EXP. Share

By Josh Fjelstad, Tanner Greenring

What's EXP. Share about?

Two longtime friends and Pokémon fans play every generation of Pokémon game, gym by gym. Now playing Pokémon: Scarlet & Violet.

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EXP. Share episodes:

06.11.2024
Alfornada Gym, Montenevera Gym, Glaseado Gym, and Team Star Fighting Crew (#212)
In an attempt to get our adventurers' levels back on the... well, level, we take on the final three Paldean gyms and the final Team Star Base. One valiant knight faces some tough battles, while a less valiant traveler follows...
06.04.2024
Cascarrafa Gym, Medali Gym, and Gimmighoul Grab (Ft. Greg Leatherman) #211
On the road outside Cascarrafa, Don Joey & Esteban Humano encounter Lysander Lux, a traveling merchant with exquisite taste in fashion, Pokémon, and ruthless capitalism. The trio descends upon the Water and Normal gyms, in particular finding a kindred spirit...
05.28.2024
Quaking Earth Titan, False Dragon Titan, Team Star Poison Crew, Team Star Fairy Crew (#210)
Don Joey & Esteban Humano return from their gap year to return their dragon motorcycles to their former glory, and rid Paldea of (most of) the notorious Team Star. They find that the land has been overrun with discordantly leveled...
05.21.2024
The Teal Mask DLC, Pt. II: Crystal Pool, Finding and Fighting the Loyal Three, Fighting and Capturing Ogerpon (#209)
It's a, a guy hunt! Our heroes find themselves caught in a Challengers type of situation, caught between Kieran & Ogerpon, and in order to resolve that tension we must take on the "Loyal"/"Lousy" Three. Traversing Kitakami leads Don Joey...
05.14.2024
The Teal Mask DLC, Pt. I: First Signpost, Second Signpost, Dreaded Den, The Mask Festival, Third Signpost (#208)
Hola—or rather, konnichiwa! Don Joey & Esteban Humano are taking the next semester (aka two episodes) to complete a study abroad program over on Kitakami. As soon as they make landfall, they meet their home stay frenemy Carmine, and boyfriend,...
05.07.2024
Team Star Dark Crew, Team Star Fire Crew, Lurking Steel Titan, Levincia Gym (#207)
Our noble/ignoble adventurers sally forth into unexplored, ambiguously named lands such as the East Province (Area Two), and meet some pretty interesting new characters. Like Clive, who definitely is not Professor Clavell, who is also certainly not Mr. Walksabout. Esteban...
04.30.2024
Open Sky Titan and Artazon Gym (#206)
Don Joey & Esteban Humano head west (young man) and find a land full of soaring wind turbines and very upsetting birds. Then, they swing east to critique an artist's life work (terrible) before taking him on in the gym,...
04.23.2024
[Pokémon Scarlet/Violet] Prologue, Stony Cliff Titan, Cortondo Gym (#205)
We and our characters haven't quite mastered "Paldean" yet, but please join us as we all sally forth to find what adventures this mysterious land holds. Will it be a P-Iwannadie-a or a Palslaya? You'll have to listen to find...
04.02.2024
Pokémon Unite: Part II (Ft. Greg Leatherman) #204
We're joined by Greg Leatherman this week, who told us he was inspired to pick up Pokémon Unite for the first time after he heard our first episode featuring Bree van Durr and Chef Greenring. He fell in love with...
03.19.2024
A Palworld Playthrough Podcast (#203)
Well, we've played pretty much all the Pokémon games out there so it's about time we gave something else a shot. That's right, EXP. Share is a Palworld playthrough podcast now*. Your favorite podcast titans tried out winter 2023's hottest...
03.05.2024
[PL:A] The Plates of Firespit Island, Moonview Arena, Snowpoint Temple, and Everywhere Else (Ft. Dr. Michael LeVine) #202
What are the odds that Josh Fjelstad, Brooklyn podcaster, would be friends with a renowned slug scientist, who studied at KNOWN medical school, Cornell University and studied THINGS including SLUGS once? Pretty low, honesty, but here we are. We’re joined...
02.20.2024
[PL:A] "The Researcher of Myths," "The Plate of Prelude Beach," and "The Plate of the Lakes" (#201)
