Lured Up - A Pokémon GO Podcast
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- 59 minutes 55 secondsPokémon GO Anonymous
Lured Up Podcast 388: Pokémon GO Anonymous
Live Streamed: 3/24/2026
Publish Date - 3/27/2026
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We jump head first into this episode’s deep dive as we explore some of the symptoms of gaming addiction. Pokémon GO does have some systems in place that make it difficult for players to disconnect. We discuss the line between being an avid hobbyist and someone obsessed or addicted. From not wanting to stop playing, to over spending, to neglecting responsibilities, having this game in our pockets could be a slippery slope.
We also take a look at the topic of how the game has been heralded to have therapeutic qualities. It’s no surprise that this game can be a great platform to use while exercising, exploring, or in some cases, escaping. We look at how escapism and addiction can cross paths, by posing the question of how being locked out of the game for 24 hours would make you feel. For most of us, it would be a pretty rough day.
We want to hear your perspectives on the topic, and encourage everyone to join the conversation. Let us know how the game makes you feel, and if you ever have concerns that you are putting the game ahead of your responsibilities. Our live chat did an incredible job of opening up and sharing stories. We would love to hear more of them.
After the break we recap the last week of gameplay. We had the conclusion of the Bugout as well as Water Research Day this past weekend. The April Content update has been released, and we will be sing the return of many legendaries, but the release of a few new Pokémon. Will next week’s A Shockingly Good Time event satisfy our Spotlight Hour fix, or will the flood of Pikachu lose its spark a few days into the event? Let us know your thoughts!
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Hosts
Ken Pescatore
Adam Tuttle
Writer and Producer
Ken Pescatore
Executive Producer
Xander
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Intro Music
Lake Verity (Drum & Bass Remix)
Tetracase
GameChops - Ultraball
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https://soundcloud.com/tetracase
https://soundcloud.com/MegaFlare0
Break Music
National Park
Mikel & GameChops
GameChops - Poké & Chill
https://twitter.com/mikel_beats
Outro Music
Vast Poni Canyon
CG5 & GlitchxCity (Future Bass Remix)
GameChops - Ultraball
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https://soundcloud.com/glitchxcity
Pokémon And All Respective Names are Trademark and © of Nintendo 1996-2025 Pokémon GO is Trademark and © of Niantic, Inc.Lured Up and the Pokémon Professor Network are not affiliated with Niantic Inc., The Pokémon Company, Game Freak or Nintendo.
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27 March 2026, 10:00 am - 1 hour 1 minuteClutch Your Pearls
Lured Up Podcast 387 - Clutch Your Pearls
Live Streamed on - 3/17/2026
Publish Date - 3/19/2026
We switched up the show format this week as the community news was too good to hold off on discussing. Social media was on fire thanks to a hit piece style tweet from a non-credible source was viewed over 20 million times. It shared the horrors of Niantic building a network to train automated pizza delivery robots using data collected through Pokémon GO. The pearl clutching and fauxrage was rampant with so many feigned gasps of air coming mainly from X.
We look at the actual article that sparked interest in Niantic Spatial’s dealings from the MIT Technology Review. We discuss how Niantic’s vision for a complete 1:1 digital to IRL map of the world has always been the goal. Could we have known that pizza delivery robots would be amongst the fist to benefit from the map? Of course not but it is amazing to see Niantic’s vision start to be realized.
The VPS is an amazing tool and LLM that Pokémon GO, Ingress, and Wayfarer have always been a part of. Wayfinders and keepers of the Gameboard have been enthusiastic about being a part of this process. Anyone saying they had no idea that this GPS based game is tracking our GPS data is simply feigned ignorance.
We run through some wishlist ideas that we have for the game, where the gameboard and environment is the focus. From persistent AR instances to the introduction of HMs allowing you to traverse different terrains, the gameboard truly is paramount to our experience. The question is, with Niantic Spacial separating from the Niantic brand which was acquired by Scopely, will we ever see the technology behind the VPS be utilized in PGO going forward.
Finally we recap the last week of gameplay including the Pokopia Event and Scorbunny Community Day. We have some new Event announcements and nao everything out on our Google Calendar.
