
Failing Up #9 of 18: Know Thyself
Today’s guest is Jonathan, better known on IG as @sportscards.and.sunsets. As one-third of the Rough Cuts Vintage Card Podcast, Jonathan and his partners have fun discussing vintage cards and all rela...
22 Aug 202521min

Failing Up #8 of 18: Selling All His Memories
Today’s guest is Robert, @robertm_cards on Instagram, where his feed is full of some of the coolest game-worn cards you’ll find. There was a time, a span of about 15 years, when Robert built the sort ...
21 Aug 202520min

Failing Up #7 of 18: Learning to Play the Long Game
Today’s guest is Craig, @NewYorkCitySportsCards on Instagram. Years ago he decided to buy lots of cards of an up-and-coming basketball player, and wouldn’t you know it, Craig nailed his assessment. Th...
20 Aug 202518min

Failing Up #6 of 18: How Dr. Beckett Learned that Bigger is not Always Better
Today’s guest is Dr. Jim Beckett, host of the long-running podcast, "Dr. James Beckett Sports Card Insights." It might be hard to believe now, but there was a time when Beckett Media was the upstart u...
19 Aug 202516min

Failing Up #5 of 18: Strike One, Strike Two, Strike 3 … Strike 4?
Today’s guest is Chad, @Blackhat_Cards on IG. Have you ever really wanted to collect a player, so you buy a card online, it arrives, you look at it, and it doesn’t really do it for you? That’s what ha...
18 Aug 202520min

Failing Up #4 of 18: Failure is Necessary and Encouraged
Today’s guest is Dave Spinrad, @ratedrabbi on Instagram, and as you’ll hear at the top of this episode, he’s worn lots of different hats in his life. The one constant, he says, has been failure. But, ...
17 Aug 202525min

Failing Up #3 of 18: First, Do Your Homework
Today’s guest is Andrew, who is @FairStarCards on Instagram. Andrew collects hockey and other sports, and he’s a collector who seeks personal connections within the cards he collects. As an educator, ...
16 Aug 202517min

Failing Up #2 of 18: The Cards You Can't Get Back
Today’s guest is Theo, who’s ClementeCollector on IG and YouTube. He’s a smart, thoughtful collector, he’s got a growing YouTube audience, and he was a big contributor to this year’s Hobby Palooza. Bu...
15 Aug 202518min



















