The DORK Side

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The DORK Side is a brutally funny comedy podcast where hosts Kevin Jackson and Noel Roberts take a gloriously irreverent swing at the world around us. Each week, they roast pop culture, toast new tech, and drag the future into the present just to be made fun of. This isn't your average tech podcast or dry pop culture show. It's where curiosity meets comedy—and neither comes out alive. Tune in for hot takes on everything from the latest gadgets and streaming obsessions to society's oddities and tomorrow's worst ideas. Join the conversation and get your weekly dose of hilarious and critical tech commentary and pop culture comedy.

  1. −5 H

    Find Out About your Bucket List

    Bucket lists used to be private thoughts. Quiet promises whispered between a person and the ceiling at 2 a.m. Now they’re laminated, hashtagged, and monetized. Somewhere along the way, “live before you die” turned into “prove you’re interesting online before the algorithm forgets you exist.” The phrase itself didn’t crawl out of ancient philosophy. It didn’t come from Aristotle or some monk staring at a candle. It came from a 2007 Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman movie, which is ironic, because nothing makes people confront mortality faster than watching two elderly men race death in a sports car. Since then, the bucket list became a cultural permission slip. Suddenly it was acceptable to admit you were scared of dying with nothing but a Costco membership and a really strong opinion about lawn fertilizer. What’s fascinating isn’t the list. It’s why we make them. A bucket list is optimism wearing anxiety’s jacket. It’s hope with a deadline. It’s the adult version of realizing recess is almost over. You don’t want to waste it. You don’t want to look back and realize your boldest adventure was switching toothpaste brands. And here’s the tension. Some people live beautifully small lives. Same town. Same roads. Same diner booth. There’s dignity in roots. But there’s also danger in confusing familiarity with fulfillment. Comfort is sneaky. It convinces you that curiosity is reckless and that ambition is something younger people should do. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    38 min

  2. −2 D

    Fictional BFF - If you could choose anybody

    Ever fantasized about ditching your boring pals for someone who can punch through walls or web-sling across town? We're launching this "What fictional character would you want to be best friends with?" arc with superheroes – those over-the-top do-gooders (and a couple of villains) who've been crashing into pop culture since the late 1930s, when the world was reeling from the Great Depression and needed larger-than-life escapes. Who wouldn't want Superman as your wingman? Talk about the ultimate bodyguard – he'd fly you out of awkward dates faster than a speeding bullet, though good luck explaining to your landlord why your roof has a new skylight from his "heroic entrances." Or Batman, the brooding billionaire who'd fund your wildest gadgets but probably ghost you during his endless vengeance quests – hypocrisy much? We cheer their lone-wolf style, yet secretly crave their loyalty without the therapy bills. Spider-Man? Your go-to for quippy advice on bad luck, swinging by with pizza after a rough day, but watch out for those villain magnets turning your barbecue into a brawl. Wonder Woman brings fierce girl-power vibes, schooling you on justice while lassoing the truth out of your lying ex. Iron Man, aka Tony Stark, would upgrade your life with tech toys and sarcasm, but his ego might turn every hangout into a TED Talk on himself.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    38 min

  3. 23 MARS

    Influencers Who Changed Branding Forever

    Somewhere inside every one of us is a spark we never lit. Not because it wasn’t there, but because nobody handed us the match. History loves to crown geniuses after the fact, once the idea has already detonated and rearranged the furniture of civilization. But before the statues and documentaries, these people were just… people. Awkward. Curious. Annoying to authority. The kind of folks who didn’t fit neatly into the lanes they were given, so they built new roads and accidentally changed the map. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    38 min

  4. 17 MARS

    Icon Makers of the 90s

    Every revolution has its strategists. Every rebel has a co-conspirator. This is about the essential few who didn't just ride the wave of change—they were the engine behind it. The true creators who forged the raw sound, the groundbreaking script, the authentic style that defined an era. In the defiant, DIY 1990s, they were the critical voice in the ear of the icon, the partner who said, "Go further," and handed them the map. They are the proof that behind every culture-shifting star is a circle of believers who made the revolution possible. The 1990s arrived like a sledgehammer to the 1980s’ neon mullets. Shoulder pads were gone, but pop culture wasn’t just evolving—it was being engineered. The artists of this decade didn’t just need talent; they needed visionaries, therapists, psychologists, and people who could negotiate world domination over a cup of coffee. The era invented the “multi-hyphenate,” a person who acts, sings, dances, produces, and sometimes even writes their own press releases. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    38 min

