Dork Matters
Ben Rankel, Lexi Hunt
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Bondork, James Bondork
Dork Matters
02/01/23 • 60 min
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:
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 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!
"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
02/01/23 • 60 min
Birdork
Dork Matters
01/18/23 • 62 min
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:
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
01/18/23 • 62 min
Dorkgeons & Dragons: An Actual Play Episode
Dork Matters
01/04/23 • 102 min
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 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:
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
01/04/23 • 102 min
12 Dorks of Christmas
Dork Matters
12/21/22 • 62 min
On the first dork of Christmas my true dork gave to me: a holiday dork special! Lexi & Ben run down the best and worst holiday music, food, movies, characters, traditions and alternatives. Happy Solstice!
FURTHER DORKSCUSSION:
The 12 Dorks of Christmas:
Best:
- Food: Stuffing (Ben), Nuts & Bolts (Lexi)
- Movie: Muppet Family Christmas (Lexi), A Muppet Christmas Carol (Ben)
- Song: I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas by Gayla Peevey (Lexi), Carol of the Bells (Ben)
- Character: Zero from Nightmare Before Christmas (Lexi), Ice-Type Jesus (Ben)
- Tradition: Opening one gift on Christmas Eve (Ben), Christmas morning (Lexi)
- Alternative: Solstice (Lexi & Ben)
Worst:
- Food: Cheap Christmas candy (Lexi), Gingerbread House kits (Ben)
- Movie: Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (Lexi), Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Ben)
- Song: I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas by Gayla Peevey (Ben), I'm Getting Nuttin' For Christmas (Lexi)
- Character: Billy Bob Thornton as Bad Santa (Lexi), Tim Allen as Santa Claus (Ben)
- Tradition: Pictures with mall Santas (Lexi), Getting together with family (Ben)
- Alternative: Sitting at home crying (Ben), Being sick for Christmas (Lexi)
BONUS CONTENT:
Jess' picks:
Best:
- Food: Sticky buns (Christmas Day breakfast since I was a kid)
- Movie: Nightmare Before Christmas
- Song: Christmas Without You by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers
- Character: The Grinch
- Tradition: My mom gives everyone really elaborate stockings with little trinkets and snacks and we open them all together - it's v cute
- Alt: Hanukkah (one of my aunts and my cousins are Jewish and I think it's a dope holiday)
Worst:
- Food: chocolate oranges
- Movie: Jingle All the Way (one of the worst movies I've ever seen, period)
- Song: All I Want For Christmas Is You - I can't really describe why but something about this song just is like nails on a chalkboard to me
- Character: Frosty the Snowman (just like so cloying in every interpretation)
- Tradition: My family plays Monopoly on Christmas Day and it's SO LONG AND TERRIBLE
- Alt: Boxing Day
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
Having fun dorking out with Lexi & Ben? Help us get the word out by giving Dork Matters a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your pods. We'd appreciate it!
“I'm going to tear off your skin like wrapping paper and deck the halls with your guts!” - Robot Santa
12/21/22 • 62 min
Holidork Horror
Dork Matters
12/07/22 • 77 min
You better watch out! Scare savant Laura O'Conner joins Lexi & Ben yet again to dork out about her favourite ho-ho-horror sub-genre: holiday! We've got slasher Santas, festively frightful folklore, merry mutilations, and more. You better not cry!
FURTHER DORKSCUSSION:
Our holiday-horror reviews:
- Gremlins: recommend
- Santa's Slay: recommend
- Anna and the Apocalypse: recommend
- Krampus: Laura recommends, but I think Lexi and Ben don't???
- Rare Exports: recommend
- Christmas Evil: recommend
- Silent Night, Deadly Night: recommend if you like Christmas Evil
- Nightmare Before Christmas: Not horror, but recommend as a Christmas movie
BONUS CONTENT:
- You can find guest host, Laura O'Connor at @laurajoc and laurao.ca
- The Flop House Podcast
- Six well-known actors who totally got their dongs out in a film (NSFW) (Thanks, Lorna!)
- Why are so many god-awful Christmas movies filmed in Edmonton?
- How Ghost Stories Became a Christmas Tradition in Victorian England (Thanks, Jess!)
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
Having fun dorking out with Lexi & Ben? Help us get the word out by giving Dork Matters a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your pods. We'd appreciate it!
“Jim...
12/07/22 • 77 min
Dorkgeons & Dragons
Dork Matters
11/23/22 • 83 min
Get your dice bag out! We dork out about dungeons and dragons, talk about how we started playing, share our favourite tabletop rpg pods/shows, and roll some characters for a special upcoming episode! All with special guest, Jason Mehmel! Roll for advantage!
FURTHER DORKSCUSSION:
BONUS CONTENT:
- You can find guest host, Jason Mehmel at jasonmehmel.com, instagram, and twitter.
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Dungeons & Dragons
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!
