Best Topper Sundquist Podcasts (2025)

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Sally Ann Hall and Sci Fi Movies – EP 849 59:59

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Sally Ann Hall (@meSallyAnn and FunnySallyAnn.com) is a comic with her first album and special coming out - look for “Pretty Dead Wife” picked five Sci Fi movies that had some wild socialmes sages. Spoilers galore for five movies from 2012-2018. And then GalaxyQuest. Heh. Fun. PreDestinationThe EndlessJupiter AscendingHunger Games FranchiseGalaxy Q…

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Pitt Stop #6: Fitzroy Scott! 53:19

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This week we take a distracted detour through the land of parallel fiction and meet Cussler Hustler's iconic new action hero! Fitzroy Scott is the scion of a billionaire tech magnate, he's the sexy man all the ladies want... and he works at the post office! When a random parcel from 200 years ago sets off his radiation detector, Fitzy is pulled int…

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Douglas Widick dorks out about The Beatles – EP 848 1:03:37

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Douglas Widick (@DouglasWidick and .com) … I remember SOME things about the Beatles and learn other things. It’s really fun. Enjoy. Every November and December I ask that you NOT donate to the Dork Forest but find your local food bank and give as much as you can to them. FeedingAmerica.com has a listing OR google “your town” and “food bank.” I beli…

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NYPD BLUE and Cindy Caponera – EP 847 59:44

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Cindy Caponera (@cindycaponera) is a comedy writer and she LOVES NYPD Blue and I learn why. WHY? I was once (positively) compared to Sipowitz … so there. You will love. Donateto The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal email ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠ and venmo is@jackiekashian. There is MERCH: ⁠⁠www.JackieKashianStore.com⁠⁠ is the direct…

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Cussler Hustlers S10 E9 Finale: SeaQuest-DSMV 58:18

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Although we start the episode discussing how best to shave your hog, this REALLY IS the explosive climax of our tenth Dirk Pitt Adventure! Just like how there's no rule that says a dog can't play basketball, there's no rules against Peace Crimes, and that conceit gets stretched to its absolute limit. Multiple nukes are detonated, and the only lasti…

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Linda Marcus Smith and bank robberies in the 1980’s – EP 846 56:41

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Linda Marcus Smith (@lindamarcussmith) is a NY comic and has been a teller during four different bank robberies. It’s a crazy reminder of how people BANKED in the 1970s and 1980s. Before ATM’s and when you’d just write a check without ID. Nuts. Enjoy. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal email ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠ and …

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Nancy Norton and Trauma comedy – EP 845 57:13

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It’s comedy! It’s trauma. It’s Tromedy! Nancy Norton (@nancynorton) is a great comic and life time NURSE and wants to get inside the traumatic stuff in lives and make it funny. It’s fascinating. You will loveDonate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal email ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠ and venmo is@jackiekashian. There is MERCH: ⁠⁠ww…

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Cussler Hustlers S10 E8: Ham, Meet Fist 53:10

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Grab your Soup Helmets, everyone, and buckle in for some high-flying, robot-zapping, Toshie-squeezing high-octane excitement! Bombs go off, but nothing gets damaged. Dirk dogfights the Japanese military, but no-one gets hurt. And finally, the villainous villains at the heart of our story drop the hammer and NUKE AMERICA... destroying one farmer and…

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Andy Rider and Steve Ditko’s Other Creations – EP 844 47:17

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Myq Kaplan and Inspirational Quotes – EP 843 1:04:52

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Myq Kaplan (@myqkaplan) has been on before! He’s talking his fave Inspirational Quotes this ep. He has many albums and videos and his comedy is great. Go see him. MyqKaplan.comDonate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal email ⁠[email protected]⁠ and venmo is @jackiekashian. There is MERCH: ⁠www.JackieKashianStore.com⁠ is the d…

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Cussler Hustlers S10 E7: Operation Kill Everyone 1:00:23

