Pokémon & League Of Legends Caster SOPHCHAN's Story • Chazingdra Chats: A Pokémon Podcast

Discover the incredible life story & 6 Dream Team Pokémon of Sophchan, from loving to perform as a child to how she navigates her fibromyalgia to being uniquely placed as a bilingual Brazilian esports caster - and how she inspires anyone who doesn't think this industry is for them to chase their dreams.

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🤔 Want to learn more about Soph? Become a YouTube channel member or head to my Patreon for her RAPIDASH ROUND! Bonus quickfire questions she hasn't prepared for... Links below!

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Become a channel member for exclusive perks including bonus videos and support me as a creator: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgdVDcJyZoKX-GSmrMF1yYg/join

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And you can follow the podcast itself on X too @ChazingdraChats: https://twitter.com/ChazingdraChats

👋 My name's Charlie Merriman - Merri by name, merry by nature! My passion for Pokémon has made me a host & commentator for its Video Game Championships Series, and beyond that I love taking on all kinds of challenges & adventures in the games which I stream and make videos about right here on this channel. Come join in!

🎧 More than 90 episodes of the show now available featuring a broad range of people in the Pokémon community including MANDJTV, WOLFE GLICK, AUSTIN JOHN PLAYS & many more - enjoy!

All episodes so far: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0M4tSxPGQg&list=PLwf6eLFz9YAQfrHjSGoMIAE5hflGIkiyV&pp=gAQB0gcJCWMEOCosWNin

Listen on Spotify - 15,000+ audio downloads! https://open.spotify.com/show/5JdoxYzR6lr7DBN0lihdQJ?si=5ee2f7a52fd14c27

We're now in Season 2! Guests: CandyEvie, Jrose11, Bonstevawich, SophChan, PhillyBeatzU, Chi-Chi, Joshua Lorcy, AuraLaur, PKMNcast, Brian David Gilbert

🎥 RELATED EPISODES & CONTENT

UNITE Casters including:

Kelosaurus - https://youtu.be/Bg7HCPg9ZyE

Spragels - https://youtu.be/Pc7DbDaXtHw

VGC Casters including:

Nekkra - https://youtu.be/q2lPhVPcyP4

Gabby Snyder - https://youtu.be/uOUQr5M63_U

Watch my documentary about commentating the epic 2025 Pokémon Europe International Championships here - https://youtu.be/G8ctBWLskoI

Keep up with Sophchan's latest - @SophChanCasts across socials

🕰️ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Welcome!

01:54 Music as a Child & 1st Dream Team Pokémon

12:01 Enjoyment of Explaining as a Teenager

23:00 Soph's 2nd Dream Team Pokémon

24:53 First League Of Legends Gig with Riot Games

32:46 Soph's 3rd Dream Team Pokémon

40:40 K-pop

46:47 Soph's 4th Dream Team Pokémon

48:03 Fibromyalgia Diagnosis

57:30 Soph's 5th Dream Team Pokémon & The Esports Industry

1:07:48 Casting & Hosting the Pokémon World Championships 2025

1:16:57 Soph's 6th Dream Team Pokémon

1:19:50 Soph's Complete Dream Team & Partner Pokémon

1:21:23 If Soph were a Pokémon, what would she be?

1:22:36 What's next for Soph?

1:24:49 What advice would Soph give her younger self?

1:26:41 Soph's Rapidash Round Teaser

1:27:17 Get involved!

🙏  A HUGE thank you to my channel members & patrons at the time of recording for supporting the channel: ashthekarp, Jacrepid, CaseyPKMN, 19TokinToken, pokemontrainermike1, Shad0wFeevke, BroseidonLive, 0megasoul, drifloonsupremacyassociation, wolfganghahn2490, Rich.2288, elliefawnx, KayDeeVGC, BlueVacktor, duckyz_, GymLeader_J, indiepctv, ZiggyVanderhyden, AddiRockART, dmfried858, Infernape Shinjo; Ben Kyriakou, Casey Kort, Possumbreath, Morten Schødts Pedersen, AerialAC

Click on the relevant links above to support me directly and see/hear your name here! Thank you so much either way for listening 🙏 

Music by Tom Hiom

Logo by Lee 'Osirus' Provost

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