Jackie Kashian is funny, snarky, smart, Wisconsin-y, and, well a dork. Her podcast, The Dork Forest, is dense with her obsessions with video games, comic books and birdwatching. On The Dork Forest, Kashian interviews fellow comedians as well as non-celebrity guests, focusing the conversation around her guests' "dorkdoms" - special obsessions that may or may not fall within the bounds of traditional nerdiness. As a comedian, her act is sharp and warm, biting and personable. She talks about her Midwestern upbringing and salesman father; her marriage to a fellow dork and video game designer; and her current life in Los Angeles. This week, all this comedic wonderfulness is going to be at the Tacoma Comedy Club. 

JACKIE KASHIAN, 8 p.m., also 8 and 10:30 p.m. May 30-31, Tacoma Comedy Club, 933 Market St., Tacoma, $10-$15, 253.282.7203