Chazingdra Chats (A Pokémon Podcast)

Chazingdra Chats (A Pokémon Podcast)

Hello there and a very warm welcome to Chazingdra Chats! The show where we take a stroll through the life stories of people in the Pokémon community, discovering the 6 Pokémon on their dream team along the way. I’m Charlie Merriman, otherwise known as Chazingdra, a host & commentator for the Pokémon Video Game Championships Series and a content creator, and I’m joined each week by a new guest. Come hang out with us and hear my guest’s fascinating tales, soak up some Pokémon nostalgia and share the laughs as we go - enjoy! (Disclaimer: This podcast is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by The Pokémon Company or The Pokémon Company International.)

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May 13, 2025 84 mins

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VOLUME WARNING: My apologies that this episode is louder than usual and for the overblown audio at points - I was editing on a plane which gave a misleading impression of the sound levels.

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Please do leave a rating & review if you're enjoying it :) Join my Patreon/Become a YouTube channel member to hear more from Cecilily & all my guests! Channel members also get early access to new videos plus many more perks...  My links: https://www.youtube.com/@Chazingdra

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Please do leave a rating & review if you're enjoying it :) Become a channel member/join my Patreon to hear more from Markus & all my guests! 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 chazingdra@gmail.com https://www.patreon.com/Chazingdra Join my fri...

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For the 50th episode of Chazingdra Chats, I am honoured to be joined by Wolfe Glick: arguably the greatest competitive Pokémon Video Game player of all time. The World Champion in 2016, winner of 2 International & 10 Regional Championships - the list goes on - Wolfe also harnesses his unparalleled skill to create content enjoyed by more than a million subscribers. Here’s your opportunity to di...

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This week Chazingdra Chats does a CROSSOVER with Hidden Power Podcast! Check out my appearance on HPP here, talking Gen 10, Pokémon Champions & the future of battles: https://youtu.be/7L3YV55gsGI

"A world in my pocket". That's the beautiful way DustyGogoat aka Liam Ouellette saw his Pokémon Game Boy games, and it's a world he learned to embrace anew after shying away from it as he grew up: owning our passion...

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In the space of just two years, EternalRadiant aka Angelo has gone from starting a YouTube channel to stepping into his dream job a full-time creator - but it's been far from plain sailing to reach this point. Discover Angelo's life story: the difficult circumstances he & his family had to bear with when he was younger, what sparked his interest in searching for incredibly elusive Shiny Pokémon, how Pokémon ...

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Alex Dao still pinches himself about being a commentator now. Gifted Pokémon Blue on a family holiday as a child, having his interest rekindled glimpsing a friend's competitive Trading Card Game notes, then achieving fantastic results as a competitor himself before harnessing that knowledge in the way he does now - come take a deep dive into the fascinating journey Alex has been on to reach this point, and of c...

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Playing Pokémon LeafGreen when he was younger, Droomish got stuck. He then spent hours upon hours wandering around asking himself how the various characters in the game, people & Pokémon, must feel - paving the way for his unique brand of content: how does playing Pokémon make us feel. Discover Droomish's fascinating life story and get inspired by the wonder & possibility he sees everywhere - and, of cou...

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The anime trope of 'We'll be OK because we have each other' has been a lifelong inspiration to Steph, to the point where it's now enshrined in her online alias: this mantra paved the way for Steph to find solace in streaming & finding her community, later juggling this with working in the games industry - and all the while Pokémon's been there for her, from Hey You, Pikachu! on the Nintendo 64 right up to Po...

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This episode comes in a big week for competitive Pokémon: it's the Europe International Championships, and it is my honour to present the Pokémon GO World Champion 2023 ItsAXN. Discover his path to glory and get inspired: his introduction to the franchise with Pokémon Sapphire & learning the competitive side of the video games, how his mother really got him into Pokémon GO & how family continued to play ...

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partyarlie's here to brighten your day! Come discover Arlie's fascinating life story, from her childhood playing Aladdin with her dad on the Sega Genesis, via training for musical theatre, all the way up to becoming the streamer & content creator she is today. And through it all, Pokémon's been her happy constant: as always, find out the 6 Pokémon most special to Arlie over the years that she would choose fo...

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Joe Bernard has a long career with the Pokémon Trading Card Game: come discover his story, from playing the Diamond, Pearl & Platinum games when housebound with pneumonia as a child, via competing in & creating content about the TCG, and from there to commentating it - and, of course, discover the 6 Pokémon most special to Joe over the years that he would choose for his Dream Team. Kick back and have a ...

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All adef aka Clay wanted to do when he was younger was move to LA & make YouTube videos. Well, mission accomplished! Come discover the incredible journey he's been on to get here: how he leant into his passion for science that informs his channel so much today, how he used to spend his summers working for Naughty Dog & why he was uniquely qualified to do so, how his background in acting & improvisati...

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*CONTENT WARNING: Cancer, loss & depression (see timestamps below)*

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For the 40th episode of Chazingdra Chats, what an honour to welcome Rosemary Kelley aka Nekkra, award-winning caster & host for Pokémon & beyond. Discover her journey: how her relationship with being Asian American has evolved over the years, how her background in science paved the way for what she does now, how video games have alw...

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Courtney aka Wiggliar's mother maintains that her first word was 'Pikachu'... True or not, she's always loved Pokémon and flies the flag for letting the real 'you' shine through - 'There are way more people who love what you do than want to take you down'. She attended her first Pokémon tournament just after breaking up with someone who didn't support her interests - and the rest is history. Come discover Courtn...

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The perfect way to kick off your 2025! The tour-de-force that is Ross Gilbert aka PTCGRadio aka The Wossy, Pokémon Trading Card Game caster extraordinaire, phenomenally popular content creator, someone whose love for the franchise has taken them all the way to being an Official Pokémon Partner, blasts in to regale you with tales from his long career delivered with his trademark charisma! From emptying his savin...

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'The Phantom of the Opera, Elvis Presley, and My Dad'. 'Distractions'. 'An Ancient Japanese Ball in a Cup'. These are just some of the topic headlines Alex aka BlueVacktor sent me in advance of our recording - and if you think they're intriguing, just wait 'til you hear him go into more detail! He has more than 50,000 YouTube subscribers - but now it's time to get to know the person behind the Pokémon: come disc...

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