The Ides of March

<audio controls="controls"><source src="https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/pokeproblemspodcast/PokeProblemsPodcast211.mp3" type="audio/mpeg"></source><embed height="80px" width="100px"></embed></audio><br/><br />Episode 211: the easy-going two hundred and eleventh episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Today, we talk news! <br /><br /> In Pokémon GO, today (March 14) is an <a href="https://pokemongolive.com/post/incenseday-psychic-steel-beldum/?hl=en" target="_blank">Incense Day event featuring Beldum</a> and other Psychic- and Steel-type Pokémon. A collaboration has been finalized between <a href="https://pokemongolive.com/post/pcg-professor-willow/?hl=en" target="_blank">Pokémon GO and the Pokémon Trading Card Game</a>! See Professor Willow on a card this summer! Pokemon Go honors the 10th memorial of the Great East Japan Earthquake with the <a href="https://pokemongolive.com/post/tohoku2021/?hl=en" target="_blank">Rediscovering Memories and Local Business in Tohoku</a> program. A new program is coming where you can I<a href="https://pokemongolive.com/post/referrals-launch/?hl=en" target="_blank">nvite your friends to enjoy Pokémon GO</a> and earn rewards together! And... the big news of this week is the upcoming <a href="https://pokemongolive.com/post/chargeup-2021/?hl=en" target="_blank">Charge Up!</a> event, starting March 16! <a href="https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Tynamo_%28Pok%C3%A9mon%29" target="_blank">Tynamo</a>, Mega Manectric, and Therian Forme Thundurus come roaring in for their Pokemon Go debut! <br /><br /> In Pokémon Sword & Pokémon Shield, claim your <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/more-pokemon-sword-and-shield-freebies-available-last-chance/1100-6488284/" target="_blank">Armorite & Dynamite ore by Sunday night</a> for celebrating 876,000 Pikachu defeated in MAX Raid battles. And don't forget to visit GameStop and Rock Out with <a href="https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/visit-gamestop-and-rock-out-with-shiny-toxtricity-in-pokemon-sword-and-pokemon-shield/" target="_bl