You Activated My Podcast!

You Activated My Podcast!

A weekly Yu-Gi-Oh! recap show that is only vaguely about Yu-Gi-Oh! Join full-grown adults Jimmy and Tyler as they learn about the Heart of the Cards, study top Duelist strategies, and explore the bottomless depths of card-based cartoon lore. Warning: While Yu-Gi-Oh! is for kids, this show is not.

Episodes

February 6, 2021

Greetings, duelists!

As you might guess from the title, we're putting the show on an indefinite hiatus. Our goal has always been to make the show for fun, and recently felt it slipping closer and closer into "obligation" territory, so we're taking a step back for a little bit to figure out how to make it fun again.

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It’s a dark night in a city that knows its way around a duel. One forbidden monster and his two disembodied arms need money fast. What follows is the thrilling (?) end to the first half of ENTER THE TASK DUNGEON.

Also, this week Jimmy and Tyler discuss two bonkers episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh, the ascension of Noah’s Ark, and the birth of that one Joey meme.

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January 16, 2021 112 mins

It’s the new year, and we’re back with a new episode! Join us to learn about who we’re blocking from Jimmy Wins 4, gasp at the trilling saga of Shaka the Orc, and swoon with us at the handsome visage of BLUE EYES WHITE TRAIN.

BLUE. EYES. WHITE. TRAIN.

Later on, High Commissioner Lauren joins us for a Task Dun...

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A Merry Duelmas to all, and to all a good… switch?

This week, we watched the Netflix original movie The Princess Switch, starring Vanessa Hudgens AND Vanessa Hudgens! Join us as we wander through the impenetrable labyrinth posed by the movie’s disparate scenes, demand justice for Hot Kevin, struggle to remember anything that happened mere moments ag...

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December 20, 2020 98 mins

On the twelfth day of Duelmas, Noah Kaiba gave to me:

Twelve monsters fighting,

Eleven dragons flying,

Ten traps a-trapping,

Nine harpie ladies,

Eight dark magicians,

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December 5, 2020 116 mins

You know, of all the body-snatching movies out there, very few of them focus on what happens when multiple people snatch the same body, then need to play a card game against children. If nothing else, I’m so glad that Yu-Gi-Oh could bring this clearly underserved story to the masses…

Ah, who am I kidding, this episode blows chunks.

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November 26, 2020 108 mins

It’s Turkey Day, and a lot of you are probably finding creative ways to safely spend it around loved ones. We wanted to bring you this weird, silly episode as an excuse to put in headphones for a while, and focus on yourself. You earned it! Don’t worry, your Dad and your Duncle said it was OK. 👍😎

Want to read something instead? Take some time to le...

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November 21, 2020 108 mins

As we venture further into the cyberverse with Yugi and the gang, Tyler unveils Jimmy Wins 4, an online game for everyone! Then, join us as we discuss baby noises, Noah’s revelations, Kaiba’s Goodfellas impressions, and all the ways in which Mokuba is like a small bird.

Later, High Commissioner Lauren joins us for a short celebration, and a body-sna...

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November 14, 2020 104 mins

We’re back, and Tyler spins a plotz-worthy tale of woe before we jump into an episode all about this great big (virtual) world of ours. Well, it’s about that and family, but the important part is that moment where we reenact the entire plot of Gravity but replace Sandra Bullock with Blue Eyes White Dragon.

Later, High Commissioner Lauren joins us f...

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October 31, 2020 118 mins

Happy Halloween! I think I’ve edited most of the curse out of this episode, but your mileage may vary. It took three wireless networks, one of our computers completely rebooting, and a blood sacrifice to record this one, so that’s how my week’s gone! Join us as we go to the opera, explore a yep-that’s-deffo-haunted “house”, and finally dig into our favorite episode so far this season.

Later, High Commissioner...

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October 17, 2020 124 mins

Gadzooks! The devilish Nesbitt has transformed himself into some kind of platonic ideal of a robot, and these youths must vanquish him!

Join us on our adventures backwards and forwards over the last century, ranging from the bygone era of radio, to a futuristic duel over a vat of acid (which somehow includes Joan of Arc?), and back again to the Oregon Trail.

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October 10, 2020 104 mins

Wowsers trousers, folks. It sure is weird when a villain in this show is actually competent! Join us for the introduction of Nesbitt, everyone’s favorite Robotic Knight with a pit of acid, and Serenity’s first duel!

Then, High Commissioner Lauren joins us for the introduction of the world’s most terrifying dog groomer.

Also, as promised, here is the first draft of “The Heart of the Cards”, a tablet...

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October 3, 2020 94 mins

This episode, we leave nothing to chance, and bring only the most egregious of tangents for your ear-holes to enjoy. We discuss LEGO card games (?), Johnson’s Matrix-Hacking, and Joey’s infuriating insistence on flipping other people’s coins.

Later, High Commissioner Lauren joins us to talk about helping friends move!

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September 26, 2020 96 mins

Eagle-eyed listeners will notice that, yes, you can sing this week’s episode title to the tune of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme song!

This week, we revel in a reprieve from the icy injustices of Crump’s imbecilic invention, and join Joseph in a judicial jaunt of japes and jabs. Johnson’s courtroom climbs towards crippling crescendo as the cards create a cunning cascade of calculated capriciousness. C...

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Hey friends, Tyler here. 👋

It feels… really weird, to be releasing an episode of a Yu-Gi-Oh podcast today. But, here we are. We recorded this just a few hours before hearing the news of Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s passing, and like everyone, we’re still coming to grips with losing such a champion in the fight for equality. May her memory be a revolution, and may her legacy remind us that the fight is still going, ...

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September 6, 2020 103 mins

Okay, this one got away from us a bit. Eventually, we discuss this very cool (get it?) duel between Tea and the Creepiest Penguin Alive, but first we spend a lot of time talking about… a fish pyramid in Memphis.

Later, High Commissioner Lauren challenges us to a task that may become its own spin-off! Can Bowganian and Gradius sneak back into their houses after a high school party, without waking up their pare...

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August 29, 2020 85 mins

It’s been a long week! There’s no other way to say it. Join us for a sleepy romp through the end of the “Isolated in Cyberspace” three-parter, where we discuss the divinity of Yugis, how hard or light hardlight holograms can be, and why this episode has a penguin in it.

Later, High Commission Lauren presents us with a challenge sent in by The Mayor of Scimmy City: The Architect, listener Scimmy!

Check...

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This week, we join the dueling workforce and discuss Season 3, episodes 2 and 3: “Isolated in Cyber Space: Parts 1 and 2”! Join us for a bit of Kaiba Bros. Backstory, patented Gansley Business Nonsense, and many shots of Tea, Tristan, Joey, Duke, and Serenity doing… not much.

Later, Lauren joins us for the first installment of You Activated My Podcast! Season 3: YU-GI-OR-NOT?! Season 2: Enter the Task Dungeon...

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August 7, 2020 108 mins

That’s right, we’re back into Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters with the first episode of season 3: “A Virtual Nightmare”! I can’t wait to see who wins the Battle City finals — oh, we’re not doing that? What are we doing instead? A floating what? Virtual what? Big what?

Later, Dungeon Commissioner Lauren joins us to reveal the sequel to Yu-Gi-Or-Not!: “You Activated My Podcast! Season 3: Yu-Gi-Or-Not! Season 2: Enter t...

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July 31, 2020 94 mins

We scoured the deepest depths of the internet to watch this episode of Zatch Bell! so you don’t have to!

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