
Birdork
Explicit content warning
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
SOCIALS:
Here's where you can find us!
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
SOCIALS:
Here's where you can find us!
Previous Episode

Dorkgeons & Dragons: An Actual Play Episode
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
SOCIALS:
Here's where you can find us!
Next Episode

Bondork, James Bondork
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
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...
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