Looking for a science comedy podcast that doesn't skimp on the details? We've got you. Join us once a month as three different science stories are dissected every month by the trio behind comedy phenomenon Festival of the Spoken Nerd. Stand-up mathematician Matt Parker, experiments maestro Steve Mould and geek songstress Helen Arney are experts at investigating things that might not seem particularly interesting on the surface, but become fascinating when you get down to the nitty and / or g ...
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A podcast where comedians tell you about books so you never have to read! (Now including fiction!) Kellen does standup; Dave writes ads; together they highlight lessons from the world’s best books--and some of the worst. New episode every Monday!
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The Dork Forest is a show where I, Jackie Kashian, interview everyone and anyone about what they really really like. ie thier dorkdom. Started in 2006, the youtube page has clips and full episodes. www.jackiekashian.com and www.dorkforest.com will lead you to all the information you may ever need re this show and Jackie's standup. Guests speak to their love of books, TV, Movies, Comic books, websites, food, wrestling, cars, action figures and bees. Thanks for enjoying the show.
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A podcast featuring a standup comedian and musician reviewing hilariously bad films, music and literature
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It all starts at home and then school. But when you get big, work is where you are really shaped. Our jobs have shaped us for the good bad and plenty of the ugly. Come along for the ride as we explore hiring's, firings, at work hook ups, shady business practices and much more. Enjoy laughing all the back to work the next morning.
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Lindsay Adams lindsayadamsispopular and pop up biscuits to homemade pie crusts. I learn things and so might you. Yay. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal is my email jackie@jackiekashian.com and venmo is jackiekashian. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or www.jackiekashian.com THERE IS NEW MERCH: BEES TSHIRT and BE…
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Arthur Trace and the art of Watches – EP 791
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Arthur Trace (@arthurtrace) is a Magician and he loves watches.. he also know a lot about different watches. This is great. Enjoy. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal is my email jackie@jackiekashian.com and venmo is jackiekashian. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or www.jackiekashian.com THERE IS NEW MERCH: BEES …
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SUMMARY: Enjoy this throwback episode from September 2022 when we covered the oldest book on the podcast thus far (though the book with the oldest people is probably still Twilight...). Learn the value of surprise as Kellen startles Dave in real time, and bask in Dave's glory as he recounts winning at board games and also possibly saving someone's …
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Dana Gould Returns – Pre Hays Code Movies – EP 790
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Dana Gould (@danagould and @hangingwithdoctorz) returns to talk old movies, self regulating and how they didn’t invent dark or questionable movies NOW. You will love. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal is my email jackie@jackiekashian.com and venmo is jackiekashian. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or www.jackiek…
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THE LIVE ROAST OF Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday, by Alan Dean Foster
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SUMMARY: Today we cover a Transformers book that is “more than meets the eye." Unless your eye looked at the book and was like, “It seems bad,” in which case, yeah, it’s pretty much what met your eye. Thanks to everyone who joined us for this live episode! And thank you to the Autobots for protecting Earth. Next time please do it in a more interest…
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Andy Ashcraft and MOVEMENT in Tabletop Games – EP 789
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Andy Ashcraft and I discuss the Mechanics of creating Tabletop Games> DEEP DIVE into what makes a good RolePlaying Tabletop Game. You will love. I do. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal is my email jackie@jackiekashian.com and venmo is jackiekashian. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or www.jackiekashian.com THERE…
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The Creative Act, by Rick Rubin, with GUEST Zoltan Kaszas!
