A new chapter in PSA's heritage-rich hobby history is officially here, as Comic Book & Magazine authentication and grading services are now available. Elizabeth Gruene, General Manager of Pop Culture at PSA, joins The PSA Pod to discuss the detailed build to this significant launch. 2:30 - The timeline to the service's launch 5:15 - Comic & Magazine grading price points & service details 9:10 - Dual Grading service is coming soon 12:00 - Developing PSA's Comic & Magazine holders ...
Jul 14, 2025•33 min•Season 4Ep. 95
Summer is Hobby Season, largely revolving around key product releases and major industry events, and PSA President Ryan Hoge joins the show for his monthly spot to dive into all of it, including: 6:25 - Fanatics Fest and its overall impact 8:50 - PSA internal operational updates 11:30 - PSA expansion, both domestic and international 21:30 - A closer look at the PSA Autograph Series 24:40 - PSA Comic Book & Magazine grading launches in July 29:55 - PSA's presence at The National in 2025 Want ...
Jun 30, 2025•41 min•Season 4Ep. 94
PSA President Ryan Hoge drops by the studio for his monthly check-in with plenty to cover. This includes favorite highlights from a prime stretch in the sports calendar, significant hobby news breaking from recent weeks on the NBA/NFL front, and diving deeper on buzzing topics such as PSA turnaround times and the recent launch of eBay's PSA Grading Add-On feature at purchase. 1:05 - Our favorite things so far this baseball season. 2:50 - 2025 Bowman is here! 8:45 - Topps announces NBA/NFL licens...
May 07, 2025•33 min•Season 4Ep. 93
In the latest episode of The PSA Pod , President Ryan Hoge returns to the studio to provide the latest updates on PSA's receiving backup and the internal adjustments made so far in 2025 to increase efficiency. Plus, a deeper dive into the grading standards language updates, one of PSA's most-anticipated product launches in recent years and, of course, the excitement of MLB Opening Day coming right around the corner.
Mar 12, 2025•27 min•Season 4Ep. 92
Even long before leading the Chiefs back to the Super Bowl once again and to the doorstep of three-peat history, Patrick Mahomes had already earned his way to rarefied air in terms of his hobby status. In 2025's first installment The Index , Card Ladder 's Chris McGill joins the show for a deeper dive into the data of what this season has meant for Mahomes with collectors, where a win Sunday could take him, and opinions on cards to target if you're looking to start collecting the modern GOAT....
Feb 06, 2025•39 min•Season 4Ep. 91
It's the first episode of The PSA Pod in 2025, and President Ryan Hoge joins the show to dive into a couple of hot late January topics. First, some deeper insights into PSA's recently announced back-up in receiving incoming customer submissions , including how we got here and what's being done internally in response. Plus, go inside the unique grading journey of one of the top hobby chases of the past year – The Paul Skenes MLB Rookie Debut Patch Auto 1/1 ....
Jan 29, 2025•32 min•Season 4Ep. 90
In the final episode of 2024, we take a look back at the year that was at PSA. Ryan Greene and PSA President Ryan Hoge hit rewind, highlighting some of the company's most memorable moments and innovations from the last 12 months. Plus, a dive into the data puts a spotlight on some of the most notable trends among PSA submitters, including the athletes who led the way – and saw the biggest rises in popularity – in our grading room. Have questions you want to submit for Ryan Hoge's next appearance...
Dec 18, 2024•29 min•Season 3Ep. 89
Entering the home stretch of the NFL season, several key 2024 football card products are about to hit the market. With a loaded rookie QB class leading the way, which one will you be focusing on most for your collection? PSA President Ryan Hoge joins the show to discuss, plus take a look back at a massive weekend at the Toronto Sport Card Expo and dive into this week's mailbag. Have questions you want to submit for Ryan Hoge's next appearance on The PSA Pod? Send them to psapod@collectors.com....
Nov 21, 2024•42 min•Season 3Ep. 88
A 2024 World Series featuring two iconic franchises, the game's biggest stars and some already timeless moments – what is the hobby and collecting impact? We dive into that and much more with PSA President Ryan Hoge, including PSA's upcoming return to the Toronto Sports Card Expo and a mailbag Q&A session. Have questions you want to submit for Ryan Hoge's next appearance on The PSA Pod? Send them to psapod@collectors.com.
Oct 31, 2024•36 min•Season 3Ep. 87
After a couple of months away, The PSA Pod is back with regularly scheduled programming. PSA President Ryan Hoge joins the show for not only a look back at a massive summer in the hobby – both on the show circuit and in the market overall – but also what lies ahead. Including: Diving into the latest and what features are still to come with the PSA Vault and its eBay integration. As football season begins, just how dominant was CJ Stroud in the grading room this offseason? Which players we're kee...
