Lured Up - A Pokémon GO Podcast

Lured Up Podcast Creator Series Episode 7 Recording Date - 7/11/2020 Publish Date - 7/13/2020   We are excited to have Pope Dave back on the show! A lot has changed with Dave and with Pokémon GO since he was last on the show so we had plenty to discuss! We start about catching up with Dave personally and how he is now married with children! We are also talk about how his content has evolved as wel...

Lured Up Podcast 139 Record Date - 7/8/2020 Publish Date - 7/10/2020   STOP! Battle Time! We are now into our second GO Fest Weekly Challenge and we will make sense of it all for you! We also have an amazing new GO Fest Trailer directed by Rian Johnson of Star Wars and Knives Out fame! Reality Blending has hit the game and while it is still pretty rough, it is an amazing set towards realizing what...

Lured Up Podcast Creator Series Episode 6 Recording Date 7/3/2020 Publish Date 7/6/2020   We are very excited to be joined once again by Nick from Trainer Tips! Nick was last on the show a few months ago so we had plenty to catch up on. We start by talking about the evolution of the Trainer Tips content, from spreadsheets and mathematical formulas, to travel vlogs and music streams. It truly has b...

Lured Up Podcast 138 Record Date - 7/1/2020 Publish Date - 7/3/2020   As we prepare for a massive July filled with events, we have a lot to prepare for! We start the show by recapping the Bug Out event, Kricketot Spotlight Hour and saying goodby to Zekrom! We are hyped for Kyurem to step in next week, but there is plenty happening before it arrives.   The GO Fest Weekly Challenge will keep us busy...

Lured Up Podcast Creator Series Episode 5 Recording Date 6/27/20 Publish Date 6/29/20   JT Valor https://twitter.com/JT_Valor https://www.youtube.com/jtvalor https://www.twitch.tv/jt_valor   Making his third appearance on Lured Up is our good friend, JT Valor! The Shiny  King talks about the process of grinding our shinies in Pokémon GO and how it compares to the hunt in the main series games. We...

Lured Up Podcast 137 Record Date - 6/24/20 Publish Date - 6/26/20   We are joined by Chris and Kyle from the GoCast Podcast this week! It is always a good time to have our Podcast brethren on with us! We also celebrate their upcoming Episode 100! Make sure you check them out and leave a like, sub, follow and all that good stuff!   We begin by recapping the week including the Solstice Event, Clefai...

Lured Up Podcast Creator Series Episode 4 Recording Date 6/19/20 Publish Date 6/22/20   We are excited to be joined this week by The Trainer Club! Billy is a good friend of the show and we always enjoy sharing in his energy! We discuss his journey to 100,000 YouTube Subscribers and 10,000 Discord Members. If those numbers weren’t impressive on their own, the growth Billy has seen on both platforms...

Lured Up Podcast Record Date - 6/17/20 Publish Date - 6/20/20   Another exciting week is of Pokémon GO is in the books as it is time to recap! Adam will take you through all of the events from last week including Latios and Latias Raid Weekend, Numel Spotlight Hour and Zekrom Raid Hour. He also gets you prepped for the upcoming week of events including Weedle Community Day and the Solstice Event!...

Lured Up Podcast Creator Roundtable Series Record Date - 6/12/2020 Publish Date - 6/15/2020   We are excited to bring back our Creator Roundtable Series to discuss some Pokemon GO PvP! We are joined by an amazing panel of experts from different areas of PvP Content. Our casual conversation touches on topics like the differences between creating VOD content versus Streamed Content, how the friendsh...

Lured Up Podcast Creator Series 3 Recording Date - 6/13/20 Publish Date - 6/15/20   We are joined this week by the goodest egg of all! ZoëTwoDots joins us this week to talk about the latest with her content including a push on Twitch! We also discuss her partnerships with the GGWP and Team Galaxy, as well as how Pokémon GO and eSports can work together. Zoë is always a blast to hang out with, and...

Lured Up Podcast Recording Date - 6/10/20 Publish Date - 6/12/20   We begin with a recap and prep of the latest Pokémon GO Events. We discuss our journey through the Throwback Challenge Champion Special Research and then get you ready for a Special Raid Weekend, the release of Zekrom and then Weedle Community Day. I think it is safe to say that this game will never slow down.   Our deep dive this...

Lured Up Podcast Creator Series Episode 2 Recording Date - 6/6/2020 Publish Date - 6/8/2020   Coops the Casual https://www.youtube.com/casualcoops https://twitter.com/CoopsTheCasual   We are joined this week by one of the most promising new YouTubers to enter the Pokémon GO arena, Casual Coops! We get to know about his background, process, and inspirations that led him to start creating content. H...