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Zoltan Kaszas joins the podcast to discuss unshaven music guru Rick Rubin's humble and surprisingly deep book about making art (the "surprisingly" is just based shallowly on Rick Rubin's looks). -Listen to the audio album of Kellen's new 30-minute comedy special "Negative Comments"! Available by joining The Book Pile's Patreon at: https://www.patre…
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Victor Varnado loves a tale of the conflicted Super Powered – EP 788
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Victor Varnado (@RobotoSupremo) HighScoreGameArcade.com - loves the FLAWED superpowered stories!! Invincible, The Boys… Superman gone bad essentially. It’s VERY Spoilery… Enjoy! Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal is my email jackie@jackiekashian.com and venmo is jackiekashian. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or …
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What's better than uncovering the mysteries of history? MAKING UP history so that it fits into a clue-based adventure! -Listen to the audio album of Kellen's new 30-minute comedy special "Negative Comments"! Available by joining The Book Pile's Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/TheBookPile OR WATCH his new special here for free with promo code KE…
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THE ROAST OF: The Secret, by Rhonda Byrne
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Look. It’s just possibly the worst book we’ve ever read. This is the maddest you’ll ever hear us. -Listen to the audio album of Kellen's new 30-minute comedy special "Negative Comments"! Available by joining The Book Pile's Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/TheBookPile See us LIVE in Los Angeles (adjacent...) on Sep 6th! Tickets here! https://www…
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Eric Spuur talks the Legion of Super Hereos – EP 787
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It’s the LEGION OF SUPERHEREOS! A rare DC dorkout! With friend Eric Spuur. You will love. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal is my email jackie@jackiekashian.com and venmo is jackiekashian. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or www.jackiekashian.com THERE IS NEW MERCH: BEES TSHIRT and BEANIES. I’m Made of BEES. Are…
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Seth Milstein and five of his favorite movies – EP 786
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Finally, someone takes the time to explain The Godfather to me😉. Seth Milstein (@sethmils @satchmosteam tiktok and has a podcast called Hope Fiends) is a comic from Eugene OR and he picked Godfather 2, Do the Right Thing, Young Frankenstein, Breakfast Club and The Pope of Greenwich Village. This is fun! Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the sho…
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-Listen to the audio album of Kellen's new 30-minute comedy special "Negative Comments"! Available by joining The Book Pile's Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/TheBookPile SUMMARY: Look, we know. The internet has made an ABUNDANCE of Cthulhu content. You have Cthulhus out the wazoo. How could a podcast about Cthulhus possibly satisfy you, or add …
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Emma Lee loves Finland and the Sauna Culture – EP 785
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Emma Lee (@emmayucks) is a comic from Eugene and loves Finland. Not ALL things Finnish but definitely the Sauna lifestyle! We also talk “Sit Sits” – who knows if that’s how it’s spelled. Watch the video www.dorkforest.com to see all the gadgets. So fun. Enjoy. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal is my email jackie@jackiekashi…
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Aldrin Cornejo and the Executive Suite of Fidget toys – EP 784
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Aldrin Cornejo (@acornayho) is an artist and multifaceted lover of many things. We talk Fidget Toys!! Watch the video www.dorkforest.com to see all the gadgets. So fun. You will love. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal is my email jackie@jackiekashian.com and venmo is jackiekashian. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.c…
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Re-Issue: Goodnight Moon with guest Chad Daniels
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With a new intro where we announce a live episode recording in Los Angeles (on 9/6/24)! With a new, smoother overall edit to our conversation, today we revisit an episode from 2022 where we break down Goodnight Moon with Chad Daniels who just released his first Netflix stand-up special Empty Nester. They boys talk about how it's hard to have a "goo…
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Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World, by Matt Parker
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Math is boring unless it ends in a disaster, right? Maybe? Well it doesn't matter how YOU feel about it, bad things happen and math is always to blame. This book proves it (even if it's not what the author intended). * JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus episodes and full audio of KELLEN'S NEW HALF-HOUR COMEDY SPECIAL!!! Listen to "Negative Comments" now! h…
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Sarah Hester Ross has a couple favorite TV shows – EP 783
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Sarah Hester Ross (@sarahhesterross) is a comic with a new album and special – Don’t Mess With a Redhead on Amazon and Apple TV) and she watches Sex and the City and Gilmore Girls each year. This was awesome. You will love. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal is my email jackie@jackiekashian.com and venmo is jackiekashian. Li…
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Have you considered letting the pressure off yourself to be someone you're not in order to feel truer belonging and inner peace? Brown encourages authenticity (*unless you're a big dumb jerk, then you should pretend to be a smart nice person) in a world that pushes unattainable expectations. *Kellen added this part -JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus episo…
