Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilitator, interviews other men active in the Pokémon community about their mental health, masculinity, and how Pokémon has contributed to the cultivation of joy in their lives. The goal of PokéMen's Health is to create a safe space within which men can take on their mental health, create supportive relationships, and let their authentic selves shine. Follow @pokemenshealth on Twitter, IG, and Twitch Join the FREE Discord to start receivi ...
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A Pokemon interview podcast where Pokemon Trainers share their experiences from the world of Pokemon! Each journey started with a choice and are as different as the number of Pokemon. Listen to the different ways Pokemon Trainer's interact with the Pokemon franchise ranging from Pokemon GO, Pokemon Battles, Pokemon TCG, and much more!
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TRAINER'S EYE #109 - "Pokemon Raps Chiseled Outta Hoenn" ft. Mat4yo
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Send us a text In this Pokemon interview, we are joined by Mat4yo, a Pokemon Trainer who specializes in writing and performing raps about Pokemon! Mat4yo dives into how he started with rapping beginning with critiquing Epic Rap Battles of History. He details his involvement with crafting the Ash Ketchum vs. Charles Darwin episode and gives insight …
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Like A Good Gamer, It's Jake from Spear Pillar
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Jake from @spearpillarvgc hops on this week to talk about Spear Pillar's inception, supporting his fraternity mates with their mental health, getting over his hesitance to ask for help and more. *********I experienced some mic troubles during this one so my voice quality is not the usual standard. ======================================== Roy "Flash…
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TRAINER'S EYE #108 - "Poliwag Tales" ft. Slix from Poliwager.net
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Send us a text In this Pokemon interview, we are joined by Slix, the webmaster for Poliwager.net, a small, friendly, fun-loving community centered around Pokemon! Slix shares his initial experience with Pokemon starting with Pokemon Blue. He gives insight into playing different Pokemon games, but being specifically fond of Pokemon Blue, where he di…
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Jeudy Azzarelli is a VGC competitor best known for his second place run at 2014 Worlds. Jeudy shares about the road to that appearance from struggling to make events in the early days, stepping away from the game before a successful return, how misogyny inspired his exit from Wall Street and much more. Find him @SoulSurVGC on Twitter for coaching! …
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TRAINER'S EYE #107 - "Pokemon GO in Illinois" ft. DTC Pokemon GO
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Send us a text In this Pokemon interview, we are joined by KnifeLaughLove, a Community Ambassador for Pokemon GO from Chicago, Illinois. KnifeLaughLove shares his initial experience with Pokemon starting with Pokemon Red and the Pokemon TCG. He further elaborates his experience with Pokemon GO and building up the Pokemon GO community in Chicago. Kn…
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Men Need To Get Balanced In These 3 Areas
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Roy is solo sharing three areas of balance he believes all men need to start paying attention to immediately if they are going to be healthy. ===========================================Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilitator, interviews other men active in the Pokémon community about their mental health, masculinity, and how…
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TRAINER'S EYE #106 - "Pokemon GO in Missouri" ft. Kansas City North Pokemon GO
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Send us a text In this Pokemon interview, we are joined by both Kateramarie and BeeCeeKay, Community Ambassadors for Pokemon GO from Kansas City, Missouri Both Kateramarie and BeeCeeKay share their initial experience with Pokemon. There primarily involvement has been with Pokemon GO and the biggest influence on their Pokemon journey has been the Po…
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TRAINER'S EYE #105 - "Pokemon GO in Louisiana" ft. Shiny Hunters
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Send us a text In this Pokemon interview, we are joined by AlphaPupRemy, a Community Ambassadors for Pokemon GO from Monroe, Louisianna. AlphaPupRemy shares his initial experience with Pokemon. He has grown up with Pokemon his entire life and has developed a fondness for the Ice type Pokemon. He shares his start with Pokemon Blue before taking us o…
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BK/ @ZeroBlaze_ is VGC competitor who shares about how he had to hide Pokémon from his parents, grinding his first full (and very successful) competitive season and the struggles he had to grow through from grad school to his career as a pharmacist. =========================================== Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work faci…
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Slim is a veteran VGC competitor who shares about his little brother getting him started in competitive Pokémon, his journey with learning to be vulnerable, and why he likely won't ever be done with our community. ============================================ Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilitator, interviews other men activ…
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TRAINER'S EYE #104 - "Admission into Pokemon Colosseum" ft. KyaColosseum
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Send us a text In this Pokemon interview, we are joined by KyaColosseum, a Pokemon Trainer who created the mod Pokemon Grand Colosseum. KyaColosseum shares her interest in Pokemon starting with the Hoenn regions. Eventually it led to her playing the Nintendo Gamecube game Pokemon Colosseum. The game had a huge impact on her Pokemon journey where sh…
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TRAINER'S EYE #103 - "Pidgeot's Keen Eye" ft. HurricaneKaz