Sep 11, 2024•45 min•Season 3Ep. 86
It's a partnership that has the potential to be a game-changer for all collectors, as the PSA Vault now features the ability to instantly and easily list items for sale on eBay. PSA President Ryan Hoge joins the show for another installment of Guest Submissions to dive deeper into the benefits and details, as eBay's best-in-class marketplace now pairs with PSA’s expert authentication & grading services and vault product. ℹ️ ➡️ LEARN MORE...
Jun 26, 2024•31 min•Season 3Ep. 85
There seems to be one every NBA postseason – the breakthrough star. So far in 2024, it's been Anthony Edwards. One of the hobby darlings during the 2020 & 2021 basketball card boom, the Minnesota Timberwolves' leading man has been rewarding those believers so far this Spring. How high is his ceiling from here? Powered by data from Card Ladder and PSA , Chris McGill and Ryan Greene dive in for a closer look at Ant-Man's evolving cardboard prowess and offer a glimpse into what the 22-year-old'...
May 30, 2024•44 min•Season 3Ep. 84
One of the strongest trends seen internally at PSA in the past year-plus is the dominant rise in submission volume in our TCG categories, with Pokémon strongly leading the way. This comes at a time where pop culture collectibles – and not just cards – are also catching the hearts and minds of collectors like never before. To dive in deeper and discuss new ways in which PSA is meeting this customer demand, Elizabeth Gruene (GM of Pop Culture) and Roxanne Ghezzi (Senior TCG Specialist) join us for...
Apr 15, 2024•30 min•Season 3Ep. 83
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has become a legitimate NBA MVP candidate, and is the leading man on one of the league's top young rosters. Has the Oklahoma City Thunder star's growth in the hobby during the 2023-24 season matched what we've seen on the floor? From what the Card Ladder and PSA submission data shows, to some good places to start if you're looking to get into his cards, Chris McGill and Ryan Greene deep dive on SGA in the latest installment of The Index....
Mar 26, 2024•42 min•Season 3Ep. 82
As we come out of the long winter, baseball is in the air. And in the hobby community, on the heels of the annual Topps Series 1 release, it officially means baseball card season is here. Who were you stocking up on this offseason? Which trending Spring Training performers are you maybe wishing you'd picked up more of during the past few months? Ryan Greene, Jack Archer and Ryan Porter dig in on those questions, then will draft modern grails from a cardboard pool featuring some of the game's hot...
Mar 12, 2024•25 min•Season 3Ep. 81
Did you ever wonder exactly what happens while your PSA submission is showing up as in the "Research & ID" stage while at our facilities? Well, we dive in a bit in the latest installment of Guest Submissions, as PSA Research Manager Tim Wong joins the show to share his collecting story and discuss the research process with a bit of a look behind the curtains. Tim also discusses the depth of expertise within our internal research team, and which areas are focuses of continuous improvement in ...
Mar 05, 2024•18 min•Season 3Ep. 80
In the year's first installment of The Index, it's a deep dive on the hobby relevance of the 2022 NFL Draft's "Mr. Irrelevant" – San Francisco 49ers QB Brock Purdy. From the story told by the advanced stats and the eye test on the field, to what the Card Ladder and PSA submission data says from the collector POV, Ryan Greene and Chris McGill explore it all. Will Sunday's Super Bowl 58 result have any real impact on Purdy's hobby prowess? If you're looking to get into Purdy cards, where is a good...
Feb 07, 2024•39 min•Season 3Ep. 79
As a big year both in the hobby comes to close, PSA President Ryan Hoge drops by for our final episode of 2023. Along with taking a look back at key milestones, metrics and moments from the year that was, Ryan shares some of what lies ahead for PSA and our customers in 2024.
Dec 22, 2023•29 min•Season 2Ep. 78
In the latest installment of Guest Submissions, we're diving in on one of the hobby's most fascinating niches – graded tickets. For this in-depth conversation, we bring in Principal Ticket Authenticator Matt Fuller, whose years as a learning and growing collector in the space led him to his current role at PSA. Matt discusses his own ticket collecting journey, what he's added to his expertise about tickets since joining PSA and much more.
