Chazingdra Chats with DustyGogoat - Hidden Power Podcast Host/Producer & Content Creator

2025-03-26

#6Pokemon1LifeStory This week Chazingdra Chats does a CROSSOVER with Hidden Power Podcast! Check out my appearance on HPP here, talking Gen 10, Pokémon Champions & the future of battles: https://youtu.be/7L3YV55gsGI "A world in my pocket". That's the beautiful way DustyGogoat aka Liam Ouellette saw his Pokémon Game Boy games, and it's a world he learned to embrace anew after shying away from it as he grew up: owning our passions gives us strength. Nowadays Liam hosts & produces Hidden Power Podcast a...

#6Pokemon1LifeStory

This week Chazingdra Chats does a CROSSOVER with Hidden Power Podcast! Check out my appearance on HPP here, talking Gen 10, Pokémon Champions & the future of battles: https://youtu.be/7L3YV55gsGI

"A world in my pocket". That's the beautiful way DustyGogoat aka Liam Ouellette saw his Pokémon Game Boy games, and it's a world he learned to embrace anew after shying away from it as he grew up: owning our passions gives us strength. Nowadays Liam hosts & produces Hidden Power Podcast as an outlet for that passion for Pokémon - discover the fascinating story behind what led him to where he is now, and as always the 6 Pokémon most special him over the years that he would choose for his Dream Team. His enthusiasm's infectious - let Liam & I #MakeYourDayMerry !

Want to get to know Liam even better? Head to my Patreon for his Rapidash Round: 15 or so minutes of bonus quickfire questions he hasn't prepared for! What would his Hidden Power type be? What about any hidden talents? What advice would he give to aspiring podcasters? What was the very first Shiny Liam ever encountered? Answers to all these and many more lie in store: let the merriment continue! https://www.patreon.com/Chazingdra

Catch Hidden Power Podcast for Pokémon news, analysis & speculation as well as DustyGogoat's own content!
https://www.youtube.com/@HiddenPowerPodcast

https://www.youtube.com/@DustyGogoat

And my name's Charlie Merriman - Merri by name, merry by nature - a pleasure to meet you! I'm a host & commentator for the Pokémon Video Game Championships Series and a content creator. You can find me as @Chazingdra on YouTube, X, BlueSky, Instagram & TikTok - I stream Pokémon games *Tues-Thurs 5:45pm GMT* both competitively & casually including Shiny hunting, vlog events I cast, make comedy skits and loads more! Come join in the merriment!
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And you can follow the podcast itself on X too @ChazingdraChats:
https://twitter.com/ChazingdraChats

If you enjoyed, do give the show a rating & review and let me know in the comments - it would be lovely to hear from you & it really helps! You can also watch the episode on YouTube (link above), where you can see Liam's Dream Team Pokémon and share in the smiles! Leave a comment over there too - I'd love to know your thoughts on what Liam has shared with us, and what your own Dream Team would be... And plenty more episodes where this one came from, so enjoy - *don't miss my chat with WOLFE GLICK for the 50th episode, dropping NEXT WEEK!* Any feedback you have and any suggestions for guests, feel free to get in touch - chazingdra@gmail.com

And why not join the friendly Merrifolk? Become a member of my Discord community Chazingdra's Chocolate Factory here - if you enjoy all the treats that the Pokémon video games have to offer, competitive or casual, then it's the place for you. It would be a pleasure to welcome you :) https://discord.com/invite/f2ssjED4ke

(N.B. Music for the show coming VERY soon!)

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Welcome!
04:11 Childhood: "A world in my pocket"
12:26 Liam's 1st Dream Team Pokémon
17:19 High School: "Isn't that what Pokémon's about?"
27:38 Liam's 2nd Dream Team Pokémon
29:50 College: "XY and our lives are over"
37:44 Liam's 3rd Dream Team Pokémon
41:09 Jobs: "Go start a YouTube channel"
51:10 Liam's 4th Dream Team Pokémon
53:45 Career: "It's so freeing"
1:03:11 Liam's 5th Dream Team Pokémon
1:06:50 Present Day: "Demonstrating Discipline"
1:09:49 Liam's 6th Dream Team Pokémon
1:11:37 Liam's Complete Dream Team & Partner Pokémon
1:13:13 If Liam were a Pokémon, what would he be?
1:14:26 Community Questions for Liam
1:22:48 What's next for Liam?
1:25:53 What advice would Liam give his younger self?
1:29:17 Liam's Rapidash Round Teaser
1:30:13 Get involved and see you next time!