Best Rob Press / Nissa Lee Podcasts (2025)

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4.01 | Partner's Complaint | 6.11.20 1:09:50

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Can't believe we're already at season four, but here goes: It's time to talk about "Partner's Complaint," this week on Morgendorks! When the rift between Daria and Jane—you know, the one we thought was smoothed over at the end of last season—drives them to partner up with other people for an economics project, our B-Plot Gang gets some much-needed …

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3.13 | Jane's Addition | 5.28.20 1:19:17

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And just like that the curtain falls on Daria season three with "Jane's Addition," here on Morgendorks! When Daria, Jane, and Trent come together (kinda) to work (kinda) on a multimedia project (kinda)—and it coincides with a cute new guy monopolizing Jane's time—it begins to pull on the threads of Daria and Jane's friendship. Crushes will end! New…

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3.12 | Just Add Water | 5.14.20 1:06:51

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It's time to hit the high seas and hold an ill-fated casino night, here on Morgendorks! This week: "Just Add Water." When Ms. Li demands everybody attend the school's newest fundraising activity—a casino night aboard a luxury liner—it gives the entire Morgendorffer clan a brand spanking new setting for their litany of regular issues. But what's tha…

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3.11 | The Lawndale File | 4.30.20 1:11:40

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Are you ready to tackle the menace that is SPACE COMMUNISM? If you aren't, that's cool, because I don't think Lawndale is either. Time to talk about "The Lawndale File" on Morgendorks! When shady government types come to Lawndale High and talk about rooting out individuals acting suspiciously, paranoia grips the town. Are communists among us? What …

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3.10 | Speedtrapped | 4.16.20 1:11:46

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Time for another episode of Morgendorks! This week, we're talking about "Speedtrapped." When Jane and Mystic Spiral find themselves stuck in a dusty southwestern town's jail, Quinn and a newly licensed Daria are tasked with riding in to the rescue. It feels a whole lot like a plot you'd expect on a show with a slightly older cast—and also Lawndale …

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3.09 | Jake of Hearts | 4.02.20 1:39:22

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And so it was that on one of the last nights of The March that Wouldn't End, we entered into The Recording Session that Wouldn't End to talk about "Jake of Hearts," and things fell off the rails more than a few times. Podcast archaeologists who dig this episode up years and years from now will use it in their case studies to talk about the impact o…

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3.08 | Lane Miserables | 3.18.20 1:00:37

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And fresh off a nearly one-month break (thanks so very much, car accidents and illness), we're back with "Lane Miserables," here on Morgendorks! When the surprisingly massive immediate Lane family all comes home at once, Jane and Trent find themselves without any room—so they end up living with the Morgendorffers. It's an odd duck of an episode. It…

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3.07 | Daria! | 2.20.20 1:10:40

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And so we come to the point that it seems so, so many shows came to in the late 90s and early 2000s: LET'S HAVE A MUSICAL! This week on Morgendorks, we're looking at "Daria!" When a hurricane threatens Lawndale, Daria and Jane have the deep misfortune to find themselves stuck on the Lawndale High roof. Will they survive? What will become of Lawndal…

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3.06 | It Happened One Nut | 2.6.20 1:05:39

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Yo. Let's talk about nuts. It's time for "It Happened One Nut," here on Morgendorks! When a career aptitude test shakes some of Lawndale High's finest, Daria ends up getting a job alongside Kevin at the local mall's peanut distribution specialist, It's a Nutty Nutty Nutty World. We also spend some time talking about Baby Nut, because how were we su…

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3.05 | The Lost Girls | 1.23.20 56:48

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Some folks want to be forever young, some folks want to please those who want to be forever young, and some just want to be left alone. It's time for Morgendorks! This week, we're looking at "The Lost Girls." When Daria's unknowingly entered into and wins (naturally) an essay contest, she "gets" to spend a few days alongside Val, a prominent teen m…

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3.04 | Daria Dance Party | 1/9/20 1:09:11

