The Dork Forest

Andrew Solmssen (@solmssen and @andrewsolmssen) is a hiking monster. He’s turned his, considerable, attention span to walking up and around Los Angeles. There’s tech talk too. Because it’s Andrew. 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 www.jackiekashian.com . USE THE AMAZON link on the...

Artistic Women’s Gymnastics; mostly 1980s and 90s. Not RHYTHMIC gymnastics and, currently, while still psyched, Lindsay Guzzardo has issues with the “changes.” This was GREAT. She’s on linked in. You don’t know her. YET. 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 www.jackiekashian.com . USE THE AM...

Brian Posehn @brianposehn, famously, dorks out about heavy metal and has a Dnd Podcast and I get to learn SO MUCH. Heavy Metal. Thrash Metal. A band called UFO. Let’s do this. 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 www.jackiekashian.com . USE THE AMAZON link on the front page when you order yo...

Robert Hurt (@AstroRob IG: @AstroRobLA UniverseUnplugged.org ) returns!! Astrophysicist and an ENORMOUS fan o the Trek… we get deep into Deep Space Nine. See that word usage? The show is much better than that sentence. (he publishes artist concepts of the Spitzer Space Telescope among other things. He is the coolest dork). You will love this so much you’ll find the other two episodes with him. Don...

My BROTHER Phil is back on the show to tell tales of riding the non-rails. Phil Kashian is apart of the TDF Ranger group if you want to talk to him. https://www.facebook.com/groups/353762778033456/ This was fun. It’s like getting to know my OWN BROTHER. You will enjoy. AD: www. FunctionofBeauty.com/dork for 20% off personalized shampoo and conditioner that, i SWEAR, works. Donate to The Dork Fores...

So many things were learned. The age appropriateness of Jessica Fletcher’s love interests. Caitlin Gill (@RobotCaitlin – NEW ALBUM Aug 2nd!! MAJOR) is a great comic and a delight. You will love this even if Murder She Wrote is not your jam. 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 www.jackiekash...

Tabletop VS game with figures and stuff to buy? I AM INTERESTED. Justin Herrmann (@_J_Herrmann_) loves Heroscape and I got to see all the parts. It looks so cool. IN a DORK FOREST kind of way. 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 www.jackiekashian.com . USE THE tiny AMAZON lin...

Beth Topper (@magentalady) knows photography from the production side and it’s fascinating. Turns out there some real basic colors out there. You combine them to make other colors. And then you print those photos. It’s great. AD: For 20% off your first purchase, visit nativedeodorant.com and use promo code DORK during checkout! Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links a...

YES> Andy AshCRAFT and I discuss the newest Spiderman - Far From Home and it's CHOCK FULL OF SPOILERS. You've been warned. Andy's website is www.giantsdance.com   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 www.jackiekashian.com . USE THE AMAZON link on the front page when you order your own dor...

Sci Fi Noir and Space Opera and Syfy and Amazon. Justin Marchert (@JustinMarchert and www. FantasyHospital.com ) is a comic and has lit a fire for me to see more than just the first season of this really cool show. Let us dork OUT about The Expanse.   AD: FunctionofBeauty.com for 20% off your first order. THIS IS GREAT STUFF. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and...

Old Liquor stores and neon and California sun have Matt Oswalt (@mattoswaltva) looking for the cool, brightly lit, dingiest liquor stores he can take a picture of. They are great looking and you can see them (and buy prints on Instagram). Check it out. 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 ww...

Central Park was designed by a hot landscape artist that Sara Benincasa (@sarajbenincasa) admires THROUGH SPACE AND TIME. I learned a lot. He did more than JUST Central Park. You will enjoy. AD: Scentbird: www.scentbird.com/dork for %50 off your first month! AD: Hello Fresh! www.hellofresh.com/dork80 $80 off your first month!   Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links a...

More info than there was time for and even more gushing by Lydia Popovich (@hatertuesday and LydiaPopovich.com ) regarding the amazing Dolly Parton. I learn even more how cool she is. Enjoy. AD: Scentbird: www.scentbird.com/dork for %50 off your first month! AD: Ana Luisa: www.analuisa.com/dorkforest for beautiful, sustainable jewelry Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal...

The Beatles, Ladies and Gentlemen, beloved by Jeffrey Baldinger – EP 522 Jeffrey Baldinger (@jeffbaldinger & jeffreybaldinger.net ) has some minutia to tell me about a VERY famous band that I know SOME stuff about. It was great. You will love. AD: download the www. POSTMATES.com APP and use code “dork” for $100 in free delivery for the first week! Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show...

This week on the Jackie and Laurie Show, more Pokemon, a set was impending, and I can't analyze my crushes and I won't...   Comic of the Week: Pallavi Gunalan @PallaviGunalan   We have a website! Laurie made it! www.jackieandlaurieshow.com Buy Laurie's new book Dead People Suck http://amzn.to/2yNYF4Y Follow @jackiekashian and @anylaurie16 on Twitter!  

Matt Balaker is a comic and he loves the comedy of Greg Giraldo. So he wrote his life story in a BOOK. Crazy. @greggiraldobook is so much info. I didn’t think it would but we talked the whole time. Greg was great. Matt is great. 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 www.jackiekashian.c...

Ebony Jones and I were friends from the last dayjob. She still doesn’t fully grok I don’t know who Beyonce is. But I’m willing to learn!! Follow Ebony @elizabethpegues and watch shows she’s worked on! The Strain, upcoming: Mrs. America. Which sounds amazing. Enjoy. AD: http://forest.robinhood.com  for a FREE stock to start your portfolio! Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s pay...

Sam Varela @nakedcomedy LOVES stand up and podcasts and we dork out about as many as we can fit into an hour!! Rangers! It’s a list of OTHER podcasts you might like to listen to! 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 www.jackiekashian.com . USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own...

Concerts and Venues with Valerie Tosi - 518 Boy do I not know things about bands this one is hilarious. @Valerie_Tosi is an hilarious comic, and this episode is made hilarious (and we laugh and laugh) about the many bands I’ve never seen. This was so fun. Enjoy. AD 1: Postmates.  $100 in free deliveries with the code DORK! www.postmates.com AD 2: New Yorker  12 weeks for $6 AND THE TOTE BAG at www...

She knows about all the platforms and how to use them and I learn about the deeper world of INSTAGRAM. Melanie Vesey @melanievesey and @promotionalrescue is a comic and has a new special called “Wild Animals” at https://t.co/Jh4Y6iHaBF and as an album everywhere. I LARNED STUFF AGAIN. I will apply that knowledge. Enjoy. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo...

I talk to Andy about ENDGAME and SPOIL as many mysteries as possible. SO if you haven't SEEN ENDGAME. PRESS PAUSE. Then see ENDGAME. If you want. Carry on. Regular shows commence each Tuesday. 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 www.jackiekashian.com . USE THE AMAZON banner when you order y...

We speak of overeducated, underemployed, crowded living condition THEATER. It’s really most of the world. But Ethan Stanislawski @ethanstancomedy knows British Theater and we discuss it. As well as the big issues and Jerry Lewis movies. I learned things. It was fascinating and fun. You will enjoy. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Link...

COSPLAY is for everyone and Judith Stephens @OMG_DJ_Judy of Women of Marvel Pod SEWS and has facts and encouragement and this was a great one. I learned stuff. Enjoy! AD: Scentbird.com/dork for %50 your first Perfume or Cologne for $7.50 !! LIVE BY A CODE! 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 o...

Cindy Caponera (@cccap and @cindycaponera on IG) is SO FUNNY. And she has memorized because she was MESMERIZED by so many scenes in cop TV shows. Then just movie scenes. She must return. 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 www.jackiekashian.com . USE THE AMAZON banner when yo...

Raised on the road; learning the ropes and meeting ALMOST ALL decent dads while loving comedy. Carmen Morales @thefunnycarmen is a great comic and has the best attitude. Another fascinating dorkdom for those who love standup. 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 www.jackiekashian.com...