15 YEARS Podcasting: PKMNCast's Story, It's Super Effective Host • Chazingdra Chats: A Pokémon Podcast

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.

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👋 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

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