  5. 9 MARS

    Icon Makers of the 80s

    Before the star was a star, there was a believer. Before the hit was a hit, there was a spark in a forgotten room. This is about the people who stood just outside the spotlight, but directly in the path of genius. The architects. The collaborators. The unsung talent who didn't just discover game-changers… they built them from the ground up. In the neon-soaked, ambition-fueled 1980s, they were the secret weapon—the writer, the producer, the mentor who turned a raw voice into an anthem, a nervous actor into a legend. Their story proves that no one, no matter how iconic, makes it alone. Welcome to the stories behind the fame. Welcome to the 1980s: the decade where America woke up, looked in the mirror, saw a mullet staring back, and said, “Yeah, this is fine.” A decade where every music video looked like either a fever dream or a tax write-off. But behind the neon, behind the hairspray, behind every artist doing interpretive dance in fog machines operated by a guy named Darryl… there was a person who made them possible. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    38 min

  6. 2 MARS

    The Love Algorithm

    Welcome to the grand, messy laboratory of human pairing. We’re told from childhood that in love, “opposites attract.” It’s a phrase borrowed not from psychology, but from 12th-century observations of magnets and popularized by a 1950s pop song. How romantic. We apply a principle of electromagnetism to the most complex emotional algorithm on Earth. The universe says a proton and an electron get along, so surely a neat-freak and a chaos-goblin can make it work. But science, that eternal buzzkill, suggests we’re more often narcissists in love with our own reflection. Studies on “assortative mating” show we overwhelmingly pair up with people who match us in education, socioeconomic status, political leanings, and even traits like conscientiousness. We don’t seek opposites; we seek collaborators for the start-up company of “Us,” and you don’t want a co-CEO who believes the corporate strategy is reading goat entrails. The “opposites” myth is just a story we tell to make the inevitable, tedious compromises of cohabitation seem more exciting than they are. “We’re so different!” is more palatable than “We’ve agreed to a mutual non-aggression pact over towel folding.” See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    38 min

  7. 23 FEB.

    The Psychos

    Alright, let’s dim the studio lights to a menacing, energy-saving 40%. Welcome to The DORK Side. I’m Kevin Jackson, and floating somewhere in the psychic ether to my right is my co-host, the human equivalent of a comforting nightlight in a haunted house, Noel Roberts. Now, why are we, a show nominally about random knowledge, dedicating an entire episode to the cheery topic of “The Psychology of Evil”? Simple. I’m personally fascinated by the wet computer in our skulls and its ability to run software called “Atrocity 2.0.” My own understanding of evil’s… range… comes less from textbooks and more from Hollywood’s highlight reel. If it weren’t for cinema, my concept of malice would be limited to people who talk in theaters and geniuses who invent printers that require monthly subscriptions to ink. I’m grateful for the education. I’m also profoundly happy to report that I, Kevin Jackson, am not evil. I have the receipts: I feel bad when I step on a snail, and I’ve never once monologued about my plans beforehand. This leads me to a comforting, perhaps naive, belief: that the people who fight evil must be its perfect opposite. The yin to its disgusting yang. A powerful alkali to neutralize a powerful acid. Your detectives, your FBI agents—they’re the moral sodium bicarbonate thrown on the hydrochloric acid spill of human depravity. We sleep soundly because they’re willing to stare into the abyss so we can stare at our streaming queues. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    38 min

  8. 16 FEB.

    Explore Detectives Real and Imagined

    If true crime is the steak, detectives are the salt—they bring out the flavor. So let’s kick off by ranking our favorite fictional detectives who made crime-solving cool. Icons: Sherlock Holmes – deductive genius with no patience for stupidity. Imagine him with Wi-Fi.Columbo – the disheveled detective who weaponized awkwardness.Jessica Fletcher (Murder, She Wrote) – small-town crime magnet. Cabot Cove had more murders than Chicago, but somehow nobody questioned it.Batman – yes, technically a vigilante, but also “the world’s greatest detective.” Plus, who else could afford a CSI kit with a Bat-logo?Have more? Because we do... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    38 min
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The DORK Side is a brutally funny comedy podcast where hosts Kevin Jackson and Noel Roberts take a gloriously irreverent swing at the world around us. Each week, they roast pop culture, toast new tech, and drag the future into the present just to be made fun of. This isn't your average tech podcast or dry pop culture show. It's where curiosity meets comedy—and neither comes out alive. Tune in for hot takes on everything from the latest gadgets and streaming obsessions to society's oddities and tomorrow's worst ideas. Join the conversation and get your weekly dose of hilarious and critical tech commentary and pop culture comedy.

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    Spreely Media
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    Spreely Media
  • Aktiva år
    2025 - 2026
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    61
  • Åldersgräns
    Barnvänligt
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    © The Black Sphere, LLC
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