We weren't given Waterfall so this isn't really a waterfalls episode, but it's got that feel, doesn't it? With Palkia and Dialga safely behind balls Soren and Doug are largely left to their own devices, which gives Doug plenty of...
02.13.2024
[PL:A] “Atop Mount Coronet" and "The Counterpart” (#200)
I guess, uh… I guess we’re done here, folks. Honestly, kinda came out of nowhere but seasons over and show is over and our souls are locked in old Hisui forever thanks to the actions of Doug Farmer and Soren....
02.06.2024
[PL:A] "Disaster Looming," "The Trial of Lake Verity," "The Trial of Lake Acuity," and "The Trial of Lake Valor" (#199)
After quelling the final Frenzied Noble, we think we'll be hailed as heroes and Doug Farmer & Soren will get statues in their honor erected across the land. Instead all hell breaks loose, the simulation breaks, and immediately Commander Kamado...
01.30.2024
[PL:A] “The Slumbering Lord of the Tundra” (#198)
We’ve got one more frenzied beast to quell, and whoo doggy is she a big one. But first we have a whole long checklist to take care of including tracking down some mythical beasts with the help of some light...
01.23.2024
[PL:A] "Scaling Perilous Heights" (Ft. Erica Hyman) #197
A Bug Pioneer joins us on the journey through HI-SU-IIIII, hailing from another strange, exotic, and faraway shore: Jersey. You can probably figure out where she wormholed in from. Fortunately, she's here just in time to take down the Frenzied...
01.16.2024
[PL:A] "The Lordless Island" (#196)
Welcome to the Cobalt Coastlands, Bug Pioneers. There's plenty of East Sea Shellos to go around, so grab a Leaden Ball, hop on your Basculegion, and enter bullet time—we've got some slugs to hunt. Our problematic faves, the Miss Fortune...
01.09.2024
[PL:A] "Arezu's Predicament" (#195)
Doug Farmer and Soren may not know how they got to old Hisui, but they certainly know what they're doing now that they're there, and what they're doing isn't very nice. Members of the Survey Corps live by the 3...
01.02.2024
[Pokémon Legends: Arceus] "In An Unfamiliar Land" to "The Frenzy of the Lord of the Woods" (#194)
It's a new year and it's a brand-new game (to them) neither of the boys has ever touched—a truly open world, unknown & unexplored new land called Hisui. Except wait it does seem to have some striking similarities to the...
12.19.2023
Pokémon Unite: Part I (#193)
Welcome to the lawless Aeos Islands, where the rich come to get richer, younger, and more beautiful as the poor and destitute of the Pokéworld grind it out in the brawling pits, harvesting rare Aeos energy to power the ruling...
12.05.2023
Route 223, Victory Road, Elite Four, & Chasing Waterfalls (#192)
The #GrimSeason comes to its end. Will Crystal Ball & Shadow Josh suffer any further losses at the Pokémon League? Will either one play through all the postgame, or simply give up? Join us as we finish BDSP and share...
11.28.2023
Lake Acuity, Team Galactic HQ, Mt. Coronet, Route 222, Sunyshore City, Sunyshore Gym (#191)
What a leg! Really, so much happened this week, there’s almost not enough time to cover it all, and there’s certainly no room to get into all the specifics here in the episode description. These things have a character limit,...
11.14.2023
Lake Valor, Lake Verity, Route 211, Mt. Coronet, Routes 216-217, Snowpoint City, Snowpoint Gym (#190)
Crystal Ball foresees a long trek ahead, and her soothsaying powers once again do not disappoint. She and Shadow Josh spend some time at the Canalave Library hoping to beef up on the Legendary Gulpin Egg—or so they thought. Instead,...
11.07.2023
Fuego Ironworks, Iron Island, Route 218, Canalave City, Canalave Gym (#189)
We decided to get out ahead of some pretty labored metaphors while we’re paying our quarterly taxes and getting out ahead of our waterfalls this season, you know, like a Basculin swimming upstream. Okay, now that I’m seeing it written...
10.31.2023
Route 210, Celestic Town, Hearthome Gym (#188)
