It's a magical world! Lexi & Ben dork out about the genius of Calvin and Hobbes, the reclusive Bill Watterson, favourite characters, best Calvin alter-egos, and anime button up shirts! Let's go exploring!

FURTHER DORKSCUSSION:

• Vegeta shirt
• Bill Waterson's comic for Angouleme 2014
• Bill Waterson's next book: The Mysteries

BONUS CONTENT:

• The first Calvin and Hobbes
• The final Calvin and Hobbes
• Happy book birthday to co-host Ben Rankel's graphic novel, FRANK! It's 5 now, and old enough to drive!

SOCIALS:

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• Ben Rankel's website and instagram and where to buy his book: Amazon.ca / Comixology / Ind!go / Renegade Arts
• Jess Schmidt's website, twitter and instagram
• Dork Matter's website(WIP) and twitter and instagram and reddit
• This podcast is created on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Nations, which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai. We also acknowledge the Stoney Nakota Nation, Tsuut'ina, and Metis Nation Region 3.

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"Who was the guy who first looked at a cow and said 'I think I’ll drink whatever comes out of these when I squeeze ’em?"- Bill Watterson, Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes

SOCIALS:

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• Ben Rankel's website and instagram and where to buy his book: Amazon.ca / Comixology / Ind!go / Renegade Arts
• Jess Schmidt's website, twitter and instagram
• Dork Matter's website(WIP) and twitter and instagram and reddit
• This podcast is created on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Nations, which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai. We also acknowledge the Stoney Nakota Nation, Tsuut'ina, and Metis Nation Region 3.

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Life, don't talk to us about life! Lexi & Ben are dorking out about robots, ai, cyborgs, androids, automata, transcendence, technology and, of course, Adam Driver. Come with us if you want to live! 

FURTHER DORKSCUSSION:

• Three Laws of Robotics
• Ray Kurzweil 
• Caitie Delaney's Marriage Story
• Karakuri Ningyō - Tea Robot
• Hedonism Bot

BONUS CONTENT:

• Sperm Injecting Robots
• Adam Driver by way of John Oliver
• The cake is a lie
• Human Transcendence

SOCIALS:

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• Lexi' Hunt's website and twitter and instagram
• Ben Rankel's website and instagram and where to buy his book: Amazon.ca / Comixology / Ind!go / Renegade Arts
• Jess Schmidt's website, twitter and instagram
• Dork Matter's website(WIP) and twitter and instagram and reddit
• This podcast is created on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Nations, which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai. We also acknowledge the Stoney Nakota Nation, Tsuut'ina, and Metis Nation Region 3.

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SOCIALS:

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• Lexi' Hunt's website and twitter and instagram
• Ben Rankel's website and instagram and where to buy his book: Amazon.ca / Comixology / Ind!go / Renegade Arts
• Jess Schmidt's website, twitter and instagram
• Dork Matter's website(WIP) and twitter and instagram and reddit
• This podcast is created on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Nations, which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai. We also acknowledge the Stoney Nakota Nation, Tsuut'ina, and Metis Nation Region 3.

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Well, excuse me, Princess! Lexi & Ben visit Hyrule and discuss the history and branching timelines of the Zelda series! We also theorize wether Tears of the Kingdom will be the end, the beginning, or both. It's dangerous to go alone! Take this podcast!

FURTHER DORKSCUSSION:

• Official Legend of Zelda timeline
• Pre-Order Tears of the Kingdom

BONUS CONTENT:

• The Legend of Zelda Timeline Explained
• Ganong

SOCIALS:

Here's where you can find us!

• Lexi' Hunt's website and twitter and instagram
• Ben Rankel's website and instagram and where to buy his book: Amazon.ca / Comixology / Ind!go / Renegade Arts
• Jess Schmidt's website, twitter and instagram
• Dork Matter's website(WIP) and twitter and instagram and reddit
• This podcast is created on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Nations, which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai. We also acknowledge the Stoney Nakota Nation, Tsuut'ina, and Metis Nation Region 3.

Help spread the word: share us on social media or give Dork Matters a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your pods!

