The Heat Factory is back! We audit regional champion and regional manager AJ Schumacher. We learn more about the man behind all the tournaments in Ohio. Break out your calculators and call your accountants, we dive into the good old days and possibly breaking fire code at an Arbys.

Hunter Butler’s grandma is confirmed cooler than yours, and there’s nothing you can do about that. What you can do is listen to Hunter talk about how he got into Pokemon, what most players could to improve and get the Stones.

Hunter also talks about his coaching and gives me some advice. He talks about how the Stones came about. He just generally wows.

with music by Marzie and Machine Learner (https://soundcloud.com/marzipan-kitten)

and Col Friday (https://youtu.be/4W5SiYsPD1c)

We finish our interview with Andrew Mahone while he discusses his Tricky Gym, how he quit a promising career as a teacher to stream Pokemon, and, of course, what he orders at McDonald's 

Intro music in this episode is the track "Signal for Safe Passage" by Marzie & Machine Learner: https://soundcloud.com/marzipan-kitten.

Outro music in this episode is the track "Hack" by Col Friday: https://youtu.be/4W5SiYsPD1c

This episode produced by Owen Robinson and Rob Stephens. 

We meet and talk with a Pokemon Gym Leader. The master of the Tricky Gym, Andrew Mahone, sits with the Heat Factory and talks about the good old days of Pokemon, Skateboarding, influential people and inventing a broken deck. Andrew had so much to talk about this is just PART 1. Part 2 coming soon!

Owen Rob & Professor Dr. Rob take a pod to reflect on their first season and talk about some exciting preview for Season 1.

Owen and Rob discuss the pros and cons of buying singles vs. buying sealed product for the Pokemon TCG. And a special surprise after the episode -- Rob reveals the contents of a booster box he opened. Featuring music by Machine Learner and Marzie.

Kiernan Wagner joins us to talk about the origins of Team Gas, what a scholar of Pokemon TCG is, and some hot takes on the current expanded meta. With music by Marzie and Machine Learner.

Owen Rob and Professor Dr. Rob Stephens, PhD discuss their favorite recent rogue decks as well as rogue decks they've played at major tournaments or created. They then talk about the ingredients for a successful rogue deck, why you should try everything, and what metas are good for such decks. With music by Marzie and Machine Learner.

Owen Rob and Rob S. make predictions on what decks they think will top 8, what players they think will top 8, and what the heck Frank Percic is up to.