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New decade, new episode of Morgendorks! That's how it works. This week, we're taking a look at "Daria Dance Party"! When Quinn is tasked with forming and running the dance committee to plan an upcoming event at Lawndale High, it rapidly ends up becoming Jane's problem—but she grabs the bull by the horns. Also: A quarrel between lovers threatens to …

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3.03 | Depth Takes a Holiday | 12.12.19 1:06:34

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Hoooo boy, it's finally time to talk about "Depth Takes a Holiday," this week on Morgendorks! Daria's visited by the personifications of St. Patrick's Day and Valentine's Day, who implore her to help them round up the disgruntled personifications of Halloween, Christmas, and Guy Fawkes Day and bring them back to Holiday Island through a dimensional…

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3.02 | The Old and the Beautiful | 11.28.19 1:10:06

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Welcome back to Morgendorks! First and foremost: Thank you all yet again for your patience, support, and well-wishes over the past few months. It has meant the world, and y'all remain absolutely awesome. Anyway, on to business: This week we're looking at "The Old and the Beautiful," wherein Ms. Li decides some mandatory volunteer work is just what …

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3.01 | Through a Lens Darkly | 9.26.19 1:01:55

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It’s time for Morgendorks! We squint and hesitantly shuffle into the extraordinarily blurry future of season three with “Through a Lens Darkly,” wherein Daria decides to try contacts instead of her iconic glasses—and immediately struggles with questions of vanity and identity. Come for the Daria commentary, stay for Rob and Nissa’s Bespectacled Adv…

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2.xx | Season 1 and 2 Retrospective | 9.12.19 45:57

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As we come to the end of the second season, it's time to take a look back and think about where we've been—so join us for a special retrospective episode of Morgendorks, where we discuss the highs and lows of Daria's sophomore effort (and how it compares to the first season)!We also share some awesome stuff that our fans have said and done over the…

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2.13 | Write Where it Hurts | 8.29.19 1:08:04

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It's time to explore the recesses of Daria's writerly mind, with "Write Where it Hurts," this week on Morgendorks! When Daria receives a special assignment from Mr. O'Neill to write a short story about people she knows, she runs headlong into a gnarly case of writer's block. Meanwhile, Helen's doing everything she can to help her daughter out—and r…

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2.12 | Pierce Me | 8.15.2019 1:06:38

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Time to hit the local piercing parlor and adorn our bare midriffs with a nice little chunk of 90s nostalgia with “Pierce Me,” here on Morgendorks! When Daria goes and does something silly (read: gets her belly button pierced) for a boy (read: Trent), it makes her re-examine a few things. Also: Quinn and Helen in a mother-daughter fashion show! It’s…

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2.11 | See Jane Run | 7.18.19 57:56

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See Daria. See Jane. See Jane Run. See Daria lose her ish. Lose your ish, Daria, lose your ish! Or maybe don't? It's weird. It's time for "See Jane Run," here on Morgendorks! When a mix of libido and family pride convinces Jane to join the Lawndale High track team, Daria's left in the dust—and it does not go well for her at all. It's an interesting…

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2.10 | Fair Enough | 7.4.19 1:01:32

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Gather thine woolen fabrics and ready thine legs of turkey, it's time for "Fair Enough," here on Morgendorks! When the Lawndale High Library collapses in on itself and Ms. Li can't find the funds to fix it outright, the school throws a Renaissance fair to raise money. It also strongarms everybody into participating. What follows is a tightly writte…

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2.09 | Ill | 6.20.19 58:08

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It’s time for splotchy redness and the questionable misplacement of enema bags, as we cover “Ill” this week on Morgendorks! When Daria’s stricken with a bizarre rash, she ends up in the hospital—while Jane tries (and kinda fails) to cover for her. What’s behind the rash? How were that many women in one bathroom stall? What happened to poor Mrs. Sul…

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2.08 | Gifted | 6.6.19 55:57

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You can take the girl out of Lawndale, but you can’t make her think her present company is any less idiotic. It’s time for “Gifted,” here on Morgendorks! When Daria and Jodie get selected to tour a prestigious prep school, the duo learn all too quickly that while the greener grass on the other side may be smarter and destined to one day run the wor…

