On this brand new podcast, Jon and Fin will play through the same game, at the same time, checking in periodically with each other to share their adventures. Each season will feature a brand new game. This season we're playing Pokémon Red & Blue.
This is it! The final gym badge in the Kanto Region, but where is the gym? What secrets await Fin and Jon? Who is the finale gym leader and how hard will they be? As kids can they be the very best and defeat the perils that are in front of them? Find out now!
00:00 - Intro
01:15 - Recap
02:06 - The Hidden Finale
04:18 - The Final Gym Leader
08:23 - Team Rocket Defeated
09:40 - How Fin Would Fix This
12:45 - Rival Battle on Victory Road
18:12 - Getting Ready for the Elite 4
23:48 - The Indigo Plateau
29:47 - Blaine & The Volcano Badge
34:52 - Outro
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5 Aug 2025
Mysteries of Cinnabar
In the quest for the penultimate badge, our duo sets sail for Cinnabar
Island. The Pokémon Lab demonstrates the wonders of modern science by
resurrecting ancient fossils. The great mansion of Cinnabar hold secrets
of earth-shattering magnitude. The eccentric gym leader Blaine tests
our knowledge and our mettle. The World of Pokémon continues to excite
and amaze with each new step of the journey.
00:00 - Intro
01:49 - Recap
02:53 - Seafoam Islands
12:10 - Power Plant
13:38 - Cinnabar Island
14:06 - Pokémon Lab
21:38 - Cinnabar Mansion
23:15 - Mew & Mewtwo
29:13 - Cinnabar Mansion (cont'd.)
36:46 - Blaine & The Volcano Badge
42:13 - We Gotta Talk About Iggy
43:46 - Next Time
44:55 - Outro
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22 Jul 2025
Safari So Good
The Safari Zone of Fuchsia City is a major attraction for our heroes. It
houses many rare Pokémon and with our nuzlocke rules, the oppurtunity
only becomes more alluring. What does fate have in store for Fin and
Jon?
00:00 - Intro
01:16 - Recap
01:49 - Fin's Hot Streak
05:01 - Jon Receives a Gift
06:19 - Our Winding Roads to Fuchsia
10:24 - Cycling Road
16:10 - Fuchsia City
16:44 - Safari Zone
27:00 - Helping the Safari Warden
29:54 - Koga & The Soul Badge
34:38 - Where to now?
35:47 - Checking in on our teams
41:12 - Outro
New episodes of Now To Play release every other Tuesday! Video version is available at YouTube.com/CouchCapades
Check out our other podcasts:
A Side of Popcorn ▶ https://asideofpopcorn.captivate.fm/listen
Couch of Randomness ▶ Live recording Wednesdays at 6 pm Central https://couchofrandomness.captivate.fm/listen
8 Jul 2025
Becoming a Hero
Fin and Jon confront a turf war in Saffron City and Team Rocket's attack on Silph Co, stepping up as heroes amidst the chaos.
10 Jun 2025
Haunted by the Fallen
Hosts Jon and Fin confront the Lavender Tower's haunted Pokémon and Team Rocket's schemes, while also facing the allure of Celadon City's Game Corner in this narrative episode.
27 May 2025
Party on the S.S. Anne
Hosts Jon and Fin recount their Pokémon adventure, highlighting encounters in Vermilion City, the S.S. Anne voyage, and Diglett Cave, leading to a battle for the Thunder Badge.
13 May 2025
Prepare for Trouble
Jon and Fin's adventure takes a dramatic tonal shift as the possibility
of losing one of their beloved Pokémon truly sets in. As they head for
Mt. Moon, Team Rocket reveal themselves. Can our heroes overcome these
dastardly villains. And at what cost...?
00:00 - Intro
00:51 - Quick Recap
01:56 - Route 3
08:00 - Jon re-lives his childhood
09:33 - Mt. Moon
15:08 - Foiling Team Rocket
18:12 - Cerulean City
20:39 - Nugget Bridge
30:09 - Route 25
31:18 - Bill the Pokémaniac
36:46 - Misty & the Cascade Badge
40:42 - Foiling Team Rocket (again)
42:47 - Route 5
43:20 - Next Time
43:57 - Fin wants to trade
47:25 - Outro
48:03 - Epilogue
New episodes of Now To Play release every other Tuesday! Video version is available at YouTube.com/CouchCapades
Check out our other podcasts:
A Side of Popcorn ▶ https://asideofpopcorn.captivate.fm/listen
Couch of Randomness ▶ Live recording Wednesdays at 6 pm Central https://couchofrandomness.captivate.fm/listen
29 Apr 2025
Welcome to the World of Pokémon
On this brand new podcast, Jon and Fin will play through the same game,
at the same time, checking in periodically with each other to share
their adventures. Each season will feature a brand new game. This season
we're playing Pokémon Red & Blue.
First released in the west in 1998, these classic Game Boy RPGs laid the
groundwork for what would become the highest grossing media franchise
of all time. Our two heroes must choose their starters and set off on a
journey through the fantastical region of Kanto. They must tread
carefully though, as the newly imposed nuzlocke rule set means there is
no room for error. Can these two make it all the way to the Indigo
League and become Pokémon Champion? Their journey starts here!
00:00 - Intro
01:04 - Fin's Pokémon Credentials
01:44 - Jon's Pokémon Credentials
03:09 - Nuzlocke Rules
05:43 - Welcome to the World of Pokémon
11:29 - Choose Your Starter
17:39 - Gotta Catch 'em All?
27:06 - Battling our Rivals
28:17 - Viridian Forest
32:04 - Evolution is a Mystery
37:22 - Brock & The Boulder Badge
43:49 - Next Time on Now To Play
New episodes of Now To Play release every other Tuesday! Video version is available at YouTube.com/CouchCapades
Check out our other podcasts:
A Side of Popcorn ▶ https://asideofpopcorn.captivate.fm/listen
Couch of Randomness ▶ Live recording Wednesdays at 6 pm Central https://couchofrandomness.captivate.fm/listen
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