The Dork Forest

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TDF EP 202 – Live Streaming Monster Talk Nov 19, 2013

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This episode was LIVE Streamed through www.Laffster.com. Dana Gould (@DanJGould), Matt Weinhold (@MattWeinhold) and Shawn Sheridan talked with me about scary movies that might be palatable to me. I was inspired to see Evil Dead 2 for the first time, RIGHT after this... and, they were right. They're hilarious, but - as with some live shows... I make audio choices that are hard for Patrick to fix. SO... it's worth the slight buzzing... because these guys know TOO much and LOVE these movies so much. It's great. enjoy. This month DO NOT DONATE to the show. INSTEAD, Find your LOCAL food bank and donate to THEM. http://feedingamerica.org/foodbank-results.aspx if you're in the US. If you're overseas... google it. I believe in you. If, however, you want to order something for the holidays to support the show... that can totally happen at www.jackiekashian.com (tshirt, CDs, Hoodies). And if you're ordering from Amazon, USE THE "Support the Show" Amazon Banner on www.jackiekashian.com. No additional cost to you. I get a kickback. My regular website is, too, where my standup schedule is updated. www.allthingscomedy.com is the podcast network TDF is a part of. They are also going to start producing original content and it's gonna be cool. So check that out! NOTES:Sci-Fi Classics: www.amazon.com/Sci-Fi-Classics-50-Movie-Pack/dp/B0001HAGU6/Abbott and Costello, The Gathering, The Prestige, Pirates of the Caribbean, Evil Dead 2&3, American Werewolf in London, The Exocist, The Omen, The Human Centipede (2010) huh, Lizz Winstead http://lizzwinstead.com, Rosemary's Baby, Halloween, Psycho, 1972 Nightstalker, The Thing CREDITS:Mike Ruekberg composed and sings (with Sarah Cohen) the theme song.Patrick Brady fixes the audio and compiles the Teaser clips at www.youtube.com/thedorkforestVilmos fixes my website and has his own podcasts, like THE GREEN ROOM

TDF EP 201 – Jane Edith Wilson is CRAFTY Nov 12, 2013

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Jane Edith Wilson (twitter @JaneEdithWilson) is a great actress and a good person. She's in and we talk crafts. Cuz she loves a glue gun and to knit and she will BRING the adorable into your lives. This is great. Enjoy. This month DO NOT DONATE TO THE SHOW. Intead, DONATE to Your LOCAL Food Bank. Find them at and hook THEM up with some money. Good for them, good for you. If you want to Order presents for people for the holidays... that, too, can support the show and get you stuff. Dork Forest t-shirts, Jackie Kashian CD's, the TDF Hoodie is going to be ordered before the holidays. You can ALSO, no charge, help the show by ordering your Amazon order by using the Amazon banner on www.jackiekashian.com. My schedule is also over there too. Live it up. NOTES:Check out Jane's work and upcoming projects at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0933560/ CREDITS:Audio levelling and Teaser video compiling by Patrick BradyMusic by Mike RuekbergWebsite design by VilmosApps are available, with Bonus content for iPhone and Android on http://tdf.libsyn.com

TDF EP 200 – Andy Peters and Mike Schmidt Wrestle it UP! Nov 05, 2013

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Mike Schmidt (twitter @the40yearoldboy) and Andy Peters (twitter @Andy_Peters) LOVE wrestling. To the tune of almost 2 hours and they want to come back. Immediately. I learned SO much that, at one point, I had to take a LAP around my house. Oh... I will have them back. This one was hilarious. Mostly because it was a great example of a dorkdom that would not stop. So great. Enjoy. November and December. DO NOT DONATE to The Dork Forest. Find your local foodbank and DONATE to them... here: to find a foodbank. CREDITS:Patrick Brady fixes the audio and puts the teaser vids up. Mike Ruekberg composed the opening song, sings it and the closing song. Vilmos fixes the website. There's bonus audio track on the iphone and android app... OR... for free on . The great podcast network www.Allthingscomedy.com is just that. Check it out. Take care of each other out there.

TDF EP 199 – Michelle McNamara on True Crime Oct 29, 2013

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Michelle McNamara returns to creep me out about True Crime! (@truecrimediary & www.truecrimediary.com) and it's great. This is her third time back... we discuss home security and cops and criminals and crime and creeps. Her previous eps (TDF#50, #129) are where I first learn about the undiscovered killers of the world. This ep we catch up on bad guys and Michelle's life. She's hilarious. Enjoy. This month's shows have been sponsored by MY comic book store: www.earth2comics.com They have two stores in LA, one in Sherman Oaks and One in Northridge. Go in, tell them yer a Ranger and get 10% off for listening to TDF. www.allthingscomedy.com is the podcast network TDF is a part of. Plenty of other pods over there... check them out! CREDITS: Patrick Brady fixes the Audio and puts the Teaser Audio/Video together. He's great.Mike Ruekberg composed and sings (with Sarah Cohen) the theme to TDF and the Mexican Hat Dance. So great.Vilmos fixes www.jackiekashian.com and has his own podcast(s). He's great. DONATE folks. Somebody told me that $100 year works out to $8/month. I haven't made that easy for you. But I believe in you. And I think her math is probably right. You can do that, you can order shirts/hoodies/CDs from www.jackiekashian.com or you can use the Amazon banner there to order stuff you're going to get anyway. I get a kickback. My schedule is also over there ... right by the donate button. NOTES:Georgia Lady who talked down the gunmanCold JusticePatton Oswalt (Michelle's comic husband) http://pattonoswalt.com Patton's article on www.TrueCrimeDiary.com (over 1000 words) Blaine Capatch should be followed on twitter @blainecapatchDriving in Cars with Coffee - Broadchurch The Fall The Blacklist

