Erik and Annie are joined by most of their fans to get schooled on dating apps, stupid facts, and unsanitary uses for yarn. https://ia601502.us.archive.org/30/items/foadp43/foadp43.mp3

Ep 42 – Cannibalism, Netflix, and Sadness

Dec 13th, 2017

Annie and Erik return from binge watching Netflix, being sick, and just generally being Grade-A grumps. https://ia601508.us.archive.org/28/items/foadp42/foadp42.mp3

Ep 41 Dog Butts, Tailer Talk, and Hell, boy.

Oct 7th, 2017

Annie and Erik take the new Narragansett Lovecraft beer for a test drive while stuffing their faces with Chinese food. With zero prep, they take to youtube to judge trailers for films they know full well they will never see in theaters. They al

EP 40 Guns, Bleach, and Pickle Rick

Sep 13th, 2017

Annie and Erik discuss GoT, the problem with cussing, and Pickle Rick, in an episode that is a few weeks behind every other news source. https://ia601502.us.archive.org/22/items/foadp40/foadp40.mp3

Ep 39 Wicktacular Westeros

Aug 17th, 2017

When the ideas run dry, break down Game of Thrones and predict the future of fictional characters! Annie and Erik discuss the films they’ve watched this summer, the worst wigs in Hollywood, and Erik talks about his trip to the psychic! https://

Ep 38 – Sticks, Schticks, and Stakes

Jul 14th, 2017

Erik complains about getting another great movie idea stolen from his brain meat, Annie finds more family, together they agree on the amazing Captain Cronos Vampire Hunter, and nearly rip the show to pieces as they face off about The Void. Oh,

The Cool Out – Primitive, Hypnotic, and Deviant (TCO003)

Jul 5th, 2017

https://ia601508.us.archive.org/31/items/tco003take2/tco003take2.mp3 In this mini episode, Erik explores the music of Isaac Rother and the Phantoms. He plays a few Phantom tracks as well as perceived influences on the Phantom Sound from such

Ep 37 – Anomoly in the Buttock Region

Jun 28th, 2017

Erik flys to Texas. Annie discovers long lost family. This episode features Roky Erickson, Logan the movie, a summer reading list for southern gothics, and haikus of doom. Brace yourself for the most compelling episode of Fear of a Dork Planet

The Cool Out – Grunge for Rent (TCO002)

Jun 6th, 2017

Break out those flannel shirts and stop combing your hair! Erik is back with an all-out Grunge Mixtape! We’re digging for cool in the gutters of pop culture! Touch Me I’m Sick – Mudhoney Love Buzz – Nirvana Stumblin’ Man – Tad Mouth Breather –

Ep 36 Uncomfortable Dinner Guests

May 31st, 2017

The juggernauts of dorkocity discuss retweets, Patrick Stewart, people we don’t want to have dinner with, the new Alien pic, and Annie’s artistic side. http://www.thenovelsound.com/podcasts/foadp35.mp3

The Cool Out – hors d’oeuvres in black (tco001)

May 17th, 2017

The Cool Out is a mini episode extravaganza deep diving into the compendium of cool.This week, Erik plays some goth anthems, songs about goths, and one chaotic track about bats.http://www.thenovelsound.com/podcasts/tco001goth.mp3

Ep 35 Dystopias, Moon Bases, and Burping

May 7th, 2017

Episode 35 rolls out with a discussion of the new Mystery Science Theatre, the Handmaid’s Tale, Carvel Ice Cream Cakes, and My Favorite Thing is Monsters.PS, we also talk about gastric distress.http://www.thenovelsound.com/podcasts/foad35.mp

Ep 34 Anniesplaining The Goths

Apr 22nd, 2017

Annie takes Erik to school on Goth music, bands, and movies all the while sitting in an 80 degree room on a sunny day.http://www.thenovelsound.com/podcasts/foadp34.mp3

Ep 33 Mansplaining My Manspreading

Apr 3rd, 2017

Episode #33: not available in Utah or Alaska. Side effects may include nerve damage and severe nausea. We’re tripping the psychedelic reel with Legions, debating whether IT = shIT, confronting the controversial topic of public manspreading and

Ep 32 Axis of Normality

Mar 30th, 2017

In this episode Annie and Erik digress: topics bounce from the weather, Chuck Berry, 80’s TV theme songs, Cal Worthington, Sleestaks, favorite childhood toys, Tool, and most of our tried and true topics.Intro – Land of the Lost Theme – Possum

Ep 31 Guts, Fluff, and Stuff

Mar 9th, 2017

Annie and Erik raise Hell discussing terrible medical puns, Hellraiser 2, Clive Barker, Stephen King, and decide who they would raise from the brimstone flavored pits of Hell.http://www.thenovelsound.com/podcasts/foadp31.mp3

Ep 30 Diet, Bleach, and Blood

Feb 22nd, 2017

We’re Back in what may be our BEST episode yetAfter a short siesta and a move across the city, Annie and Erik return to discuss cleaning,pizza-fasting, vegetarianism, Santa Clarita Diet, and John Darnielle’s Universal Harvester!http://www.th

Ep 29 Aliens, Alien3s, and Princess of Alderaan

Dec 31st, 2016

Recorded earlier in the pre-New Year week (or late in the post old-year). There was a glitch that sounded a great deal like a techno dance mix from Hell.It’s Episode 29 and we’re laying in the gutter, looking at the stars. Namely Alderaan, E

Ep 28 Fear and Loathing in Elsinore

Dec 17th, 2016

To dork or not to dork.That is the question on this, the 28th episode of Fear of a Dork Planet.Whether tis nobler to be a Ziploc bag of human tears,or to objectify pretty men beneath a holiday spruce.Or to take up arms against Samuel L. Ja

EP 27 Boom Box, Punk Extinction, and Safety Pins

Nov 28th, 2016

Episode something-or-other, I forget. We talk about The Beastie Boys, the upcoming Alien film, the funeral pyre of punk, safety pins and drunken karaoke. Erik wanders off subject several times and Annie does the whole show with pneumonia. We l

EP 26.5 Hard Times Comin’ Mixtape

Nov 22nd, 2016

In episode 26, Annie and I discussed our survival songs for the next four years.Here they are in a handy mixtape…The Clash – ClampdownConsolidated – Butyric AcidDJ Shadow and Run the Jewels – Nobody SpeakA Perfect Circle – JudithWilliam

EP 26 Snails, Aliens, and Tool

Nov 13th, 2016

Episode 26, it rhymes with Apocalypse. We’re lamenting in the wake of a disastrous election, but we’re also talking about Battle Hymns for the Rebellious, aliens and xenomorphs, and the sex lives of garden snails. We’re walking the

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