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Hosts
Ken Pescatore
Adam Tuttle
Writer and Producer
Ken Pescatore
Executive Producer
Xander
Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons
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Intro Music
Lake Verity (Drum & Bass Remix)
Tetracase
GameChops - Ultraball
http://gamechops.com/ultraball/
https://soundcloud.com/tetracase
https://soundcloud.com/MegaFlare0
Break Music
National Park
Mikel & GameChops
GameChops - Poké & Chill
https://twitter.com/mikel_beats
Outro Music
Vast Poni Canyon
CG5 & GlitchxCity (Future Bass Remix)
GameChops - Ultraball
http://gamechops.com/ultraball/
http://soundcloud.com/cg5-beats
https://soundcloud.com/glitchxcity
Pokémon And All Respective Names are Trademark and © of Nintendo 1996-2025 Pokémon GO is Trademark and © of Niantic, Inc.Lured Up and the Pokémon Professor Network are not affiliated with Niantic Inc., The Pokémon Company, Game Freak or Nintendo.
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20 March 2026, 10:00 am - 1 hour 8 minutesThe Highs And Lows
Lured Up Podcast 386: The Highs And Lows
Live Streamed on - 3/10/2026
Publish Date - 3/13/2026
The 30th Anniversary Event is a perfect example of how the changes being delivered by the game can impact Trainers differently. Even with the basic wild encounter pool during an event can be dissected in countless ways. We saw Legendaries in the wild for the first time, but super low catch rates and super high flee rates, the experience was soured for some.
March has been really strong so far, and the upcoming events look to continue the trend. Pokopia, Scorbunny and the Bug Out will keep us busy for a few weeks, while Pikachu will join us at the end of the month. We are also seeing more GO Passes, which aren’t that much different from the amount of Event Tickets that we were previously seeing. We will need some month over month data to really determine how the shift has impacted our spending habits.
The GO Memories campaign is underway and Niantic is looking to hear your best stories and memories made through Pokémon GO. We live for this stuff, and can’t wait to dig into some of the stories that are shared. Also, you can win an all expense paid trip to any of the three GO Fests! Be sure to share your favorite GO Memories with us!
Finally we dig into how the game is evolving and changing with Memories in Motion. The Scopely Effect is becoming more and more noticeable, but we can’t tell what the Community thinks just yet. Multiple GO Passes a month sounds scary at first, but once you realize that it is the same frequency of cost as the now retired event tickets, you can see that the value is actually greater. We have PLENTY to unpack here!
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Hosts
Ken Pescatore
Adam Tuttle
Writer and Producer
Ken Pescatore
Executive Producer
Xander
Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons
▾ FOLLOW GAMECHOPS ▾
http://instagram.com/GameChops
http://soundcloud.com/GameChops
Intro Music
Lake Verity (Drum & Bass Remix)
Tetracase
GameChops - Ultraball
http://gamechops.com/ultraball/
https://soundcloud.com/tetracase
https://soundcloud.com/MegaFlare0
Break Music
National Park
Mikel & GameChops
GameChops - Poké & Chill
https://twitter.com/mikel_beats
Outro Music
Vast Poni Canyon
CG5 & GlitchxCity (Future Bass Remix)
GameChops - Ultraball
http://gamechops.com/ultraball/
http://soundcloud.com/cg5-beats
https://soundcloud.com/glitchxcity
Pokémon And All Respective Names are Trademark and © of Nintendo 1996-2025 Pokémon GO is Trademark and © of Niantic, Inc.Lured Up and the Pokémon Professor Network are not affiliated with Niantic Inc., The Pokémon Company, Game Freak or Nintendo.
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13 March 2026, 2:44 pm - 1 hour 1 minuteGO TOURist Trap
Lured Up Podcast 385 GO Tourist Trap
Live Streamed on - 3/3/2026
Publish Date - 3/5/2026
The last week of gameplay has been some of the best Raiding the game has seen. With multiple chases and backgrounds, this week was either a collectors best dream or worst nightmare. One thing was for certain, and that was how both the Road to Kalos and the GO Tour itself were set up to accommodate spending. We both had a different approach to the event, but we both felt the pressure of spending throughout.