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Send us a text In this Pokemon interview, we are joined by HurricaneKaz, a Pokemon GO Trainer with an interest in Pokemon GO PvP and a huge passion for bird Pokemon. HurricaneKaz shares her lifelong love of birds, which naturally extended into their affection for bird Pokémon such as Pidgeot and Articuno. The conversation delves into her early expe…
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3 Things I Got From Being In A Men's Circle
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Light on the mons, heavy on the story time today. I've spent the last four years in a men's circle. I share the three things it gave me that helped me become more honest, healthy and confident to be authentically myself. Tune in next week for our next guest, Yone! ========================================= Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and me…
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TRAINER'S EYE #102 - "Shundo Kyogre Surfing Hawaiian Waves" ft. FilmVlogs
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Send us a text In this Pokemon interview, we are joined by FilmVlogs, a Pokemon GO Trainer from Hawaii FilmVlogs shares his early experience with Pokemon from watching the anime. Eventually he would experience Pokemon through the video games and found similar connections between the Pokemon anime and video games. Eventually FilmVlogs would dive int…
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PokéMen's x ChaosLeague (Kaysie) Reg H Tournament Series
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Kaysie/ LoOTVGC is a VGC competitor and tournament organizer in the community. He joins us today to share about our new Limitless series, taking resposibility for his mother's care during her illnesses, and how the Kalos region got him back into the game in more ways than one. ====================================== Join the first tournament of the …
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TRAINER'S EYE #101 - "Fighting Mental Health With Pokemon" ft. Roy Flash Gordon from PokeMen's Health
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Send us a text In this Pokemon interview, we are joined by Roy Flash Gordon from PokeMen's Health. PokeMen's Health shares his early experience with Pokemon starting finding comfort playing Pokemon Red to escape early child abuse. He shares how important it was to play Pokemon and how it stayed with him as he continued to age. PokeMen's Health give…
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TalonMasterJ is a streamer and VGC competitor. He shares about a respect for his fellow person guides him, the emotional challenge of finding a job and that time he used his Masterball on a Psyduck, and what's got him excited in Reg H. Vincent/Hooty pops in for our hit segment "Hooty's Hotties" to discuss a little Reg H to kick things off. ========…
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TRAINER'S EYE #100 - "Tied Up With Sylveon's Bow" ft. Trainer Mystic
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Send us a text In this Pokemon interview, we are joined by Trainer Mystic, a Pokemon Trainer from North Carolina here to celebrate our 100th Pokemon interview episode! Trainer Mystic shares his experience with Pokemon starting with the anime. He would go into his room to binge watch all the episodes of Pokemon XY and Pokemon XYZ. Eventually his int…
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David Hernandez, host of the As The Pokéball Turns Podcast, joins Roy to share about how he started his Pokémon podcast, the importance of sharing your story, overcoming self sabotaging and more. Follow the As The Pokéball Turns Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts: https://asthepokeballturns.buzzsprout.com/ =====================================…
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TRAINER'S EYE #99 - "Bee Like Ralts" ft. jennEHbee
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Send us a text In this Pokemon interview, we are joined by jennEHbee, a Pokemon Trainer from Canada. jennEHbee shares her experience with Pokemon starting with Pokemon GO. Due to her disinterst in Pokemon, she wouldn't return to Pokemon GO until 2019 where she met some local Pokemon GO players and would start to play the game for the community comp…
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@CruzeCorp is a long time VGC player and content creator. He shares about creating Pokémon content in the early days of YouTube, manhood as standing on ethics, coping with his mother's passing and more. ========================================= Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilitator, interviews other men active in the Pokém…
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Roy is solo this episode and shares about his days as a pro wrestler, dropping the limiting beliefs that held him back from pursuing his dream, and a few WWE events he got to participate in. ========================================= Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilitator, interviews other men active in the Pokémon community…
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TRAINER'S EYE #98 - "A Magikarp Splash" ft. MythicalHitch
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Send us a text In this Pokemon interview, we are joined by MythicalHitch, a Pokemon Trainer from Iowa. MythicalHitch shares his experience with Pokemon starting with the Japanese exclusive Pokemon Green. He also talks about his experience playing the main series games with his most favorite being Kanto. He also connects his favorite Pokemon Magikar…
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Keely / @ElectriKeely is a streamer and VGC competitor who Roy played at NAIC! She shares how she got started with streaming during the pandemic, how that led her to VGC and how it all helped her improve her relationship to her anxiety. =========================================== Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilitator, inte…
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TRAINER'S EYE #97 - "Showcasing Pokemon Fandom" ft. Pokemon Crossroads