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The caper has been foiled, people! Everyone has been captured, all of America's plans were for naught, and now Dirk is going to be hunted for sport. But first... Welcome To The Great Kaiten Bake-Off! Your hosts, Topper and Nancy, are here to be your guides through the unnecessarily detailed world of Japanese haute cuisine and supervillain monologue…

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Adam Korga and IT jargon – EP 842 1:01:14

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Adam Korga (@adamkorga_author) is a coder and wants the world to get the jokes IT peoples tell each other. HEH. I ALMOST get many of these jokes. He’s written a book that you can preorder now, and get Sept 30th – called IT Dictionary. Enjoy. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal email ⁠[email protected]⁠ and venmo is @ja…

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Topper Sundquist and Heavy Metal – EP 841 59:44

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Topper Sundquist (of the pocast @CusslerHustlers) has been a lifetime fan of Heavy Metal and he picks bands from 1995 to NOW. Did you know there’s new Metal bands. Yes. Everyone else knew. I learned!! Enjoy. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal email ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠ and venmo is@jackiekashian. There is MERCH: ⁠⁠ww…

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Cussler Hustlers S10 E6: 30 Odd Foot Of Dirk 48:55

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We've finally got a caper, people! High-tech hijinks! The US government decides to send the COMPETENT spies into Ajima Island and Project Kaiten (after some... questionable plastic surgery), and our plucky heroes Al and Dirk are press-ganged into being a distraction, something they're uniquely qualified for. Artificial intelligence proves that it's…

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Paul Caiola and queer lit – EP 849 1:01:44

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Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal email ⁠[email protected]⁠ and venmo is @jackiekashian. There is MERCH: ⁠www.JackieKashianStore.com⁠ is the direct. Links to everything is at ⁠⁠www.dorkforest.com⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠www.jackiekashian.com⁠⁠ Extra TDF/standup and a storytelling album are available here: ⁠https://thedorkforest.bandc…

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Denise Winkelman and Minnesota Sports – EP 839 1:04:20

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Denise Winkelman (@denisewinklemancomedy) is a comic and iscursed to love all MN sports teams. I find out they are all cash cows. She has a new special/album out everywhere called “Bougie on a Budget.” Get in on it!! Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal email ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠ and venmo is@jackiekashian. There is ME…

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Cussler Hustlers S10 E5: Smarty Rocket Pants 45:16

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And suddenly... a FAX arrives! Terrible, horrible, no-good very-bad fates await most of the secondary characters in this episode, which I feel is a nice way to cull the chaff and keep Dirk focused! In the middle of it, though, Dirk has to fly to West Germany and relieve a former Nazi tank-driving farmer of his accidental Nazi loot. And maybe a figh…

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Kate Strobel loves Prospect Park in Brooklyn – EP 838 1:05:52

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Kate Strobel (@kate.strobel and @firecrackercomedy) is a comicand moved to NY from Denver and has found her place in the forests of Brooklyn. Prospect Park sounds great. New Album out Aug 22, 2025 called Firecracker Comedy on BlondeMedicine label everywhere you listen to comedy. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal email ⁠⁠jac…

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Salma Zaky is ALMOST serious about Boxing – EP 837 1:03:21

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Salma Zaky (@SalmaZaky_ and @firecrackercomedy) is a comic andmoved to NY and has joined a Rocky like gym to learn the “real” boxing. This is great. New Album out Aug 22, 2025 called Firecracker Comedy on BlondeMedicine label everywhere you listen to comedy. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal email ⁠⁠[email protected]…

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Cussler Hustlers S10 E4: The Penguins Have Nukes 57:39

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Dirk and Al start recruiting their Avengers Super Team. The Pitt family tree expands to include one of the men who helped create the atomic bomb. What's better, sushi or sausage pizza? Who's the real sidepiece, Dirk or Loren? How many classic cars does it take to make every woman on the planet horny? And perhaps most importantly, the final essentia…

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Gabby Gutierrez-Reed is multifaceted dork diamond – EP 836 1:05:17

