The Dork Forest

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 just defrays cost and is, essentially, a bonus ep. Photo Credit:    LIVE in Toronto at the Just For Laughs 42 Comedy Festival with Maria Bamford, Todd Glass and Amanda Broo...

TDF 373 Stu Goldsmith Boardgames with stories. That’s Stuart Goldsmith’s jam. @comcompod and . British comic and podcaster and game lover. We talked for an hour then Andy came home and we played boardgames for 2 hours. He is great. You will love.    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 Ho...

Disneyland! Geoffrey Golden (@geoffreygolden from devastatorpress.com and his podcast, Two Packs a Week on iTunes) loves the popular rides of Disney land and world but, also, the ones that didn’t work. Mostly he loves the story on the way TO the rides. His book Dream it! Screw it! is a book of “rejected Disney attractions.” HEH. He’s great. It’s a great ep. Enjoy. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. Pr...

Samurai Surfer Graham Elwood (@grahamelwood) collects swords, studies martial arts and surfs. I become jealous at several points. He co-founded the @lapodfest and has a great podcast called @comedyfilmnerds. He’s hilarious and you will love this. Enjoy. NOTE: Flashing Steel WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. Premium eps are taped live and available here: I have an hour comedy special out called “This...

The Exorcist. SPOILER ALERT (from 1973)  Carlos Alazraqui (@carlosalazraqui and ) likes The Exorcist. And it’s fascinating. Wanna guess if I’ve ever seen it? Such a great episode. Find him out in the world.  He is wonderful. 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...

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 just defrays cost. LIVE in Winnepeg at the Oddblock Comedy Festival with Dan Telfer and John B Duff. Dan Telfer (@dantelfer) and John B Duff (@johnbduff) both play more h...

Law and Order SVU and Criminal Intent. Just those two. Martha Kelly (@marthakelly3 and ) likes a DARK procedural. Cuz there’s backstory. Because there’s character development. Because her sister turned her onto it. But damn if she’s isn’t on board. She is wonderful. Enjoy. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. Premium eps are taped live and available here: I have an hour comedy special out called “This W...

Pirates! ARG. Phil Johnson (@roadsidephil and philjohnsoncomedy.com) has a pirate podcast! UnderTheCrossbones.com and he is all over every part of pirates that you’re willing to talk about. Old time pirates? Disney Pirates? Cosplay? Pirate Bands. All of the Pirates. Heh. Very fun. Enjoy. WELCOME to year TEN of TDF. Premium eps are taped live and available here: I have an hour comedy special out ca...

Your parents love you because you have compassion for your parents. Tarot Cards. There is a LOT of paranormal stuff talked about, around, at… Karen Rontowski (karenrontowski.com and @rontowski) knows things. She reads MY Tarot cards right on the show! Easy. Non satanic. Warning: hippie alert. So fun. You will like. Unless you won’t. Which is also fine. I loved it. WELCOME to year TEN of TDF. Premi...

Ashley Esqueda (@ashleyesqueda and ashleyesqueda.com) has a talkshow about future tech and we never DO address the video game that she mentions in the beginning of this show J. (No Man’s Sky if you’re playing at home). We DO talk a LOT about talk shows, so we get into that – then some Harry Potter – then BACK the biz of showbiz. It’s a good one. You will like. WELCOME to year TEN of TDF. Premium e...

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 just defrays cost. LIVE in Montreal at the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival with Maria Bamford (@mariabamford and Lady Dynamite on Netflix). Photo credit: Felicia Michaels...

Amy Dallen (@enthusiamy and Future Girl (@futuregirlshow)  ) is awesome. SO MANY DORKDOMS. We scratched the surface with the video game Loom (which I must now find), we talk a little tabletop RPG and comedy dorky music, THEN it’s a LOT of Hamilton. She knows things. You will love. Enjoy. WELCOME to year TEN of TDF. Premium eps are taped live and available here: I have an hour comedy special out ca...