"Tingle, Tingle! Kooloo-Limpah! ...These are the magic words that Tingle created himself. Don't steal them!" - Tingle, The Legend of Zelda, Majora's Mask

SOCIALS:

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• Lexi' Hunt's website and twitter and instagram
• Ben Rankel's website and instagram and where to buy his book: Amazon.ca / Comixology / Ind!go / Renegade Arts
• Jess Schmidt's website, twitter and instagram
• Dork Matter's website(WIP) and twitter and instagram and reddit
• This podcast is created on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Nations, which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai. We also acknowledge the Stoney Nakota Nation, Tsuut'ina, and Metis Nation Region 3.

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Check: It’s Dorks to Rooked Podcast as hosts Jess Schmidt and Ryan Webb join Lexi & Ben to dork out about chess scandals! We talk automatons, chess in pop culture, toiletgate, and anal beads! You may actually learn something this time. Check mate!

FURTHER DORKSCUSSION:

• Analbeadgate
• Toiletgate
• The Turk

BONUS CONTENT:

• Geri's Game
• The Queen's Gambit
• Harry Potter's Chess Scene
• X-Men
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Searching For Bobby Fischer
• Star Trek - 3D Chess
• Queen of Katwe
• You can find guest hosts Jess Schmidt and Ryan Webb at rookedpodcast.xyz, instagram, and twitter.

SOCIALS:

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• Lexi' Hunt's website and twitter and instagram
• Ben Rankel's website and instagram and where to buy his book: Amazon.ca / Comixology / Ind!go / Renegade Arts
• Jess Schmidt's website, twitter and instagram
• Dork Matter's website(WIP) and twitter and instagram and reddit
• This podcast is created on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Nations, which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai. We also acknowledge the Stoney Nakota Nation, Tsuut'ina, and Metis Nation Region 3.

Help spread the word: share us on social media or give Dork Matters a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your pods!

“A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing." - Emo Philips

SOCIALS:

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• Lexi' Hunt's website and twitter and instagram
• Ben Rankel's website and instagram and where to buy his book: Amazon.ca / Comixology / Ind!go / Renegade Arts
• Jess Schmidt's website, twitter and instagram
• Dork Matter's website(WIP) and twitter and instagram and reddit
• This podcast is created on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Nations, which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai. We also acknowledge the Stoney Nakota Nation, Tsuut'ina, and Metis Nation Region 3.

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Lexi & Ben try to dork out about the Potter-verse but end up having a messy and sometimes circular discussion of She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, harm, nostalgia, problematic media, death of the author, and what the ultimate legacy of the Harry Potter franchise may be.

Content/Trigger Warning:  Discussion of transphobia, anti-semitism, bigotry, racism, sexual assault and harm.

FURTHER DORKSCUSSION:

• Alternatives to the Harry Potter Franchise
  • The Dragon series by Laurence Yep (Thanks, Fiona)
  • His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
  • Discworld by Terry Pratchett
  • Dark Star trilogy by Marlon James
  • The Earthsea Cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin
  • The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy
  • The Bartimaeus Sequence by Jonathan Stroud
  • The Once and Future King by T. H. White 
  • Little Witch in the Woods
  • Witchbrook
  • Final Fantasy IX

BONUS CONTENT:

• Transgender resources in Canada
  • The Canadian Centre for Gender + Sexual Diversity
  • A Guide to Hormone Therapy for Transgender People
  • Gender Surgeons in Canada
  • Egale (Canada’s leading organization for 2SLGBTQI people and issues)
  • Transgender rights in Canada
  • Trans Equality Society of Alberta
  • Skipping Stone
  • Further resources c/o BIPOC Women's Health Network

SOCIALS:

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• Lexi' Hunt's website and twitter and instagram
• Ben Rankel's website and instagram and where to buy his book: Amazon.ca / Comixology / Ind!go / Renegade Arts
• Jess Schmidt's website, twitter and instagram
• Dork Matter's website(WIP) and twitter and instagram and reddit
• This podcast is created on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Nations, which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai. We also acknowledge the Stoney Nakota Nation, Tsuut'ina, and Metis Nation Region 3.

Help spread the word: share us on social media or give Dork Matters a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your pods!

“Those who choose not to empathize enable real monsters. For without ever committing an act of outright evil ourselves, we collude with it, through our own apathy.” - J.K. Rowling

SOCIALS:

Here's where you can find us!