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Gabby Gutierrez-Reed (@shishgabob and @firecrackercomedy) is acomic and will LEARN a thing! Roller Skating, Derby, break dancing, piano… now I want to take classes. You will love. New Album out Aug 22, 2025 called Firecracker Comedy on BlondeMedicine label everywhere you listen to comedy. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal e…

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Brian Kiley and HISTORICAL ANECDOTES – EP 835 1:05:54

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Brian Kiley (@KileyBrianComic) loves an unexpected twist in hiscopious non fiction history reading. We hear some favorite anecdotes. You willlove. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal email ⁠[email protected]⁠ and venmo is @jackiekashian. There is MERCH: ⁠www.JackieKashianStore.com⁠ is the direct. Links to everything is…

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Cussler Hustlers S10 E3: I'm Bored Of Terror 57:29

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Longer episode time! Dirk finally allows himself to feel emotion, then decides to make it his whole personality. A woman dares to have a secret, and must be punished accordingly. Japanese far-right ultra-nationalists decide to try American-style diplomacy. Clive predicts the Department of Homeland Security, except in his utopia they're understaffed…

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SUPER SPOILER dorkout with Andy Ashcraft/ Thunderbolts* and FantasticFour – EP 834 1:10:08

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Andy Ashcraft is off to GEN CON this week to run The HeroInstant (his tabletop RPG. In Five sessions Players get to be Teen Titans, GLA and members of Alpha Flight). We SPOILER the heck out the new Thunderbolt* and Fantastic Four movies. You are warned. Enjoy Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal email ⁠[email protected]…

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Nancy Kornfeld and talking Clive Cussler – EP 833 1:08:44

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Nancy Kornfeld (@CusslersHustlers) is reading all the Dirk Pittbooks and think it might have something to do with what is happening inAmerica. Heh. She might have something. It’s fascinating. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal is my email [email protected] and venmo is jackiekashian. Links to everything is at www.dork…

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Cussler Hustlers S10 E2: Surprise Racism 31:29

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Short episode this week, folks! Nancy caught the plague, and following the plot of a Cussler novel was too physically and mentally taxing (we've all been there, right?) Dirk Pitt goes for a leisurely Sunday drive at the bottom of the ocean. Giordino rages at the heavens and rends his clothes asunder. Flandecker eats a cigar. The full might of the U…

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Troy Zestos and Hair Talk! – EP 832 1:06:10

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Troy is my hairdresser and has a line of hair products and I findout why is hair so cool. Because he MAKE S IT SO. https://chroma-style.com/ to know all the things. IG @zestoscolorstudio and facebook.com/troy.zestos Donate to The Dork Forest if you likethe show. The paypal is my email [email protected] and venmo is jackiekashian.Links to eve…

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Bobby Dolan and sports jersey numbers – EP 831 53:26

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Bobby Dolan (of podcast @couldbethemove where he talks aboutsituations and choices that MIGHT have been “the move.”). WE talk about sports jerseys and how much athletes love SPECIFIC NUMBERS. I don’t ask enough questions. It's still great. Donate to The Dork Forest if you likethe show. The paypal is my email [email protected] and venmo is ja…

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Cussler Hustlers S10 E1: Teabag of Trauma 57:00

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It's Hot Dirk Summer as we dive into a new book! We dive into the extreme action with not one, but TWO different atomic weapons (though to be fair, only one of them goes off). Submarine disasters? You bet! Secret underwater lairs? And how! Prolonged digressions into the quantum existence of the female protagonist's breasts? I mean, it wouldn't be a…

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Russ Kashian’s favorite Business Movies – EP 830 1:15:53

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Russ Kashian is my brother and loves movies. This ep he picks hisfavorite movies about business. He IS an econ professor. It’s great. You will love. Donate to The Dork Forest if you likethe show. The paypal is my email [email protected] and venmo is jackiekashian.Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or www.jackiekashian.com THERE IS …