Chazingdra Chats (A Pokémon Podcast)

We're kicking off Season 2 of Chazingdra Chats with the fantastic CANDYEVIE, creating animated video essays about all things Pokémon! Come and hear her fascinating life story, from raising butterflies & frogs as a child to starting YouTube with Shiny hunting all the way up to now with her hugely popular channel - and, of course, discover the 6 Pokémon most special to her over the years that she would choose for her Dream Team...

👉 Please do leave a RATING & REVIEW if you're enjoying our chat, it goes such a long way and would mean a huge amount. Thank you!
@Chazingdra across all socials

🤔 Want to learn more about CandyEvie? Become a YouTube channel member or head to my Patreon for her RAPIDASH ROUND! Bonus quickfire questions she hasn't prepared for... Links below!

🔗 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
[email protected]
Become a channel member for exclusive perks including FOUR bonus videos per month and support me as a creator: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgdVDcJyZoKX-GSmrMF1yYg/join
Join my Patreon or buy individual products and support me as a creator: https://www.patreon.com/Chazingdra
Join my friendly Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/f2ssjED4ke
And you can follow the podcast itself on X too @ChazingdraChats: https://twitter.com/ChazingdraChats

👋 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 more 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, from competitive to casual players & beyond 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 - 10,000+ 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:

Cuppa Phee - https://youtu.be/01utEvjB2oc

Lore Keeper Toby - https://youtu.be/XDQa3ND6CAw

partyarlie - https://youtu.be/dHIaIejjDcc

AbsolBlogsPokemon - https://youtu.be/f8qIgbw_sg8

MandJTV - https://youtu.be/rCm8-J1qBXQ

Keep up with CandyEvie's latest and watch her fantastic content - https://www.youtube.com/@CandyEvie

🕰️ TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Welcome!

01:13 Raising Butterflies

03:18 Lucy's 1st Dream Team Pokémon

07:03 Catching Frogs

08:13 Lucy's 2nd Dream Team Pokémon

10:22 Hardcore Shiny Hunting Phase

13:27 Lucy's 3rd Dream Team Pokémon

18:53 Symphonic Evolutions

22:20 Lucy's 4th Dream Team Pokémon

27:34 Competing in Other Games

30:28 Lucy's 5th Dream Team Pokémon

32:44 YouTube & Cat Parenting

41:09 Lucy's 6th Dream Team Pokémon

43:17 Lucy's Complete Dream Team & Partner Pokémon

44:27 If Lucy were a Pokémon, what would she be?

45:36 Community Questions

49:37 What's next for Lucy?

51:52 What advice would Lucy give her younger self?

53:19 Lucy's Rapidash Round Teaser

53:59 Get involved!

NB We recorded before Pokémon Day 2026 and the announcement of Winds & Waves/Generation 10 etc.

Music by Tom Hiom
Logo by Lee 'Osirus' Provost

#6pokemon1lifestory

It's the *90th* episode of Chazingdra Chats! An honour to be joined by PaPaSea, whose phenomenally popular 'Beating Pokémon how Nintendo Intended' series defined his channel - but just how did he get to where he is today? Come and discover PaPaSea's fascinating life story and the 6 Pokémon most special to him over the years that he would choose for his Dream Team - let PaPaSea and I make your day merry!

It's time for Chazingdra Chats to evolve! Going forwards, I'll be doing seasons of the show rather than releasing every single week. This will mean I'll have more time to make other kinds of content and curate rosters of guests for each season. Thank you so much for your wonderful support of Chazingdra Chats and I'll see you soon for Season 2!

👉 Please do leave a RATING & REVIEW if you're enjoying our chat, they go such a long way and it would mean a huge amount. Thank you!
@Chazingdra across all socials

🤔 Want to learn more about PaPaSea? Become a YouTube channel member or head to my Patreon for his RAPIDASH ROUND! Bonus quickfire questions he hasn't prepared for... Links below!

🔗 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

[email protected]

Become a channel member for exclusive perks including FOUR bonus videos per month and support me as a creator: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgdVDcJyZoKX-GSmrMF1yYg/join

Join my Patreon or buy individual products and support me as a creator: https://www.patreon.com/Chazingdra

Join my friendly Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/f2ssjED4ke

And you can follow the podcast itself on X too @ChazingdraChats: https://twitter.com/ChazingdraChats

👋 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've got big plans for Pokémon's 30th anniversary this year...

🎬 Watch my documentary about commentating the 2025 European International Championships here: https://youtu.be/G8ctBWLskoI

🎧 *90* episodes of the show now available featuring a broad range of people in the Pokémon community, from competitive to casual players & beyond 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 - 10,000+ audio downloads! https://open.spotify.com/show/5JdoxYzR6lr7DBN0lihdQJ?si=5ee2f7a52fd14c27

Season 2 coming soon...

🎥 RELATED EPISODES:
Joe Merrick, Serebii Webmaster - https://youtu.be/kJOrUziQL0A

Kwikpanik, Shiny Hunting Creator - https://youtu.be/sRNcrc0Upww

NoraInTheFuture, Shiny Hunting Creator - https://youtu.be/3m07lSANLmk

THATSAplusONE, Competitive Pokémon Creator - https://youtu.be/fMg1dz6Yifc

Droomish, Pokémon 'Philosophy' Creator - https://youtu.be/h8UA5XjW6wA

Keep up with PaPaSea's latest and watch his fantastic content - @PaPaSea (or similar) across socials

🕰️ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Welcome!
01:58 Childhood and Pokémon & PaPaSea's 1st Dream Team Pokémon
09:13 Generation 2 & PaPaSea's 2nd Dream Team Pokémon
14:44 Discovering a Favourite & PaPaSea's 3rd Dream Team Pokémon
23:21 Pokémon YouTube & PaPaSea's 4th Dream Team Pokémon
32:15 'Nintended', Other Facets & PaPaSea's 5th Dream Team Pokémon
45:02 Being a Full-Time Creator & PaPaSea's 6th Dream Team Pokémon
52:56 PaPaSea's Complete Dream Team & Partner Pokémon
58:58 If PaPaSea were a Pokémon, what would he be?
1:00:07 Community Questions for PaPaSea
1:05:51 What's next for PaPaSea?
1:07:16 What advice would PaPaSea give his younger self?
1:08:27 PaPaSea's Rapidash Round Teaser
1:09:13 Get involved!
1:10:11 Season 2

Music by Tom Hiom
Logo by Lee 'Osirus' Provost

#6pokemon1lifestory

From a haunting encounter with the Pokémon anime on rewind to being invited to the 2025 World Championships and all the ups & downs in between - come and discover the fascinating life story and 6 Dream Team Pokémon of anime content creator ThePokéRaf!

👉 Please do leave a RATING & REVIEW if you're enjoying the episode, they go such a long way and it would mean a huge amount. Thank you!
@Chazingdra across all socials

🤔 Want to learn more about Raf? Become a YouTube channel member or head to my Patreon for his RAPIDASH ROUND! Bonus quickfire questions he hasn't prepared for... Links below!

🔗 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

[email protected]

Become a channel member for exclusive perks including FOUR bonus videos per month and support me as a creator: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgdVDcJyZoKX-GSmrMF1yYg/join

Join my Patreon or buy individual products and support me as a creator: https://www.patreon.com/Chazingdra

Join my friendly Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/f2ssjED4ke

And you can follow the podcast itself on X too @ChazingdraChats: https://twitter.com/ChazingdraChats

👋 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've got big plans for Pokémon's 30th anniversary this year...

