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
Click on the relevant links above to support me directly and see/hear your name here! Thank you so much either way for listening 🙏
Music by Tom Hiom
Logo by Lee 'Osirus' Provost
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