After a particularly dark chapter in the #GrimSeason last week, our heroes/antiheroes are blessed with a short and relatively painless jaunt. That's thanks to Cynthia, who comes out of nowhere with "Secret Medicine" that takes care of the Psyduck blockade...
10.24.2023
Route 214, Route 213, Route 212, Pastoria City, Pastoria Gym (#187)
Crystal Ball chose to take the road less traveled this week by bee-lining down the Valor Lakefront and right into the hungry battlefields of the Seven Stars Restaurant. Shadow Josh, on the other hand, stuck to the rivers and lakes...
10.17.2023
Route 206, Wayward Cave, Routes 207-208, Hearthome City, Route 209, Solaceon Town, Route 210, Route 215, Veilstone City, Veilstone Gym (#186)
Traversing like a fifth of the map this early on in a Nuzlocke is no small feat, and regrettably some small feet on someone's team didn't make it through the other side of Mt. Coronet pass. But, we didn't let...
10.10.2023
Route 204, Ravaged Path, Floaroma Town, Valley Windworks, Route 205, Eterna Forest, Grand Underground, Eterna City, Eterna Gym (#185)
Some of us tried our best but we STILL didn’t succeed this week, but that’s okay, because we’re taking the long view as we look ahead to, well, a very easy gym in Eterna City. The road was a little...
10.03.2023
[Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl] Twinleaf Town, Route 201, Sandgem Town, Route 202, Jubilife City, Route 203, Oreburgh City, Oreburgh Gym (#184)
Welcome to the Grim Season. Not only have we dragged ourselves back to Sinnoh for 2021's kawaii/chibi/uwu overhaul, but we've decided to doubly punish ourselves with another take on the Nuzlocke: SOUL LINK! Meet our twisted new avatars for the...
09.12.2023
New Pokémon Snap (#183)
Hi, it’s us, Todd Snap. (Not the hunk, a different one.) We didn’t want to leave you all high and dry for three weeks so we met up to play through the new Pokémon Snap! Then we had a few...
09.05.2023
The Crown Tundra: Legendary Clue #2, Legendary Clue #3, Galarian Star Tournament (#182)
In the season 8A (that's right, we're calling it now) finale, our podcast titans recount their trials and travails conquering the Crown Tundra; attempts to land that hot date with Miss Honey; the hideous Legendaries they fought in Dynamax Adventures;...
08.29.2023
The Crown Tundra: Dynamax Adventures and Legendary Clue #1 (#181)
This week we downloaded some content from the eShop to continue our journeys for the hefty sum of $29.99 American, but you know what they say: do it for the Vine. And we’re glad we did, because we love this...
08.22.2023
Isle of Armor: Three Trials, Tower of Darkness, Tower of Waters (#180)
Wellington Smithsmith & Drew England make landfall on the Armor of Isle—sorry, that is, the Isle of Armor. They're immediately accosted by a couple of escaped circus freaks, who inadvertently introduce them to the locals' warriors path. Along with several...
08.15.2023
Chasing Waterfalls in the Galar Region (#179)
It’s that time of the season once more are we set aside our goals and ambitions and finally just wander around the Galar region aimlessly just trying to find stuff we missed during our playthrough. We promise, it’s much more...
08.08.2023
Wyndon Stadium, Rose Tower, Postwick, Slumbering Weald, Hammerlocke, Energy Plant, Championship (#178)
30+ hours into the game, it appears that Pokémon Company finally remembered that they needed to have some bad guys in this game. So they crammed both the criminal syndicate and corporate overlord into one big, confusing plot that involves...
08.01.2023
Hammerlocke, Hammerlocke Gym, Route 10, Wyndon (#177)
A brief leg this week that we’ve bulked up with plenty of Wild Area shenanigans and by playing ahead to Wyndon JUST A LITTLE BIT. But you’ll be glad we did, because there was PLENTY to take care of this...
07.25.2023
Route 9, Spikemuth, Spikemuth Gym (#176)
It's been a generation or two, but eventually the water routes come for us all. Fortunately, this time we have the aid of a beleaguered doctor who mysteriously controls all of the bike technology in Galar, and he's upgraded our...
07.18.2023
Route 7, Route 8, Circhester, Circhester Gym(s) (#175)
Lock up your Hot-Mom-loving spouses and loved ones this week—at least, if you’re playing Shield, because Circhester (pronounced see-sir-shrrr-sr) Gym has plenty to go around! You ever just start writing a sentence just to see where it goes? We're as...
07.11.2023
Glimwood Tangle, Ballonlea, Ballonlea Gym (#174)
Tough week for Drew England as we check in on all the various Wild Area competitions, but can he redeem himself in a head-to-head battle with Smithsmith’s team of titans? To find out, you'll have to follow us through the...
06.27.2023
Hammerlocke, Route 6, Stow-on-Side, Stow-on-Side Gym (#173)
Drew England spends some time chilling in the Wild Area, and Wellington Smithsmith recruits a new entrepreneur there after learning about another one of Chairman Rose's sham companies while touring Hammerlocke. Josh reveals a provocative new theory about Galar's Two...
06.21.2023
Galar Mine 2, Motostoke Outskirts, Motostoke Gym, Return to Wild Area (#172)
Drew & Wellington push on this week into new ventures and new areas as they finish what they now know was essentially the opening tutorial sequence. With just Kabu left to stop them, a pitiful Fire-type gym leader, it’s only...
06.13.2023
Route 5, Hulbury, Hulbury Gym (#171)
The route was short and yet, it was still full of terrors. Or maybe that's just the bit when we tried to figure out how to battle each other online for the first time. You be the judge, but please...
06.06.2023
Route 3, Galar Mine 1, Route 4, Turffield, Turffield Gym (Ft. Greg Leatherman) #170
We’re joined by Greg Leatherman this week, aka Madison Sinclair, who is busy, busy, busy building the most fabulous team of “Pokémon Drag Race” stars. Meanwhile, Drew England and Wellington Smithsmith are just trying to make it to Turffield so...
05.30.2023
[Pokémon Sword/Shield] Postwick, Slumbering Weald, Route 1, Wedgehurst, Route 2, Wild Area, Motostoke (#169)
‘Ello guv! Welcome to a new season of EXP. Share on an all-new system, in an all-new region, and on a lovely emerald isle (close enough) FILLED with all-new Barfies and Sweeties. Join wealthy industrialist Wellington Smithsmith and New England...
05.09.2023
Route 23, Victory Road, Indigo Plateau, Elite Four, Cerulean Cave (Ft. David Sims) #168
Season 7B/C draws to a close, even if maybe everyone participating in it didn't quite make it to the finish line. We've cleared the runway for David Sims, aka GringusD, to join us again after a brief hiatus to talk...
05.02.2023
Route 21, Pallet Town, Viridian Gym (#167)
This long and storied saga is finally drawing to a close. It was months in the making, but we’ve finally pushed through and all it took was some light penis trauma along the way. We are, of course, referring to...
04.25.2023
Route 19, Seafoam Islands, Route 20, Cinnabar Island, Pokémon Mansion, Cinnabar Gym (Ft. Daniel Golson) #166
Apparently seeking to clean up a Saffron City that's rotten to the core, Dorito Doug decides to burn it to the ground. After making such a move that's clearly not on-brand for Doritos, he's forced to cool his heels down...
04.18.2023
Power Plant, Saffron City, Fighting Dojo, Silph Co., Saffron Gym (#165)
Look forward to some, frankly, phoned-in eulogies because Dorito Doug lost a ‘mon none of you had even MET yet and Caprica-Six can’t manage to keep the ‘mon she lost this week alive even if the fate of the entire...
04.11.2023
Pokémon Tower, Routes 12-15, Fuchsia City, GO Park, Fuchsia Gym (#164)
First, the Rules Court convenes once again to look at the eligibility of our request for rerolls last week. To resolve the issues with Josh's Favorite Pokémon Is Mewtwo clause, we're joined by @asteroidera, aka Kel, who was the first...
04.05.2023
Route 11, Diglett’s Cave, Route 9, Rock Tunnel, Route 10, Lavender Town, Routes 7-8, Team Rocket Hideout, Celedon Gym (#163)
The leg was long and our legs are tired. Yours must be too, traveler. Take a seat and rest your weary body. We’ll get you a warm meal and a cold drink. Just sit back and enjoy a wonderful evening...

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EXP. Share episodes:

Alfornada Gym, Montenevera Gym, Glaseado Gym, and Team Star Fighting Crew (#212)

Cascarrafa Gym, Medali Gym, and Gimmighoul Grab (Ft. Greg Leatherman) #211

Quaking Earth Titan, False Dragon Titan, Team Star Poison Crew, Team Star Fairy Crew (#210)

The Teal Mask DLC, Pt. II: Crystal Pool, Finding and Fighting the Loyal Three, Fighting and Capturing Ogerpon (#209)

The Teal Mask DLC, Pt. I: First Signpost, Second Signpost, Dreaded Den, The Mask Festival, Third Signpost (#208)

Team Star Dark Crew, Team Star Fire Crew, Lurking Steel Titan, Levincia Gym (#207)

Open Sky Titan and Artazon Gym (#206)

[Pokémon Scarlet/Violet] Prologue, Stony Cliff Titan, Cortondo Gym (#205)

Pokémon Unite: Part II (Ft. Greg Leatherman) #204

A Palworld Playthrough Podcast (#203)

[PL:A] The Plates of Firespit Island, Moonview Arena, Snowpoint Temple, and Everywhere Else (Ft. Dr. Michael LeVine) #202

[PL:A] "The Researcher of Myths," "The Plate of Prelude Beach," and "The Plate of the Lakes" (#201)

[PL:A] “Atop Mount Coronet" and "The Counterpart” (#200)

[PL:A] "Disaster Looming," "The Trial of Lake Verity," "The Trial of Lake Acuity," and "The Trial of Lake Valor" (#199)

[PL:A] “The Slumbering Lord of the Tundra” (#198)

[PL:A] "Scaling Perilous Heights" (Ft. Erica Hyman) #197

[PL:A] "The Lordless Island" (#196)

[PL:A] "Arezu's Predicament" (#195)

[Pokémon Legends: Arceus] "In An Unfamiliar Land" to "The Frenzy of the Lord of the Woods" (#194)

Pokémon Unite: Part I (#193)

Route 223, Victory Road, Elite Four, & Chasing Waterfalls (#192)

Lake Acuity, Team Galactic HQ, Mt. Coronet, Route 222, Sunyshore City, Sunyshore Gym (#191)

Lake Valor, Lake Verity, Route 211, Mt. Coronet, Routes 216-217, Snowpoint City, Snowpoint Gym (#190)

Fuego Ironworks, Iron Island, Route 218, Canalave City, Canalave Gym (#189)

Route 210, Celestic Town, Hearthome Gym (#188)

Route 214, Route 213, Route 212, Pastoria City, Pastoria Gym (#187)

Route 206, Wayward Cave, Routes 207-208, Hearthome City, Route 209, Solaceon Town, Route 210, Route 215, Veilstone City, Veilstone Gym (#186)

Route 204, Ravaged Path, Floaroma Town, Valley Windworks, Route 205, Eterna Forest, Grand Underground, Eterna City, Eterna Gym (#185)

[Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl] Twinleaf Town, Route 201, Sandgem Town, Route 202, Jubilife City, Route 203, Oreburgh City, Oreburgh Gym (#184)

New Pokémon Snap (#183)

The Crown Tundra: Legendary Clue #2, Legendary Clue #3, Galarian Star Tournament (#182)

The Crown Tundra: Dynamax Adventures and Legendary Clue #1 (#181)

Isle of Armor: Three Trials, Tower of Darkness, Tower of Waters (#180)

Chasing Waterfalls in the Galar Region (#179)

Wyndon Stadium, Rose Tower, Postwick, Slumbering Weald, Hammerlocke, Energy Plant, Championship (#178)

Hammerlocke, Hammerlocke Gym, Route 10, Wyndon (#177)

Route 9, Spikemuth, Spikemuth Gym (#176)

Route 7, Route 8, Circhester, Circhester Gym(s) (#175)

Glimwood Tangle, Ballonlea, Ballonlea Gym (#174)

Hammerlocke, Route 6, Stow-on-Side, Stow-on-Side Gym (#173)

Galar Mine 2, Motostoke Outskirts, Motostoke Gym, Return to Wild Area (#172)

Route 5, Hulbury, Hulbury Gym (#171)

Route 3, Galar Mine 1, Route 4, Turffield, Turffield Gym (Ft. Greg Leatherman) #170

[Pokémon Sword/Shield] Postwick, Slumbering Weald, Route 1, Wedgehurst, Route 2, Wild Area, Motostoke (#169)

Route 23, Victory Road, Indigo Plateau, Elite Four, Cerulean Cave (Ft. David Sims) #168

Route 21, Pallet Town, Viridian Gym (#167)

Route 19, Seafoam Islands, Route 20, Cinnabar Island, Pokémon Mansion, Cinnabar Gym (Ft. Daniel Golson) #166

Power Plant, Saffron City, Fighting Dojo, Silph Co., Saffron Gym (#165)

Pokémon Tower, Routes 12-15, Fuchsia City, GO Park, Fuchsia Gym (#164)

Route 11, Diglett’s Cave, Route 9, Rock Tunnel, Route 10, Lavender Town, Routes 7-8, Team Rocket Hideout, Celedon Gym (#163)

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