The DORK Side
Episodes
Find Out About your Bucket List
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Fictional BFF - If you could choose anybody
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Influencers Who Changed Branding Forever - Ep 59
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 crow...
Icon Makers of the 90s - Ep 58
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Icon Makers of the 80s
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
The Love Algorithm
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the grand, messy laboratory of human pairing. We’re told from childhood that in love, “opposites attract.” It’s a phrase borrowed n...
The Psychos
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Explore Detectives Real and Imagined
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Learn About the Biggest Audition Failures
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to The DORK Side, where we plunge headfirst into the Department of Random Knowledge's latest obsession: the colossal blunders of Hollywood's w...
Childhood Cartoons - Ep 52
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the animated foundation upon which our fragile psyches were built. We're not talking about the 80s or 90s just yet. We're going back to the...
The Art of the Con - Ep 25-051
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're starting a deep dive into the most elegant hacks in human history: not of computers, but of trust. We’re talking about the master con artists....
Jobs with a Death Clause - Ep 25-050
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the DORK Side, where we’re contemplating the fine line between a 'career' and a 'darwinian plea.' Today, we’re exploring the jobs that ...
Rearview Mirror of Regret and Childhood Stupidity - Ep 25-049
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ah, the 70s, 80s, and 90s—the triumvirate of terror for anyone with a functioning central nervous system. This was a time before ‘helicopter paren...
The Dangerous Lingo - Ep 25-048
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the evolution of slang to a fruit fly's life cycle—brief, frenetic, and ending in a messy death. We'll start with the premise that using ...
Whatever Happened to Etiquette - Ep 25-047
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Back in the day, etiquette wasn’t just about manners — it was social armor. You said “good afternoon” even if you hated the person, because yo...
Yes You're Settling - Ep 25-046
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to The DORK Side, where ambition goes to die quietly in a cubicle under fluorescent lights. Today we’re exploring settling — the slow-moti...
Givers and Takers Full of Surprises - Ep 25-045
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we dive into humanity’s oldest divide: Givers vs. Takers. Not politics — though that’s tempting — but the primal split between people wh...
Crazy Jobs You Know Nothing About - Ep 25-044
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the gilded cage of the ultra-luxury concierge. This isn't about getting you tickets to Hamilton. This is a world where the phrase “money ...
Gross for Thee but Not for Me - Ep 25-043
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the DORK Side, where we're not afraid to get our hands dirty, metaphorically speaking. Because literally, if we got our hands dirty, we'd b...
The Ship of Theseus (Remaking You) - Ep 25-042
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Welcome to The DORK Side, where today we're tackling the ultimate identity crisis, one that makes your teenage years look like a slightly awkward aft...
Ever Played 'Would You Rather' - Ep 25-041
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Welcome, knowledge seekers and chaos enthusiasts, to the inaugural voyage of The DORK Side. Our mission: to boldly go where plenty of people, often i...
Faustian Deal with the Devil - Ep 25-040
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we're tackling a tale as old as time, or at least as old as German literature: the story of Faust. You know, the guy who sold his soul to the d...
Personality Patches - Ep 25-039
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the grand, glittering marketplace of the better you. A multi-trillion-dollar global industry built on one simple, renewable resource: your ...
Communication Overload - Ep 25-038
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine a world where a cutting remark took six weeks to deliver by clipper ship. The sheer, beautiful delay of it all! You could have a furious argum...
Decoding Gendered (Bro Code) Communication - Ep 25-37
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we're venturing into the linguistic Bermuda Triangle of human interaction: the things we say only to our own tribe. Specifically, we're startin...
Unvarnished Truth About Friendship - Ep 25-36
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We ‘friend’ people we met once at a conference, we ‘friend’ our aunt’s neighbor, we ‘friend’ the barista who knows our order but doesn’...
Is Parenting Easier Now? - Ep 25-035
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Welcome to The DORK Side, where we dive headfirst into the cultural chaos. Today, we’re tackling the ultimate multi-generational smackdown: Parenti...
Songs with Sexual Innuendo from the 90s - Ep 25-034
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We've discussed the 70s and then the 80s, a decade where sexual subtlety was as absent as shoulder padding is today. The 80s was all power ballads and...
Songs with Sexual Innuendo from the 80s - Ep 25-033
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The other day we dove into the shag-carpeted, bell-bottomed world of the 70s, where the sexual innuendo in songs was as thick as the chest hair. Well,...
Songs with Sexual Innuendo from the 70s - Ep 25-032
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome DORKs to an exploration of how 70s pop and rock music used clever wordplay, metaphor, and sheer audacity to smuggle sexual content onto the ai...
Weird Traditions - Ep 25-031
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone has a quirky tradition, whether it’s a festival of airborne tomatoes or, on a more personal level, the annual family Turkey Bowl football g...
Iconic Mascots That You Still Remember - Ep 25-030
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Remember the first time you realized the Frosted Flakes tiger was more enthusiastic about your breakfast than your own parents?Like, Tony’s over the...
Weirdest Superstitions - Ep 25-029
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ever notice how your first superstition came from something an adult casually said — and your brain just signed the contract in crayon? That’s how...
Do You Know the Origin of Your Favorite Invention - Ep 25-028
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The saying, "Necessity is the mother of invention", and that's certainly true. But the origins of some inventions will blow your mind! Join us DORKS f...
