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The Shallow End — 219 episodes · page 1 of 3
Cardboard Wealth Matrix - The Cardcast
EeBay, COMC, Philosophies, and Failure
EAre You Unhappy with Your Underwear?
Leaning Into Impulses - Overthinking Baseball Cards
Cardboard Dreams - Sports Cards: The Cardcast
EThe Perfect Insert - Sports Cards: The Cardcast
Overthinking Double D: Shhh! Cards we hope the hobby won't notice
Absurdity and Meat Sweats - Sports Cards: The Cardcast! episode 2
The Space Within Us - Overthinking Baseball Cards
Sports Cards: The Cardcast! – Episode 0
A Passion for Baseball - OBC July 2026
What We Miss, What We Love, and Oprah - The Shallow Ending
When Will the Madness End? - Overthinking Baseball Cards May 2026
'The Zero Dollar Grail' - A Shallow End podcast audio essay (ep 125)
'What am I Missing?' - The Shallow End ep 124
Shiny Shiny Cards - The Shallow End episode 123
Leaving So I Can Stay: 8 Reasons I'm Ending The Shallow End - The Shallow End ep 122
The Sports Card Bigger than Ohtani - The Shallow End ep 121
Card Shows and Nostalgia - The Shallow End episode 120
When One Pujols Isn't Enough - The Shallow End ep 119
The Shallow End ep 118 - Reclaiming Your Hobby from Yourself
The Shallow End ep 117 - Silly Season and Why I'm Saying No to Cards I Want
The Shallow End ep 116 - Ten Takeaways from Ten Bucks or Less
The Shallow End ep 115 - Building a Collection of PSA 1s
Ten Bucks or Less episode 10 of 10 - "Cost and Value are not the Same"
Ten Bucks or Less episode 9 of 10 - "When a Card Hits Deeper"
Ten Bucks or Less episode 8 of 10 - 'Even Small Cards Need Moderation'
Ten Bucks or Less episode 7 of 10 - Binder Card(inals)
Ten Bucks or Less episode 6 - "Gold Medallions"
Ten Bucks or Less episode 5 of 10: "ShaqDonalds"
Ten Bucks or Less episode 4 of 10 - "The Card He Couldn't Pass Up"
Ten Bucks or Less episode 3 of 10 - "From Mom to Manute to Rudy"
Ten Bucks or Less episode 2 of 10: "Coming Full Circle"
Ten Bucks or Less episode 1 of 10: "Monte Irvin"
The Shallow End ep 114 - Change
The Shallow End ep 113 - 10 Probably Almost Defintely Terrible Hot Takes
The Shallow End ep 112 - Collecting While the World Burns
The Shallow End ep 111 - Temporal Landmarks and the Fresh Start Effect (corrected version)
The Shallow End ep 110 - Collecting through the eyes of a graphic artist
Overthinking Baseball Cards goes corporate
The Shallow End ep 109 - The Grading Dilemma
The Shallow End ep 108 - Five Top 5's for 2025
The Shallow End ep 107 - 'The Hobby has Lost the Plot'
The Shallow End ep 106 - Coming Alive Through Your Cards
Overthinking Baseball Cards: Ranking the Best Years for Baseball Cards 2001-2025
The Shallow End ep 105 - What Being a Collector Means
The Shallow End ep 104 - We Can't Stop Talking about Gambling and Addiction
The Shallow End ep 103 - What Pat Learned from Setting up at a Card Show for the First Time
The Shallow End ep 102 - "I don't need to collect everything"
The Shallow End ep 101 - Collecting at 36,000 Feet
Overthinking Baseball Cards BONUS - Overthinking Ohtani
Overthinking Baseball Cards episode 3: Baseball Cards are Beautiful
The Shallow End ep 100 - Feeling Secure in Your Collecting
The Shallow End ep 99 - 2025 National Recap
The Shallow End ep 98 - Knowing the Price but Missing the Point
EOverthinking Baseball Cards episode 2: The All-Eras Baseball Card Draft
The Shallow End ep 97 - 18 Takeaways from 'Failing Up'
Failing Up #18 of 18: The Voices We Let In
Failing Up #17 of 18: Buying Without Direction
Failing Up #16 of 18: It's not Failure, It's an Opportunity
Failing Up #15 of 18: Not all 1-of-1s are Created Equal
Failing Up #14 of 18: Man in the Box
Failing Up #13 of 18: Self-Inflicted Wounds and Grasping for Hope
Failing Up #12 of 18: The DiMaggios that Refuse to Leave
Failing Up #11 of 18: Too Much, Too Fast
Failing Up #10 of 18: Tunnel Vision
Failing Up #9 of 18: Know Thyself
Failing Up #8 of 18: Selling All His Memories
Failing Up #7 of 18: Learning to Play the Long Game
Failing Up #6 of 18: How Dr. Beckett Learned that Bigger is not Always Better
Failing Up #5 of 18: Strike One, Strike Two, Strike 3 … Strike 4?
Failing Up #4 of 18: Failure is Necessary and Encouraged
Failing Up #3 of 18: First, Do Your Homework
Failing Up #2 of 18: The Cards You Can't Get Back
Failing Up #1 of 18: The Bradys in the Basement
Overthinking Baseball Cards episode 1: What If …
The Shallow End ep 96 - Building a 637-Card Master Set with @Colorado.Collector
The Shallow End ep 95 - The Curious Case of the 1958 Topps Hank Aaron
The Shallow End ep 94 - Jesse Owens, Otto Graham and … Bill Murray?
The Shallow End ep 93 - Thinking More Deeply About The National
Bonus episode: Food for Thought
The Shallow End ep 92 - I Considered Bidding On My Own Card
The Shallow End ep 91 - What Panini Collectors Need to Know About Topps
The Shallow End ep 90 - What Tommy Lasorda and Darryl Strawberry Taught Me About Breaking
The Shallow End ep 89 - Your Best Chance at Success is Failure
The Shallow End ep 88 - Recognizing Addiction and Sports Cards
The Shallow End ep 87 - Albert Pujols' Best Rookie Cards: A Scientific Ranking
The Shallow End ep 86 - Ten Timeless Lessons About The Hobby (Learned From Three Books About Sportscards)
The Shallow End ep 85 - My Year of Looking Backward
The Shallow End ep 84 - Setting Collecting Goals, w/ Chris McGill
The Shallow End ep 83 - We Need to See Failure
The Shallow End ep 82 - The Hobby is More Fun When You're a Hypocrite
The Shallow End ep 81 - How Useful are Collecting Lanes?
The Shallow End ep 80 - Turn the Card Over
The Shallow End ep 79 - 15 Takeaways from 'The Chase'
The Chase: 'The Rarest Reggie' with @TJ.isonline
The Chase: Enter Sandman with @yankeedoodledandycards
The Chase: Waiting … and waiting for The Great One with @jlee_sportscardslive
The Chase: Finding gold in pinstripes with @refractorguy812
The Chase: It's only fun if it's a challenge with @kevin.m.cormier