The Dork Forest

Brian Regan (@brianregancomic) is a great comic and you should go see him. Smart, silly... all good things. We are on his tour bus at 1am, so we are punchy. Which is all to the good of exacerbatin’ his EXCELLENT obsession with the nature of how people line up in society and how we all get served. Listen up while we discuss the different ways it CAN be done... and, perhaps, how it SHOULD be done. S...

Ben Acker (@bnacker) is a writer of many things. With his parter Ben Blacker – yes, they know, I love Thrilling Adventure Hour the show. Now it’s a comic, they’re writing other comics and things are moving right along. WE talk about his favorite three filmmakers; Wes Anderson, Rian Johnson and Edgar Wright. After weeding around about all the other things he likes. I should have just let him go. Ne...

Is it dum? It is an add on. Willl I do more of them? It was fun to read old emails and comments. So, who knows. In any case, thanks for listening. You can email me at jackie@jackiekashian.com and you can comment on the show on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dork-forest/id210939624?mt=2 You can talk to other Rangers on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/353762778033456/ Stand...

Kate Flannery (@kateflannery) is so great. She loves movies pre Hay’s Code in Hollywood and we get into Shirley Temple movies. And a lot of other stuff. So great. You know her from The Office… but, it turns out, she’s working a lot since: Enjoy. This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! She reads HER OWN AD. Heh. Enjoy that. Gee, did you know I have a ne...

Nic Dressel (@nicdressel) is a man that knits Harry Potter scarves. He loves Harry Potter and we dork out HARD core about books. We talk books but we weed off into Mrs. Doubtfire and My Little Pony. His podcast is called , so you could listen to that!! The Pony thing is great.   This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! She reads HER OWN AD. Heh. Enjoy t...

Brittnee Braun (@Brittneebraun) makes cosplay costumes and loves all things fabric and fashion and sewing and it all comes together so that she can dress up like Batgirl Poison Ivy or various Steampunk costumes. It’s pretty cool that she can do it and she tells it like it is. Check out her store if you want stuff:   This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, helper Magoo Darla Kashi...

Ron Babcock (@ronbabcock) is a great comic and a guy who likes things to look NICE. We go through it all… his semester at sea, his tour in a vintage Benz. Then… it gets real with talk of decorating and urban renewal. Go see Ron on his tour because it’s gonna be great. This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! She reads HER OWN AD. Heh. Enjoy that. Gee, d...

Peter Adkison owns GenCon . He’s the founder of Wizards of the Coast and has been instrumental in my gaming life. Magic the Gathering. Dungeons and Dragons and, now… and for some time… board games and tabletop game convention GenCon. Jake Theis is the marketing guy for (@Gen_Con ) and they talk Gen Con and boardgames with me. I learn about more games to play. Peter has started making films and che...

Ed Baraf (@ebaraf and ) and Andy Ashcraft () are game designers and are DIPPED in all games. We talk mostly boardgames in this episode because Ed, generally a video game designer has developed a game and is getting funding on Kickstarter. Check it OUT! All games mentioned are really cool sounding. Enjoy. This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, Helper Magoo Darla Kashian!  She rea...

Sean Patton () is from New Orleans and we dork out LIVE, at the first ever Chicago Comedy Exposition, about the city of his birth. New Orleans. He’s great. You will enjoy. This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! She reads HER OWN AD. Heh. Enjoy that. I have a new hour comedy video out at   $5 download. It’s called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux”...

Doug Mellard is an Austin comedian and HE, , enjoys the wonderful world of MAGNUM P.I. And we talk about it. We weed off into the world of Sega Genesis briefly. Heh. Enjoy.   This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! She reads HER OWN AD. Heh. Enjoy that. I have a new hour comedy video out at   $5 download. It’s called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcru...

Rhea Butcher (@rheabutcher) () is a Chicago comic and also has podcasts. Fun. PYHT and a Maximum Fun podcast, WHAM BAM POW on iTunes. She loves her some Back to the Future. A Lot. Let's do this. This month's sponsor is my sister. Respectable, socially responsible financial advisor Darla Kashian. www.darlakashian.com She is smarter than I am and funnier than her ad. So give it a whirl. www.allthing...

Eric Hollerbach (@erichollerbach) is a comic, podcaster (Highway Diary – we record his right after this, wherein he has found every embarrassing thing I’ve said online and asks me about it . HE dorks out about Whose Line is it Anyway which leads to his love of improv and standup. Then we weed the heck off into conspiracies and I think about the definition of a safe space. It’s all great. Enjoy! Th...

