Lured Up - A Pokémon GO Podcast

Lured Up Podcast 349: Jersey Baby

Live Streamed on - 6/11/2025

Audio Publish Date - 6/13/2025

GO Fest: Jersey City is a wrap and our feet are killing us! This weekend is the highlight of our gameplay year and we made the most of it! Liberty State Park was the perfect venue for the event, with spread out habitats, plenty of room for Trainers, and an incredible view of the New York skyline! There is plenty to unpack about the event, but...

Lured Up Podcast 348: Coming Together

Live Streamed on - 5/28/25

Publish Date - 5/31/25

With a Shadow Raid Day and a GMAX Battle Day behind us, we share our feelings behind the impact that Remote Raid Passes have had on our IRL Communities. While Ken’s heart is still firmly with the IRL crowd, he was pleased to share that the impact felt from remoters was positive all around. Adam however, is still down on the mechanic, feeling like t...

Lured Up Podcast 347

Live Streamed on - 5/22/25

Publish Date - 5/27/25

We are officially on the Road to GO Fest and while event news is steadily flowing in, the event calendar continues to be packed week in, week out. We have events filling the weeks, multiple events over the weekend, and longer, overarching Research that has been carrying the narrative for a few weeks. There is officially no calm before the storm.

We start out with a ...

Lured Up Podcast 346: Potty Training

Live Streamed on - 5/7/2025

Publish Date - 5/9/2025

The news that Adam has been dreading was finally announced. Remote Max Battles will soon be a thing, at the seemingly last bastion of IRL group gameplay is under attack. There are emotions and sentiments covering the spectrum of reasoning from hyper excitement, to fears and uncertainty. Time will tell what the real world impact of this week’s news...

Lured Up Podcast 345: An Applin A Day…

Live Streamed on - 4/30/2025

Publish Date - 5/3/2025

We usually see a calm before the storm in terms of the few weeks leading up- to a GO Fest, however this May is stacked and the events do not relent. With a double stacked Vanillite Community Day and DMAX Entei Max Battle Weekend, the pacing continues to keep our calendars packed. 

Five more events will hit the game in the next 2 weeks, and that ...

Lured Up Podcast 344

Live Streamed on - 4/23/25

Publish Date - 4/25/25

The last week of gameplay had some ups and downs! The Horizons Event was a ton of fun, combining a great encounter pool with fun costumed Pokémon. The Shiny chase kept Trainers engaged in the wild, while some focused on hatching Tinkatink from 7 km eggs. The positive sentiment around the Horizons Event was dulled a bit however, by a GMAX Snorlax Max Battle Day that...

Lured Up Podcast 343

Live Streamed on - 4/16/25

Publish Date - 4/18/25

It has been a week of ups and downs in the Pokémon GO Community, as major news has come out of the Wayfarer camp. With only 2 days notice, Niantic Spatial has officially spun off, and Ingress is no longer connected to the Wayfarer system. This could have a huge impact on the future of the Pokémon GO gameboard, as PGO Trainers have relied on Ingress Agents to be the...

Lured Up Podcast 342: Last Week, This Week, Next Week

Live Streamed on - 4/2/2025

We are working out an updated format to the show this week, starting off with our news segment called, “Last Week, This Week, Next Week”, where we recap the last week of gameplay, discuss the current events, and prep for what’s to come. The event sand news cycle can be overwhelming in Pokémon GO, so while we will always touch on news as it is released, ...

Lured Up Podcast 341

We haven’t dug into the news in a few weeks so on this episode we build out the calendar into April and prep for some pretty great event lineups. The game has really hit a stride in providing event and gameplay loops across their different mechanics. The April calendar is as packed as any previous month we have seen, and the onslaught of events doesn’t seem to be slowing down at all.

With GO Fest right around the...

Lured Up Podcast 340: Meeting With Niantic

Live Streamed on - 3/15/25

Publish Date - 3/19/25

This was quite the week in Pokémon GO. With the Community reeling from the news of the sale to Scopely. The amount of uncertainty and emotion is at an all time high. With feelings spanning the entire spectrum of thought, some Trainers remain concerned with cautious optimism, while others think this will spell out the demise of Pokémon GO as we...

This week we are joined by the incredible JT Valor to dive into the GO Fest news and discuss what makes for a fun large scale IRL event. We have plenty to unpack as JT is one of the most traveled and hands on Trainers in the content scene. 

We begin by strolling down memory lane to when we first met JT back at Chicago GO Fest 2018. With the game and content scene still being so young, it was clear that JT’s priorities lied within th...

Lured Up Podcast 338

Livestreamed on - 2/28/2025

Publish Date - 3/1/2025

What an interesting week it has been! After the shocking news last week about Niantic’s rumored 3.5 Billion Dollar Sale of their gaming division to Scopely, the Community has seemed to let it all go in trade for hype about GO Tour! We aren’t sure if this is good or bad, but we should all stay alert as if it does happen, it may come out of nowhere.

It’s been a long...

Lured Up Podcast 337: Not Like That

In one of the most shocking bits of news to ever come out on Pokémon GO, Bloomberg has reported that Niantic is nearing a deal to sell their games division to Scopely, a Saudi Arabian Publishing house, backed by a Saudi sovereign fund. The article cites no confirmed sources and is as vague as it gets outside of the price tag of 3.5 Billion dollars. There is so much to unpack.

We start off with our ...

Lured Up Podcast 336

Record Date - 2/12/25

Publish Date - 2/14/25

Happy Valentine’s Day! We love all of you for the incredible support you have given us over the years! We hope you have an awesome day!

Plenty to recap this week as we are coming out of the Strong Yet Small event, Community Day weekend, and the start of the Beloved Buddies. With what seems less like...

Lured Up Podcast 335: The Big Game

Record Date - 2/5/2025

Publish Date - 2/7/2025

There is an insane amount of news to cover this week, and we jump straight into it. The Lunar New Year event, Legendary Flight, and GMAX Kingler Max Battle Day all happened in the last few days. Niantic is keeping their foot on the gas and we are here for it. We work our way through February’s slat...

Lured Up Podcast 334

Record Date - 1/22/25

Publish Date - 1/24/25

This last few days have been incredible for Trainers! With Shadow Ho-Oh Raid Day and DMAX Articuno Max Monday, it has been a wonderland of gameplay options and pretty solid rewards.We kick things off with a recap of our last week of gameplay, from Fashion Week: Taken Over to the current Steeled Resolve. While the ...

Lured Up Podcast 333

Record Date - 1/15/2025

Publish Date - 1/17/2025

There are some serious ups and downs to navigate this week, including a very divisive decision by Niantic! We begin with our recap of the last week of gameplay including Fashion Week and Taken Over. With the Giovanni Loop beginning to feel a bit tired, some Trainers will simply get to it when they get to it. O...

Lured Up Podcast 332

Record Date - 12/30/24

Publish Date - 1/3/25

2024 is a wrap and this has been an incredible year of Pokémon GO. We saw a slate of new mechanics and features along with an absolutely packed calendar of events. The development of the Community Ambassador program has brought players back outside. Was 2024 the perfect setup for the next 5 years of Pokémon GO? We...

Lured Up Podcast 331

Record Date - 12/23/24

Publish Date - 12/27/24

The holiday is wreaking havoc on our schedules! Sorry for the issues with the release schedule, we should be back on track for the new year!

As the first month of the Dual Destiny Season comes to a close, the onslaught of events, specifically those that call for you to play during a small window o...