TDF 258 – Emily Heller
Emily Heller (@MrEmilyHeller) www.emilyheller.tumblr.com  is a comic, writer and actress (TBS “Ground Floor”). She is a penpal, experiences ASMR and we both love on High School Debate. So good. Enjoy. This month our sponsor is Bob Calhoun! You might remember him from ep#38. He talks about writing the book that he then got published that I believe everyone will enjoy.The book is "Shattering Con...
1hr 3m Nov 14, 2014
1hr 3m
Dork Addendum FOUR
It's the add on to TDF. I read old emails and comments, and will eventually catch up.  I tell you more about MY dorky thing for this week, so, who knows. In any case, thanks for listening. It's an "after" show so this opens with the Mike Ruekberg rendition of "Mexican Hat Dance" so I talk as it closes www.thedorkforest.com and begin this... You can email me at jackie@jackiekashian.com and you...
13m Nov 13, 2014
13m
TDF 257 – Matt Oswalt
Matt Oswalt (@puddinstrip) is actor, director and a guy that likes JEANS… knows how to care for them. Knows what THEY want. He’s also obsessed with the longest of all walks. Up Hill. Hiking. We dork out hard core about jeans. Crazy. Fun. Enjoy. This month our sponsor is Bob Calhoun! You might remember him from ep#38. He talks about writing the book that he then got published that I believe eve...
1hr Nov 11, 2014
1hr
TDF 256 – Jared Logan
Jared Logan (@jaredlogan) you guys. Medieval and Renaissance history. So fun. I learned stuff. I was reminded of stuff. We celebrate a LOT of historical fiction and, get this… he reads non fiction. So good. Enjoy. This month our sponsor is Bob Calhoun! You might remember him from ep#38. He talks about writing the book that he then got published that I believe everyone will enjoy.The book is "S...
1hr 3m Nov 07, 2014
1hr 3m
TDF 255 – Joe Wilson
Joe Wilson (@vampiremob and @joewilsontv) www.vampiremob.com started The Dork Forest in 2006 then went on to teach himself directing, screenwriting and, now, graphic novel writing. So great. We dork out HARD about dreams and acting on them. So good. Enjoy. This month our sponsor is Bob Calhoun! You might remember him from ep#38. He talks about writing the book that he then got published that I...
1hr 2m Nov 05, 2014
1hr 2m
TDF 254 – Jesse Case
Jesse Case (@jessecase) returns! He was a lego dork in 2010 and this ep we talk about his typewriter collection and we weed of HARD CORE into WW2. Listen to us both put our feet in our mouths… turns out we LIKE Jews, HATE rape, Hitler and are against war. His podcast is called “Probably Science” and it’s great. Dork on! This month our sponsor is Bob Calhoun! You might remember him from ep#38. ...
1hr 14m Oct 31, 2014
1hr 14m
TDF 253 – Debra DiGiovanni
Debra DiGiovanni (@DebraDiGiovanni and DebraDG.com) is a delite. Prepare yourselves to be CHARMED. Holy smokes. Some television dorking, some animal movies “sharks are smart” and we close on manners and grammer. So Good. For Reals. Enjoy. This month our sponsor is Vilmos! You might know him from the CREDITS. Yes. He made an ad. He’s a hands on, great guy for websites… do it!!  http://hiredgunc...
1hr 8m Oct 28, 2014
1hr 8m
Dork Addendum THREE
Is it dum? It is an add on. I read old emails and comments, and will eventually catch up.  I tell you more about MY dorky thing for this wee, so, who knows. In any case, thanks for listening. It's an "after" show so this opens with the Mike Ruekberg rendition of "Mexican Hat Dance" and so I have. As it closes www.thedorkforest.com and can begin this... You can email me at jackie@jackiekashian...
15m Oct 27, 2014
15m
TDF 252 – Kipleigh Brown
Kipleigh Brown http://www.kipleigh.com/  (@kiplieghbrown) is a sketch comic and actress and is in a couple episodes of the ongoing series www.startrekcontinues.com/!  We talk wigs, “music” to sleep to, SCIENCE! And, of course, Star Trek. Check it out. This month our sponsor is Vilmos! You might know him from the CREDITS. Yes. He made an ad. He’s a hands on, great guy for websites… do it!!  htt...
1hr 9m Oct 21, 2014
1hr 9m
TDF 251 – Eddie Pepitone
Eddie Pepitone (@eddiepepitone) is a great comic and has a new special for streaming on Netflix called “In Ruins.” Check it out. We dork out VERY specifically about Hockey. I know. HOCKEY! So great. And then I learn of a PBS Agatha Christie show I should have been watching forever and then we dork out at each other about Hitchiker’s Guide.  www.eddiepepitone.com for his schedule and podcast and...