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2.07 | The New Kid | 5.24.19 1:20:37

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What happens when you take someone who basically wandered out of a long-abandoned bomb shelter with no contact from the outside world and drop them into Lawndale? You get an episode of Daria like “The New Kid,” which we’re covering this week on Morgendorks! Ted’s been homeschooled his whole life and is pretty sheltered as a result. He’s so sheltere…

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2.06 | Monster | 5.9.19 47:08

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Grab your camcorder and remember to rewind your VHS rentals, it’s time for Morgendorks! This week we’re taking a look at “Monster,” wherein Daria and Jane are tasked with making a movie for a class assignment—and they decide Quinn is just the right subject matter for the bleak, existentially galling piece they’re aiming to produce.We also take a di…

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2.05 | That Was Then, This is Dumb | 4.25.19 54:56

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It’s time for hippies, the flea market, and the California Raisins, as we cover “That Was Then, This is Dumb,” on this week’s Morgendorks! Helen and Jake have some friends from their old hippie days visiting for the weekend, and they’re bringing that 60s lifestyle with ‘em. Meanwhile, Daria escapes to the flea market, where she helps Trent and Jess…

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2.04 | I Don't | 4.10.19 1:03:58

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Wedding bells are ringing, Daria’s wearing a toga, and Helen is megadrunk—which means it’s time for “I Don’t,” on Morgendorks!When the sister Helen has been competing with her entire life announces her daughter is getting married in a lavish ceremony funded entirely by the mother Helen has been ignored by her entire life, it goes … poorly. Drunk He…

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2.03 | Quinn the Brain | 3.28.19 45:28

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Slap on some all-black clothing and don your favorite beret, it’s time for “Quinn the Brain” on Morgendorks!When Quinn pens an essay most English teachers would consider borderline felonious, Mr. O’Neill instead sees it as a tremendous expression of one young woman’s anger and anxiety—and Quinn becomes the school brain! But then … what becomes of D…

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2.02 | The Daria Hunter | 3.14.19 1:09:33

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GOOOOOOOOOD MORNING MORGENDOOOORKSIt’s time to pay bizarre tribute to the Vietnam War films that defined an era, as this week we cover “The Daria Hunter”! Lawndale High sends its students out on a paintball field trip, and it only takes one short afternoon for war to make everybody a monster. It’s a weird episode (get used to hearing that) for a nu…

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2.01 | Arts 'n' Crass | 2.28.19 47:37

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Time for another Morgendorks! This week, we’re covering “Arts ’n’ Crass.” When Jane drags Daria into a poster contest about student life at the dawn of the millennium, it’s all working out splendidly—until they bump heads with Ms. Li and Mr. O’Neill about what constitutes acceptable speech in a school setting.Where do Daria and Jane draw the line? …

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1.13 | The Misery Chick | 2.14.19 52:51

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Tonight, on a Very Special Episode of Daria … it’s time for “The Misery Chick,” here on Morgendorks!When Lawndale High football hero Tommy Sherman meets his untimely demise at the hands of a rogue goalpost, the school is thrown into depression and disarray—and one by one, everybody seems to be turning to Daria, the ‘misery chick,’ for help. Everyon…

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1.12 | The Teachings of Don Jake | 1.31.19 44:49

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LET’S ALL GO TO THE WOODS AND TRIP BALLS!It’s time again for Morgendorks! This week we’re looking at ‘The Teachings of Don Jake,’ wherein Jake confronts his troubled future by digging into his troubled past, Jane and Trent are trapped at a family reunion, and the Morgendorffers inadvertently go on one more trip than they’d planned for their camping…

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1.11 | The Road Worrier | 1.17.19 46:41

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The 90s are alive and well in Lawndale! Take a dive with us into The Episode that Launched a Thousand Fanfics, “The Road Worrier”! When Daria and Jane decide to tag along with Trent and his bandmate Jesse to Alternapalooza, get get an in-depth look at just how our favorite teenage misanthrope’s psyche holds up to indignity after indignity in front …

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1.10 | The Big House | 1.3.19 39:05