• Lexi' Hunt's website and twitter and instagram
• Ben Rankel's website and instagram and where to buy his book: Amazon.ca / Comixology / Ind!go / Renegade Arts
• Jess Schmidt's website, twitter and instagram
• Dork Matter's website(WIP) and twitter and instagram and reddit
• This podcast is created on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Nations, which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai. We also acknowledge the Stoney Nakota Nation, Tsuut'ina, and Metis Nation Region 3.

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Swing your arms from side to side! We're doing 'The Mario'! We talk our first Mario experiences, Mario's last name, Bowser's reproductive system, fave Mario games, fave Mario characters, Super Crown sexiness, and more! We also talk Tall Boys (not the beer cans), the correct pronunciation of 'meme', dream-reality confusion, and more! Let's-a go, paisanos! 

FURTHER DORKSCUSSION:

• Super Mario Brothers (1993)
• Super Mario Bros. Super Show! 
• The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)

BONUS CONTENT:

• Bowsette
• Booette
• Blooperette
• Everyone else?
• Goombette, Waluigiette, Yoshiette
• Spaceman, Bif Naked

SOCIALS:

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• Lexi' Hunt's website and twitter and instagram
• Ben Rankel's website and instagram and where to buy his book: Amazon.ca / Comixology / Ind!go / Renegade Arts
• Jess Schmidt's website, twitter and instagram
• Dork Matter's website(WIP) and twitter and instagram and reddit

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"Oh, it's me, Chris Pratt, but I'm also Mario." -Lexi Hunt

SOCIALS:

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• Lexi' Hunt's website and twitter and instagram
• Ben Rankel's website and instagram and where to buy his book: Amazon.ca / Comixology / Ind!go / Renegade Arts
• Jess Schmidt's website, twitter and instagram
• Dork Matter's website(WIP) and twitter and instagram and reddit
• This podcast is created on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Nations, which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai. We also acknowledge the Stoney Nakota Nation, Tsuut'ina, and Metis Nation Region 3.

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Earth. Fire. Air. Water. Only the Lexi & Ben can dork out about all four books of The Legend of Korra and bring balance to the podcast. We also spend way too much time talking about comedian Jeremy Hotz, and dork out about successful swim teams, lofi tunes, the blue Avatar, and lots of other stuff. Appa, yip, yip!

FURTHER DORKSCUSSION:

• Jeremy Hotz
• Jeremy Hots merch!
• Richard Jeni

BONUS CONTENT:

• Zhu Li, do the thing!

SOCIALS:

Here's where you can find us!

• Lexi' Hunt's website and twitter and instagram
• Ben Rankel's website and instagram and where to buy his book: Amazon.ca / Comixology / Ind!go / Renegade Arts
• Jess Schmidt's website, twitter and instagram
• Dork Matter's website(WIP) and twitter and instagram and reddit

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"I've Always Wanted To See What The Spirit World Is Like." -Asami Sato

SOCIALS:

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• Lexi' Hunt's website and twitter and instagram
• Ben Rankel's website and instagram and where to buy his book: Amazon.ca / Comixology / Ind!go / Renegade Arts
• Jess Schmidt's website, twitter and instagram
• Dork Matter's website(WIP) and twitter and instagram and reddit
• This podcast is created on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Nations, which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai. We also acknowledge the Stoney Nakota Nation, Tsuut'ina, and Metis Nation Region 3.

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For your ears only: we're dorking out about Bond, James Bond. Who was the best? Who was the worst? Who should be next? We get into all that we love, hate, and love to hate about 007 while dipping in to the best Bond song, colonialism, masculinity, ghost fellatio and more. Diamonds are forever but this podcast comes in at about an hour so there's no time to die.

FURTHER DORKSCUSSION:

• Sean Connery (1962–1967, 1971, 1983)
• George Lazenby (1969)
• Roger Moore (1973–1985)
• Timothy Dalton (1987–1989)
• Pierce Brosnan (1995–2002)
• Daniel Craig (2006–2021)

BONUS CONTENT:

• Barry Nelson (1954)
• David Niven (1967)

SOCIALS:

Here's where you can find us!

• Lexi' Hunt's website and twitter and instagram
• Ben Rankel's website and instagram and where to buy his book: Amazon.ca / Comixology / Ind!go / Renegade Arts
• Jess Schmidt's website, twitter and instagram
• Dork Matter's website(WIP) and twitter and instagram and reddit

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"Mr. Bond! We can do a deal! I'll buy you a delicatessen! In stainless steel!" -Ernst Stavro Blofeld

P.S. Amar Chadha-Patel for the next James Bond

SOCIALS:

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• Lexi' Hunt's website and twitter and instagram
• Ben Rankel's website and instagram and where to buy his book: Amazon.ca / Comixology / Ind!go / Renegade Arts
• Jess Schmidt's website, twitter and instagram
• Dork Matter's website(WIP) and twitter and instagram and reddit
• This podcast is created on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Nations, which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai. We also acknowledge the Stoney Nakota Nation, Tsuut'ina, and Metis Nation Region 3.

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B-b-b bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word! We’re dorking out about birds! Seriously! Shittiest, tastiest, dumbest, best, and most dangerous. We also dork out about ortolan buntings, Gilbert & Sullivan, The Sound of Music and more! This episode is for the birds!

FURTHER DORKSCUSSION:

• Radiolab explains an inexplicable comedy act
• Why Jess' pick for best bird is the flamingo!
• Dodos were not that dumb

BONUS CONTENT:

• B-b-b-b
• B-b-b-b
• Bird is the word is the bird

SOCIALS:

Here's where you can find us!

• Lexi' Hunt's website and twitter and instagram
• Ben Rankel's website and instagram and where to buy his book: Amazon.ca / Comixology / Ind!go / Renegade Arts
• Jess Schmidt's website, twitter and instagram
• Dork Matter's website(WIP) and twitter and instagram and reddit

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“Role-playing games are just an organic improvised space for storytelling." -Matthew Mercer

SOCIALS:

Here's where you can find us!

• Lexi' Hunt's website and twitter and instagram
• Ben Rankel's website and instagram and where to buy his book: Amazon.ca / Comixology / Ind!go / Renegade Arts
• Jess Schmidt's website, twitter and instagram
• Dork Matter's website(WIP) and twitter and instagram and reddit
• This podcast is created on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Nations, which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai. We also acknowledge the Stoney Nakota Nation, Tsuut'ina, and Metis Nation Region 3.

Help your dorky pals spread the word: share us on social media or give Dork Matters a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your pods! Thank you for helping us to share our love of all things Dork!

Detect magic! Lexi & Ben bring back dungeon daddy deluxe, Jason Mehmel, to talk consent and safety in tabletop RPGs and to run an actual play episode of Dungeons and Dragons with your favourite dorks. Folka, Chark & Mucho are tasked to track down some missing messengers on a magicians mountain but they just may find more than they were looking for. The adventure begins!

FURTHER DORKSCUSSION:

• Dungeons & Daddies
• Hello From the Magic Tavern
• House of Bob
• Mission to Zyxx

BONUS CONTENT:

• You can find guest host Jason Mehmel at jasonmehmel.com, instagram, and twitter.
• Get your own game started with DND basic rules!

SOCIALS:

Here's where you can find us!

• Lexi' Hunt's website and twitter and instagram
• Ben Rankel's website and instagram and where to buy his book: Amazon.ca / Comixology / Ind!go / Renegade Arts
• Jess Schmidt's website, twitter and instagram
• Dork Matter's website(WIP) and twitter and instagram and reddit

Help us out by giving Dork Matters a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your pods!

“Role-playing games are just an organic improvised space for storytelling." -Matthew Mercer

SOCIALS:

Here's where you can find us!

• Lexi' Hunt's website and twitter and instagram
• Ben Rankel's website and instagram and where to buy his book: Amazon.ca / Comixology / Ind!go / Renegade Arts
• Jess Schmidt's website, twitter and instagram
• Dork Matter's website(WIP) and twitter and instagram and reddit
• This podcast is created on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Nations, which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai. We also acknowledge the Stoney Nakota Nation, Tsuut'ina, and Metis Nation Region 3.

Help your dorky pals spread the word: share us on social media or give Dork Matters a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your pods! Thank you for helping us to share our love of all things Dork!