Dr. James Beckett: Sports Card Insights

496 - Fathers/Sons: Brittons and Mills

Stephen Britton and son Ryan and Brandon Mills and son Jackson share their hobby stories in father and son sports card collecting including their families' friendship.

495 - Origin: Jay Swartz

Jay discusses the wild ride he has had in his hobby journey recovering from a devastating theft, but now riding high, as he has applied his professorial  marketing savvy to his collecting excellence.

494B - Out-Takes on Lud Denny with Bill Chandler, Hawaii Pro Bowl

More discussion of a fallen comrade who had a huge impact on our hobby thirty years ago - literally trying to bring his cards into every home!

494A - Out-Takes on Retail from Hobby Hotline 052921

Brad Bethune and Rich Klein joined me in a discussion of retail - this was a small part of the hour-long live show, that you should check out.

494 - Tribute: Lud Denny with Bill Chandler, Hawaii Pro Bowl

Bill and I (with Mike Conroy contributing in the background) discuss the meteoric rise and fall of Lud Denny and his huge impact, marketing wise,  on the non-baseball side of the sports card hobby.

493 - Interview: Dr. Eric Strachan, Research Psychologist

Eric looks at our hobby through the lens of a research psychologist and he questions what's going on with grading and how to make sense of that. 

492 - Origin: Brett McGrath, Stacking Slabs

We listen to fellow podcaster Brett McGrath's sports card hobby journey as well as his vocational journey.

491 - Origin: Mike Steveline

Mike brought his passion for collecting baseball cards and his technical expertise to the Baseball Card Hall of Fame in simplifying its voting structure as the project continues to take off.

490 - Stepped Up Basis Considerations with Eddie Healy

Stepped Up basis may be eliminated by the Congress, which would affect hobby generational wealth transfer in a big way.

489B - Instagram Questions

An accumulation of related questions and themes from Instagram on how I do hobby - spoiler alert - I am not typical.