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When Quinn and Daria both get nabbed breaking curfew, they’re forced to answer to the authorities: the authorities, in this case, being Helen and Jake, who appear to have binged a little too much courtroom television. The punishment? The girls are grounded for a month. But Helen and Jake are about to find out the hard way that the costs of running …

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1.09 | Too Cute | 12.20.18 53:46

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It’s time to look hard and disapprovingly at the bizarre and kinda gross world of teenage plastic surgery, as we dive hard into “Too Cute” in this episode of Morgendorks! When a Lawndale High girl with her eyes set on getting into the Fashion Club goes out and gets work done on her nose, it sets off a fad that sucks Quinn in—and fills her with some…

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1.08 | Pinch Sitter | 12.6.18 44:10

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Quinn's got a babysitting gig, but she's also got her own things going on—including a new obsession with the Deena Decker time management system—so she ropes Daria into doing it instead. Problem: These kids are weeeeird. We're back on track with characterization this week, but how fun is the episode overall?Also: Nissa dives into the connection thi…

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1.07 | The Lab Brat | 11.22.18 48:01

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It's time for a rather slapdash look at operant conditioning, as we dive headlong into the (deeply problematic) episode, The Lab Brat! When Daria gets saddled with Kevin (and Brittany with Upchuck) as her lab partner in a psychiatry experiment, we're treated to a milieu of horrendous misogyny and bizarrely unfamiliar takes on characters we thought …

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1.06 | This Year's Model | 11.8.18 47:22

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We didn't get enough gross predatory behavior from the last episode, so we're back at it again with This Year's Model! When some modeling talent scouts invade Lawndale High and have a bunch of teenage girls thinking they could be the Next Big Thing in modeling, Quinn's hooked—and Daria's just kind of along for the ride.Lots of talk about modeling a…

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1.05 | Malled | 10.25.18 51:48

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For the youth of America in the 1980s and 1990s, all roads led inexorably to the mall. Daria's finding that out the hard way in this week's episode, wherein the opening of the Mall of the Millennium has (nearly) all of Lawndale abuzz—and Daria, despite her best efforts, is dragged into spending the day there on a field trip.We talk a whole lot abou…

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1.04 | Cafe Disaffecto | 10.11.18 49:42

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When Lawndale's Internet cafe gets broken into, something new must rise up from the ashes—and some unlucky souls from Lawndale High will be the ones to raise money for it. Join us as we: Get an unpleasant glimpse into Mr. DeMartino's home life! Watch in horror as Daria and Jane maaaybe get ready to leave a woman to die! FINALLY FIGURE OUT WHAT GRAD…

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1.03 | College Bored | 9.27.18 53:35

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When parental peer pressure (of all things) convinces Helen that Daria and Quinn need to start thinking about their college prospects—and yes, we will be going into whether it's way too early for them to be worrying about such things—the family ends up taking a trip to the campus of Helen and Jake's alma mater, Middleton. Naturally, things get out …

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1.02 | The Invitation | 9.13.18 50:35

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Few things are quite as inevitable as The High School Sitcom Party Episode, and Daria knocked hers out nice and early. When Daria helps Britney complete an art assignment, she earns herself an invitation to a huge party at Britney's parents' house. Jane (and Helen's insistence that Daria watch over her sister) convince her to go, despite her reserv…

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1.01 | Esteemsters (Pilot) 8.30.2018 1:22:18

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In our second episode, we're taking an in-depth look at "Esteemsters," the official Daria pilot! When the Morgendorffer family moves to Lawndale, Daria finds herself in her new high school's self-esteem class. Thankfully, she also finds herself a new partner-in-crime. It's our introduction to the bizarre and interesting cast of characters we'll be …

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0.0 | Sealed with a Kick (Unaired Pilot) 8.16.2018 35:33

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In our pilot episode of Morgendorks, we look at the unaired pilot of Daria, "Sealed with a Kick"! When Daria borrows a pencil from Kevin and he takes it as a symbol of her unrequited devotion, she's forced to retaliate by breaking his brain (y'know, more) and ruining his relationship with Brittany. It's a lightning-quick five-minute pilot, but we t…

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