The Dork Forest

Matt Kirshen (@mattkirshen / @matt_kirshen) and Myq Kaplan (@myqkaplan) both wanted to talk advice columns and it came up THE SAME WEEK. So we ALL did it. Dork Panel!! Myq has a new album coming out May 8th and you should all pre-order it April 17th (A.K.A.) and Matt has a podcast called “Probably Science” that you should check out. This is fascinating. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or www.jackiekashian.com. USE THE AMAZON link on the front page of my and the 'cast websites when you order your own dorky goodness. Merch: My current album “I Am Not the Hero of This Story” available on Amazon, iTunes and hard copy if you want it signed on the website. As well as TDF tshirts, standup shirts and other CDs and just videos of my comedy. Premium eps of TDF are taped live and available here: https://thedorkforest.bandcamp.com/ Youtube has a bunch of stuff too: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheDorkForest @jackiekashian on all the social mediaz. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos

Get ready for another Great Depression! This time with Turmeric! My sister (@bossymagoo) Darla Kashian can make a meal out of any found items. She LIKES nice items but she cooks like the depression mom she was raised to be. Let us learn. You will love. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or USE THE AMAZON link on the front page of my and the 'cast websites when you order your own dorky goodness. Merch: My current album “I Am Not the Hero of This Story” available on Amazon, iTunes and hard copy if you want it signed on the website. As well as TDF tshirts, standup shirts and other CDs and just videos of my comedy. Premium eps of TDF are taped live and available here: https://thedorkforest.bandcamp.com/ Youtube has a bunch of stuff too: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheDorkForest @jackiekashian on all the social mediaz. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady Music is by Mike Ruekberg Website design by Vilmos

I met Luisa Rebull (@lrebull – CalTech Astronomer) working on UniverseUnplugged.org and we got to talk for 15 minutes. I wanted to ask my simple space and science questions for another hour. So here we are. It’s GREAT. Enjoy. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at or . USE THE AMAZON link on the front page when you order your own dorky goodness.  Merch: My current album “I Am Not the Hero of This Story” available on , and hard copy if you want it signed on the website. As well as TDF tshirts, standup shirts and other CDs and just videos of my comedy. Premium eps of TDF are taped live and available here:      Youtube has a bunch of stuff too: @jackiekashian on all the social mediaz. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady  Music is by Mike Ruekberg  Website design by Vilmos

When last we visited with Robin Ryan (@robinryan200) she dorked out about Rollerderby (EP 360) but here we get the grit and hope and dark humor that is her job – teaching High School/GED in a California Men’s Prison. It’s fascinating. People are still people. Don’t Bet on The Rapture. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at or . USE THE AMAZON link on the front page when you order your own dorky goodness.  Merch: My current album “I Am Not the Hero of This Story” available on , and hard copy if you want it signed on the website. As well as TDF tshirts, standup shirts and other CDs and just videos of my comedy. Premium eps of TDF are taped live and available here:      Youtube has a bunch of stuff too: @jackiekashian on all the social mediaz. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady  Music is by Mike Ruekberg  Website design by Vilmos

Guy Branum (@guybranum) knows so many things and these six British aristocratic sisters are FASCINATING. I wish to make a mitigating pun. I will not. This ep is recorded via skype bc of the ‘rona. Take care out there. Enjoy. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at or . USE THE AMAZON link on the front page when you order your own dorky goodness.  Merch: My current album “I Am Not the Hero of This Story” available on , and hard copy if you want it signed on the website. As well as TDF tshirts, standup shirts and other CDs and just videos of my comedy. Premium eps of TDF are taped live and available here:      Youtube has a bunch of stuff too: @jackiekashian on all the social mediaz. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady  Music is by Mike Ruekberg  Website design by Vilmos

The dorkdom is Improv and, yes, and we hash out the art, the community, the silly and the terribleness of Improv. Sean Conroy (@seanconroy has a new ‘cast Sean Conroy gets Happier). He’s hilarious and fascinating. You will love. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at or . USE THE AMAZON link on the front page when you order your own dorky goodness.  Merch: My current album “I Am Not the Hero of This Story” available on , and hard copy if you want it signed on the website. As well as TDF tshirts, standup shirts and other CDs and just videos of my comedy. Premium eps of TDF are taped live and available here:      Youtube has a bunch of stuff too: @jackiekashian on all the social mediaz. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady  Music is by Mike Ruekberg  Website design by Vilmos

Aldrin Cornejo (@acornayho) loves all the games and a LOT of animation (he works at American Dad!) but this episode is all about the tabletop game The Vampire Masquerade. HE KNOWS SO MUCH!! Enjoy. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at or . USE THE AMAZON link on the front page when you order your own dorky goodness.  Merch: My current album “I Am Not the Hero of This Story” available on , and hard copy if you want it signed on the website. As well as TDF tshirts, standup shirts and other CDs and just videos of my comedy. Premium eps of TDF are taped live and available here:      Youtube has a bunch of stuff too: @jackiekashian on all the social mediaz. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady  Music is by Mike Ruekberg  Website design by Vilmos

Niceole Levy (@niceolecookies writer from Cloak&Dagger, and new movie The Banker) explains the good time that IS Janet Jackson. I came in knowing SOME THINGS. It’s a good one. You will love it. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at or . USE THE AMAZON link on the front page when you order your own dorky goodness.  Merch: My current album “I Am Not the Hero of This Story” available on , and hard copy if you want it signed on the website. As well as TDF tshirts, standup shirts and other CDs and just videos of my comedy. Premium eps of TDF are taped live and available here:      Youtube has a bunch of stuff too: @jackiekashian on all the social mediaz. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady  Music is by Mike Ruekberg  Website design by Vilmos

It’s a glimpse into ANOTHER band I don’t know anything about, but Sarah Mowrey (@sarahmowrey) does. OH DOES SHE. I am shocked and enthralled. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at or . USE THE AMAZON link on the front page when you order your own dorky goodness.  Merch: My current album “I Am Not the Hero of This Story” available on , and hard copy if you want it signed on the website. As well as TDF tshirts, standup shirts and other CDs and just videos of my comedy. Premium eps of TDF are taped live and available here:      Youtube has a bunch of stuff too: @jackiekashian on all the social mediaz. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady  Music is by Mike Ruekberg  Website design by Vilmos

Diana’s cousins’ needed to learn English so she listened AND LOVED a lot of K-Pop. I learn what that is 😊 AND… Let me say that, first, that it’s DIANA Hong (@wellhongd) not Diane. Hi. And I learn that there’s casting in K-POP. And that yer parents may SEND you to Korea to learn Korean, but your cousins insist they work on their English. K-Pop! Diana Hong! It’s a dorky delight. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at or . USE THE AMAZON link on the front page when you order your own dorky goodness.  Merch: My current album “I Am Not the Hero of This Story” available on , and hard copy if you want it signed on the website. As well as TDF tshirts, standup shirts and other CDs and just videos of my comedy. Premium eps of TDF are taped live and available here:      Youtube has a bunch of stuff too: @jackiekashian on all the social mediaz. Audio leveling by Patrick Brady  Music is by Mike Ruekberg  Website design by Vilmos