I’m still A-Kon. Andy () taught a game design workshop at A-Kon and Josh Jordan () LIVES in Dallas and makes, as a hobby SO FAR, tabletop RPGs. So the two of them dork out about game mechanics, table top RPGS and storyline in gaming. It’s a good one. Enjoy. This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! She reads HER OWN AD. Heh. Enjoy that. I have a new hour...

Helen McCarthy (@tweetheart4711 & ) is, possibly, the GREATEST guest that has been. And that is saying a lot! We talk romance novels. She is a little quiet on the mic but it's totally worth it. She is an anime historian and is FASCINATING! Yay her. Hooray for us. Enjoy.   Darla Kashian sponsoring the show for the foreseeable future! How does she do it? By being a GREAT financial advisor to others...

Kristen McGuire (@kriscomics on twitter ) makes manga, watches manga, does voice work and this is a weird audio filled challenge. But Manga, My Little Pony and all things tiny and adorable are discussed. So I think it’s worth going for, if only to hear me trying to keep it together with ONE mic. Blow it off if you must and I’ll have her back on. But she’s great… enjoy. I have a new hour comedy vid...

Wil Anderson (@Wil_Anderson) is a great comic, has a fun podcast TOFOP on All Things Comedy () and we talk a LOT about Batman. The movies. And the superhero. THEN it’s all AFL (Australian Rules Football). So great. This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! She reads HER OWN AD. Heh. Enjoy that. I have a new hour comedy video out at   $5 download. It’s ca...

Emo Philips is one of the greatest writers of the standup comedy EVER. A silly, happy man. He’s on. But Nathan and Jonathan and I dork out AT Emo for a glorious 40min episode. I am clearly excited. Clearly. I sing the song TOO MANY TIMES. But he plays the recorder and I wanted him to like me. Hear the desperation. Tune the hell in. I have a new hour comedy video out at   $5 download. It’s called “...

Mark Alan Miller (@markalanmiller) likes Horror, scary stuff and has collected MANY of them on that genre known as V.H.S. Mark writes, produces, and directs original content alongside master of horror Clive Barker. Hellraiser, Next Testament. It's a lil' creepy. He's great! Enjoy. This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! www.darlakashian.com She reads H...

Julie Klausner (@julieklausner on twitter) is a funny writer, podcaster and hellova smart woman. http://julieklausner.com/ for links to her podcast (How Was YOUR Week?), her upcoming pilot and all the great things about her. This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! www.darlakashian.com She reads HER OWN AD. Heh. Enjoy that. I have a new hour comedy vide...

Myq Kaplan (@myqkaplan on twitter) is comedian, podcaster and wordsmith! He loves him some letters that form words that make sentences and we talk about them. Using words of our own. Podcast: http://www.keithandthegirl.com/hang-out-with-me/ Website: www.myqkaplan.comThis month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! www.darlakashian.com She reads HER OWN AD. Heh....

Live from Austin, TX Moontower Comedy Fest - Randy and Jason Sklar, Erin Foley (@sklarbros and @erinfoleycomic on twitter) talk about baseball and sports and it makes me WANT to want to get INTO it!! Another Dork Forest guest WIN! This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! She reads HER OWN AD. Heh. Enjoy that. I have a new hour comedy video out at   $5 d...

W. Kamau Bell (@wkamaubell on twitter) and wkamaubell.com is a great comic and a fine advocate for the movie Rocky 2. So great an episode. Then we weed off into the world of Bruce Lee. You will enjoy. ADRIENNNNNNEEE! This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! She reads HER OWN AD. Heh. Enjoy that. I have a new hour comedy video out at   $5 download. It’s...

Emily Gordon (@thegynomite on twitter,) is the co-host of The Indoor Kids on Nerdist.  We dork out about breakfast. It's good times. Tune in and enjoy. This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, Helper Magoo Darla Kashian! www.darlakashian.com She reads HER OWN AD. Heh. Enjoy that. I have a new hour comedy video out at www.allthingscomedy.com/records  $5 download. It's called "This...

Michael Dorsher (@dorsher on twitter) is my guest. He’s a comic and comedy producer and we talk Hong Kong and then  We are live in HK, the intro got cut off… but we’re at the FIRST Hong Kong Podcast Festival. The interview is WELL recorded. The Audience is not. It takes FOREVER for me to allow him to talk. Let’s have him on again. He’s GREAT. This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Adviso...