March is shaping up to have some great events. Blogs have been released covering the next three weeks of gameplay. This comes after last week’s March Content Update felt very light on info. The 30th Anniversary Event brings an ambitious amount of Pokémon to the gameboard, with plenty of availability for Legendaries. After the anniversary event we get a one-two punch from the Pokopia Celebration Event and the Bug Out! The schedule may be structured, but it hasn’t slowed down at all.
Details for each of the IRL GO Fest events has been released and Mewtwo and Zeroara are leading the charge. The event will switch up the habitat style for this event, and even offers a stand alone city experience ticket. If the Early Bird ticket sales are any indication, this year’s GO Fest is going to be sold out across the board.
We end the show with a discussion about how the Road to Kalos trained us to be prepared to spend, only to be followed up with an even bigger weekend of Raiding. We discussed the Scopely Effect last week, and we think this may be another side of that coin. It looks like a future “Global” events could be increasingly more demanding on our wallets!
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Hosts
Ken Pescatore
Adam Tuttle
Writer and Producer
Ken Pescatore
Executive Producer
Xander
Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons
▾ FOLLOW GAMECHOPS ▾
http://instagram.com/GameChops
http://soundcloud.com/GameChops
Intro Music
Lake Verity (Drum & Bass Remix)
Tetracase
GameChops - Ultraball
http://gamechops.com/ultraball/
https://soundcloud.com/tetracase
https://soundcloud.com/MegaFlare0
Break Music
National Park
Mikel & GameChops
GameChops - Poké & Chill
https://twitter.com/mikel_beats
Outro Music
Vast Poni Canyon
CG5 & GlitchxCity (Future Bass Remix)
GameChops - Ultraball
http://gamechops.com/ultraball/
http://soundcloud.com/cg5-beats
https://soundcloud.com/glitchxcity
Pokémon And All Respective Names are Trademark and © of Nintendo 1996-2026 Pokémon GO is Trademark and © of Niantic, Inc.Lured Up and the Pokémon Professor Network are not affiliated with Niantic Inc., The Pokémon Company, Game Freak or Nintendo.
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6 March 2026, 11:00 am - 54 minutes 7 secondsThe Scopely Effect
Lured Up Podcast 384 - The Scopely Effect
Live Streamed on -2/24/26
Publish Date - 2/27/26
Happy Pokémon Day! This episode is releasing on a very important day, and we hope everyone has an excellent time. Niantic has given us an incredible amount of information, not just about events, but about the new Season and some significant changes that are coming!
We start with a recap of the last week of gameplay including The Lunar New Year Event and the kickoff to the Road to Kalos. If you have been feeling like things have been building towards something, you have been feeling correctly. We will be seeing major changes to event and scheduling structures, a move away from event tickets to GO Passes, and some fun QOL updates like the ability to catch evolved form Shinies in the wild.
Memories In Motion will be the potential dawn of a new era, with all of the announcements kicking off with the start of the new season. ITL Kalos Tour gave us a preview of the new Mega System. Link Charges have caused a stir online, however we feel strongly that they are a massive win for Trainers as a no cost option to Raid.
The March Content Update has been met with mixed reviews. Niantic’s new strategy seems to give us even less news than before, which was already a sore spot. With the top secret debut of Mega Dragonite, it does feel good to be pleasantly surprised.This all feels very calculated, and we will keep a close eye on it over the Season.
Our final discussion takes a macro look at the upcoming changes. For better or worse, the Scopely Effect is beginning to take shape. Is the Community ready to embrace the change, or will they form a resistance? Time will tell, and we are exceptionally here for it all.
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Hosts
Ken Pescatore
Adam Tuttle
Writer and Producer
Ken Pescatore
Executive Producer
Xander
Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons
▾ FOLLOW GAMECHOPS ▾
http://instagram.com/GameChops
http://soundcloud.com/GameChops
Intro Music
Lake Verity (Drum & Bass Remix)
Tetracase
GameChops - Ultraball
http://gamechops.com/ultraball/
https://soundcloud.com/tetracase
https://soundcloud.com/MegaFlare0
Break Music
National Park
Mikel & GameChops
GameChops - Poké & Chill
https://twitter.com/mikel_beats
Outro Music
Vast Poni Canyon
CG5 & GlitchxCity (Future Bass Remix)
GameChops - Ultraball
http://gamechops.com/ultraball/
http://soundcloud.com/cg5-beats
https://soundcloud.com/glitchxcity
Pokémon And All Respective Names are Trademark and © of Nintendo 1996-2025 Pokémon GO is Trademark and © of Niantic, Inc.Lured Up and the Pokémon Professor Network are not affiliated with Niantic Inc., The Pokémon Company, Game Freak or Nintendo.
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27 February 2026, 12:19 pm - 58 minutes 55 secondsThe Long Way
Lured Up Podcast 383 - The Long Way
Live Streamed on - 2/17/2026
Publish Date - 2/20/2026
The love in the air is starting to disperse, but not before we recap the Valentine’s Day event and our Raid and Max Battle double-feature over the weekend.After SerAmanda’s voicemail last week discussed how were to get just a single Spinda encounter (or so we thought), we were all pleasantly surprised that we had Spinda galore. It opens a great conversation about how harsh the community can be when if comes to Niantic sharing info, and how it actually feels really good when they can pull off a surprise. Therian Anamorus and GMAX Meowth kept us busy and spending money, even though Furfrou and Luvdisc tried to take the spotlight. It was an interesting weekend of activity, but one that brought the community together twice, which is never a bad thing.
The Lunar New Year event runs through Saturday and gives us all a chance at Shiny Gimmighoul and a whole lotta luck when it comes to gifting and trading. Kalos Tour IRL is taking place this weekend and we have additional info on the event and a little bit of new info for Global. Ken and Adam will both be out on the grind during Kalos Tour, so make sure you stop to say hi if you see them!
GO Battle League has been completely rebuilt from the ground up and this could be the update that the Battlers have been demanding for years. I think we should all put in some time behind the wheel before jumping to conclusions, however the early sentiment seems to be that some of the long standing issues with the system have been addressed. Let’s check back in on this during next week’s episode!
Finally we have a fun discussion about how spending time on the toilet can be a great catalyst for gameplay. We run down our top 5 things to do while we are on the toilet! Make sure you contact us to share your toilet habits! We want to hear from you!
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Grab some merch: https://crowdmade.com/collections/professornetwork
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Hosts
Ken Pescatore
Adam Tuttle
Writer and Producer
Ken Pescatore
Executive Producer
Xander
Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons
▾ FOLLOW GAMECHOPS ▾
http://instagram.com/GameChops
http://soundcloud.com/GameChops
Intro Music
Lake Verity (Drum & Bass Remix)
Tetracase
GameChops - Ultraball
http://gamechops.com/ultraball/
https://soundcloud.com/tetracase
https://soundcloud.com/MegaFlare0
Break Music
National Park
Mikel & GameChops
GameChops - Poké & Chill
https://twitter.com/mikel_beats
Outro Music
Vast Poni Canyon
CG5 & GlitchxCity (Future Bass Remix)
GameChops - Ultraball
http://gamechops.com/ultraball/
http://soundcloud.com/cg5-beats
https://soundcloud.com/glitchxcity
Pokémon And All Respective Names are Trademark and © of Nintendo 1996-2025 Pokémon GO is Trademark and © of Niantic, Inc.Lured Up and the Pokémon Professor Network are not affiliated with Niantic Inc., The Pokémon Company, Game Freak or Nintendo.
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20 February 2026, 11:00 am - 1 hour 8 minutesWe Love This Game
Lured Up Podcast 382: We Love This Game
Live Streamed on - 2/9/26
Publish Date - 2/13/26
Love is in the air during the Valentine’s Day Event! We start by recapping the last week of gameplay and how Oricorio Catch Mastery overlapped with the Carnival of Flamigo. This type of double event format gave Trainers flexibility over the day to play when they could, without creating FOMO. Let’s hope that this is something they do again in the coming seasons.
Valentine’s Day weekend brings us Raids and Gigantamax Battles as we take on Therian Enamorus and GMAX Meowth. Taking a look at GO Hub and Pokebattler, we put together some parties to take them on, with some usual suspects and some unique Pokémon making appearances. Between event tickets and consumables, this will likely be an expensive weekend for the hardcore.
We had an update that no one asked for, but many are happy is here, with GO Snapshot getting a significant update. Partnering with Pokémon’s 30th Anniversary campaign, “What’s Your Favorite” looks to create some social buzz by having Trainers share pictures of themselves with their favorite Pokémon. The interface is easy to navigate and the features are pretty cool so we recommend giving it a try!
Niantic will be hosting Community Celebrations across the globe including in Washington D.C.! Ken will be attending so if you plan on being there, send us a message! He will be giving out codes and stickers throughout the event!
Our final discussion is a recap of some critically important settings and features that you may not even know about! Did you know that there are two different ways that the game measures walking distance? Do you know if you are running at 30Hz or 120Hz refresh rate? We hope you can find something to take away from our discussion and start using today!
Therian Enamorus Battle Party GO Hub
Therian Enamorus Battle Party Pokebattler
GMAX Meowth Battle Party GO Hub
GMAX Meowth Battle Party Pokebattler
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Hosts
Ken Pescatore
Adam Tuttle
Writer and Producer
Ken Pescatore
Executive Producer
Xander
Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons
▾ FOLLOW GAMECHOPS ▾
http://instagram.com/GameChops
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Intro Music
Lake Verity (Drum & Bass Remix)
Tetracase
GameChops - Ultraball
http://gamechops.com/ultraball/
https://soundcloud.com/tetracase
https://soundcloud.com/MegaFlare0
Break Music
National Park
Mikel & GameChops
GameChops - Poké & Chill
https://twitter.com/mikel_beats
Outro Music
Vast Poni Canyon
CG5 & GlitchxCity (Future Bass Remix)
GameChops - Ultraball
http://gamechops.com/ultraball/
http://soundcloud.com/cg5-beats
https://soundcloud.com/glitchxcity
Pokémon And All Respective Names are Trademark and © of Nintendo 1996-2026 Pokémon GO is Trademark and © of Niantic, Inc.Lured Up and the Pokémon Professor Network are not affiliated with Niantic Inc., The Pokémon Company, Game Freak or Nintendo.
#pokemon #pokemongo #podcast
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13 February 2026, 11:00 am - 55 minutes 26 secondsThree Flamigos
Lured Up Podcast 381: Three Flamigos
Live Streamed on - 2/3/2026
Publish Date - 2/6/2026
Last weekend brought us a double header with Vulpix Community Day and DMAX Ho-Oh Max Battle Weekend. This weekend brings Carnival of Flamigo and Oricorio Catch Mastery. Double dipping may be the best way to get the most out of the game. With next season’s Saturdays being blocked out, we think it safe to assume there will be some weekends with overlapping events.
We have two annual events making their return this month with Valentine’s Day and Lunar New Year. Adam thinks that with Enamorous and Luvdisc not being in the announcement, that there will be more info coming. Lunar New Year will be your next chance for Shiny Gimmighoul, which will likely lead the charge of the event.
It’s been a while since we last visited Reddit to find some interesting Pokémon GO posts. We picked some of our favorites and enjoy the sweet vibe of Reddit and how it is so different from X. We look back to the old avatar aesthetic, the Meowth Balloon, and hear two great stories from the community.
Finally we wrap up with a discussion on game-work-life balance and how we are currently approaching the topic. We share what we are doing right and wrong in the daily battle to find balance. We also want to hear from you! What are you succeeding or failing at when it comes to balance in your life?
Community Day: Vulpix & Alolan Vulpix
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Hosts
Ken Pescatore
Adam Tuttle
Writer and Producer
Ken Pescatore
Executive Producer
Xander
Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons
▾ FOLLOW GAMECHOPS ▾
http://instagram.com/GameChops
http://soundcloud.com/GameChops
Intro Music
Lake Verity (Drum & Bass Remix)
Tetracase
GameChops - Ultraball
http://gamechops.com/ultraball/
https://soundcloud.com/tetracase
https://soundcloud.com/MegaFlare0
Break Music
National Park
Mikel & GameChops
GameChops - Poké & Chill
https://twitter.com/mikel_beats
Outro Music
Vast Poni Canyon
CG5 & GlitchxCity (Future Bass Remix)
GameChops - Ultraball
http://gamechops.com/ultraball/
http://soundcloud.com/cg5-beats
https://soundcloud.com/glitchxcity
Pokémon And All Respective Names are Trademark and © of Nintendo 1996-2025 Pokémon GO is Trademark and © of Niantic, Inc.Lured Up and the Pokémon Professor Network are not affiliated with Niantic Inc., The Pokémon Company, Game Freak or Nintendo.
#pokemon #pokemongo #podcast
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6 February 2026, 11:00 am - 1 hour 6 minutesDaily Routine
Lured Up Podcast 380: Daily Routine
Live Streamed on - 1/28/26
Publish Date - 1/30/26
This week was packed with gameplay as we saw Precious Pals get Taken Over, Shadow Raikou Raid Day and Into The Depths! These events delivered a diverse menu of gameplay styles, with Raiding, Shiny Hunting, Routes and more. This weekend brings us Dynamax Ho-Oh, which may be hit or miss with Communities and might require more coordination than usual to get Trainers together. You will however, have a relaxed pace with many hours of the day available to track down Ho-Oh.
Next week looks even stronger with Carnival of Flamigo kicking off on Tuesday and stretching out over Oricorio Catch Mastery Day. This will make grinding next Saturday a fantastic time to play so block out your time now! The Road to Kalos event is just ludicrous with how much it has going on. Plenty of costumes and backgrounds will make this either a collector’s dream or worst nightmare.
Wayfarer had some big updates this week with the release of their official map! Wayfinders will no longer have to use third party tools or work with outdated maps. With the forums blowing up over it, I think Wayfarer may have a winner on their hands with the Community. We also saw the expansion of Niantic’s Street Corner experiment to all 50 US states and the forums are melting down about it. We hope this will make underdeveloped/populated gameboards receive some POI that don’t have to follow criteria that would normally make them ineligible.
Finally, we wrap up with a conversation about daily gameplay routines, and how they can bring some consistency and efficiency to your play. We discuss our morning, afternoon, and evening routines and how it impacts what we do. From inventory maintenance to gifting strategies, developing loops for your tasks can help you stay focused and on task. That is until you accidentally forget to do it, making the entire day’s progress a bust. Let us know what you do in this game, day in - day out!
GO Hub: Street Corner PokéStops
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Hosts
Ken Pescatore
Adam Tuttle
Writer and Producer
Ken Pescatore
Executive Producer
Xander
Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons
▾ FOLLOW GAMECHOPS ▾
http://instagram.com/GameChops
http://soundcloud.com/GameChops
Intro Music
Lake Verity (Drum & Bass Remix)
Tetracase
GameChops - Ultraball
http://gamechops.com/ultraball/
https://soundcloud.com/tetracase
https://soundcloud.com/MegaFlare0
Break Music
National Park
Mikel & GameChops
GameChops - Poké & Chill
https://twitter.com/mikel_beats
Outro Music
Vast Poni Canyon
CG5 & GlitchxCity (Future Bass Remix)
GameChops - Ultraball
http://gamechops.com/ultraball/
http://soundcloud.com/cg5-beats
https://soundcloud.com/glitchxcity
Pokémon And All Respective Names are Trademark and © of Nintendo 1996-2025 Pokémon GO is Trademark and © of Niantic, Inc.Lured Up and the Pokémon Professor Network are not affiliated with Niantic Inc., The Pokémon Company, Game Freak or Nintendo.
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30 January 2026, 12:48 pm - 1 hour 5 minutesSolo Leveling
Lured Up Podcast 379 - Solo Leveling
Live Streamed on - 1/21/2026
Publish Date - 1/23/2026
New week, new show! January is chugging a long after an active week of gameplay. High Zaptitude, Grookey Community Day, and the start of Precious Pals has kept us busy over the last few days. With the Taken Over portion of Precious Pals landing this weekend, we will see a ton of activity in-game as it overlaps with Shadow Raikou Raid Day. This week gave us a little bit of everything, and we are loving it.
Into the Depths is coming up with the release of Flimmet, however its Evolution, Glimmora is nowhere to be found. Will we see more Megas from Legaends Z-A being announced? With the announcement of Mega Victreebel and Mega Malimar being added to GO Tour: Kalos, it appears so. Let’s hope the Mega meta continues to develop in a positive way, while allowing the game to stretch its legs and release things over time.
Our Save the Dates for next season are here, and what we are already seeing is event EVERY Saturday. We speculate on what this sudden structuring of events could mean, and how it blocks gameplay from those that work on Saturdays. With event announcements rolling out leading to and after the Seasonal announcement, we could see the most packed event calendar yet.
We dig into the listener mailbag with a voicemail, text and email. From new listeners to great ideas to feel good stories, the mailbag delivered big this week. After the mail, we discuss how different group sizes and gameboard environments have a dramatic impact on gameplay. We touch on Solo grinding, car grinding, and small and large scale Campfire events. There is no wrong way to play this game, and we want to hear from you. Hit us up and let us know your favorite ways to play the game. We also ask, is there any difference from how you WISH you can play the game vs how you ACTUALLY play the game? Let us know!
Dynamax Ho-Oh Max Battle Weekend
Mega Victreebel and Mega Malamar
Community Day: Vulpix & Alolan Vulpix
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Hosts
Ken Pescatore
Adam Tuttle
Writer and Producer
Ken Pescatore
Executive Producer
Xander
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Break Music
National Park
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Outro Music
Vast Poni Canyon
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23 January 2026, 11:00 am - 1 hour 5 minutesWhere Is The Challenge?
Lured Up Podcast 378
Live Streamed on - 1/12/2026
Publish Date - 1/15/2026
This week didn’t finish too strong with some Trainers in the Community. While Pinch Perfect and its rotating Timed Research was a blast, Kyurem Fusion Raid Day left a bad taste in some Trainers’ mouths. The inclusion of Reshiram and Zekrom in the Raid rotation hurt Trainers with less developed gameboards, as some reports saying that all the Raids in some rotations were not White or Black Kyurem, making the event fall flat until the opportunity arises to try it again during the next rotation. Adam brought up a great idea of putting Fusion Energy in Field Research for defeating Reshiram or Zekrom.
This week brings High Zaptitude and a double release. Wattrel and Shiny Tadbulb make their debut during the event, giving two different Pokémon to chase that are available in different ways. You’ll have to work to unlock Wattrel, as it is a Level 2 Reward of a Global Challenge, which confused some Trainers that didn’t read the fine print. In all, this is a solid double header and a fun Electric event.
Precious Pals and Precious Pals Taken Over will keep us busy in the week ahead, with Giovanni bringing Shadow Incarnate Forme Thundurus. We also have boosted Shinies for catching Goldeen, and hatching Espurr or Fidough. Make sure you remember to TM away Frustration before the event ends!
Weekly Challenges added matchmaking and a bigger invite list this week. With the leveling grind being so popular, Weekly Challenges are a great way to fast track to Forever Friends. The Challenges themselves however, pose little to no actual challenge for moderate to hardcore Trainers. We spitball some ideas of how this mechanic can be developed to provide a tougher challenge while targeting Trainers of different skill and dedication levels.
Finally we drop our top 5 gameplay loop lists and talk it through. From the Friendship Grind to Adam’s Max Battle obsession, we dig into what keeps us engaged with the game and coming back for more.
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Grab some merch: https://crowdmade.com/collections/professornetwork
Connect with us on multiple platforms! https://linktr.ee/PokemonProfessorNetwork
Hosts
Ken Pescatore
Adam Tuttle
Writer and Producer
Ken Pescatore
Executive Producer
Xander
Show music provided by GameChops and licensed through Creative Commons
▾ FOLLOW GAMECHOPS ▾
http://instagram.com/GameChops
http://soundcloud.com/GameChops
Intro Music
Lake Verity (Drum & Bass Remix)
Tetracase
GameChops - Ultraball
http://gamechops.com/ultraball/
https://soundcloud.com/tetracase
https://soundcloud.com/MegaFlare0
Break Music
National Park
Mikel & GameChops
GameChops - Poké & Chill
https://twitter.com/mikel_beats
Outro Music
Vast Poni Canyon
CG5 & GlitchxCity (Future Bass Remix)
GameChops - Ultraball
http://gamechops.com/ultraball/
http://soundcloud.com/cg5-beats
https://soundcloud.com/glitchxcity
Pokémon And All Respective Names are Trademark and © of Nintendo 1996-2025 Pokémon GO is Trademark and © of Niantic, Inc.Lured Up and the Pokémon Professor Network are not affiliated with Niantic Inc., The Pokémon Company, Game Freak or Nintendo.
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