Lured Up Podcast 134 Recording Date - 6/4/2020 Publish Date - 6/5/2020   This has been a pretty heavy week in the world, so in turn we have a bit of a heavier episode. We discuss George Floyd and how the world and specifically Niantic have responded. Thanks to TheDHK and other Naintics, John Hanke wrote a heartfelt letter to his employees that clearly outlines Niantic’s plans to usher change. It i...

Lured Up Podcast Creator Series PkmnMasterHolly Recording Date - 5/30/2020 Publish Date - 6/1/2020   We are excited to kick off our new Creator Series of the Lured Up Podcast with our good friend, PkmnMasterHolly! Holly joins us to talk about her journey to become a Pokemon Master and how the last few months have been exceptionally difficult! After having her YouTube channel hacked and making a su...

Lured Up Podcast 133 Recording Date - 5/27/20 Publish Date - 5/29/20   Niantic continues to keep their Trainers busy with an onslaught of events! We start with our usual recap and prep segment to get you caught up and prepared for the latest events, bonuses, and happenings in the game! Lots of potential shinies were to be had this week, how did you end up doing?   Reality blending and PokéStop sca...

Lured Up Podcast 132 Recording Date - 5/20/20 Publish Date - 5/22/20   Another week filled with updates, news and discussions! We start the show by recapping our experiences with the Hoenn Throwback Timed Research, Poochyena Spotlight Hour and Terrakion Remote Raid Hour! Were we blessed with shiny luck, or did we come up empty handed?   There is a lot to prepare for in the next week as well! Sinno...

Lured Up 131 Recording Date - 5/12/20 Publish Date - 5/14/20   OoohWeee! We had another busy week of gameplay stacked with events, bonuses and new shinies! We look back at our week and share our experiences from each event including Johto Timed Research, Safari Zone Philadelphia,, Snubbull Limited Research Day, Sunkern Spotlight Hour and Virizion Remote Raid Hour!   After looking back a bit it’s t...

Lured Up Podcast 130 Recording Date - 5/6/2020 Publish Date - 5/8/2020   We start off this week’s show with a recap of current events and how they went for us. While We ripped through the Kanto Throwback Challenge early, we are really excited for the Double Stardust that is ahead during the Johto week. Adam wasn’t able to get out to raid (even remotely) Darkrai, however Ken was able to do a bunch...

Lured Up Podcast 129 Recording Date - 4/29/2020 Publish Date - 5/1/2020   We are very excited to have been joined by John and AJ from GO Stadium to talk about their platform! GO Stadium facilitates remote and love tournaments, educational resources, coaching and most recently a podcast, StadiumCast! We had a blast hanging out with them and learned a ton! Make sure you check out everything GO Stadi...

Lured Up Podcast 128 Recording Date - 4/22/2020 Publish Date - 4/24/2020   My Buddy… My Buddy… My Buddy and Me! We have another busy week to recap with Liverpool Safari Zone, Wobbuffet Spotlight Hour and the Buddy Up Event! We talk shiny Pokemon and PvP IVs as we work our way through the past week’s worth of gameplay.   PokeMiners did an awesome job ripping apart 0.173.2 and we break it down line...

Lured Up Podcast 127 Recording Date - 4/15/19 Publish Date - 4/17/19   This week is absolutely the calm before the storm! We discuss our the active week we just had with Spring Into Spring, GO Battle Day, and Magnemite Spotlight Hour as we prep for the upcoming Incense Day: Type Shuffle! The big news of the week however, was all the info we were given about Remote Raiding!   Without sharing concre...

Lured Up Podcast 126 Recording Date - 4/8/2020 Publish Date - 4/10/2020   We are joined this week by Marty from PokeMiners to take a fascinating look behind the curtain of what datamining is all about. He shares an easy to understand explanation of the process and philosophies behind datamining. We were very excited (and relieved) to hear his positive and respectful approach to the process and sou...

Lured Up 125 Recording Date - 4/2/2020 Publish Date - 4/4/2020   QUICK UPDATE - Between the time we recorded and released this episode, Niantic has announced that Spotlight Hour and Mystery Bonus Hour have been combined into a single Tuesday event!   Spring news is beginning to pour in to the world of Pokémon GO! We start off with our recap of the Safari Zone St. Louis Global Event activation. Ton...

Lured Up Podcast 124 Recording Date - 3/26/2020 Publish Date - 3/29/2020   We are joined this week by Pokémon GO PvP Streamer, Alfindeol! We discuss his positive and fun approach to PvP and the content he creates. From fun and games during his streams, to unique community interaction, you can be sure that if you are in an Alfindeol stream, you will have a great time!   We start with a recap of our...

Lured Up Podcast 123 Recording Date - 3/19/2020 Publish Date - 3/20/2020   As the spread of COVID-19 continues to rise, Niantic has taken significant measures to adapt Pokémon GO to allow for isolated and even at home play. We recap the event schedule to let you know what’s on and what’s off, as well as what bonuses and adjustments have been made to mechanics. We hope everyone is taking significan...