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The Starting Zone: The World of Warcraft Podcast!

The Starting Zone is The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players! Hosted by Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas, it includes content for players of all skill and experience levels. So whether you enjoy World of Warcraft raiding, PvP, or are rolling a toon for the very first time, we think you’ll really enjoy The Starting Zone: The World of Warcraft Podcast! The show started in 2009 with co-hosts Jesse Kobayashi and Mick Montgomery sharing helpful tips on how to play World of Warcraft. The show was very popular in its first year cracking the top 20 iTunes podcasts for World of Warcraft while also being featured in the New and Notable section upon its debut! Currently The Starting Zone is the top World of Warcraft podcasts on iTunes and enjoying its largest subscription rate to date!
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Episode #555: Dragonflight Season One! 0
Dec 13, 2022

Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players!

This week Spencer Downey, Jason Lucas discuss Dragonflight Season One, Mythic BoE's, 50% more Classic Experience, The Trading Post and everything going on around Azeroth and The Dragon Isles!
Episode #555: Dragonflight Season One! is ready for Download!

What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft!

You can find us on Discord at The Starting Zone or email us at TheStartingZone@Gmail.com
Have you heard about our Patreon? It’s a great way to support the show and goes towards making more content for you! Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/thestartingzone
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Episode #554: Week One of Dragonflight! 0
Dec 7, 2022

Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players!

This week Spencer Downey, Jason Lucas discuss Dragonflight Week One and everything going on around Azeroth and The Dragon Isles!
Episode #554: Week One of Dragonflight! is ready for Download!

What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft!

Profession quests… weeklies?
PvP Quest
Arena Skirmishes
PvP Brawl - Deep Six

You can find us on Discord at The Starting Zone or email us at TheStartingZone@Gmail.com
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Episode #553: Dragonflight Launch with Sloot! 0
Nov 27, 2022

Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players!

This week Spencer Downey, Jason Lucas and Sloot discuss Dragonflight Launch and everything going on around Azeroth and The Dragon Isles!
Episode #553: Dragonflight Launch with Sloot! is ready for Download!

What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft!

You can find us on Discord at The Starting Zone or email us at TheStartingZone@Gmail.com
Have you heard about our Patreon? It’s a great way to support the show and goes towards making more content for you! Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/thestartingzone
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Episode #552: The Last week in Shadowlands! 0
Nov 22, 2022

Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players!

This week Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss Blizzard and Net Ease Suspending Game Services, Master Loot, Hotfixes and everything else going on around Azeroth and Shadowlands!
Episode #552: The Last week in Shadowlands! is ready for Download!

What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft!

You can find us on Discord at The Starting Zone or email us at TheStartingZone@Gmail.com
Have you heard about our Patreon? It’s a great way to support the show and goes towards making more content for you! Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/thestartingzone
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Episode #551: The Evoker Arrives! 0
Nov 15, 2022

Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players!

This week Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss the Phase 2 of Prepatch, Variety Show Ep 2, Twitch Drops, Hotfixes and everything else going on around Azeroth and Shadowlands!
Episode #551: The Evoker Arrives! is ready for Download!

What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft!

You can find us on Discord at The Starting Zone or email us at TheStartingZone@Gmail.com
Have you heard about our Patreon? It’s a great way to support the show and goes towards making more content for you! Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/thestartingzone
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Episode #550: Shuffling Tanks! 0
Nov 8, 2022

Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players!

This week Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss the WoW Anniversary Event, Winds of Wisdom Ending, PvP with the Blues, Hotfixes and everything else going on around Azeroth and Shadowlands!
Episode #550: Shuffling Tanks! is ready for Download!

What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft!

You can find us on Discord at The Starting Zone or email us at TheStartingZone@Gmail.com
Have you heard about our Patreon? It’s a great way to support the show and goes towards making more content for you! Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/thestartingzone
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Episode #549: Twitch Drops for TCG Rewards! 0
Nov 1, 2022

Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players!

This week Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss the WoW Art Contest, Upcoming WoW Anniversary, 12-month sub rewards, Hotfixes and everything else going on around Azeroth and Shadowlands!
Episode #549: Twitch Drops for TCG Rewards! is ready for Download!

What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft!

You can find us on Discord at The Starting Zone or email us at TheStartingZone@Gmail.com
Have you heard about our Patreon? It’s a great way to support the show and goes towards making more content for you! Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/thestartingzone
Looking for to grab some great TSZ merch? Look no further than here!
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Episode #548: PrePatch One! 0
Oct 26, 2022

Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players!

This week Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss PrePatch Launch, Mage Tower Downtime, Dragonflight Legacies, Hotfixes and everything else going on around Azeroth and Shadowlands!
Episode #548: PrePatch One! is ready for Download!

What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft!

You can find us on Discord at The Starting Zone or email us at TheStartingZone@Gmail.com
Have you heard about our Patreon? It’s a great way to support the show and goes towards making more content for you! Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/thestartingzone
Looking for to grab some great TSZ merch? Look no further than here!
We’ve got the shirts, hoodies, mugs, pillows even stickers you want!

Episode #547: Last Week of Season 4! 0
Oct 18, 2022

Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players!

This week Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss the ending of Season 4, Shadowlands Set Bonuses going away, Pre-Patch Launch Date, Hotfixes and everything else going on around Azeroth and Shadowlands!
Episode #547: Last Week of Season 4! is ready for Download!

What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft!

You can find us on Discord at The Starting Zone or email us at TheStartingZone@Gmail.com
Have you heard about our Patreon? It’s a great way to support the show and goes towards making more content for you! Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/thestartingzone
Looking for to grab some great TSZ merch? Look no further than here!
We’ve got the shirts, hoodies, mugs, pillows even stickers you want!

Episode #546: October Patron Q&A! 0
Oct 15, 2022

Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players!

On this episode Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas find out what's on the TSZ patrons minds with the October 2022 Patron Q&A!

Episode #546: October Patron Q&A! is ready for Download!

This month we asked our Patrons "Favorite Dragonflight/why?" and "What’s on your end-of-expansion checklist?"

  • Excluding events like holidays, DMF, and stuff you two covered a couple episodes ago, what are your recommendations for readily available content that falls under the "you must see or do this at least once" category?
  • What is in your opinion something in WoW that is highly underrated or underused?
  • What is your add on philosophy heading into DF? Will the UI changes let you drop some you currently use?
  • First Raid of a new expansion, how do you approach getting ready for and progressing, compared to the 2nd or 3rd raid?
  • What are your expectations for this expansion, and do they differ from other expansions, especially regarding the removal of borrowed power in regard to gearing?
  • Favorite pizza toppings?
  • with all the updates and news of DF, and with y’all having played the beta, how likely do you think it is that Dragonflight will be received generally positively by the community?
  • We've had expansions where we get less content than expected, and expansions where content was very consistent until the long tail. What would be your sweet spot?
  • I want to know what you guys do to avoid burnout after the expansion has been out for a couple of months?
Trying to reach the show? You can find us on Discord at The Starting Zone or email us at TheStartingZone@Gmail.com
Have you heard about our Patreon? It’s a great way to support the show and goes towards making more content for you! Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/thestartingzone
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Episode #545: Beta Giveaway! 0
Oct 11, 2022

Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players!

This week Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss M+ in Dragonflight, Season 4 Ending Soon, Wrath Esports, Hotfixes and everything else going on around Azeroth and Shadowlands!
Episode #545: Beta Giveaway! is ready for Download!

What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft!

You can find us on Discord at The Starting Zone or email us at TheStartingZone@Gmail.com
Have you heard about our Patreon? It’s a great way to support the show and goes towards making more content for you! Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/thestartingzone
Looking for to grab some great TSZ merch? Look no further than here!
We’ve got the shirts, hoodies, mugs, pillows even stickers you want!

Episode #544: Dragonflight Nov 28! 0
Oct 4, 2022

Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players!

This week Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss Dragonflight Lauch Date, Group Loot, Raid iLevel Revamp, Hotfixes and everything else going on around Azeroth and Shadowlands!
Episode #544: Dragonflight Nov 28! is ready for Download!

What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft!

You can find us on Discord at The Starting Zone or email us at TheStartingZone@Gmail.com
Have you heard about our Patreon? It’s a great way to support the show and goes towards making more content for you! Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/thestartingzone
Looking for to grab some great TSZ merch? Look no further than here!
We’ve got the shirts, hoodies, mugs, pillows even stickers you want!

Episode #543: Wrath Classic Launch! 0
Sep 25, 2022

Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players!

This week Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss the launch of Wrath Classic with Josh Corbett, Dragonflight Updates, Raid Testing, Hotfixes and everything else going on around Azeroth and Shadowlands!
Episode #543: Wrath Classic Launch! is ready for Download!

What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft!

You can find us on Discord at The Starting Zone or email us at TheStartingZone@Gmail.com
Have you heard about our Patreon? It’s a great way to support the show and goes towards making more content for you! Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/thestartingzone
Looking for to grab some great TSZ merch? Look no further than here!
We’ve got the shirts, hoodies, mugs, pillows even stickers you want!
Episode #542: To do's before Dragonflight! 0
Sep 20, 2022

Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players!

This week Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss the things you may want to complete before they go away in Dragonflight, Hotfixes and everything else going on around Azeroth and Shadowlands!
Episode #542: To do's before Dragonflight! is ready for Download!

What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft!

You can find us on Discord at The Starting Zone or email us at TheStartingZone@Gmail.com
Have you heard about our Patreon? It’s a great way to support the show and goes towards making more content for you! Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/thestartingzone
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We’ve got the shirts, hoodies, mugs, pillows even stickers you want!

 

Episode #541: More Fated with your Fated? 0
Sep 13, 2022

Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players!

On this weeks episode, Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss optional additional fated powers in raid, Mount for Classic Experience, Classic Server Status, Hotfixes and everything else going on around Azeroth and Shadowlands!
Episode #541: More Fated with your Fated? is ready for Download!

What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft!

You can find us on Discord at The Starting Zone or email us at TheStartingZone@Gmail.com
Have you heard about our Patreon? It’s a great way to support the show and goes towards making more content for you! Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/thestartingzone
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The Xy'mox Charity Shuffle! 0
Sep 6, 2022

Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players!

On this weeks episode, Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss Raid team collapse, Dragonflight Beta, Dragonflight UI Revamps, Hotfixes and everything else going on around Azeroth and Shadowlands!

Episode #540: The Xy'mox Charity Shuffle! is ready for Download!

What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft!

You can find us on Discord at The Starting Zone or email us at TheStartingZone@Gmail.com
Have you heard about our Patreon? It’s a great way to support the show and goes towards making more content for you! Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/thestartingzone
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We’ve got the shirts, hoodies, mugs, pillows even stickers you want!

Episode #539: Lowering Lower Karazhan! 0
Aug 30, 2022

Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players!

On this weeks episode, Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss Dragonriding Talents, Wrath Pre-Patch Event, Trial of Style, Hotfixes and everything else going on around Azeroth and Shadowlands!
Episode #539: Lowering Lower Karazhan! is ready for Download!

What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft!

You can find us on Discord at The Starting Zone or email us at TheStartingZone@Gmail.com
Have you heard about our Patreon? It’s a great way to support the show and goes towards making more content for you! Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/thestartingzone
Looking for to grab some great TSZ merch? Look no further than here!
We’ve got the shirts, hoodies, mugs, pillows even stickers you want!

Episode #538: August Patron Q&A! 0
Aug 30, 2022

Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players!

On this episode Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas find out what's on the TSZ patrons minds with the August 2022 Patron Q&A!

Episode #538: August Patron Q&A! is ready for Download!

This month we asked our Patrons "What are your thoughts on Fated and Season 4?"

  • What are some of your favorite parts about the podcast’s community and reach?
  • What do you think should be changed for balancing going forward?
  • Who do you think is going to be the big bad for Dragonflight and do you think they will reveal it before the launch?
  • Do you think implementing a Dinar-like system to the whole leveling experience to be an interesting hypothetical?
  • What change to your main class coming in Dragonflight are you most excited about?
  • If you guys were making a Sports Team (you guys pick the sport, city, team name, mascot,ect) with a Warcraft theme…what would you call it?
Trying to reach the show? You can find us on Discord at The Starting Zone or email us at TheStartingZone@Gmail.com
Have you heard about our Patreon? It’s a great way to support the show and goes towards making more content for you! Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/thestartingzone
Looking for to grab some great TSZ merch? Look no further than here!
We’ve got the shirts, hoodies, mugs, pillows even stickers you want!

Episode #537: Timeline Between Expansions Revealed! 0
Aug 23, 2022

Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players!

On this weeks episode, Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss Timewalking Gearing, How old Thrall is, Fated tuning, The Great Push, Hotfixes and everything else going on around Azeroth and Shadowlands!
Episode #537: Timeline Between Expansions Revealed! is ready for Download!

What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft!

You can find us on Discord at The Starting Zone or email us at TheStartingZone@Gmail.com
Have you heard about our Patreon? It’s a great way to support the show and goes towards making more content for you! Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/thestartingzone
Looking for to grab some great TSZ merch? Look no further than here!
We’ve got the shirts, hoodies, mugs, pillows even stickers you want!

Episode #535: 9.2.7 Auction House in your pocket! 0
Aug 16, 2022

Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players!

On this weeks episode, Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss Fated Sanctum, Region-Wide Auction House, Auction House App, Dragonflight Alpha updates, Hotfixes and everything else going on around Azeroth and Shadowlands!
Episode #535: 9.2.7 Auction House in your pocket! is ready for Download!

What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft!

You can find us on Discord at The Starting Zone or email us at TheStartingZone@Gmail.com
Have you heard about our Patreon? It’s a great way to support the show and goes towards making more content for you! Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/thestartingzone
Looking for to grab some great TSZ merch? Look no further than here!
We’ve got the shirts, hoodies, mugs, pillows even stickers you want!

Episode #535: Balancing Season 4! 0
Aug 9, 2022

Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players!

On this weeks episode, Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss the first week of Fated content, Dragonflight Alpha updates, Season 4 Bugs, Hotfixes and everything else going on around Azeroth and Shadowlands!

Episode #535: Balancing Season 4! is ready for Download!

What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft!

You can find us on Discord at The Starting Zone or email us at TheStartingZone@Gmail.com
Have you heard about our Patreon? It’s a great way to support the show and goes towards making more content for you! Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/thestartingzone
Looking for to grab some great TSZ merch? Look no further than here!
We’ve got the shirts, hoodies, mugs, pillows even stickers you want!

Episode #534: Shadowlands Season 4! 0
Aug 2, 2022

Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players!

 

On this weeks episode, Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss Season 4 Fated content, Dragonflight Alpha updates, WoW Variety Show, Hotfixes and everything else going on around Azeroth and Shadowlands!
Episode #534: Shadowlands Season 4! is ready for Download!

What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft!

You can find us on Discord at The Starting Zone or email us at TheStartingZone@Gmail.com
Have you heard about our Patreon? It’s a great way to support the show and goes towards making more content for you! Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/thestartingzone
Looking for to grab some great TSZ merch? Look no further than here!
We’ve got the shirts, hoodies, mugs, pillows even stickers you want!

Episode #533: July Patron Q&A! 0
Aug 1, 2022

Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players!

On this episode Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas find out what's on the TSZ patrons minds with the July 2022 Patron Q&A!

Episode #533: July Patron Q&A! is ready for Download!

This month we asked our Patrons "What are your plans for professions in Dragonflight?"

  • Jason and Spencer's answer to the question.
  • What's a reasonable amount of time, outside of raid, to be expected to be 'raid ready?' If you're not raiding, how much time should you be working on your professions, how much Mythic+ or PvP'ing, etc.?
  • Which pre-legion dungeon would you most like to see as an M+ dungeon, and which older dungeon would you like to see a new wing added to (similar to the upcoming uldaman dungeon)?
  • How much more content do you think will be available in Dragonflight for cross-faction play? Do you think they'll implement some way of being able to do group finder activities cross faction? Or outside world stuff?
  • Do you feel Blizz is lining up enough End Game content for Dragonflight?
  • What you think of the S4 info we got recently?
  • How difficult do you think the profession items that are on par with high end raid/M+ gear should be to craft? And how difficult should the reagents be to get?
  • Is there anything you've seen in Alpha so far that has you worried about Dragonflight?
Trying to reach the show? You can find us on Discord at The Starting Zone or email us at TheStartingZone@Gmail.com
Have you heard about our Patreon? It’s a great way to support the show and goes towards making more content for you! Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/thestartingzone
Looking for to grab some great TSZ merch? Look no further than here!
We’ve got the shirts, hoodies, mugs, pillows even stickers you want!

Episode #532: The Last Week of Season 3! 0
Jul 26, 2022

Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players!

On this weeks episode, Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss Wrath Classic Launch, Winds of Wisdom leveling, The Forbidden Reach, DPS Design Feedback, Hotfixes and everything else going on around Azeroth and Shadowlands!
Episode #532: The Last Week of Season 3! is ready for Download!

What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft!

You can find us on Discord at The Starting Zone or email us at TheStartingZone@Gmail.com
Episode #531: Dragonflight Feedback! 0
Jul 19, 2022

Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players!

On this weeks episode, Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss the dev feedback from the first week of Dragonflight Alpha, Winds of Wisdom buff, Hotfixes and everything else going on around Azeroth and Shadowlands!
Episode #531: Dragonflight Feedback! is ready for Download!

What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft!

You can find us on Discord at The Starting Zone or email us at TheStartingZone@Gmail.com
Have you heard about our Patreon? It’s a great way to support the show and goes towards making more content for you! Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/thestartingzone
Looking for to grab some great TSZ merch? Look no further than here!
We’ve got the shirts, hoodies, mugs, pillows even stickers you want!

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