Dork Matters

Dork friends, unite! We return to returning to Stardew Valley. This time we dork out about the non-romance-able characters living in and around Pelican Town! We've got Clintroversy! We punch on Pierr…

It's our season 2, in review! Lexi & Ben are joined by Jess Schmidt, chess dork (and our editor/producer); Laura O'Conner, movie and horror dork; Stephanie Gerk, sci/fi dork; and Jason Mehmel, dungeo…

On the line today: dorking out about our fave real and fictional cooks and chefs! Also on deck, we've got Buttergate, Dungeons & Dragons: Among Thieves, body modification & appropriation, Gritty Vs. …

Boo! No summer time sadness with Ben and Lexi this week! We are celebrating summer ghost stories, ghosts, 20 years of friendship, Mrs. Doubtfire and much more. Do animals have souls? Can they be ghos…

You've got red on you. We're dorking out about the Cornetto Trilogy: Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The World's End. We also talk Care Bears, RetroKid, Ernie & Bert, Seinfeld, and Millennial hopele…

Let's get ready to rumble! Lexi & Ben are dorking out about the best WWF wrestlers of the 80s and 90s and pitting them against each other in a no holds barred, chair-swinging, turnbuckle jumping, sma…

The truth is out there! Lexi & Ben dork out about conspiracy theories: Stonecutters/Freemasons, the moon landing conspiracy, flat earth, Area 51, chemtrails and Birds Aren't Real. They also talk orca…

They must be taken as they have been made: Lexi & Ben dork out about video and board game movie adaptations! Good bad adaptations, bad bad adaptation, and adaptations we kind of like! We talk Marios,…

We've got just the ticket! Lexi & Ben have a one-track mind as they dork out about trains and try not to go completely off-track with talk of tattoos, taxes, Disenchanted, and ASMR! Don't get deraile…

Red alert! The Debrief Weekly Report co-host, Stephanie Gerk, joins Lexi & Ben to do a vibe check on everything NuTrek in our from 2009 till now in our first ever in-person recording. We dork out abo…

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 explo…

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! 

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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…

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…

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, an…

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 …

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 H…

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 …

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 & Sulliva…

Episode Notes

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 fa…