All Episodes
The Shallow End — 214 episodes
The 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
Overthinking 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
The Chase: Searching for a ghost with @Big_Devers_Energy
The Chase: Hunting vintage icons with @Venezuelan_League_Stickers
The Chase: An 11-year odyssey with @FlagshipChromeCollector
The Chase: Thoughtful, responsible collecting with @Irish_Sportscards_21
The Chase: Wondering if a card even exists with @sac.kings.cards
The Chase: No one can match the willpower of @MonsterCollectss
The Chase: LeBron, Lessons and Learning with @TheIronSheek
The Chase: Searching for a second-tier star with @Calebm2034
The Chase: Relationships and Frequent Flyer Miles with @bleeckerstreetcards
The Chase: Persistent, respectful pursuit with @412Sportscards
The Shallow End ep 78 - How Different Is the Hobby Now than It Used to Be?
The Shallow End ep 77 - Perfection, Small Homes and Nice Neighborhoods
The Shallow End ep 76 - It Was a Good Day
The Shallow End ep 75 - Finite Collecting with @two2sportscards
The Shallow End ep 74 - Hiding the Cookie Jar
The Shallow End ep 73 - Who Do You Listen To?
The Shallow End ep 72 - DoubleD Has Your Back
The Shallow End ep 71 - Process and Approach with Jason @Contrarian_Cards
The Shallow End ep 70 - Enough Is Enough: Saying Goodbye to a PC
The Shallow End ep 69 - Successes and Fails 2024
The Shallow End ep 68 - 27 Takeaways From 27 Decisions
27 Decisions #27/27 - @CatchingHeaters and the Decision to Set Collect
27 Decisions #26/27 - @TheKeithy4999 and the Decision to Take a Chance on a Young Player
27 Decisions #25/27 - @Drakes_PC and the Decision to Reach the Mountaintop
27 Decisions #24/27 - @InspiredSportsCards and the Decision to Add a Mantle Autograph
27 Decisions #23/27 - @Bigtime_Sportscards and the Decision to Highlight His Community
27 Decisions #22/27 - @jleesportscardslive and the Decision to Land The Babe
27 Decisions #21/27 - @ajmcards94 and the Decision to Realize that Home is Where the Heart Is
27 Decisions #20/27 - @sportscardstruggles and the Decision to Get His Centerpiece
27 Decisions #19/27 - @PinwheelCards and the Decision to Scrap Ultramodern for Vintage
27 Decisions #18/27 - @G7_Cards and the Decision to Combine Cards With Literature
27 Decisions #17/27 - @1980sCardsWithDan and the Decision to Chase a Serial Number
27 Decisions #16/27 - @JRFIllini and the Decision to Take Flight With Air McNair
27 Decisions #15/27 - @Carlson_Cards the Decision to Go for the Gold
27 Decisions #14/27 - @Deepsouth_Hobbyist and the Decision to Stay Put
27 Decisions #13/27 - @Pancake_Analytics and the Decision to Visit Mario World
27 Decisions #12/27 - @Scottie_B_Cards and the Decision to Dive Into the '90s
27 Decisions #11/27 - @crt_sportscards and the Decision to Go All In
27 Decision #10/27 - @tradingcardfinds and the Decision to Follow His George Brett Impulse
27 Decisions #9/27 - @1956ToppsGuy and the Decision to Honor His Beloved Cubbies
27 Decisions #8/27 - @mre_collector and the Decision to Chase Kyle Hamilton
27 Decisions #7/27 - @outthebox85 and the Decision to Hunt Old Wax
27 Decisions #6/27 - @RobWongCollects and the Decision to Turn His PC Into a Scrapbook
27 Decisions #5/27 - @Eephus_pitch and the Decision to Think Small
27 Decisions #4/27 - @cardinal_red_refractors and the Decision that Red Means Go
27 Decisions #3/27 - @SouthernCollector14 and the Decision to Randomly Bid on a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle
27 Decisions #2/27 - @Sole.Tuf and the Decision to Buy Gehrig
27 Decisions #1/27 - @TimSalmonCollector and the Decision to Spend a Little More
The Shallow End ep 67 - Introducing "27 Decisions"
The Shallow End ep 66 - A Conversation With @IstanbulCards
The Shallow End ep 65 - Saying No to the Cards We Want
The Shallow End ep 64 - Cards From the Shadows
I Need Your Help
The Shallow End ep 62 - Report from an Iowa Card Show 2
Total Content 9.25.2024
The Shallow End ep 61 - To Caitlin, or Not to Caitlin …
The Shallow End ep 60 - Collecting When You're Broke
The Shallow End ep 59 - The High End of The Shallow End w/ @740SmithCards
The Shallow End ep 58 - Keeping Sports Cards Fun w/ Inspired Sportscards
The Shallow End ep 57 - How to Insult a Collector
Total Content 8.12.2024
The Shallow End ep 56 - Finding Your Way
The Shallow End ep 55- Collecting 'Til It Hurts
The Shallow End ep 54 - How Collecting Obscure Players Made Me a Better Collector
The Shallow End ep 53 - It's Never Too Late
The Shallow End ep 52 - 10x the Community with Samuel C. Evans
The Shallow End ep 51 - Collecting With a Black Hat
Total Content 7.1.2024
The Shallow End ep 50 - What If
The Shallow End ep 49 - I've Been Influenced, and It's All My Fault
The Shallow End ep 48 - Why Clark Picked Fanatics Fest Over The National
Total Content 6.10.2024
The Shallow End ep 47 - Stranded On an O'Hare Runway
The Shallow End ep 46 - Surviving the Hobby When You're Not an Apex Predator
The Shallow End ep 45 - The Magic Buying Time Before The National w/ Austin Carlson
The Shallow End ep 44 - Catching Our Breath
The Shallow End ep 43 - The Caitlin Clark Mega Pod
The Shallow End ep 42 - Nothing Is Better Than Something
The Shallow End ep 41 - How to Build the Ultimate Team Collection (w/ @Henry_Rowengartner_Cards)
The Shallow End ep 40 - #CollectSomethingDumb
The Shallow End ep 39 - How to Build a Splendid Collection
The Shallow End ep 38 - Reunion
The Shallow End ep 37 - Happy Accidents
The Shallow End ep 36 - What is JOMO?
The Shallow End ep 35 - Luck, Kindness, and Everything Else
The Shallow End ep 34 - Setting Up at a Card Show for the First Time (Mark Sanchez aka @mjs_sportscards)
The Shallow End ep 33 - Building a PC That Connects With Your Team (with Kevin aka @Colorado.Collector)
The Shallow End ep 32 - Seven Players Who Cause FOMO
The Shallow End ep 31 - eBay Is Not a Recreational Activity
The Shallow End ep 30 - Why We Buy Sports Cards We Don't Want (a talk with Mike aka @TheGolfCardCollector)
The Shallow End ep 29 - The Fear of Standing Still
The Shallow End ep 28 - Baseball Hall of Fame Voter David Brown Stops By
The Shallow End ep 27 - Bob Hosta Has a System
The Shallow End ep 26 - Move Fast and Move With Purpose
The Shallow End ep 25 - Reflection Makes Our PCs Better
The Shallow End ep 24 - Six Questions That Can Shape Your PC's Future
The Shallow End ep 23 - Trying to Find "The Lull"
The Shallow End ep 22 - Interview with Derek, a Ray Lankford Supercollector
The Shallow End ep 21 - Report from an Iowa Card Show
The Shallow End ep 20 - Why Did I Buy That ^%$! Card?
The Shallow End ep 19 - The Joy of Not Collecting Victor Wembanyama
The Shallow End ep 18 - An Investor Wades Into the Shallow End
The Shallow End ep 17 - Talking '80s Baseball With @1980sCardsWithDan
The Shallow End ep 16 - Moms, Dads, and the Cards that Connect Us
The Shallow End ep 15 - Celebrating Small Moments
The Shallow End ep 14 - Should I Sell Everything?
The Shallow End ep 13 - The Content of It All
The Shallow end ep 12 - Transforming Your PC with Brandon @SportsCardStruggles
The Shallow End ep 11 - The Megabid at One Year
The Shallow End ep 10 - Collecting to Remember with Steve Bieleck
The Shallow End ep 9 - Major Pickup, Minor Regrets
The Shallow End ep 8 - Should is a Four-Letter Word
The Shallow End ep 7 - Opening a New Collecting Lane
The Shallow End ep 6 - When News Gets In the Way
The Shallow End ep 5 - There's Nothing Wrong With Your PC
The Shallow End ep 4 - Jeremy Lee & John Newman Answer Your National Questions
The Shallow End ep 1 - The 40-Year Hunt
The Shallow End ep 3 - It All Started With Jordan
The Shallow End ep 2 - Cards are Pure (with Samuel Evans)