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The Shallow End

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The Shallow End: A Sports Card Podcast On a Budget
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Episodes

The Shallow End ep 16 - Moms, Dads, and the Cards that Connect Us

(Originally aired 10.20.2023) Collecting cards can mean so much more than their financial worth or how pretty they look when displayed. They can connect us with past generations. In this episode, Dave and Rob Girard explore the deeper potential of sports cards.

Nov 22, 202352 min

The Shallow End ep 15 - Celebrating Small Moments

(Originally aired 10.13.2023) We're trained over time in the sports-card hobby who we should and should not trust. But this week, Dave had an experience that could have gone horribly wrong instead turn out perfect. Let's celebrate.

Nov 22, 202317 min

The Shallow End ep 14 - Should I Sell Everything?

(Originally aired 10.6.2023) Dave has one grail card: the 1948 Leaf Jackie Robinson. But it's so far out of reach that the only way to get close would be to sell or trade everything he owns. Should he do it?

Nov 22, 202320 min

The Shallow End ep 13 - The Content of It All

(Originally aired 9.29.2023) Last month, Dave listened to nearly 60 sports-card podcasts in one week. After that, he needed a break. In this episode, he talks about what he learned about the hobby, content producers, and his own place in the collecting space.

Nov 22, 202325 min

The Shallow End ep 11 - The Megabid at One Year

(Originally aired 9.8.2023) It all started with a question on "The Crossover" posed by @packnicholson, and it ended with a new phrase coined by Josh (aka @cardboard_chronicles): Megabid. As we near the one-year anniversary of Pack's question, we learn more about this common hobby practice from @kevin.m.cormier, @signed1933goudey, @drakes_pc, and @jlee_sportscardslive).

Nov 22, 202325 min

The Shallow End ep 6 - When News Gets In the Way

(Originally aired 8.4.2023) Dave had a plan for The National that included trading or selling every Nolan Arenado Chrome gold refractor in his collection. But a piece of Arenado news that broke the night he got there disrupted all of his preparation.

Nov 22, 202327 min

The Shallow End ep 1 - The 40-Year Hunt

(Originally aired 6.23.2023) Before Upper Deck unleashed the '89 Griffey, and before Topps' 1980 Henderson became iconic, there was no bigger hobby chase in the 1980s than the 1984 Donruss Don Mattingly. In this first episode of The Shallow End, Dave, now middle aged and balding, finally gets his Donnie Baseball.

Nov 22, 202318 min

The Shallow End ep 3 - It All Started With Jordan

(Originally aired 7.7.2023) One major decision — to keep, then sell — a Michael Jordan card altered the trajectory of Dave's collecting experience. As with so much in this hobby, it all goes back to Jordan.

Nov 21, 202329 min

The Shallow End ep 2 - Cards are Pure (with Samuel Evans)

(Originally aired 6.30.2023) Dave visits with Samuel Evans (aka @thesprtzcardcoltr on IG). They talk about keeping the hobby enjoyable, focusing on yourself, and the purity of spending time with your sports cards.

Nov 21, 202339 min
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