Direct Upgrade

About Direct Upgrade

Join Patrick, Derek, and Mak in Direct Upgrade, a comedic variety podcast where we’ll discuss pretty much anything....as long as it’s interesting! We discuss video games, tabletop gaming, fantasy novels, pop culture, fitness, tech, and more!

Publisher

Direct Upgrade with Derek, Mak, and Patrick

Category

arts · comedy · leisure

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

5 Mar 2024

Latest episode

7 May 2026

Latest episodes

68 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 May 2026

   Episode 70: How to Get Advice - Blackout Edition

   Join us for this interesting episode where we discuss how to judge good advice from bad, and what you can do to get advice! And then the power blacked out.....

2. 

   23 Mar 2026

   Episode 69: Guess Who's BACK!?!?

   Wow we've got to catch up!!! We jump ahead a few episodes (and 8 months) and explain our hiatus - don't worry, more content to come!!!

3. 

   14 Aug 2025

   Episode 65: Explain Like I'm Five

   The boys talk about how they would explain difficult concepts in life to a child...and how would ChatGPT do it?

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

3.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

4.4 / 5

14 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 35 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

50

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

50

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.