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Send us a text In this Pokemon interview, we are joined by Pokemon Crossroads, a Pokemon Trainer who owns a website dedicated to showcasing the Pokemon Community ranging from podcasts, artwork, and so much more. Pokemon Crossraods discusses his extensive involvement in the Pokemon community, including organizing tournaments for TCG, VGC, and GO. He…
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$4,004.12 for St Jude's from iWill and The Pokémon Community
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iWill is the content creator and VGC competitor behind this past weekend's St Jude's Charity tournament which saw 242 competitors. That's almost 3x last years attendance! He shares about his start with St Jude's, some Pokémon nostalgia, self care as our number one responsibility as people, and how great relationships have shaped him as a man. Also …
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TRAINER'S EYE #96 - "The Return of the Nidoking" ft. Mongoose Gaming Burrow from Off The Wall Nerds
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Send us a text In this Pokemon interview, we are joined by Mongoose Gaming Burrow, a Pokemon Trainer from New Mexico. Mongoose Gaming Burrow shares his early experience with Pokemon starting with Pokemon Red and his interest in the games over the generations, but stopping with Pokemon Sun and Moon. He shares his thoughts on the games and even share…
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Tevon/ @AllySwitch_VGC is a VGC Player who shares his start with VGC. how he experiences masculinity through promoting peace and growth, and challenges with self confidence. ====================================== Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilitator, interviews other men active in the Pokémon community about their mental …
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TRAINER'S EYE #95 - "Behind The Vaporeon Mask" ft. MaskedAquaKitty
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Send us a text In this Pokemon interview, we are joined by MaskedAquaKitty, a Pokemon GO Trainer from New Jersey. MaskedAquaKitty discusses their experience with Pokemon starting with Pokemon Blue. They dive into their love for Pokemon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum and what they loved about that generation of Pokemon as well as gives their opinion o…
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Akbar is a first season VGC competitor from Chicago. He and Roy started their season together traveling to Peoria and thought it'd be fun to review the ups and downs of their rookie season from then through NAIC in New Orleans. In addition to that Akbar shares advice for brand new players and let's us in on his battle with cancer and how it encoura…
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TRAINER'S EYE #94 - "Reading About Pokemon Battles ft. Reverend GO
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Send us a text In this Pokemon interview, we are joined by Reverend GO, a Pokemon GO Trainer from New York and author of the "GO Battle League Guide. Reverend GO discusses his inspiration for creating a comprehensive guide called GO! Battle League for Pokémon GO PvP battles, sharing his personal experiences with Pokémon, from the trading card game …
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TRAINER'S EYE #93 - "Pokemon GO in Oregon" ft. Pokemon GO Central Oregon
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Send us a text In this Pokemon interview, we are joined by Christina and Mario, two Community Ambassadors for Pokemon GO Central Oregon! They both share their initial experience with Pokemon. Mario was always involved with the franchise, but stuck to mostly the Pokemon TCG. Christina's first experience started with Pokemon GO. What brought these tw…
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PokéBuds: The Girl With The Anti-Dragon Tattoo
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Hallie aka @localdingusVGC is a social media specialist, video editor and VGC competitor (with a badass Flutter Mane tattoo). She shares about a rocky welcome when she began VGC, challenges with body image and her new gig editing for our dear friend, Moxie Boosted. ========================================= Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and m…
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TRAINER'S EYE #92 - "Pokemon GO in Australia" ft. Pokemon GO Brisbane
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Send us a text In this Pokemon interview, we are joined by Zanzaid, a Community Ambassador for Pokemon GO Brisbane in Australia. Zanzaid shares his initial experience with Pokemon starting with the anime where he watched Ash's journey to become a Pokemon Master. It wasn't until Pokemon GO where he experiences more of the gaming side of Pokemon. Zan…
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Taurian aka Stiicky is a VGC competitor who shares about how competitive Pokémon encouraged him to finally get into action around learning how to manage his depression and anxiety. He also tells us about how he got started in VGC to support a friend and how being raised by women positively affected him. ==================================== Roy "Fla…
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TRAINER'S EYE #91 - "Pokemon GO in New Jersey" ft. Red Bank Crew Pokemon GO Group
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Send us a text In this Pokemon interview, we are joined by both DarkLugiaMaster & FusionJoe, Pokemon Trainer from Burbank, New Jersey and Community Ambassadors for Red Bank Crew Pokemon GO Group. Both DarkLugiaMaster & FusionJoe share how there journey with Pokemon stated with the video games. DarkLugiaMaster started with Generation 3 and was a big…
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It's Always Sunnie On The Shiny Hunt
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Sunnie aka Cathy a shiny hunting streamer and VGC competitor. Sunnie shares about getting her start on streaming, women being as serious as any other competitor, the need for men to listen and more. Check out her Twitch stream: https://www.twitch.tv/sunnie ====================================== Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work fa…