“The secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don't need any rules.” -Gary Gygax
11/23/22 • 83 min
Pretty Guardorkian Sailor Moon
Dork Matters
11/09/22 • 61 min
We’re dorking out about Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon! What does each show do great? Who is the best sailor scout? Why is Tuxedo Mask the worst? This episode is dedicated to Lizzo (she knows what's up)!
FURTHER DORKSCUSSION:
- Crash Bandicoot
- Mario Kart
- Diablo Immortal
- Pikmin 4
- Cult of the Lamb
- Fable
- Critical Role
- The Fifth Element
- Full House
- Rocky & Bullwinkle
- Jahara Jayde
- Neopets
- Geocities
- Adam Ellis
- Babs Tarr
- National Film Board of Canada
BONUS CONTENT:
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
Having fun dorking out with Lexi & Ben? Help us out by giving Dork Matters a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your pods. It really does help us spread the word and get the dork out there.
“Endymion, you are my first love, my only love... even if we're reborn, in another life, we'll find each other... and then... We'll fall in love again..." - Princess Serenity
11/09/22 • 61 min
A Dork and Stormy Night
Dork Matters
10/26/22 • 77 min
Lexi & Ben are joined by fright flick expert Laura O'Connor as they conjure up the most harrowing horror and Halloween films to put a chill in your All Hallows' evening. They also talk ferrets, Return to Monkey Island, TikTok, Kevin Bacon (yes, again), Treehouse of Horrors, Edward Gorey, Jordan Peele, and more. We even share a few ghost stories! It's all treats and no tricks!
FURTHER DORKSCUSSION:
Horror/Halloween movies discussed:
- Tim Burton Catalogue
- Beetlejuice
- Pee-wee's Big Adventure
- Batman Returns
- Demon Knight
- Jennifer's Body
- The Babadook
- We Need to Talk About Kevin
- The Others
- Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
- Trick 'r Treat
- Get Out
- Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
- Halloween
- Hatchet
- Friday the 13th
- The Haunting of Bly Manor
- The Haunting of Hill House
- Midnight Mass
- The Blair Witch Project
- Scream
- The Loved Ones
- Tucker and Dale vs Evil
- Frozen
- Sleepy Hollow
- The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
- Let The Right One In
- Child's Play
- Ernest Scared Stupid
- The Craft
- Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest
- Clue
BONUS CONTENT:
- You can find guest host, Laura O'Connor at @laurajoc and laurao.ca
- Return to Monkey Island
- Kevin Bacon + Goats
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
Having fun dorking out with Lexi & Ben? Help us out by giving Dork Matters a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your pods. It really does help us spread the word and get the dork out there.
“Jimmy Hoffa is not dead. He works at the National Enquirer with Elvis and Bigfoot.” - M.J. McGuire
10/26/22 • 77 min
Cryptidork
Dork Matters
10/12/22 • 64 min
We dork out about our favourite cryptids! We also talk breakfast cereal, almond milk, potty (training?) humour, ghosts, storytelling, colonialism, terrible medieval art, cultural appropriation and crushing watermelons with your thighs! What an episode!
FURTHER DORKSCUSSION:
Cryptids discussed:
BONUS CONTENT:
- Ben says he is Vector but Lexi and Jess say Ben is Captain Crunch
- Lexi calls herself Honey Bunches of Oats, Ben says Lexi is porridge, Jess says Lex is Special K
- Jess calls herself Cinnamon Crunch, Lexi and Ben agree because we don't argue with Jess
- Shope papilloma virus rabbit (content warning for awful)
- Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch
- Medieval cats
- Medieval elephants
- Chixdiggit! - Chupacabras
- Watermelons vs. thighs
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
Having fun dorking out with Lexi & Ben? Help us out by giving Dork Matters a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your pods. It really does h...
10/12/22 • 64 min
The Legend of Dorkorra
Dork Matters
02/15/23 • 61 min
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:
BONUS CONTENT:
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 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!
"I've Always Wanted To See What The Spirit World Is Like." -Asami Sato
02/15/23 • 61 min
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FAQ
How many episodes does Dork Matters have?
Dork Matters currently has 66 episodes available.
What topics does Dork Matters cover?
The podcast is about Geek, Cartoons, Nerds, Dnd, Leisure, Hobbies, Art, Games, Canada, Nerd, Dungeons And Dragons, Comics, Cats, Comedy, Podcasts, Education, Final Fantasy, Video Games, Tv, Canadian, Animation, Geeks, Teacher, Nostalgia and Manga.
What is the most popular episode on Dork Matters?
The episode title 'Bondork, James Bondork' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Dork Matters?
The average episode length on Dork Matters is 63 minutes.
How often are episodes of Dork Matters released?
Episodes of Dork Matters are typically released every 14 days.
When was the first episode of Dork Matters?
The first episode of Dork Matters was released on Aug 12, 2021.
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