1hr 3m Oct 14, 2014
1hr 3m
TDF 250 – Sandra Daugherty
Sandra Daugherty (@sexnerdsandra) is a sex educator and podcaster on the Nerdist podcasting network. All the info is at www.sexnerdsandra.com We don’t talk about sex so much. We talk about makeup, hair and fashion. And, because she’s into the emotions behind, as far as I can tell, everything… it’s the philosophy of fashion and it’s FASCINATING. You will like! I learned stuff. Check it out. Thi...
1hr 8m Oct 07, 2014
1hr 8m
Dork Addendum TWO
Is it dum? It is an add on. Willl I do more of them? It was fun to read old emails and comments. I tell you more about MY dorky thing for this wee, so, who knows. In any case, thanks for listening. Someone suggested I open with the Mike Ruekberg rendition of "Mexican Hat Dance" and so I have. As it closes www.thedorkforest.com and can begin this... You can email me at jackie@jackiekashian.com...
16m Oct 05, 2014
16m
TDF EP 249 - Brian Regan
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...
1hr 2m Sep 30, 2014
1hr 2m
TDF 248 – Ben Acker
Ben Acker (@bnacker) is a writer of many things. With his parter Ben Blacker – yes, they know, I love Thrilling Adventure Hour http://thrillingadventurehour.com/ 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 li...
1hr 8m Sep 23, 2014
1hr 8m
Dork Addendum ONE
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/ ...
7m Sep 22, 2014
7m
TDF 247 – Kate Flannery
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: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0281212/ Enjoy. This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! www.darlakashian.com She rea...
1hr 10m Sep 16, 2014
1hr 10m
TDF 246 – Nic Dressel
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 www.nobodiespodcast.com, so you could listen to that!! The Pony thing is great. This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! www.darla...
59m Sep 09, 2014
59m
TDF 245 – Brittnee Braun loves Cosplay
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: http://www.etsy.com/shop/poppair This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financia...
1hr 1m Sep 02, 2014
1hr 1m
TDF 244 – Ron Babcock
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. www.heyron.com This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! www.darlakashian.com She r...
1hr 3m Aug 26, 2014
1hr 3m
TDF 243 – GenCon - Peter Adkison & Jake Theis
Peter Adkison http://www.peteradkison.com/ owns GenCon http://gencon.com/. 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 gam...
48m Aug 19, 2014
48m
TDF EP 242 – Ed Baraf & Andy Ashcraft
Ed Baraf (@ebaraf and www.Baraf.com) and Andy Ashcraft (www.giantsdancegames.com) 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! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ebaraf/lift-off-get-me-off-this-planet All games mentioned are really ...
1hr 1m Aug 12, 2014
1hr 1m
TDF EP 241 – Sean Patton
Sean Patton (@mrseanpatton) 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!www.darlakashian.com She reads HER OWN AD. Heh. Enjoy that. I have a new hour comedy video out at www.allthingscomedy.com/rec...
1hr 2m Aug 05, 2014
1hr 2m
TDF EP 240 – Doug Mellard
Doug Mellard http://dougmellard.com/ is an Austin comedian and HE, @DougMellard, 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!www.darlakashian.com She reads HER OWN AD. Heh. Enjoy that. I have a new hour comedy video out at www...
1hr 6m Jul 29, 2014
1hr 6m
TDF EP 239 Rhea Butcher
Rhea Butcher (@rheabutcher) (http://www.rheabutcher.com/) 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...
1hr 7m Jul 22, 2014
1hr 7m
TDF EP 237 – Josh Jordan & Andy Ashcraft
I’m still A-Kon. Andy (www.giantsdancegames.com) taught a game design workshop at A-Kon and Josh Jordan (http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/115174/Heroine) 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, help...
1hr 9m Jul 09, 2014
1hr 9m
TDF EP - Helen McCarthy
Helen McCarthy (@tweetheart4711 & http://helenmccarthy.wordpress.com/) 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 bei...
58m Jul 04, 2014
58m
TDF EP 235 – Kristen McGuire live at A-Kon
Kristen McGuire (@kriscomics on twitter www.kriscomics.com) 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...
54m Jul 01, 2014
54m
TDF EP 234 – Wil Anderson
Wil Anderson (@Wil_Anderson) is a great comic, has a fun podcast TOFOP on All Things Comedy (http://allthingscomedy.com/channels/28/tofop) 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!www.darlakashian.com She reads HER OWN AD. Heh. Enjo...
1hr 16m Jun 24, 2014
1hr 16m
TDF EP 233 – Emo Philips
Emo Philips http://emophilips.com/ 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 w...
42m Jun 17, 2014
42m