The Dork Forest

Musicals. Rebecca Sugar (@rebeccasugar) is the creator and executive producer of Steven Universe and is ALSO working this nerd cruise ). She writes music (Adventure Time and her own show) and we get into some REAL Musicals and some big issues. It is wonderful. She is a delight. You will love it. I insist. But I don’t need to. Enjoy. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album available on  and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at   USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady  Music is by Mike Ruekberg  Website design by Vilmos:

Geneology. Julie Dixon Jackson (@joolsjackson) is ON THIS NERD CRUISE ). We go down a rabbit hole of ancestry chromosomes and centimorgans and, while we don’t find any Midichlorians… progress is made. Fascinating and revealing… You will love. Enjoy. NOTE: = WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album available on  and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at     USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness.  Audio leveling by Patrick Brady  Music is by Mike Ruekberg  Website design by Vilmos:

Saturday Night Live. Hal Lublin (@hallublin) knows the beloved show SNL and is ALSO working THIS NERD CRUISE ). We’ve been trying to do this for years and now we have time AT SEA for us to bond and me to learn about 42 years of sketch comedy from a REALLY funny, talented guy. He’s got 3 podcasts!! We Got This: Tights and Fights: Surprisingly Nice. And you can hear and watch him on episodes of Venture Bros. Thrilling Adventure Hour and Welcome to Nightvale. Get on the Hal Lublin Train. This is a great episode. Enjoy.  WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album available on  and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at     USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness.  Audio leveling by Patrick Brady  Music is by Mike Ruekberg  Website design by Vilmos:

Escape Rooms. Tyler Hinman (@thatpuzzleguy) loves a puzzle and is ON THIS NERD CRUISE ). He likes to be “locked” in a room with friends or even strangers; be told a story and given an hour to get out of that room. As a puzzle guy… Tyler is hooked and he is IN THE KNOW. This was fascinating and you will love it.  WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album available on  and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady  Music is by Mike Ruekberg  Website design by Vilmos:

Scuba Diving. Jason Hatrick () is a comic and is ON THIS NERD CRUISE ). He opened for me in Montreal and he happens to be a giant Jonathon Coulton Nerd Cruise guy and I asked if he’d explain his love of being “under the sea” to me. It’s great. You will love. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album available on  and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady  Music is by Mike Ruekberg  Website design by Vilmos:

Photography. John Scalzi (@johnscalzi and Scalzi.com) known for being a great science fiction writer (REDSHIRTS) takes pictures and they are very good. Check them out:   I ask and he enthusiastically answers my VERY simple tech questions. It’s a great ep on the really fun JoCo Cruise () WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album available on  and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady  Music is by Mike Ruekberg  Website design by Vilmos:

Harry Potter. Michael Palascak (@MichaelPalascak and has a NEW album THAT ONE THING) finally gets to talk about Harry Potter as much as I’ll not talk over him! He has new insights for me and we bond. Deeply. About JK Rowling. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album available on  and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady  Music is by Mike Ruekberg  Website design by Vilmos:

Ayahuasca. Myq Kaplan (@myqkaplan) noted comic and wordsmith (has a new album NO KIDDING) finally gets to tell me about the JOURNEY that is this South American tea that (can) blow one’s mind. I learn a lot and get envious. Enjoy. Photo credit: Mindy Tucker WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album available on  and now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady  Music is by Mike Ruekberg  Website design by Vilmos:

YouTube Instructional Videos. Henry Phillips (@henlips and his new movie Punching Henry ) is a great comic and we talk about his LOVE of Amateur Instructional Videos on YouTube.  It is outstanding. Heh. Enjoy. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album March 3, 2017 available on iTunes and Amazon now and later. “I Am Not the Hero of This Story.” Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady  Music is by Mike Ruekberg  Website design by Vilmos:

President Psycho’s twitter account. Alycia Cooper @alyciacooper is a great standup comic with a new podcast @hot10withAlycia / and is obsessed with the trainwreck that is our federal government. We talk about the crazy; the details and the implications. Warning… real actual current affairs talk here. Let’s take it in and help each other out here. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. New Album March 3, 2017 available on iTunes and Amazon now and later. Premium eps are taped live and available here: Merch! CD, DVD, links to watch my comedy. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at     You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady  Music is by Mike Ruekberg  Website design by Vilmos:

Boardgames. More freaking boardgames. But Chris Mancini ( @chrisjmancini) loves the KICKSTARTER boardgame experience. We know that we WANT the fancy minifigs, but do we NEED them for the game. NOTE: Ear Buds, the Documentarty about podcasting is his and it’s OUT!! This is a really interesting, and a millionth angel on another boardgame ep. I love dorkdoms. 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 soul is in it. You can download it here:  or get the DVD on my site. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at   USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady  Music is by Mike Ruekberg  Website design by Vilmos:

Antique Watches. John Opdycke (@jbopdycke and ) collects antique watches and he’s wearing one and I got to see a 1961 Rolex and we talked about WW1 watches and Soviet watches. Then we got into his work with grassroots politics. Both fascinating. You will love. Get on it. 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 soul is in it. You can download it here:  or get the DVD on my site. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady  Music is by Mike Ruekberg  Website design by Vilmos:

Motorcycles. Greg Fideler (comedy writer and producer) loves him a motorcycle and I get to hear ALL about it. It was GREAT and you will like. 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 soul is in it. You can download it here:  or get the DVD on my site. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady  Music is by Mike Ruekberg  Website design by Vilmos:

Prince. Tim Harmston (@timharmston) is a comic from Minneapolis and he LOVES that Prince stayed in Minneapolis and created music non stop for his hard core fans. Tim is such a fan. 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 soul is in it. You can download it here:  or get the DVD on my site. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at    USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness.  Audio leveling by Patrick Brady  Music is by Mike Ruekberg  Website design by Vilmos:

More boardgames you guys. It’s John Kovalic (@muskrat_john and ), artist to the stars of game design (Apples to Apples and Muchkin) … has a love of Warhammer, DnD, boardgames and all nerdy dorky things. He’s a local Wisconsin dork luminary and he is great. Read his comic, Dork Tower. 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 soul is in it. You can download it here:  or get the DVD on my site. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady  Music is by Mike Ruekberg  Website design by Vilmos:

It has begun. Here’s the most classically dorky of my siblings. Phil Kashian introduced me to Hobbit and LOTR. My brother Phil is a diamond of dorkdoms… so many facets…but we talk here, first, about Tolkien. 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 soul is in it. You can download it here:  or get the DVD on my site. You can also get a dork forest tshirt or any of my CDs or DVD at USE THE AMAZON banner when you order your own dorky goodness. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady  Music is by Mike Ruekberg  Website design by Vilmos:

The Minnesota State Fair. Brandi Brown (@itsthebrandi) is a great comic and has an eclectic pile of dorkdoms. We picked a couple. The state fair and her diving into the caucus system here in MN during the caucuses. It's fascinating. Enjoy!! Welcome to year ELEVEN of TDF. Premium eps are taped live and available here: www.thedorkforest.com.bandcamp.com (download the bandcamp app for EASIEST way to listen to them). Plenty of videos of me doing standup and my calendar on www.jackiekashian.com and you can buy and download my Horcrux DVD through www.comedyfilmnerds.com. You can get hard copies of my CDs/DVD or Dork Forest/Standup tshirts on www.jackiekashian.com Use the Amazon banner or link on the jackiekashian.com to SUPPORT THE SHOW! Audio Leveling: Patrick Brady Music by Mike Ruekberg Website by Vilmos

Food and Family. Nia DeBose (Houston comic @LOLNiaDeBose) and I talk recipes and go down a rabbit hole of foods we love. (no rabbit recipes were mentioned) Then we weed off in the end about wandering neighborhoods looking at real estate. It’s a great one. See her comedy. Listen to this. For it is fun. Last chance so IN DECEMBER PLEASE do NOT donate to TDF. DONATE to your LOCAL foodbank. FeedingAmerica.org is good if you’re in the US. OR… google the name of your town and the words “food bank.” You got this. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. Premium eps are taped live and available here: You can order tshirts or CD/DVD from and you can USE THE AMAZON link on the main page or on the SUPPORT THE SHOW page. No additional charge to you and Amazon kicks back to TDF. Thank you! 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. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady  Music is by Mike Ruekberg  Website design by Vilmos

Roald Dahl. Caitlin Gill (@robotCaitlin on twitter @Caitlinistall on Instagram) loves the works. Knows the flaws of the man. Teaches me how prolific the guy WAS. She’s a great comic and this is a great ep. Enjoy. NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER PLEASE do NOT donate to TDF. DONATE to your LOCAL foodbank. FeedingAmerica.org is good if you’re in the US. OR… google the name of your town and the words “food bank.” You got this. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. Premium eps are taped live and available here: You can order tshirts or CD/DVD from and you can USE THE AMAZON link on the main page or on the SUPPORT THE SHOW page. No additional charge to you and Amazon kicks back to TDF. Thank you! 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. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady  Music is by Mike Ruekberg  Website design by Vilmos:

Lotta Werner Herzog. Buckowski. ART. Poems. Bucky Sinister (@bucky_sinister on twitter @buckysinister on Instagram). He’s dipped in the works and I learn a LOT. We go deep, psychologically. It’s a great ep. Enjoy. NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER PLEASE do NOT donate to TDF. DONATE to your LOCAL foodbank. FeedingAmerica.org is good if you’re in the US. OR… google the name of your town and the words “food bank.” You got this. WELCOME to year ELEVEN of TDF. Premium eps are taped live and available here: You can order tshirts or CD/DVD from and you can USE THE AMAZON link on the main page or on the SUPPORT THE SHOW page. No additional charge to you and Amazon kicks back to TDF. Thank you! 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. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady  Music is by Mike Ruekberg  Website design by Vilmos: