Episode 339: Considering Cards & Katsu
On this week's show, we talk about our favorite autumn rituals, trading card nostalgia, Garbage Pail Kids, fine dining etiquette, Japan game shopping, and TikTok’s future in the social media cycle.
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Show Notes
On this week's show, we kick off with some of our favorite autumn traditions and morning routines. Then we delve into the enduring appeal of cards as a medium for games, collectibles, and artifacts that connect us to our past. We look up some prices of original Garbage Pail Kids, chat about fine dining etiquette, and try to convince Shane to buy video games in Japan. We wrap with a chat about the future of Tik Tok and how it might resemble the social media lifecycle we've witnessed over the last 20 years.
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Timestamps:
0:01 - Autumnal food traditions, and leaving your home
12:40 - This week's episode/housekeeping
16:10 - Our first trading cards
23:53 - Why the card?
36:09 - The etiquette of fine dining
43:35 - Eating in Japan
50:00 - More fall content
55:35 - The TikTok
1:01:15 - Wrapping up
Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?
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