The Grinding Gear Podcast

Garrett, Kyle

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Booking Overview

A weekly video-game and pop-culture show that’s built around personalities who play deeply—plus occasional roundtables—so guests can share process, playstyle, and fandom expertise. PR value comes from reaching engaged gaming audiences while also having guests discuss craft (e.g., production/behind-the-scenes) and community culture.

Metrics

Episodes: 300

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 41.6k subscribers

Contact Information

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Host

Garrett - Co-host of The Grinding Gear Podcast. The show positions Garrett as a podcast veteran who, with Kyle, covers games and pop culture and shares what they personally are playing.

Kyle - Co-host of The Grinding Gear Podcast. The show frames Kyle as a podcast veteran who, with Garrett, covers games and pop culture and shares what they personally are playing.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
People with strong gaming fandom expertise and/or creator credibility tied to specific communities (e.g., anime voice acting, Pokémon challenge communities like Nuzlockes, and game/FFXIV solo-content creators with demonstrable production or development backgrounds).
Required Achievements:  
Published/credited creative work in anime (voice acting), Recognized community expertise in specific playstyles (e.g., Nuzlockes), Notable long-form gaming projects/series (e.g., solo MMO goals), Background in game development or production

Recent Guest Discussions

Joshua Waters - Witch Hat Atelier Discussion Focused On The Anime; Voice-acting Perspective Implied By Credit.

Girl_DM - Witch Hat Atelier And Anime-season Discussion (with No Spoilers Beyond The Show’s Point).

Pint - Witch Hat Atelier And Anime-season Discussion (plus Shared Manga Familiarity).

JoCat! - Nuzlockes—rules And Upcoming Soul Silver / Heart Gold Adventure; Randomized Soul Link Planning.

Rath Games - Solo Everything In Ffxiv; Behind-the-scenes Look At What It Took To Make The Solo Journey Come To Life.

Recent Topics

Gaming, Anime, Voice Acting, Game Development, Mmorpg

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Grinding Gear Podcast
:

Witch Yap Atelier w/ Pint, Girl_DM_, & Joshua Waters | The Grinding Gear Podcast #165

June 24, 2026

A special roundtable gathers to discuss the absolute cinema of the anime seasons: Witch Hat Atelier. We are joined by returning guest Pint, new guest Girl_DM, and surprise guest: the English voice actor of Qifrey, Joshua Waters. Sit back, draw a real nice circle and join us for a chat about this wonderful show. (There will be no spoilers past the point of the show, though several of us have read the manga and many allude, dance around or share excitement for the future. Supportourbroma...

Nuzlocke Stunlocked w/ Jocat! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #164

June 17, 2026

We sit down with Pokemaster JoCat to learn a thing to or about the wild world of Nuzlockes! JoCat is fresh off their own Pokemon Journey and shares all the required rules for our upcoming Soul Silver / Heart Gold adventure. But It doesn't stop there: Garrett and Kyle have built the tech to take this adventure to the next level. Our upcoming Soul Link adventure will be also Randomized. Jocat has a few tips and house rules that might elevate some pressure, but it's going to be an uphill b...

Solo Everything w/ Rath Games! | The Grinding Gear Podcast #163

June 10, 2026

FFXIV is a game where one character can do it all, where you can quest along side friends and build a community to join you in your journey: Rath Games took that personally. Garrett and Kyle sit down with the man who has set out on the wild adventure to defeat Endwalker by himself. No damage is too great, no check to impossible for Solo Only. From his favorite MMOs to his background in Game Development, to the video production process, Rath gives us a behind the scene look at what it ha...

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