Ingress Insights: An Ingress Podcast

The 53rd episode of Ingress Insights, recorded on 19th October 2024 and released on 20th October 2024.

In this episode, we look back at Halloween events, find out there's a Wayfarer Challenge soon and investigate a mysterious message sent to TheAuraStorm13 by Ingress Support.

Show Notes

• ⁠Wayfarer Challenge soon - Listen to Wayspotters for more in-depth look/discussion
• Can you get a badge removed?
• Refresh Glyph
• Speed Glyph
• Pokémon GO coin gift cards, where are the CMU ones?

Feature - Looking back at Halloween

• 2015 - #HackorTreat
• 2016 - 2019 - Nothing
• 2020 - Trek or Treat & 2020 Halloween Medal
• 2021 - Event & 2021 Halloween Medal
• 2022 - No event, purchase the 2020 & 2021 Halloween Medals
• 2023 - Dark XM Klue
• 2024 - ???

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The second episode of Ingress Insights! This is an Ingress podcast hosted by PkmnTrainerJ, recorded on October 30th 2023 and released on 1st November 2023.

This episode discusses breaking news about Wayfarer, previously known as OPR/Operation Portal Recon.

Show Links

• Niantic Wayfarer
• New Onboarding & Review Flow at Wayfarer Community Forums (link no longer active)
• Ready to review? Key changes (link no longer active)
• Onboarding feedback (link no longer active)
• New onboarding and review flow discussion (link no longer active)

New Wayfarer Videos

• Welcome to Niantic Wayfarer
• Niantic Wayfarer Interface Overview
• Reviewing in Niantic Wayfarer

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Join PkmnTrainerJ in the latest +Theta, Ingress and Wayfarer news for the +Theta Anomaly Season. What awaits at the end of the 2025 seasons?

This is the 95th episode of Ingress Insights, as well as Season 3 - Episode 20, and was recorded on 9th May 2025 and released on 11th May 2025.

Sponsors

• ⁠XP Brew⁠

Show Notes

• ⁠⁠⁠⁠+Theta Global Op⁠⁠ ends
• ⁠⁠⁠AMER Skirmish locations
• Perth and Chemnitz light up
• +Theta paid badges fully revealed
• Ingress support removed from desktop? (Also it takes 14 business days?)
• App updated
• Server issues
• Spatial and Scopely FAQs
• Is Recon the name for Ingress' new Wayfarer system?
• Is sync of new Portals broken?
• No it isn't, confirms NianticTintino, it isn't but it is now a manual process

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The 41st episode of Ingress Insights! This is an Ingress podcast hosted by PkmnTrainerJ, recorded and released on 21st July 2024

You can listen for an interview with Splend1dGamer, a new global event for L8 week as well as details on the playboxes for the Q3 Anomalies.

Show Notes

• Playbox for Hakodate
• Playbox for Rotterdam
• More round things to buy
• Operation “Pursue. Human. Potential | Evolution. Unbound”
• Ingress Support pages updated
• App update
• TOS updates
• Looking back at "The Future of Ingress"
• Who wins the mini-battle?
• Brian gets thwarted by Microsoft

Feature

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Song Featured

• Ben Walker - You're No-one If You're Not On Twitter - ⁠⁠⁠Download here⁠⁠⁠ (Please note: Song was cut to take sections, and is used under⁠⁠⁠ Creative Commons License.⁠⁠⁠ This podcast claims no ownership over the song.)

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Welcome to the +Alpha Anomaly Season, as well as Season 3 of the Podcast!

This is a bonus episode, explaining what a Covert Cache is, and what you should do if you get one!

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