The Dork Forest

Sean Crespo (@seancrespo on twitter) is comic, actor and writer. For the purpose of our setting… he freaking loves Dune. And he holds the heck FORTH. It’s great. for too much info. Enjoy!! This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! She reads HER OWN AD. She pronounces our last name different and she’s at Heh. Enjoy that. We all know I have an hour comedy video out at right? Cuz I do. $5 download. It’s called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” because comedy is all about soul ;) … Own it today and forever. OR get a hard copy (or the CD) on the Merch page on my website.   It’s January. DONATE to the dork forest. If you love the show and have $10/month to donate, and the memory to do it each month, do eet!! If you want to support the show in other ways, talk us up! Get a shirt or CD/DVD at or Credits: Audio leveling by Music is by Website design by : Really good Web designs. If you like a specific app – they are available with bonus content:  or . Libsyn is

Will Miles (@MrWillMiles) is a great NY comic and we talk about Romantic Comedies (it’s one of my own dorkdoms so I talk over him a bit…grr, learn to shut it, Kashian!) … so I’m glad we move through his love of sneakers to the psychology of writing comedy from a positive perspective and his love of a memoir. He couldn’t be more charming. See him live and enjoy this dork out. This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! She reads HER OWN AD. She pronounces our last name different and she’s at Heh. Enjoy that. My new hour comedy special was in the top 5 Comedy Specials of 2014 on The Washington Post’s Entertainment site Vulture.com “Comedy Specials You can get it as a $5 download at It’s called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” because comedy is all about soul ;) or get a hard copy DVD (or the CD) on the Merch page on my website.   You can DONATE to the dork forest. If you love the show and have $10/month to donate, and the memory to do it each month, do eet!!

LIVE at NYCPodfest! Bridget Everett (@bridgeteverett) is great. Singer, comic, actress…  has a show at The Public Theater called Rock Bottom. Her dorkdom? Sincerity. Not even kidding. I think I’m right. Barry Manilow, Richard Simmons and the movie Rudy. I’m right. It’s great.    This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! She reads HER OWN AD. She pronounces our last name different and she’s at Heh. Enjoy that. We all know I have an hour comedy video out at right? Cuz I do. $5 download. It’s called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” because comedy is all about soul ;) … Own it today and forever. OR get a hard copy (or the CD) on the Merch page on my website.   It’s January. DONATE to the dork forest. If you love the show and have $10/month to donate, and the memory to do it each month, do eet!! If you want to support the show in other ways, talk us up! Get a shirt or CD/DVD at or Credits: Audio leveling by Music is by Website design by : Really good Web desi

Andy Levitt… from Live Nation, loves ALL SPORTS… Let’s just say that I know nothing about all of these sports and I think I even wreck the Harlem Globetrotters joke I attempt. NOTE: We are at lunch, so we are eating. That’s what makes it an EXPEDITION in this case. His love of ALL SPORTS is awesome. Enjoy. This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! She reads HER OWN AD. She pronounces our last name different and she’s at www.darlakashian.com Heh. Enjoy that. We all know I have an hour comedy video out at www.allthingscomedy.com/jackiekashian right? Cuz I do. $5 download. It’s called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” because comedy is all about soul ;) … Own it today and forever. OR get a hard copy (or the CD) on the Merch page on my website. www.jackiekashian.com It’s January. DONATE to the dork forest. If you love the show and have $10/month to donate, and the memory to do it each month, do eet!! If you want to support the show in other ways, talk us up!

Christian Brown, Roselle Hurley and Andy Ashcraft finally tell us what LARPing is and it ends too soon. Because they all needed to go play a game. Yes. You can play or follow along here:  Do it. You will love it.   This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! She reads HER OWN AD. She pronounces our last name different and she’s at Heh. Enjoy that. We all know I have an hour comedy video out at right? Cuz I do. $5 download. It’s called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” because comedy is all about soul ;) … Own it today and forever. OR get a hard copy (or the CD) on the Merch page on my website.   It’s January. DONATE to the dork forest. If you love the show and have $10/month to donate, and the memory to do it each month, do eet!! If you want to support the show in other ways, talk us up! Get a shirt or CD/DVD at or Credits: Audio leveling by Music is by Website design by : Really good Web designs. If you like a specific app – they are available with bonus

Tammy Pescatelli (@ is a great comic and loves a thrift store. Then I run out of questions, because the air in Aspen CO is shy of needed oxygen… so we switch to her love of Vampires. Yes. Vampires. Check it out. This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! She reads HER OWN AD. She pronounces our last name different and she’s at Heh. Enjoy that. We all know I have an hour comedy video out at right? Cuz I do. $5 download. It’s called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” because comedy is all about soul ;) … Own it today and forever. OR get a hard copy (or the CD) on the Merch page on my website.   It’s January. DONATE to the dork forest. If you love the show and have $10/month to donate, and the memory to do it each month, do eet!! If you want to support the show in other ways, talk us up! Get a shirt or CD/DVD at or Credits: Audio leveling by Music is by Website design by : Really good Web designs. If you like a specific app – they are available with bonus co

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... THE TDF ringtones and wallpaper (free) links are listed here: 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/ Standup news and merch as always, at

Beth Schumann (@BethSchumann) is a comic and LOVES a mushroom. A fungus. Latin names and everything!! This is a great episode. And neither of us eat or die from muchrooms. Enjoy!!We all know I have an hour comedy video out atwww.allthingscomedy.com/jackiekashian right? Cuz I do. $5 download. It’s called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” because comedy is all about soul ;) … Own it today and forever. OR get a hard copy (or the CD) on the Merch page on my website. www.jackiekashian.com Dork Forest shirts are also available there as well.Feel free, if you enjoy the show, to donate to the show using the donation button. And/or use the amazon portal button on the main page of jackiekashian.com. It doesn’t add to your order, but I get a kickback from Amazon. All good either way. Take care out there...Credits:Audio leveling by Patrick BradyMusic is by Mike RuekbergWebsite design by Vilmos: Really good Web designs.There’s an app if you like. Libsyn is also just PUBLISHING the bonus content,for free, with Andy and

Ngaio Bealum (@Ngaio420) is comic and proud dork sex and weed. Weirdly, his new CD is called “Weed and Sex” … we discuss both of those things. I am slightly out of my depth. Not a dick joke. We weed off into obscure super heroes. Not a weed joke! He’s charming and funny. Listen up and enjoy. We all know I have an hour comedy video out at right? Cuz I do. $5 download. It’s called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” because comedy is all about soul ;) … Own it today and forever. OR get a hard copy (or the CD) on the Merch page on my website.   It’s December and I ask that you do NOT DONATE to TDF but, instead, find your local foodbank! Google: “your town name” and the words, “food bank” and give them food or money. If you give them money they just buy what’s most needed. All good either way. Take care out there... NOTES: “420 Comedy Special” is his Video on Demand (iTunes and VOD) “Weed and Sex” is the CD (iTunes) NYE Punchline Sacramento Credits: Audio leveling by Music is by Website design by : Really go

Kelly Carlin (@Kelly_Carlin) is a great storyteller and has a solo show/new book coming out soon and all that info is on her twitter and We all know I have an hour comedy video out at right? Cuz I do. $5 download. It’s called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” because comedy is all about soul ;) … Own it today and forever. OR get a hard copy (or the CD) on the Merch page on my website.   It’s December and I ask that you do NOT DONATE to TDF but, instead, find your local foodbank! Google: “your town name” and the words, “food bank” and give them food or money. If you give them money they just buy what’s most needed. All good either way. Take care out there... Credits: Audio leveling by Music is by Website design by : Really good Web designs. If you like a specific app – they are available with bonus content:  or . Libsyn is also just PUBLISHING the bonus content, for free, with Andy and I talking about the show for a sec, on tdf.libsyn.com… no App needed. There you go.

Joseph Scrimshaw (@josephscrimshaw) is a great comic and writer and has come to TDF to FINALLY defend the Star Wars prequels. It’s not a BAD defense either. It’s a great episode you guys. I know I say that a lot… but this was. For reals. Enjoy. We all know I have an hour comedy video out at right? Cuz I do. $5 download. It’s called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” because comedy is all about soul ;) … Own it today and forever. OR get a hard copy (or the CD) on the Merch page on my website.   It’s December and I ask that you do NOT DONATE to TDF but, instead, find your local foodbank! Google: “your town name” and the words, “food bank” and give them food or money. If you give them money they just buy what’s most needed. All good either way. Take care out there... Credits: Audio leveling by Music is by Website design by : Really good Web designs. If you like a specific app – they are available with bonus content:  or . Libsyn is also just PUBLISHING the bonus content, for free, with Andy and I talking a

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... THE TDF ringtones and wallpaper (free) links are listed here: You can email me at jackie@jackiekashian.com and you can comment on the show on iTunes You can talk to other Rangers on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/353762778033456/ Standup news and merch at

Ron Funches (@ronfunches) is a great comic and actor from Portland, OR and he brings the twin dorkdoms of wrestling and video games to my living room. So fun. He Loves Lucy, he loves marijuana… his TV show is the NBC sitcom “Undatable” and you should all go see him do standup. We all know I have a new hour comedy video out at right? Cuz I do. $5 download. It’s called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” because comedy is all about soul ;) … Own it today and forever. OR get a hard copy (or the CD) on the Merch page on my website.   It’s December and I ask that you do NOT DONATE to TDF but, instead, find your local foodbank! Google: “your town name” and the words, “food bank” and give them food or money. If you give them money they just buy what’s most needed. All good either way. Take care out there... Credits: Audio leveling by Music is by Website design by : Really good Web designs. If you like a specific app – they are available with bonus content:  or . Libsyn is also just PUBLISHING the bonus conten

Suli McCullough (@SuliMcCullough) is comic, writer, actor and SNEAKERHEAD. So much info. So much sneaker talk. For real. You’re welcome. 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 Conventions: Commerce, Cosplay, and Conflict on the Expo Floor" by Bob Calhoun. It's available in eBook and paperback from Amazon.com and other fine book sellers. For more on the book go to We all know I have a new hour comedy video out at right? Cuz I do. $5 download. It’s called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” because comedy is all about soul ;) … Own it today and forever. OR get a hard copy (or the CD) on the Merch page on my website.   November and December I ask that you do NOT DONATE to TDF but, instead, find your local foodbank! It’s Thanksgiving guys… let’s be thankful and giving, shall we? Google: “your town name” and the words, “food bank” and give them food or mone

Tony Sam (@toekneesam). He has a degree in Marine Biology. He’s a fish dork. Scuba dork. AND a great comic! New album too. Get on it. Fish. It’s great. 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 Conventions: Commerce, Cosplay, and Conflict on the Expo Floor" by Bob Calhoun. It's available in eBook and paperback from Amazon.com and other fine book sellers. For more on the book go to We all know I have a new hour comedy video out at right? Cuz I do. $5 download. It’s called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” because comedy is all about soul ;) … Own it today and forever. OR get a hard copy (or the CD) on the Merch page on my website.   November and December I ask that you do NOT DONATE to TDF but, instead, find your local foodbank! It’s Thanksgiving guys… let’s be thankful and giving, shall we? Google: “your town name” and the words, “food bank” and

Jimmy Pardo (@jimmypardo)   is a comic, writer and podcast host (Never Not Funny) and talks about the band… CHICAGO for, easily, 30 minutes this episode.  Other bands are mentioned and some comedy is discussed. He’s great. 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 Conventions: Commerce, Cosplay, and Conflict on the Expo Floor" by Bob Calhoun. It's available in eBook and paperback from Amazon.com and other fine book sellers. For more on the book go to We all know I have a new hour comedy video out at right? Cuz I do. $5 download. It’s called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” because comedy is all about soul ;) … Own it today and forever. OR get a hard copy (or the CD) on the Merch page on my website.   November and December I ask that you do NOT DONATE to TDF but, instead, find your local foodbank! It’s Thanksgiving guys… let’s be thankful and givi

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 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/ Standup news and merch at www.jackiekashian.com

Laraine Newman (@LaraineNewman) is LARAINE NEWMAN. From SNL she is actress, writer and kept doing awesome character voices which blew me away. Her dorkdoms are scary movies and then we get INTO it with some talk of Dubstep. Yes. I had to look it up. It’s awesome. By definition. 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 Conventions: Commerce, Cosplay, and Conflict on the Expo Floor" by Bob Calhoun. It's available in eBook and paperback from Amazon.com and other fine book sellers. For more on the book go to We all know I have a new hour comedy video out at right? Cuz I do. $5 download. It’s called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” because comedy is all about soul ;) … Own it today and forever. OR get a hard copy (or the CD) on the Merch page on my website.   November and December I ask that you do NOT DONATE to TDF but, instead, find your local foo

Emily Heller (@MrEmilyHeller)   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 Conventions: Commerce, Cosplay, and Conflict on the Expo Floor" by Bob Calhoun. It's available in eBook and paperback from Amazon.com and other fine book sellers. For more on the book go to We all know I have a new hour comedy video out at right? Cuz I do. $5 download. It’s called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” because comedy is all about soul ;) … Own it today and forever. OR get a hard copy (or the CD) on the Merch page on my website.   November and December I ask that you do NOT DONATE to TDF but, instead, find your local foodbank! It’s Thanksgiving guys… let’s be thankful and giving, shall we? Google: “your town name” and the words,

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 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/ Standup news and merch at www.jackiekashian.com