The Dork Forest Creators & Guests

Jackie Kashian is a stand-up comedian and host of the podcast, The Dork Forest.

Brian Regan is a stand-up comedian who uses observational, sarcastic, and self-deprecating humor. His performances are clean as he refrains from profanity and off-color humor. Regan's material typically covers everyday events, such as shipping a package with UPS, mortgages, and visits to the optometrist.

Comedian. Writer. Filmmaker. Co-host of This Is Rad Podcast. Producer of The Jackie and Laurie Show. Album: "Absolute Terror"

Dr. Corey Olsen is a professor and podcaster known as the Tolkien Professor best known for his work in new media promoting the works of J.R.R.Upon graduation from Columbia University, Olsen obtained teaching positions at Temple University, Columbia University, and Nyack College. He then proceeded to his longest standing position to date, Assistant Professor of English at Washington College with a specialty on J.R.R. Tolkien, Arthurian Literature, Chaucer, and Sir Thomas Malory.

Wil Wheaton is an actor, blogger, and writer.

Multi-award winning comedian based in London. She travels, tells jokes, and podcasts. Seen/heard on Comedy Central, BBC, Showtime, and published in the NY Times.

Rebecca Sugar is an American animator, screenwriter, producer, singer, songwriter, and creator of Cartoon Network series Steven Universe.

Kyle Shire is a writer, comedian, and producer of Critical Role Podcast.

Cameron Esposito is an actor and podcaster known for her show Take My Wife & podcast Queery. She also co-hosts the stand-up comedy podcast Put Your Hands Together.

Chelsea Snow Cain is an American writer of novels and columns.

Comedian, actor and writer Jason Klamm hosts Comedy on Vinyl, co-hosts Dispatches from Fort Awesome, and Dan and Jay's Comedy Hour. He also runs the StolenDress Podcast Network.

Comedian. Writer (Shrill, High Fidelity, Crashing, Adam Ruins Everything, Spongebob). Host of KCRW’s Lost Notes.

Half of "Paul and Storm", known internationally and across the Internet for their original comedy music (often with a “nerd-ish” bent). In addition to their own live performances, they are co-founders of the geek-oriented variety show w00tstock, along with Wil Wheaton and Adam Savage, and co-produce JoCo Cruise. The duo’s original webseries musical, “LearningTown“, debuted on YouTube’s Geek & Sundry channel in January 2013. Also in 2013, their song “Another Irish Drinking Song” was featured in the hit movie Despicable Me 2, and in July had their guitar smashed on stage by George R. R. Martin (and deserved it). Their fifth full-length CD, Ball Pit, came out in 2014, and was the central item of the duo’s wildly successful Kickstarter campaign. They are staff writers for, and contributed numerous songs to, the rebooted season of Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Sandra Daugherty is a passionate sex educator. She is the resident sex blogger on Chris Hardwick’s Nerdist.com and host of Sex Nerd Sandra Podcast.

Gregory Charles Benson is an American comedian, actor, and director.

Brian Posehn is an actor, voice actor, musician, writer, and comedian known for his roles as Jim Kuback on The WB's Mission Hill and Brian Spukowski on Comedy Central's The Sarah Silverman Program.

Matt Mira is a podcast host, stand-up comedian, and session guitarist.

Asterios Kokkinos is a comedian who has written and performed for The Nerdist, Geek & Sundry, Paste Magazine, Something Awful, Screen Junkies & the Maximum Fun podcast network.