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TRAINER'S EYE #90 - "Pokemon GO in London" ft. Pokemon GO Central London Group
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Send us a text In this Pokemon interview, we are joined by Stars, a Pokemon Trainer from London who is one of the Community Ambassadors for Pokemon GO Central London. Stars Pokemon journey started with the Hoenn region and became heavily interested in both Pokemon Colosseum and Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness. Stars expresses his opinions on the games…
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Vincent aka Hooty was Roy's round 2 opponent from the recent Indianapolis Regional. They talk teams, the regional experience, Hootie's relationship and much more. ============================================= Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilitator, interviews other men active in the Pokémon community about their mental heal…
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TRAINER'S EYE #89 - "The Art of Catching Pokemon GO Content" ft. pogoDomz
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Send us a text In this Pokemon interview, we are joined by pogoDomz, a Pokemon Trainer from Florida who interest in art and branding led him to creating PvP content with Pokemon GO. pogoDomz Pokemon journey started with Pokemon Yellow where he would play that game for a long time before transition into Pokemon Stadium where he was heavily involved …
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Host of YouTube series Master Quest and co-creator of the Not A Scratch Podcast, Muhammed aka Lumishen joins the show. He shares about how a sense of responsibility to his family has inspired him in life thus far, his content creation, and more. Not A Scratch Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3T2OgKKYmkdmw5tHA3sPOu?si=94daeb33db1e4818 Master Q…
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PokéBuds: The Second Puff W/ AnimeRedneck
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Miller aka AnimeRedneck is a VGC competitor shares about getting into the community, drawing inspiration from community members and more while we smoke up strong. I'm still sleepy from this sesh. ==================== Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilitator, interviews other men active in the Pokémon community about their men…
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TRAINER'S EYE #88 - "The Lapras Ferry into the Ice Palace" ft. FinalBossAJ
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Send us a text In this Pokemon interview, we are joined by FinalBossAJ, a Pokemon Trainer from Nova Scotia with a passion for both Pokemon GO PvP Battles and Ice-type Pokemon. FinalBossAJ's Pokemon journey started with Pokemon Blue where she would play alongside her brother beating the Elite Four, Battling, and catching Mewtwo. She played Pokemon t…
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Asa is a VGC competitor who shares about how they connect to their Native American culture, what it was like to discover their two spirit identity, and more. ========================== Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilitator, interviews other men active in the Pokémon community about their mental health, masculinity, and how…
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TRAINER'S EYE #87 - "How Pokemon GO Rebuilt My Life" ft. HoosierDada13
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Send us a text In this Pokemon interview, we are joined by HoosierDada13, a Pokemon Trainer from Indiana who was a victim of a house fire that destroyed his family home back in December 2023. HoosierDada13 shares his experience dealing with the fire and the community response from the Pokemon GO podcast community, specifically Beginner to Winner Pv…
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PokéBuds: The Inaugural Puff W/ Tommy MF'n Tuesday
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Thomas Hayden is a VGC competitor and online tournament organizer in the Pokémon community. He's also super well versed in cannabis and other plant medicines which made him the perfect guest for the VERY FIRST PokéBuds bonus. Expect these bonus episodes to be longer, less focused and slower paced as we get to know our guests a bit more closely. Tom…
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TRAINER'S EYE #86 - "Healing Children With Pokemon Cards" ft. Cards For Kids
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Send us a text In this Pokemon interview, we are joined by Cards For Kids, a Pokemon Trainer from Plano, Texas who started a non-profit with the goal of providing healing for children who are victims of abuse through Pokemon Cards. Cards For Kids Pokemon journey started with the Pokemon TCG where he would collect the cards and do trades with friend…
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Hot off his 7th place performance in last weekend's Orlando regional, we get to share our episode with Joshua Lorcy. He is a streamer and VGC competitor who shares about his meteoric rise from beginner to top level threat. Lorcy opens up about healing after the end of a long relationship, his strong work ethic and more. ============================…
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TRAINER'S EYE #85 - "Fairy Pokemon & Fairy Tales" ft. Lokemon
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Send us a text In this Pokemon interview, we are joined by Lokemon, a Pokemon Trainer from Chicago, Illinois who creates fake Pokemon using digital art. Lokemon shares his first experience with Pokemon starting with the anime and video games. Pokemon was used as an escape for him to keep him company while both his parents were busy. Pokemon has bee…
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MJ is a graphic designer, illustrator and VGC competitor. MJ shares about getting into art, developing his art style, and being yourself. ================================ Roy "Flash" Gordon, a VGC Competitor and men's work facilitator, interviews other men active in the Pokémon community about their mental health, masculinity, and how Pokémon has c…
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