Sports Cards Nonsense

Mike and Jesse begin the show by checking in on current pricing of players in the NBA Finals (2:00) before discussing the recent price drops for Prizm Football (9:00). Then, they’re joined by Card Ladder founder Chris McGill to talk about the relationship between the U.S. economy and cards (17:00), the difference between raw and graded (34:00), and answer some mailbag questions (41:00). Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Guest: Chris McGill Associate Producer: Mike Wargon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse start the show with an in-depth discussion comparing the pricing of vintage NFL cards to those of current pros (3:00). Then, they share their thoughts on Topps Series 2 (29:00) and recap their recent trip to Nashcards (41:00). Finally, they close the show by answering mailbag questions (45:00). Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Associate Producer: Mike Wargon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse begin the show with a brief conversation about the NBA Finals (3:00) before turning their attention to baseball and discussing current card pricing (17:00). Then, they review the week’s upcoming releases (21:00) and share their thoughts on Topps’ and Fanatics’ deals to create trading cards of college athletes (29:00). Finally, they recap their trip to Bleecker Trading (33:00) and answer mailbag questions (49:00). Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Associate Producer: Mike Wargon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse begin by checking in on NBA pricing following the first two games of the Finals (4:00) and share their thoughts on the Prizm football release (12:30). Then, they welcome Mark, Jacob, and Jess from Bleecker Trading to learn what differentiates them from other shops (25:00), and discuss upcoming events (30:00). Finally, they go over news and notes from around the hobby (38:00) and answer mailbag questions (48:00). Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Guest: Mark Zablow, Jess Mineo, and Jacob Salter Associate Producer: Mike Wargon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse begin by discussing Topps' decision to cut back products from distributors and wonder how it will affect the market (4:00). Then, they run through some upcoming releases (13:00) before answering some mailbag questions (30:00). Finally, an interview with Tim Banazek from ABC Collectiblez, who may have the largest personal card collection in the world (36:00). Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Guest: Tim Banazek Associate Producer: Mike Wargon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse begin by discussing the NBA Finals and how that will affect card values (4:00). Then they preview upcoming releases (22:00) before welcoming Doug Caskey and Dan Anderson from Mojobreak to discuss card allocation (26:00), how breaking has changed over the years (30:00), and how the hobby has evolved (41:00). Finally, they close the show by answering some mailbag questions (58:00). Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Associate Producer: Mike Wargon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Mike and Jesse welcome in The Bullpen's Mitch Guttenberg to discuss the state of the hobby (1:00), how the market is slowly correcting itself (8:00), breaking scandals (14:00), and how to best invest in cards (18:00). Then, Mike and Jesse close the show by answering mailbag questions (29:00). Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Guest: Mitch Guttenberg Associate Producer: Mike Wargon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Mike and Jesse quickly recap the current state of the NBA market (4:00) before running through upcoming releases (14:00). Then, Jesse runs through some news and they talk about some of the biggest flips they’ve seen recently (20:00). Finally, Soccer Cards United’s Jason Flynn joins Mike and Jesse to share his thoughts on three new soccer releases coming out this week (39:00). Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Guest: Jason Flynn Associate Producer: Mike Wargon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike is flying solo this week and begins by sharing his thoughts on the NBA conference finals (2:00). Then, he runs through some new releases (7:00) and answers some mailbag questions (18:00). Finally, he’s joined by MLB Network’s Mark Feinsand to discuss trade rumors (26:00), Albert Pujols’s and Miguel Cabrera’s legacies (29:00), and his own card collection (34:00). Host: Mike Gioseffi Guest: Mark Feinsand Associate Producer: Mike Wargon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Mike and Jesse begin by looking ahead to the NBA's conference finals and speculate how different outcomes could affect card value (3:00). Then, they recap their weekend at the Fenway Card Show (23:00) and share their thoughts on the card-breaking scandals (44:00), before closing with mailbag questions (58:00). Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Associate Producer: Mike Wargon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse preview their trip to the Fenway Card Show this weekend and share tips and tricks for attending a show (2:00) and discuss which cards they’d like to sell, buy, or trade for (7:00). They close the show by running through some mailbag questions, including card show etiquette and who would win in a fight between George Costanza and Michael Scott (26:00). Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Associate Producer: Mike Wargon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse start the show with an NBA playoff update and discuss how Nikola Jokic’s second MVP affects his value (4:00). Then, they’re joined by Sports Card Live’s Jeremy Lee to talk about rising NHL stars (27:00), his card collection (45:00), and the state of the hobby (50:00). Finally, a quick look ahead at new releases this week (60:00), and a quick mailbag (67:00). Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Guest: Jeremy Lee Associate Producer: Mike Wargon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse start the show by discussing the results of some cards they sent off to have graded (7:00). Then, they’re joined by Ringer podcast host and MMA expert Ariel Helwani to learn about his card collecting (12:00) and talk about the biggest risers in the UFC (24:00). Finally, they give an NBA playoff update (50:00) and answer some mailbag questions (56:00). Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Guest: Ariel Helwani Associate Producer: Mike Wargon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse begin the pod with a positive rant before they go over the top 2021 National Treasures and 2022 Bowman Baseball cards on the market (5:42). Next they discuss the soft open for their brand-new app, which debuts on May 4, and review the NFL draft from a card-collecting perspective (29:28). Finally, they break down the most recent action in the NBA playoffs and answer your mailbag questions. Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Producer: Chris Sutton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse preview the NFL draft from a card market perspective and talk about which prospects in this year’s class they’re interested in as investments (4:41). They then run through the NBA playoff bracket as it stands and which cards are worth investing in before playing a round of NBA buy, sell, or hold (16:47). Next they do some grading comparisons of cards graded by the different grading companies (26:28) before discussing Miguel Cabrera’s card market (31:57). They then close the show with mailbag questions (47:56). Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Producer: Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse run through the latest set of games from the NBA playoffs and talk about which players’ cards they are high on as potential investments (5:49). Next, Mike compares QB card prices from different draft classes (18:12). He then recaps his trip to Boston, and his visit to an old favorite card shop of his (30:43). The guys then close the show with mailbag questions (37:46). Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Producer: Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike is solo for this episode as he runs through his list of card market observations from the recent set of NBA games, including what the Celtics' Game 2 win and 2-0 series lead over the Nets means for the card values of Kevin Durant and Jayson Tatum. Then Mike runs through some new releases for the week and what he thinks of them before closing the show with mailbag questions. Host: Mike Gioseffi Producer: Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse start the show by recapping some of the games from the first weekend of NBA playoffs and talking about which players’ card values were impacted the most (0:31). They then bring on Chris Costa from Big Night Sports to talk about his background and the upcoming Fenway card show (15:11). Next Mike runs through the upcoming calendar of releases in MLB cards and shares his thoughts on each product (35:35). The guys then close the show with mailbag questions (1:09:24). Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Guest: Chris Costa Producer: Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse open with some news about the show, and then Mike rips some 2021 Clearly Donruss live. The guys are then joined by Chris McGill, cofounder of Card Ladder, to discuss the baseball and basketball card markets and a few things about the hobby that are annoying Chris at the moment (17:13). The guys close the show with mailbag questions (55:04). Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Guest: Chris McGill Producer: Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse overreact to some strong opening weekend performances from MLB players whose cards they think are worth buying (4:55) before previewing the upcoming NBA play-in tournament games and the first round (20:40). Then Jesse debuts a segment called What’s Up With That? (36:55) right before Mike shares some of his pics from his phone for the week (54:00). Next they go over the releases for the week and answer some mailbag questions (1:00:02). Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Producer: Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse preview MLB Opening Day by talking about some young MLB stars whose cards are worth targeting (4:50). They are then joined by Scott Greenberg, the CEO of StarStock, to talk about the recent controversies surrounding the company (18:16). Next, the guys go over some new releases for the week (39:22) before they are joined by comedian Dusty Slay for a conversation about Dusty’s favorite sports and his experience collecting cards growing up (43:03). They then close the show with mailbag questions (1:02:15). Host: Jesse Gibson, Mike Gioseffi Guest: Scott Greenberg, Dusty Slay Producer: Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jesse is by himself today as he briefly gives an update on the Star Stock situation before going over a new WWE card release. He’s then joined by Jason Flynn of the Soccer Cards United podcast (12:36) to talk all things F1 and F1 cards, including how to get into the sport, which card products to target, and the history of F1 cards overall. Jesse then answers listener mailbag questions to end the show (53:17). Host: Jesse Gibson Guest: Jason Flynn Producer: Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse are joined by Jason Flynn of the 'Soccer Cards United' podcast to discuss all things World Cup and soccer cards (16:39). They ask Jason which product he is looking to buy ahead of the biggest event in sports, which players’ cards he’s looking to chase, which countries he views as favorites and underdogs for the tournament, and much more. They then answer some mailbag questions to end the show. Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Guest: Jason Flynn Producer: Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse start the show discussing Drake recently taking an interest in sports cards and whether it is good for the hobby (2:48) before recapping their trip to Las Vegas for the Mint Collective event (7:12). They then discuss their recent pickups (21:29), some new product releases, and then close the show with mailbag questions (53:55). Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Producer: Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse run through the latest blockbuster move in the NFL—Tyreek Hill being traded to the Miami Dolphins—and what it means for Hill's and Tua Tagovailoa’s card values (0:31). Next, they briefly touch on the Boston Celtics’ continued dominance of the Eastern Conference before discussing the controversy with StarStock (29:38), the shill bidding accusations of zerocool, and a new UFC card release (43:58). They close the show with mailbag questions (56:32). Hosts: Mike Gioseffi, Jesse Gibson Producer: Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse go through the various NFL quarterback trades and signings and discuss what the card value movement of each QB means for the market. Next, Jesse runs through some news items in the hobby before Mike runs through his recent pickups. They then close with mailbag questions. Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Producer: Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike is running solo today to talk about some of the recent moves in MLB free agency from a card perspective, including Freddie Freeman to the Dodgers and Kris Bryant to the Rockies. He also touches on Fernando Tatis Jr.’s injury and whether or not it is time to move off his cards. Mike then moves on to football news, starting with Tom Brady coming out of retirement and why Mike always views Brady as a buy or hold and never a sell. He then touches on some other names like Russell Wilson, DeShaun Watson, and Baker Mayfield before closing the show with mailbag questions. Host: Mike Gioseffi Producer: Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse run through the week in NFL news as Russell Wilson and Carson Wentz were traded and Aaron Rodgers re-signed with the Packers (3:28). They discuss what each of these moves means for the card value of each player. Then they move to the NBA and discuss Jayson Tatum’s hot streak as well as the positive news surrounding Zion Williamson (17:31). Next they move to new releases (23:38) and close with mailbag questions (51:41). Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Producer: Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse are joined by CVO of Fanatics Collectibles Josh Luber, who drops an exclusive announcement regarding the future of Fanatics’ pop-culture trading cards. Next, Josh talks about Fanatics buying Topps, including what that means for Fanatics getting into baseball cards and whether more acquisitions are on the horizon. Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Guest: Josh Luber Producer: Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse discuss the trends in the MLB market and prospects, Trae Young, and all the latest news in the trading card market (2:02). Next, they speak with Card Ladder’s Josh Johnson and Chris McGill about the rise of NFL cards, the impact of the MLB lockout, and the various spikes in the market (32:14) before the guys close with mailbag questions (58:51). Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Guests: Chris McGill and Josh Johnson Associate Producer: Stefan Anderson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse discuss their time at the Atlanta card show this past weekend, including what the overall vibe of the show was like, who they ran into, and what buys/sells they made over the weekend (0:31). Next, Mike rips some 2021 Elite Basketball live on the pod (25:32) before the guys close with mailbag questions (46: 55). Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Producer: Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike starts off the show hitting on a few NBA notes about Zion Williamson, Kyrie Irving, and this year’s rookie class finally being in pro uniform product (0:31). Then they welcome Peter from SGC to talk about the state of the company and card grading in general (20:01). They close the show with some mailbag questions (53:49). Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Producer: Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse run through past years of NFL Prizm releases and talk about which cards from each draft class are worth the most (2:36). They then talk a little NBA, particularly Ben Simmons’s card value and why interest in the league will ramp up with the playoffs (20:25). They then close the show with mailbag questions (34:52). Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Producer: Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse go through the card prices of the major players on the Rams and the Bengals following the Super Bowl. Then Jesse shares some Fanatics news, Mike goes through some new releases, and they close with mailbag questions. Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Producer: Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Live from L.A., Mike and Jesse hit on the breaking news of the day that James Harden has been traded to the Sixers for Ben Simmons. They discuss what the deal means for the card values of both players and why Simmons might be a good card to buy. Next, Mike hits on a few topics in this week’s pics from phone before heading into mailbag for the week. Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Producer: Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse touch on some recent record breaking card sales including Tom Brady, Jasson Dominguez, Zion Williamson and Joe Burrow and what each sale means for the player’s market (5:59). They then run through some Contenders auto card prices (19:55), Jesse runs through the latest news stories in the hobby (26:06), Mike shares his weekly pickups (40:23), and the guys close the show with mailbag questions (50:43). Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Producer: Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse run through some NBA cards that they’ll be keeping an eye on heading into the trade deadline and the NBA playoffs (4:23) before Mike shares some recent pickups. Then they’re joined by Chris from Card Ladder for the rest of the show to talk about Card Ladder’s services as well as the overall state of the hobby (16:45). They answer some mailbag questions to end the show (47:46). Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Producer: Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse recap both of the NFL conference championship games this past weekend and touch on card prices for players involved in each of the games before talking about the Tom Brady news regarding his retirement and what it means for card prices. Then Jesse runs through some news items in the hobby and the guys close the show with mailbag questions. Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Producer: Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse are joined by Mark Feinsand of MLB.com to discuss the recent Hall of Fame election of David Ortiz and what it means for his card value, as well as Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds falling off the ballot after 10 years of eligibility (5:57). Then Mike and Jesse run through some price updates regarding the NFL before sharing some personal pickups and discussing some new releases. Next they are joined by Jason Howarth of Panini for a quick interview (41:39) before they answer some mailbag questions (1:01:53). Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Producer: Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse go through each game from this past weekend and break down the card price trends from key players (3:28), including Tom Brady, Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes, and Joe Burrow. Next they follow up on the story from last week regarding scams in the hobby (27:16) before talking about this week’s new releases (40:11). They then close the show with mailbag questions (47:15). Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Producer: Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse run through some breaking news surrounding a potential scam in the hobby (1:18) before doing a big breakdown of the best modern NBA players and vintage NBA cards that are on the rise (22:25). Next, they share their picks for this weekend’s NFL games (52:15) before answering mailbag questions (55:58). Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Producer: Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse run through some card prices that have changed as a result of the NFL's wild-card weekend (5:07). They then run through some of Mike’s pickups for the week (30:36), controversy at the Dallas card show (37:52), and this week’s releases (45:08), then answer some mailbag questions (54:53). Hosts: Mike Gioseffi, Jesse Gibson Producer: Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse run through the NFL playoff matchups and share their picks for the games as well as some cards to look out for value-wise (4:36). They then run through the 2021 NBA rookie class and compare their card values to some members of the 2020 class before running through some other NBA news (22:33). They then touch on some new releases and head into mailbag questions (1:00:18). After the mailbag, they react live to the Logan Paul video about his fake Pokemon cards and break down what it means for the hobby (1:13:43). Hosts: Mike Gioseffi, Jesse Gibson Producer: Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse run through some of the key players to watch for card values in the NFL playoffs, Mike shares some details about one of his PC projects, Jesse runs through some news regarding the state of the show, and then Mike breaks down the recent movement in SGC ultra modern basketball prices. The guys then close the show with mailbag questions. Hosts: Mike Gioseffi, Jesse Gibson Producer: Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse follow up on some of the headline topics from last week’s pod, including Fanatics buying Topps. They then hit on some NBA topics, including Kyrie Irving returning, and some NFL topics, including Aaron Rodgers being the favorite for MVP. They then close the show with some mailbag questions. Hosts: Mike Gioseffi, Jesse Gibson Producer: Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse discuss the huge news that Fanatics is buying Topps (1:58), the Logan Paul Pokemon card controversy (23:57), a poll on their social media about which recent product is best (39:54), collecting vintage NFL cards (48:53), and then answer mailbag questions (55:33). Hosts: Mike Gioseffi, Jesse Gibson Producer: Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse spend some time reflecting on the first year of ‘Sports Cards Nonsense’ and what they have planned for the upcoming year before taking listener mail for the rest of the show with both positive feedback and constructive criticism for the podcast. Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Producer: Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse run through some of the latest news items from the NFL, including who the frontrunner for MVP should be (3:19), before briefly hitting on some NBA news, including Anthony Davis’s injury (16:40). They then take a look at some of the new releases (33:54) before they are joined by David Schwab from Octagon to talk about the latest release of Steph Curry NFTs (45:11). They then close the show with mailbag questions (56:24). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse open the show by reacting to some hot takes from the sports and sports-card worlds before taking a look at the most valuable NBA rookie cards from every class of the past 10 years. They then go over the latest releases and close the show with mailbag questions. Hosts: Mike Gioseffi, Jesse Gibson Producer: Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Jesse start the show by running through some of Mike’s football hot takes related to various players and their card markets as the NFL regular season wraps up (6:32). Then Jesse opens some NFT cards live on the show and the guys recap their time visiting a card shop last week. They then close the show with mailbag questions (55:20). Hosts: Mike Gioseffi and Jesse Gibson Producer: Ronak Nair Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices