<description>&lt;div class="listing__description"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;em&gt;This episode contains an extended conversation about the death of a pet. See the chapters below for time stamps.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;What makes a city good? Is it walkability? A wide variety of dining options? A good chance that while you're on your way to work, you'll bump into between five and seven little creatures, teaming with elemental power? Well if it's that last one, we've got the city for you. Rent may be high, but so are the Pidgeys.   &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Show Notes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Skyehoppers' Pokemon video essays: &lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMrxviAASQM"&gt;Pokémon Black &amp; White Asks the Impossible&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href= "https://youtu.be/yALEg2g_KKY"&gt;Pokémon's Riskiest Game&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/574115/big_raichu.jpg" alt= "" width="1920" height="1080" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;span style= "text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Chapters&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;00:00 Introduction&lt;br /&gt; 00:50 Pokemon Legends: Z-A&lt;br /&gt; 01:16:58 Absolum&lt;br /&gt; 01:46:32 Dealing with Pet Death / Dissociating via Video Games&lt;br /&gt; 02:12:44 More Absolum Talk&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Featuring &lt;a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/austinwalker.bsky.social"&gt;Austin Walker&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/swandre3000.bsky.social"&gt;Andrew Lee Swan&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;em&gt; and &lt;a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/keithjcarberry.contentburger.biz"&gt;Keith Carberry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Produced by Austin Walker&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://formyths.com/"&gt;Cover Art by A Liang Chan&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href="https://notquitereal.bandcamp.com/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Music by Jack de Quidt&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</description>

Side Story

Friends at the Table

15: The Mama Button

OCT 21, 2025156 MIN
Side Story

15: The Mama Button

OCT 21, 2025156 MIN

Description

This episode contains an extended conversation about the death of a pet. See the chapters below for time stamps.

What makes a city good? Is it walkability? A wide variety of dining options? A good chance that while you're on your way to work, you'll bump into between five and seven little creatures, teaming with elemental power? Well if it's that last one, we've got the city for you. Rent may be high, but so are the Pidgeys.

Show Notes

Skyehoppers' Pokemon video essays: Pokémon Black & White Asks the Impossible and Pokémon's Riskiest Game

Chapters

00:00 Introduction 00:50 Pokemon Legends: Z-A 01:16:58 Absolum 01:46:32 Dealing with Pet Death / Dissociating via Video Games 02:12:44 More Absolum Talk

Featuring Austin Walker, Andrew Lee Swan, and Keith Carberry

Produced by Austin Walker

Cover Art by A Liang Chan

Music by Jack de Quidt