TDF EP 198 – Bamford, Kilgariff, Valeriano, Anthony LIVE at LA Podcast Fest Oct 22, 2013

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Live at the LA Podcast Festival to a full crowd! It's Dork Panel with Maria Bamford, Karen Kilgariff, Murray Valeriano and Dave Anthony (stepping in for Kilgariff when she goes off to do another LIVE Pod). We talk reality shows and salad and Karen sings. So fun. This month's shows are sponsored by my comic book shop www.earth2comics.com in Sherman Oaks and Northridge! Go into the store, mention The Dork Forest and get 10% off your purchase. Friendly, knowledgeable, full o' fun! Go there! All Things Comedy dot com is the podcast network TDF is a fine part of. Go there and find other podcasts you might enjoy :) NOTES:Everyone's Twitter Handles:@mariabamfoo@karenkilgariff@murrayv@daveanthony Gosford Park www.imdb.com/title/tt0280707/Mental Health Podcast - http://mentalpod.com/My Cat from Hell - google it. Tiberius Gracchus - Roman General Ti was named afterMary Zophres - Murray's wife and costume designerDan CortezMixed Up Files of Basil FrankweilerSeven Chinese Brothers DONATE folks... I'm working over here. www.dorkforest.com or www.jackiekashian.com has buttons to donate directly. You can also get stuff there too.... tshirts, my CDs. And there's an Amazon Banner on www.jackiekashian.com that you should use - I get a kickback, costs you nuffin. My full schedule is there as well. Email me if you want: jackie@jackiekashian.com Review the show on iTunes if you would. Follow me on Twitter if you do that @jackiekashian.com and... take care of each other out there.

TDF EP 197 – Keith Malley enjoys HAIR METAL Oct 18, 2013

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It's Keith and the Girl www.keithandthegirl.com week at TDF... last ep was with "the girl" (ie Chemda) and this episode is with Keith Malley, who BRINGS the dorkdom with some Hair Metal talk. I learn so much that I didn't appreciate the hilariousness until I did the notes. Enjoy this... I did. This month's shows are sponsored by www.earth2comics.com (Sherman Oaks, CA and Northridge, CA - stop in the store and mention TDF and get 10% off your purchase!). They are friendly and helpful and can be YOUR native sherpa to comic book gluttony. They are mine. NOTES:Good Clean Fun - Keith's new album: Poison - Native Tongue is the album he speaks ofSixx: A.M. ExtrememMotley Crue - I had heard Home Sweet Home. Did NOT remember Dr. Feelgood. huh.Tesla - http://teslatheband.comThe Contellations - http://theconstellationsmusic.comWarrentForeigner (still working) www.foreigneronline.comDONATE folks... I'm working over here. www.dorkforest.com or www.jackiekashian.com You can donate, you can buy merch (tshirts and CD's) and/or... you can just do your Amazon ordering by using the Amazon banner on www.jackiekashian.com. Also, full schedule of shows are listen there. Thanks for tuning in. Credits: Patrick Brady fixes the audio and puts the Teaser clips togetherMike Ruekberg Composed and sings the opening/closing songsVilmos fixes the website!

TDFEP196 - Chemda Oct 15, 2013

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Chemda is a food dork. Not a "foodie" but probably a foodie. She is a lady that loves food. Um.. me too. So we dork it up hard core about food. She is half of a great NYC podcast called Keith and the Girl. She is the girl. This month's shows are spondored by MY comic book store: (stores in Sherman Oaks, CA and Northridge, CA). Go into one of those stores... MENTION that you listen to TDF adn get 10% off your purchase. Maybe you can even order online... who knows? I think I know. You can't. BUT IT'S A GREAT STORE! www.allthingscomedy is the podcast network The Dork Forest is part of Plenty of other pods to dork out to if you're looking for more pods! NOTES:Shakshuka - Israeli breakfast Sabich - Iraqi breakfast sandwich: DONATE folks... I'm working over here. www.dorkforest.com or www.jackiekashian.com. You can donate directly, get a shirt or a CD, or just buy something from Amazon using the banner on www.jackiekashian.com. Full standup schedule on the website too. iTunes loves a review... if you haven't. If you have... I THANK YOU. You're swell. CREDITS:Audio and Teaser Clips by Patrick BradyMusic Composed and sang by Mike RuekbergWebsite designed by Vilmos

TDF EP 195 – Robert Hurt, Astrophysicist Oct 08, 2013

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Robert Hurt (www.spitzer.caltech.edu/mission/profile/50-robert-hurt) is the visualization scientist(he translates color) for the Spitzer Telescope. He works for Cal Tech, JPL and NASA... in that order... I think. He's done a series of truly accessible space/science videos and they're great. As is he. This Month's shows are sponsored by EARTH 2 Comics (comic shop in Sherman Oaks and Northridge ). It's my very own comic shop and they are super helpful if you're just getting into comics and they have everything. Go in. Tell them you're a Ranger (or a fan of TDF) and get 10% off. www.allthingscomedy.com is the podcast network that TDF is part of. Plenty of other great pods out there if you're looking. Remember the DONATE button... still around www.jackiekashian.com and www.dorkforest.com - feel free to pony up. If you don't have the money.. just talk it up to your peoples. :) You can also get merch for money on my website as well. That is good too. And the AMAZON banner on jackiekashian.com, click through to them... buy your stuff and I get a kickback. Good times. CREDITS: Audio and Teaser Vids by Patrick BradyMusic composed/sang by Mike RuekbergWebsite design by Vilmos Bonus content on tdf.libsyn.com and on the APPS (for iPhone and Android) NOTES: Best of Both Worlds - Star Trek Next Gen epNASA Spitzer Space Telescope - www.spitzer.caltech.eduAstroPix - Lee Bennett - TDF EP 182 makes this work: M83 is a BAND - http://ilovem83.comBob Benjamin - also worked at UW Madison (alma mater of j kashian)

TDF EP 194 – James Adomian Oct 02, 2013

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James Adomian (@JADOMIAN on twitter) is one of my favorite comics working today and knows that there are True and Valid conspiracies that are happening. It's not reptiles and the moon landing. He is interested in what has been called "Deep Politics." He's always funny, always smart and he has a great album that you should get from iTunes called Low Hanging Fruit. This month's episode is sponsored by Earth 2 Comics... MY very own comic store. has a store in Sherman Oaks, CA and Northridge, CA. MENTION you are a Ranger of The Dork Forest and Get 10% off your purchase!! LIVE IT UP!! DONATE folks... I'm working over here. www.dorkforest.com or www.jackiekashian.com. Use the Amazon banner on my page to order your amazon stuff and I get a kickback if you can't donate. Or order merch from my page if you want to fly yer dorkin flag. Full standup schedule available and life TDF's are listed! Thanks for tuning in! NOTES: Peter Dale Scott coined "Deep Politics"Jesse Ventura - 1980 wrestling, Gov of MN 1998, 2009 Conspiracy Theory showPaul WellstoneAntiWar History in WW2 - I am WRONG - I know, hard to believe, 313 MIllion people in the US - not 380. And... the planet has more than 7 billion of us, that one annoying species on it. To READ: Homage to Catalonia - George OrwellGeneration Kill - Evan Wright (Recon Marines into Iraq)Politics and teh English Language - George OrwellPromethea - Alan MooreCharles Protis - all of it, I'm told.Aristophanes - what's left of it. Asgard! Thor is from AsgardQuantitative Easing - It's going to end up BEING inflation but it, in itself - i'm told, is not inflation. I'm not an economist... nor do I wish to be one... so i don't know. Waiting for Waiting for Godot - James Howard Kunstler CREDITS: Mike Ruekberg (composed, sang) opening song. lyrics to end folk song as well. Sarah Cohen on intro musicPatrick Brady fixes the Audio and puts together the teaser clips: Vilmos fixes my website: www.jackiekashian.com

TDF EP 193 – Brandie Posey loves SKA Sep 24, 2013

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Brandie Posey (@brandazzle on twitter) is a comic, podcaster (LADY TO LADY on iTunes) and REALLY wants to talk about Ska music. I, as usual with a music episode, know... NOTHING. She knows so much... I try to keep up and now I want to hear more Ska. She's gonna make me a mix. Very fun. Enjoy. Donate folks... I'm working over here. www.dorkforest.com or www.jackiekashian.com You can donate directly, get t-shirts/CDs and order through our Amazon Banner. Also, my full schedule of standup shows and live TDF are listed. Thanks for tuning in folks. This month's shows are sponsored by www.societyspectacle.com A great eyeglass store in Eagle Rock, CA. Get your glasses there! They KNOW their beeswax. www.allthingscomedy.com is the podcast network we're on. If you go there you will see MANY other pods to listen to. NOTES: Ska music, the Wiki page: The First Wave of SKA: Secod Wave/2 tone: Third Wave Laugh.com Credits: Audio leveling by Ptrick Brady Music by MIke Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos Apps are available with the bonus contest: iPhone or Android bonus content on those apps and just LYING THERE

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