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Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should old acquaintance be forgot, much like this show assumes we forgot about our old friends Yugi Muto and Joey Wheeler? Join us for our first episode of 2019, where we encounter a brief mystery in the show’s opener, talk about our New Year’s celebrations, and make some Very Very Good recommendations.

Later, we talk about Pegasus’s proclivities, HitClips, failed McDonald’s branding experiments, and the WORST EDITING CHOICE THIS SHOW HAS EVER MADE. Eventually, we round out the episode with a decent summary, a lackluster cliffhanger, and a pitch for a new PBS show. Yes, we really do all of that.

Will we ever get an explanation of Joey’s accent? Will the “men” in the room ever listen to Tea? Will Pegasus ever learn to differentiate between his internal and external monologues?!

You can get in touch with us on Twitter and Instagram @yampod, email us at [email protected], and leave us a review on iTunes!

Twas the night before Duelmas,

and all through the kingdom,

not a pod was to be cast,

(okay, maybe just one).

Our Top Five lists were placed

by our microphones with care,

in the hopes that St. Kaiba

soon would be there!

Jimmy has coffee,

whilst Tyler drinks stout,

you should listen to this episode,

to hear what it’s about!

The holiday season is upon us! In this first of two special holiday bonus episodes, we’re bringing you a long-awaited entry from Yu-Gi-Oh’s fabled “Season 0”: Explosion! The Ultimate Secret Yo-Yo Technique! Listen in as Tyler rants about his favorite music of all time, Jimmy dishes out the best one-liners we’ve had yet, and we kick back and ring in the holidays with what has quickly become one of our favorite episodes of television.

Next week, we’ll be counting down our Top Five Cards of 2018, looking back at the year and covering all of our favorite cards that we’ve talked about so far. Then, we’ll pit them against each other to determine which card reigned supreme in 2018!

As part of our search for the best card of the year, we want you to write to us! Tell us about any cards that have really stuck out to you from this year’s episodes, either from the show itself, or our random card of the week, or any other bullshit that comes out of our mouths! Anything written to us before this Saturday will be read on the show!

You can get in touch with us on Twitter and Instagram @yampod, email us at [email protected], and leave us a review on iTunes!

Welcome to Wednesdays, duelists! This week, Jimmy and Tyler spend a significant chunk of the intro talking Smash and Sonic, then enter into a duel-heavy episode that we actually liked! Listen in as we discuss the classic “duelist walks into a bar” scenario, friendship symbol tattoos, rampant censorship by 4Kids TV, and Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon. That’s right, we’re going metal.

What makes Keith a “Bandit”? Does Pegasus’ discretion know no bounds? Will anyone ever acknowledge that card-carrying serial killer Bad-kura is in THIS VERY ROOM?

You can get in touch with us on Twitter and Instagram @yampod, email us at [email protected], and leave us a review on iTunes!

We’re back in the multi-part saddle, as Joey prepares to duel everyone’s favorite intercontinental champion: Bandit Keith! Join us as we recommend some fine media content for you, discuss Dual Duel Verification, and make a pitch for Everybody Loves Flame Swordsman. Later, we analyze Joey and Mai’s very real character development, and continue to speculate on whether the rules of Duel Monsters are an oral tradition. Plus, the return of Pepper!

Brief content warning for discussions of American politics and the finality of all things, right up front. If you would rather avoid those things, skip to the 4:45 mark.

Will Bandit Keith ever be promoted to Highwayman Keith? Are we finally done calling Joey a dog? Did Yu-Gi-Oh accidentally stumble upon the formula for prototypical “american" music?

We’re back (for real)! Tyler finally has internet and a proper audio setup, so we’re back in action with a full, real episode for you. Although, in true YAMPod fashion, we royally fouled up the planning on this one. So you get to listen to Jimmy watching this week’s episode in real time. Pobody’s nerfect!

Listen in as we discuss an episode in which Mai continues to be the only competent one in the room, Little Yugi forgets what cards done do, and Big Yugi does it again! Witness the return of Tyler’s England-induced cough (or podcasting curse?), Jimmy’s live read of the episode, and our long overdue (or just long) catching up and talking about our various travels.

Will our podcast be affected by Brexit? Will another competent character rise up to replace Mai? Did Big Yugi literally have that card tucked into his sleeve?

Surprise! We’re back, and we’re bringing you what you’ve all been waiting for: some juicy, juicy fan-fiction. We asked for it, you wrote it, and now Tyler’s going to subject Jimmy to it.

This episode of Fan-Fiction comes to us from friend of the show Garrett! It gets real meta.

We’ll be back next week with our first real episode in over a month!

Heads up, the audio on this one is fun and interesting! Tyler’s flat doesn’t have wifi yet, AND his primary microphone gave up the ghost, so we’re trying something very, very different this week.

Listen in as we discuss repeated words repeating words, Mai’s continued competence, and Little Yugi’s inner struggle against Big Yugi. Plus, a seasonally-appropriate card of the week!

Will we ever figure out our audio issues? Will Yugi let Big Yugi play the children’s card game? What does Joey need the money for, again?

If you thought we struggled with recalling episodes we had just watched, just wait until Tyler tries to remember this episode he watched a week ago! This week, we’re back into the original series for some green-haired Kaiba goodness.

Also, it was said as a joke at first, but we’re serious: Send us your Yu-Gi-Oh! fan-fiction! We’re still figuring out how we’re going to be recording with an ocean between us, so we may be slim on episodes coming up. If you send us a fan-fiction that you’ve written, Tyler will read it as a bonus episode!

Email us at [email protected]

Apologies for the week we missed! As we mention in the episode, Jimmy has been in Australia, and Tyler has been in England this week, going through hell trying to let a flat. But we’re back! This episode was recorded just over a week ago, before any of that happened, and it’s a doozy.

Listen in as we discuss an actually good plot-heavy episode, wherein Tea and Mai are the only competent people. No, seriously, all of the guys are idiots this episode, it’s objective fact. Later, we see some weird Pegasus magic, weirder cult magic, and the weirdest return of Bad-kura!

Is this all just Yugi’s fever dream? Do you think Grandpa’s just been dead this whole time? Will Bakura ever settle on an accent?