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Brandi Brown and State Fair Crop Art – EP 782
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Brandi Brown (@itsthebrandi) is a Minneapolis comic and a State Fair Crop Artist once a year. For the whole time betweek the State Fair. This is amazing. You will love. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal is my email jackie@jackiekashian.com and venmo is jackiekashian. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or www.jacki…
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Conor McLaughlin enjoys coffee a great deal – EP 781
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Conor McLaughlin enjoys one cup of coffee at a time. Prepared precisely and with a great deal of pleasure. He’s at @coffeewithdrconor and it’s a great episode. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal is my email jackie@jackiekashian.com and venmo is jackiekashian. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or www.jackiekashian.…
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Chris McGuire (@Chris8675309 and letstalkfunny.substack.com) is a comedy writer and producer and he loves Italy enough to talk about it for an hour and I learned things!! This was just really fun. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal is my email jackie@jackiekashian.com and venmo is jackiekashian. Links to everything is at www…
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Wrong way: read books about making good movies. Right way: read books about making a bad movie, and then don’t do that. This book tells the story of a historic box office flop, Bonfire of the Vanities. (It is historic in the sense that someone wrote a book about it.) Hear us make fun of the people who made it! Even though they seem very talented! *…
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Rory James and FAST CASUAL DINING – EP 779
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Rory James is a comic (@itsroryjames on IG and a podcast called “I'm super excited with Rory James.”) and he defines and identifies with a SPECIAL kind of fast food. The rest of us probably just call it Chipotle. He is a delight. You will love. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal is my email jackie@jackiekashian.com and venmo…
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A magic girl (barely), a sociopath boy who thinks he's a knight, a strong guy who got fired from wrestling, and a bad guy with a mouth where his ear should be but only sometimes, I know this sounds made up . . . and it is, it's all made up in this book. Also there's an apocalypse, but that was probably obvious. * JOIN OUR PATREON for bonus episodes…
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Jeff Cerulli wants to like your Documentaries – EP 778
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Jeff Cerulli is a comic (@jeffcerulli on IG, with a new special called Live at the Bomb Shelter) and knows and loves a lot of Documentaries. He’s got a purist’s heart and we go wide!! This is great. Enjoy. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal is my email jackie@jackiekashian.com and venmo is jackiekashian. Links to everything …
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Naomi Fitter has many Robots– EP 777
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Naomi Fitter @naughtybutnerdy is a comic and a Robotics professor and has programmed a robot to tell jokes. Which, just like people, tells hacky jokes till they achieve sentience. This is great. Enjoy. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal is my email jackie@jackiekashian.com and venmo is jackiekashian. Links to everything is a…
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Okay, we know there are many political controversies surrounding Elon Musk. But if you can, just try to clear your mind and approach this episode without prejudice. Wait, don’t clear your mind that much! That was all your memories! Quick, sweetie, tell me what year it is! Do you know who the president is?! Try to remember, please! PLEASE!! * JOIN O…
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Immersive Theater with Risa Pearl – EP 776
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YER IN THE PLAY! Risa Pearl likes it when it gets a bit “spicy” so there’s talk of BDSM and stuff like that. It was FASCINATING. People are amazing in their dorkdoms. Yay. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal is my email jackie@jackiekashian.com and venmo is jackiekashian. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or www.ja…
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Interestingly, this is also the title of the world’s saddest and shortest autobiography. Also on this episode, Kellen and Dave pitch a much better sequel to Jurassic Park. * JOIN OUR PATREON FOR BoNuS EPISODES! https://www.patreon.com/TheBookPile * If you want to read/listen to Catching Fire and support the podcast in a fun way, click here to buy t…
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Jesse Thorn and the love of the game – EP 775
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Jesse Thorn (@jessethornveryfamous) (founder of MaximumFun.org) and hosts or cohosts three podcasts there and on NPR. He loves him some baseball and I SEE WHY. It’s full on compelling. You will love. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal is my email jackie@jackiekashian.com and venmo is jackiekashian. Links to everything is at …
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Maria Kaj loves the Olympics – EP 774
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Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal is my email jackie@jackiekashian.com and venmo is jackiekashian. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or www.jackiekashian.com THERE IS NEW MERCH: BEES TSHIRT and BEANIES. I’m Made of BEES. Are you? www.JackieKashianStore.com is the direct. www.jackiekashian.com and www.dorkforest.c…
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