The Perennial Celebrity Threat Against Humanity - Ep 25-026
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The DORK Side, where our knowledge is random, but our commitment to mocking hollow gestures is absolute. Now, let's talk about the old...
Proof that Ad Campaigns Worked on You - Ep 25-025
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You think you’re too smart for marketing. You’re a conscious, free-thinking individual who makes rational choices. Sure. And I’m the long-lost h...
How Dumbed Down is America? - Ep 25-023
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to The DORK Side, where the Department of Random Knowledge isn’t accredited by Harvard, Yale, or even your local community college—but we ...
Prophets or Profits of Doom? - Ep 25-024
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You ever notice how doom is the only racket where you can be wrong every single time and still get paid? Forget hedge fund managers, forget weathermen...
Explore the Hilarity of Dating Then Versus Now - Ep 25-022
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to The DORK Side, where the only thing we swipe right on is the truth. I’m Kevin Jackson, and I’m old enough to remember getting on the in...
Who Is the Smartest Animal - Ep 25-027
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We humans are pretty smart. But are there animals who are actually smartest than we are? Certainly animals learn from us, but how much have we learned...
The Digital Crime Wave That Got Everyone - Ep 25-021
28 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we’re wading into the murky, chlorinated waters of digital crime. But forget everything you know from heist flicks. We’re not talking about...
Success Overcoming Homelessness - Ep 25-020
14 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve lived long enough, you’ve hit hard times. Maybe you couch-surfed after a breakup, or survived on ramen in college. But for some of us? R...
70s TV Theme Songs - Ep 25-019
07 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For many of us, these songs were the background of childhood. The moment you heard that theme, you ran to the living room—no questions ask...
Sydney Sweeney Marketing Genius - Ep 25-018
31 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Sydney Sweeney American Eagle jeans ad dropped like a denim-wrapped atomic bomb—and half of the internet lost its mind. Not over the jeans. Over...
Overcoming: Amazing Stories of Resilience - Ep 25-017
24 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alright, listen up, you weeping sacks of self-pity—The Dork Side is here to drag you out of your emotional dumpster fire. Yeah, life kicked you...
Fad Diets: America's Fascination with Shortcuts - Ep 25-016
17 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What’s up, fatties? Yeah, I said it. Don’t @ me—just look in the mirror and ask yourself: ‘How many times have I lost weight only to find it a...
Sitcoms of the 90s - Ep 25-015
10 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The 1990s were when sitcoms went from “warm family hug” to “passive-aggressive roommate with commitment issues”—and we loved it. I grew up w...
Sitcoms of the 80s - Ep 25-014
03 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I was practically raised by 1980s sitcoms. My babysitters were four Golden Girls, a talking car, and a bartender named Sam who never wore a tie but al...
Sitcoms of the 70s - Ep 25-013
27 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I grew up on 1970s sitcoms—which means I was raised by a cranky junk dealer in Watts, an overweight Italian sweat hog in Brooklyn, a cigar-chomping ...
What Was Your Favorite Fad - Ep 25-012
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Retro Rewind Fads of the Past 50 Years—a journey back to when humanity collectively lost its mind over rocks in boxes, screaming plastic eggs, ...
Historic Hoaxes - Ep 25-011
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
*"Welcome back to The Dork Side—the show that digs into the galaxy of gullibility, the circus of conspiracy, and the museum of ‘Wait… peopl...
Kiss Cam & Other Scandalous Hookups - Ep 25-010
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Let’s burn the script and dive into the real scandalous filth with names, fallout, and consequences that actually reshaped indus...
What’s the One Skill Everyone Should Learn - Ep 25-009
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to The DORK Side—where curiosity is our superpower! Today we’re uncovering the one skill everyone should learn—but doesn’t. And n...
The Psychology of Villains Ep 25-008
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"In a world where heroes play by the rules… the bad guys get all the best lines, the coolest outfits, and, let’s be honest, way more interesting h...
AI in 2030: Will Robots be Your Enemy? - Ep 25-007
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What will we use robots for in the future?I’ve already said that I want multiple robots: a butler, a maid, a flunky, an executive assistant, a chef,...
Things That Were Normal - Ep 25-006
06 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I saw this meme and it asked you to score yourself if you had not used a rotary phone, owned a cassette, used a VHS VCR, and so on. It had 20 things, ...
Side Hustle - Ep 25-005
05 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This show dives into the world of side hustles. We explore why people take them on—boredom with their day jobs or desperate need for cash. Also, how...
Main Character Moment - Ep 25-004
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to DORK, the Department of Random Knowledge, where we dive into the wild, whimsical world of learning with a side of sass and a sprinkle of se...
Metamorphosis - Ep 25-003
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Consider the story of Julia Child, who didn't start cooking until her late 30s. Her journey from a government worker to a world-renowned chef exemplif...
Love Letter to Analog - Ep 25-002
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Do you use AI? Of course you do, even if you don’t know it.Alexa, any assistance via phone or computer. AI is everywhere, even where you don’t rea...
Living Forever - Ep 25-001
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Would you want to live forever? I know there was a time when I did. I was young of course and living off of my grandparents.I’m sure that even when ...