#6pokemon1lifestory
It's the *75th* episode of Chazingdra Chats! To celebrate, I am honoured to be joined by MandJTV aka Mikey Groth. Don't miss your chance to discover the life story behind one of the first ever and most successful Pokémon YouTubers, from a fateful day at school seeing a classmate with a Game Boy via juggling content creation with university right up to now, with 2.5+ million subscribers. And as always, find out the 6 Pokémon most special to Mikey over the years that he'd choose for his Dream Team... Come hang out with Mikey & me and let us #makeyourdaymerry ! Thank you so much for helping me reach 75 episodes of the show, it means more than I can say. If you'd like to support and ensure I can keep doing this, please do leave a rating & review - they go much further than it might seem. Thank you! Here's to many more episodes!
Make sure to watch the episode on YouTube too so you can see the incredible Pokémon young Mikey designed (discussed at 32:00)! Link: https://youtu.be/rCm8-J1qBXQ
Want to learn more about Mikey? Become a YouTube channel member or head to my Patreon for his RAPIDASH ROUND! Bonus quickfire questions he hasn't prepared for: What are his fondest memories from his career so far? If he weren't a Pokémon YouTuber, what would he want to do instead? What advice would he give to aspiring YouTubers? Answers to all these & many more lie in store - let the merriment continue! LINKS BELOW
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My name's Charlie Merriman - Merri by name, merry by nature - a pleasure to meet you! I'm a host & commentator for the Pokémon Video Game Championships Series and a content creator. I usually stream a variety of challenges in the Pokémon games a couple of evenings a week UK time, come join me next time! @Chazingdra across all socials.
Keep an eye out for my video about commentating the Pokémon Europe International Championships 2025 - coming soon...
And there are now 75 episodes of the show featuring a broad range of people in the Pokémon community, from competitive to casual players & beyond - enjoy! All episodes so far: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0M4tSxPGQg&list=PLwf6eLFz9YAQfrHjSGoMIAE5hflGIkiyV&pp=gAQB0gcJCWMEOCosWNin
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5JdoxYzR6lr7DBN0lihdQJ?si=5ee2f7a52fd14c27
Videos mentioned: PM7's episode - https://youtu.be/pKJc-nsABFs
My VGC Casters Cup Draft League '25 playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwf6eLFz9YAS2JuqNYANV_-3h_KP_ThOT
Wolfe Glick's episode - https://youtu.be/7ef-AnMHrjM
Catch Mikey's phenomenally popular content and keep up with his latest! https://www.youtube.com/@MandJTV
@MandJTV_Michael on socials
TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Welcome! 02:38 Discovering Pokémon 09:45 Mikey's 1st Dream Team Pokémon 13:06 First Pokémon Game 24:33 Mikey's 2nd Dream Team Pokémon 27:30 Starting on YouTube 37:17 Mikey's 3rd Dream Team Pokémon 42:36 How old is Ash Ketchum? 52:08 Mikey's 4th Dream Team Pokémon 56:46 Going Full Time on YouTube from College 1:14:05 Mikey's 5th Dream Team Pokémon 1:20:39 Team Sky 1:34:45 Mikey's 6th Dream Team Pokémon 1:35:57 Mikey's Complete Dream Team & Partner Pokémon 1:38:15 If Mikey were
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