15 YEARS Podcasting: PKMNCast's Story, It's Super Effective Host • Chazingdra Chats: A Pokémon Podcast
Chazingdra Chats (A Pokémon Podcast)
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Show Notes
Having hosted the podcast It's Super Effective for 15 years, come and discover Steve Sarumi aka PKMNcast's fascinating life story, the origins of his show and what doors it's opened - and, of course, find out the 6 Pokémon most special to Steve over the years he'd choose for his Dream Team.
👉 Please do leave a RATING & REVIEW if you're enjoying our chat, it goes such a long way and would mean a huge amount. Thank you!
@Chazingdra across all socials
🤔 Want to learn more about Steve? Become a YouTube channel member or head to my Patreon for his RAPIDASH ROUND! Bonus quickfire questions he hasn't prepared for... Links below!
🔗 MY LINKS
https://www.youtube.com/@Chazingdra
https://twitter.com/Chazingdra
https://bsky.app/profile/chazingdra.bsky.social
https://www.instagram.com/chazingdra/
https://www.tiktok.com/@chazingdra
Become a channel member for exclusive perks including FOUR bonus videos per month and support me as a creator: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgdVDcJyZoKX-GSmrMF1yYg/join
Join my Patreon or buy individual products and support me as a creator: https://www.patreon.com/Chazingdra
Join my friendly Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/f2ssjED4ke
And you can follow the podcast itself on X too @ChazingdraChats: https://twitter.com/ChazingdraChats
👋 My name's Charlie Merriman - Merri by name, merry by nature! My passion for Pokémon has made me a host & commentator for its Video Game Championships Series, and beyond that I love taking on all kinds of challenges & adventures in the games which I stream and make videos about right here on this channel. Come join in! I'm currently playing through every generation of Pokémon & catching 'em all on stream - and I've got further big plans for Pokémon's 30th anniversary this year...
🎧 More than 90 episodes of the show now available featuring a broad range of people in the Pokémon community including MANDJTV, WOLFE GLICK, AUSTIN JOHN PLAYS & many more - enjoy!
All episodes so far: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0M4tSxPGQg&list=PLwf6eLFz9YAQfrHjSGoMIAE5hflGIkiyV&pp=gAQB0gcJCWMEOCosWNin
Listen on Spotify - 15,000+ audio downloads! https://open.spotify.com/show/5JdoxYzR6lr7DBN0lihdQJ?si=5ee2f7a52fd14c27
We're now in Season 2! Guests: CandyEvie, Jrose11, Bonstevawich, SophChan, PhillyBeatzU, Chi-Chi, Joshua Lorcy, AuraLaur, PKMNcast, Brian David Gilbert
🎥 RELATED EPISODES
Hidden Power Podcast Hosts:
Dusty Gogoat - https://youtu.be/Fpt4nzgfZuc
Trader Lumi - https://youtu.be/1Y1g2ovyWuM
SoulSilverArt - https://youtu.be/DAw7aDz4MQA
Austin John Plays - https://youtu.be/OWBHRSiuvJ0
Joe 'Serebii' Merrick - https://youtu.be/kJOrUziQL0A
Watch my documentary about commentating the epic 2025 Europe International Championships here - https://youtu.be/G8ctBWLskoI
Keep up with It's Super Effective and Steve's latest - @PKMNcast across socials
🕰️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Welcome!
02:28 Childhood
11:04 Steve's 1st Dream Team Pokémon
13:53 Podcast Origins
32:15 Steve's 2nd Dream Team Pokémon
33:13 Competitive Pokémon
41:04 Steve's 3rd Dream Team Pokémon
42:15 Visiting Creatures Inc.
51:00 Steve's 4th Dream Team Pokémon
54:11 A Holiday Event at The Pokémon Company International
59:38 Steve's 5th Dream Team Pokémon
1:03:26 DJ Pikachu Live in Indonesia
1:12:09 Steve's 6th Dream Team Pokémon
1:16:50 Steve's Complete Dream Team & Partner Pokémon
1:17:21 If Steve were a Pokémon, what would he be?
1:18:34 Community Questions
1:21:48 What's next for Steve?
1:24:56 What advice would Steve give his younger self?
1:26:32 Steve's Rapidash Round Teaser
1:27:08 Get involved!
🙏 A HUGE thank you to my channel members & patrons at the time of recording for supporting the channel: ashthekarp, Jacrepid, CaseyPKMN, 19TokinToken, pokemontrainermike1, Shad0wFeevke, BroseidonLive, 0megasoul, drifloonsupremacyassociation, wolfganghahn2490, Rich.2288, elliefawnx, KayDeeVGC, BlueVacktor, duckyz_, GymLeader_J, indiepctv, ZiggyVanderhyden, AddiRockART, dmfried858, Infernape Shinjo; Ben Kyriakou, Casey Kort, Possumbreath, Morten Schødts Pedersen, AerialAC
Click on the relevant links above to support me directly and see/hear your name here! Thank you so much either way for listening 🙏
Music by Tom Hiom
Logo by Lee 'Osirus' Provost
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