Nov 16, 2023•29 min•Season 2Ep. 77
As we look at some of the hobby's most notable movement in October 2023, an incredible, rarely seen Ichiro rookie card from 2001 turned heads by producing a record sale. We take a deeper look at the card, the sale and its significance. Also, Card Ladder 's Chris McGill brings the data to highlight some interesting movers from the last month, including two major MLB postseason stars whose cards are headed in opposite directions following the World Series and two NFL quarterbacks showing similar t...
Nov 09, 2023•38 min•Season 2Ep. 76
The 2023-24 NBA campaign is upon us, so it's the perfect time for Hit Draft to return. As one of the most-anticipated seasons in recent history gets underway, the guys take a look at the hobby forecasts for some of the game's brightest stars the best way we know how – with cards. This draft includes grail pieces of the top eight names in ESPN's preseason player rankings, plus four top Player Index risers to date in 2023 per Card Ladder .
Oct 25, 2023•41 min•Season 2Ep. 75
Taking a look back at the hobby's biggest movers in September 2023, the San Francisco 49ers' rising star QB continues to cement himself as a legitimate force, both on the field and in the eyes of collectors. And the data backs it up. Card Ladder 's Chris McGill brings insights on Brock Purdy's surge and more, including a head-turning Triple Logoman sale ahead of the 2023-24 NBA season.
Oct 12, 2023•39 min•Season 2Ep. 74
From a key new product features which allows customers to segment where their orders ship to card by card, to the latest in international grading submission expansion, PSA President Ryan Hoge drops by the show to share all of the key details and more in the latest installment of Guest Submissions.
Oct 02, 2023•18 min•Season 2Ep. 73
As The Index takes a look back at both August 2023 and early September, the early conversation centers around a very notable public sale of a grail vintage rookie card featuring a rare on-card, in-person auto. This trend has gained steam of late in the hobby, but opinions remain by divided. Backed with data brought to the table by Card Ladder 's Chris McGill, the guys discuss much more from recent notable card market swings, including how the New York Jets' unique QB situation is affecting both ...
Sep 21, 2023•42 min•Season 2Ep. 72
It's real – Football. Is. Back. The fantasy drafts should be mostly completed by now, and we're all ready to sit back and take it all in for the next six months. And for hobbyists, nothing is better than having a robust collection in tow while following along week to week. In the latest installment of Hit Draft, the guys will curate some dream collections featuring elite cards of the Top 12 Fantasy QBs from The Ringer's 2023 Fantasy Football Rankings ....
Sep 07, 2023•47 min•Season 2Ep. 71
The GOAT on the pitch is making a massive direct impact in MLS. What has the impact been with collectors? While The National drew most of the hobby buzz in July 2023, there was plenty more to look back, including the continued surge of Ronald Acuña Jr., a massive 90s sale of note, preparing for the Wemby rollercoaster and much more. Chris McGill from Card Ladder leads the way with the recap in the latest installment of The Index.
Aug 21, 2023•43 min•Season 2Ep. 70
From Vintage to Ultra Modern, from generational GOATs to today's hottest hobby stars, it was once again a massive year for PSA on-site grading at the National Sports Collectors Convention. Hobbyists save some of the biggest cards imaginable to grade on-site with PSA each July at the industry's biggest show of the year. In this installment of Hit Draft, the guys not only recap some favorites that passed through the PSA grading operation this year in Chicago, but then curate their dream collection...
Aug 10, 2023•32 min•Season 2Ep. 69
In the latest installment of the The Index, a pair of red-hot names in the Baseball space lead the way in this in-depth look at some of the most notable hobby player and card trends from June 2023, backed by data from Card Ladder . The continued rise of once-in-a-generation talent Shohei Ohtani, plus the burst onto the scene of Elly De La Cruz made some major market waves last month. Card Ladder's Chris McGill leads the way as we take a deeper look at that and much more....
Jul 14, 2023•45 min•Season 2Ep. 68
In the latest edition of Guest Submissions, PSA President Ryan Hoge drops by the studio with several updates of value to collectors and customers. Hoge gives some teases on PSA's presence at the upcoming National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago, discusses current PSA grading specials and how they are strategically developed, talks about the latest enhancements to the PSA app and much more as we head into the second half of 2023....
Jun 26, 2023•22 min•Season 2Ep. 67
We're back with another installment of The Index, with an in-depth look at some of the most notable hobby player and card trends from May 2023, backed by data from Card Ladder . In this month's with Card Ladder's Chris McGill, we look at some vintage and modern GOATs whose card sales made major waves last month. Also, some notable index movements on the hardwood, and a rookie card of one of the NFL's top young QBs that is trending up with training camp around the corner....
Jun 15, 2023•47 min•Season 2Ep. 66