🎬 Watch my documentary about commentating the 2025 European International Championships here: https://youtu.be/G8ctBWLskoI

🎧 More than 80 episodes of the show now available featuring a broad range of people in the Pokémon community, from competitive to casual players & beyond 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 - 10,000+ audio downloads! https://open.spotify.com/show/5JdoxYzR6lr7DBN0lihdQJ?si=5ee2f7a52fd14c27

🎥 OTHER EPISODES:
MandJTV - https://youtu.be/rCm8-J1qBXQ

Wolfe Glick - https://youtu.be/7ef-AnMHrjM

Austin John Plays - https://youtu.be/OWBHRSiuvJ0

GlitchxCity - https://youtu.be/PdI1BCszyb4

Rosemary 'Nekkra' Kelley - https://youtu.be/q2lPhVPcyP4

Keep up with Raf's latest and watch his fantastic content - @ThePokeRaf everywhere (except Instagram - @thepokerafyt)

🕰️ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Welcome!
02:08 First getting into Pokémon: Episode 23
07:16 Raf's 1st Dream Team Pokémon
10:27 "What I learned after hitting 10k on YouTube"
18:51 Raf's 2nd Dream Team Pokémon
21:09 Mental Health & Nearly Abandoning Pokémon
29:44 Raf's 3rd Dream Team Pokemon
31:05 Pokémon World Championships 2022: London
37:05 Raf's 4th Dream Team Pokémon
39:00 "How Pokémon Journeys Changed My Life"
46:23 Raf's 5th Dream Team Pokémon
48:55 Pokémon World Championships 2025: Anaheim
55:02 Raf's 6th Dream Team Pokémon
57:19 Raf's Complete Dream Team & Partner Pokémon
58:24 If Raf were a Pokémon, what would he be?
1:00:08 Community Questions for Raf
1:05:48 What's next for Raf?
1:08:05 What advice would Raf give his younger self?
1:10:06 Raf's Rapidash Round Teaser
1:10:43 Get involved!

Music by Tom Hiom
Logo by Lee 'Osirus' Provost

NB Mega Evolution: Certain Pokémon can Mega Evolve, accessing a temporary boosted form.

#6pokemon1lifestory

Full-time teacher, basketball coach and competitive Pokémon content creator, discover the fascinating life story of CloverBells and the 6 Pokémon he'd choose for his Dream Team!

👉 Please do leave a RATING & REVIEW if you're enjoying the episode, they go such a long way and it would mean a huge amount. Thank you!
@Chazingdra across all socials

🤔 Want to learn more about Joe? Become a YouTube channel member or head to my Patreon for his RAPIDASH ROUND! Bonus quickfire questions he hasn't prepared for... Links below!

🔗 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

[email protected]

Become a channel member for exclusive perks including FOUR bonus videos per month and support me as a creator: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgdVDcJyZoKX-GSmrMF1yYg/join

Join my Patreon or buy individual products and support me as a creator: https://www.patreon.com/Chazingdra

Join my friendly Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/f2ssjED4ke

And you can follow the podcast itself on X too @ChazingdraChats: https://twitter.com/ChazingdraChats

👋 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've got big plans for Pokémon's 30th anniversary this year...

🎬 Watch my documentary about commentating the 2025 European International Championships here: https://youtu.be/G8ctBWLskoI

🎧 More than 80 episodes of the show now available featuring a broad range of people in the Pokémon community, from competitive to casual players & beyond 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 - 10,000+ audio downloads! https://open.spotify.com/show/5JdoxYzR6lr7DBN0lihdQJ?si=5ee2f7a52fd14c27

🎥 RELATED EPISODES:
Wolfe Glick - https://youtu.be/7ef-AnMHrjM

Aaron 'Cybertron' Zheng - https://youtu.be/f0M4tSxPGQg

James Baek - https://youtu.be/QXIqYbXMZ2o

Joseph Ugarte - https://youtu.be/aDECwv0olz4

PokeaimMD - https://youtu.be/N2t7J779Lgc

Keep up with Joe's latest - @CloverBells21 on X, ⁨@CloverBells⁩ on YouTube

🕰️ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Welcome!
02:38 Childhood
08:22 Joe's 1st Dream Team Pokémon
12:39 College
17:59 Joe's 2nd Dream Team Pokémon
21:02 High School Teaching
23:19 Joe's 3rd Dream Team Pokémon
28:03 Basketball Coaching
35:28 Joe's 4th Dream Team Pokémon
38:23 Learning VGC in the Pandemic
45:37 Joe's 5th Dream Team Pokémon
49:59 YouTube
59:02 Joe's 6th Dream Team Pokémon
1:02:09 Joe's Complete Dream Team & Partner Pokémon
1:02:44 If Joe were a Pokémon, what would he be?
1:03:48 Community Questions for Joe
1:09:59 What's next for Joe?
1:13:21 What advice would Joe give his younger self?
1:14:25 Joe's Rapidash Round Teaser
1:15:08 Get involved!

Music by Tom Hiom
Logo by Lee 'Osirus' Provost

#6pokemon1lifestory

With a long history in the Pokémon scene, come and discover Scott Glaza's fascinating life story from childhood up to the present as a caster, via 2006's Journey Across America event and co-founding community website Nugget Bridge - and, of course, discover the 6 Pokémon most special to Scott over the years that he'd choose for his Dream Team. Let Scott Glaza & I #MakeYourDayMerry !

👉 Please do leave a RATING & REVIEW if you're enjoying the episode, they go such a long way and it would mean a huge amount. Thank you!
@Chazingdra across all socials

🤔 Want to learn more about Scott? Become a YouTube channel member or head to my Patreon for his RAPIDASH ROUND! Bonus quickfire questions he hasn't prepared for... Links below!

🔗 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

[email protected]

Become a channel member for exclusive perks including FOUR bonus videos per month and support me as a creator: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgdVDcJyZoKX-GSmrMF1yYg/join

Join my Patreon or buy individual products and support me as a creator: https://www.patreon.com/Chazingdra

Join my friendly Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/f2ssjED4ke

And you can follow the podcast itself on X too @ChazingdraChats: https://twitter.com/ChazingdraChats

👋 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!

🎬 Watch my documentary about commentating the 2025 European International Championships here: https://youtu.be/G8ctBWLskoI

🎧 More than 80 episodes of the show now available featuring a broad range of people in the Pokémon community, from competitive to casual players & beyond 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 - 10,000+ audio downloads! https://open.spotify.com/show/5JdoxYzR6lr7DBN0lihdQJ?si=5ee2f7a52fd14c27

🎥 RELATED EPISODES:
Wolfe Glick - https://youtu.be/7ef-AnMHrjM

Aaron 'Cybertron' Zheng - https://youtu.be/f0M4tSxPGQg

Adam Dorricott - https://youtu.be/WSBvNeJVSgo

Rosemary 'Nekkra' Kelley - https://youtu.be/q2lPhVPcyP4

Lee 'Osirus' Provost - https://youtu.be/WeHr0XzoTRA

Keep up with Scott's latest - @PKMNostrom on socials

🕰️ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Welcome!
02:24 Childhood
13:48 Scott's 1st Dream Team Pokémon
17:28 Journey Across America 2006
26:11 Scott's 2nd Dream Team Pokémon
29:30 Competing
39:53 Scott's 3rd Dream Team Pokémon
43:49 Nugget Bridge
54:23 Scott's 4th Dream Team Pokémon
57:03 Early Casting
1:11:27 Scott's 5th Dream Team Pokémon
1:17:06 Pachirisu to Present
1:29:09 Scott's 6th Dream Team Pokémon
1:32:00 Scott's Complete Dream Team & Partner Pokémon
1:33:48 If Scott were a Pokémon, what would he be?
1:34:59 Community Questions for Scott
1:43:34 What's next for Scott?
1:44:03 What advice would Scott give his younger self?
1:46:07 Scott's Rapidash Round Teaser
1:46:44 Get involved!

Music by Tom Hiom
Logo by Lee 'Osirus' Provost

#6Pokemon1LifeStory