so it came to pass. She’s got a great site dedicated to looking at pop culture from a feminist angle which, since it’s never done that way… is fascinating. You will come for Anita and stay for the beginning of friends...

We dive off the third rope into a couple of Open Mike Eagle’s (@Mike_Eagle) favorite wrestlers. I learn a LITTLE bit more about wrestling. He’s got a new album out (Brick Body Kids Still Daydream) and a wrestling pod (it looks so SILLY and great rivalling, perhaps the genre itsveryself. #jococruise Enjoy. Donate to The Dork Forest at or 13:00 famous Ref! 15:30 Sensational Sheri “Sexy Boy” … a rend...

There’s series of novels Erica Burns (@blondechick80) has NOT read, but I feel like there’s more she WILL. WE dork out hard on Harry Bosch, Jack Reacher, Outlander. We scratch a SURFACE. #jococruise Listen up. Simple Contacts: $30 off your reorder of your contact lenses prescription! There’s an app with a free double check vision test and everything.   USE CODE: DORKFOREST on checkout 16:00 Pro ti...

Stu Anderson (@andest01) knows about the elusive brown trout. He made an app! troutspotr for the website and downloadable, free app about FISHIN! I learn from the ground UP about these water based animals and how to catch them. It’s an amazing conversation for real!! He ties his own flies. Get in there. Two ADS you guys: Stamps.com: A TRIAL month at (then if you like it – and it really is convenie...

Chery Jones (of @moviesmademepod ) is SO GREAT. She loved a movie, so she learned to sail. She read a bunch of books about sailing and then got her masters. What? Yes. Listen up. THERE’S AN AD FOR A FREE MONTH OF EHARMONY! Get this… the promo code is LAKERS. Yes. It’s WATER based? How did they know? USE CODE: Lakers on checkout. 9:55 She saw that movie in 2003 13:50 Pirates turn into THE NAVY, Lea...

Labyrinth is that Bowie/Jim Henson movie I saw once. Virginia Jones (@badiniadones),  standup comic and delight, has seen it A LOT. I learn Jennifer Connelly invented Cosplay. Holy smokes with this movie. I learn stuff I didn’t know about Goth. It’s a delight. 2:30 RIGHT away we find out about “Dark Nerds” and the game “REAL DOG/PUPPET DOG” 16:30 we Weed off into discussing our opinion of Birds. 3...

The woman behind the man is usually right next to him getting her name removed from the research paper when they stop being married. Cathryn Michon (@thegrrlgenius) is a writer and director and she is great. She loves a tale of an underdog. And the women who inspire her to keep going. This one will make you mad and remind you about the Cotton Gin. Bring It. 11:19 Catherine Littlefield Green invent...

Martha Gellhorn was inspirational to Julie Seabaugh (@julieseabaugh). Inspiring her to write what she wanted to write about (Julie is a freelance comedy writer) and, just as telling, get the hell out of St. Louis for a minute. I’d never heard of her. It’s a good one!! 15:30 D Day! 22:00 Martha TRIED to write fiction. She’s no Hemingway. 34:00 book BY Martha to start off your own travels. Donate to...

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 fron...

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...

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 w...

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 a...

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 BE...

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 FO...

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 D...

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 INS...

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 tap...

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 St...

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 t...

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...