Golf. For a full hour, Rory Scovel (@RoryScovel and RoryScovel.com) explains the minutia that is the sport of GOLF! It’s soothing and fascinating all at once. I forget to be enraged about sexism. Classic. It’s pretty great. Enjoy. WELCOME to year TEN 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...

HORROR movies! Joe Derosa (of @joederosacomedy and Fangoria podcast: We’ll See You in Hell) Again I larn more about scary stuff. Then we weed off into the joy that are the works of Paul Giamatti (I’m pretty sure). Heh. Enjoy WELCOME to year TEN 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...

Roller Derby.  Robin Ryan (@robinryan200 and ) has played, loves and made great friends from Roller Derby. So interesting. So great. Enjoy. WELCOME to year TEN 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 fo...

SPOILER ALERT ABOUT A BOOK WRITTEN 150 years ago! Alice in Wonderland and Lewis Carroll. A lot. Heather Simmons (@everywherealice and ) knows of that which she loves. I learn stuff. Not as much as Andy would like (see the phone bonus). Enjoy! WELCOME to year TEN of TDF. Premium eps are taped live and available here: I have an hour comedy special out called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” bec...

Cricket. The freaking game of Cricket. I feel like I’ve waited my whole life for this. Wil Anderson (@wil_anderson and , aussie comic and friend of the show tells me HOW IT’S PLAYED. Finally. You will love. His pods: and I’m on a couple of those. WELCOME to year TEN of TDF. Premium eps are taped live and available here: I have an hour comedy special out called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux”...

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 just defrays cost. his is a bonus PREMIUM EP. LIVE in Indianapolis @indypopcon with Ronald Wimberly @RaynardFaux . He is an artist (he has an Eisner nominated graphic nov...

Traveling. Getting OUT there. Getting to SEE stuff. Lahna Turner (@allthingscomedy pod Perfect 10 and @lahnaturner) has been to a BUNCH of places and we hear some hair raising tales. Enjoy! NOTE: September will have LIMEADE   WELCOME to year TEN 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 i...

Zombies. I question. I am answered and then it becomes clear I’ve thought about them too much. Ivan Van Norman (@Hydra_Lord) has wallowed in the lore. He then helped publish an RPG tabletop game about Zombies. So we talk about that. Guess who steps in then? Heh. Yer favorite fighting Welshman: Andy Ashcraft. You will love this. NOTE: Outbreak Undead RPG is here: WELCOME to year TEN of TDF. Premium...

Private Eyes. Gumshoes. Sarah Urling (@sarah_the_pi from Gailey Associates in OC) loved the idea so much she became one and still reads/watches and thinks a lot about the private eyeball job. It’s awesome. You will love.  WELCOME to year TEN 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...

Meditating. Laura House (@imlaurahouse and of the podcast laura house at large) is a comic and fascinating. We wander. We concentrate. A perfect storm of a dorkdom because Laura wants to make fun of it. But you can’t. This is so good. Enjoy. WELCOME to year TEN of TDF. Premium eps are taped live and available here: I have an hour comedy special out called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” beca...

Sex and the City. The TV show. Erin Judge (@erinjudge) is a comic and has her first NOVEL is coming out in August – you can pre-order it! The TV show Sex and the City. Not the movies. Not the book. They all have last names you guys. You will love this. NOTE: Erin’s book link: Vow of Celibacy   WELCOME to year TEN of TDF. Premium eps are taped live and available here: I have an hour comedy special...

Bravo shows. All of them. Ronnie Karam (of @RonnieKaram and the podcast Watch What Crappens and ) watches all of it and loves it and hates it. And I do not disappoint if you wondered if I still don’t know what’s currently on television. It’s really fun. Enjoy! WELCOME to year TEN of TDF. Premium eps (they cost $2ea) are taped live and available here: I have an hour comedy special out called “This...

Glue guns and Harry Potter. Comic books and Costumes. Gina Devivo (@ginasauruss and Future Girl ) is awesome. You will love. WELCOME to year TEN of TDF. Premium eps (they cost $2ea) are taped live and available here: https://thedorkforest.bandcamp.com/ 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: bit.ly/horcruxdo...