Sports Cards Nonsense

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Mike Has a Million-Dollar Product Idea for Topps

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Mike and Jesse are joined in the studio by Shep and Mike Sterk for the first four-man booth. Mike revels in his reverse-mush working on Drake Maye. He also spent the week

Oct 13
1 h 36 min

Our Inaugural SCN Trivia Challenge

We kick off the show with Sterk's Starting Five, the five most important players left in the postseason in real-life baseball and cardboard. Gio takes a look at the MLB p

Oct 8
1 h 21 min

Jason Kelce's $30k Introduction to Sports Cards

Mike has company today, as Jesse is back off the IL (Gout). We get into Jason Kelce's $30k hobby adventure and how he was completely misled about the boxes he bought. Mik

Oct 6
1 h 40 min

How Many Mikes Is Too Many Mikes?

In this episode, we find out how many Mike's are too many without Jesse, who is out sick. Mike Gio and Mike Sterk look at the hobby values of the players who won so far i

Oct 2
1 h 19 min

The Mount Rushmore of Non-Sports

Mike and Jesse are joined by Funcle in the studio today (and Papa Gio, kind of) to look back at most of Week 3 in the NFL. Why it might be too late to sell some of your n

Sep 28
1 h 48 min

Beware of Counterfeit Cards

Mike and Jesse open the show, airing a few grievances while Jesse ponders life and how far behind he is in the SCN Challenge. A new scam involving high-end counterfeit ca

Sep 24
1 h 42 min

The ONE Rule to Collecting Football Cards

Mike and Jesse are back after a chaotic Week 2 in the NFL. Major injuries across the league have thrown a wrench into the NFL season, the SCN Challenge, fantasy football,

Sep 22
1 h 50 min

The Art of the Sale

Mike and Jesse are back with Papa Gio, discussing the ideal time to sell in certain markets and whether you can even time them. Plus, looking at NFL markets after Week 1

Sep 17
1 h 50 min

Lombardi Lenny Enters the Hobby

Leonard Fournette joins Mike and Jesse in the studio in Nashville to discuss his love of the hobby, his Pokemon collection, and the location of his future card shop on LS

Sep 14
1 h 52 min

Which Young QBs Should You Buy?

The NFL is back, and Drake Maye got off to an awful start. Looking at Maye's market and what other young quarterbacks will need to do to see positive movement in the card

Sep 10
1 h 17 min

Intro to the SCN Challenge

Football season is so different from other sports, and each game has an outsized impact on a card market. Introducing the SCN Challenge and breaking down Mike and Jesse's

Sep 8
50 min

Larry Legend Steals the Show

With the NFL season kicking off in a week, we look at the rookie class and wonder: since it is so bad, will collectors go back to the 2024 class? That and more with Joe B

Sep 3
1 h 15 min

Bowman Chrome Baseball Preview

Looking ahead to one of the biggest baseball releases of the year with Kyle Rino from Monster Breaks on Bowman Chrome Baseball. Plus, why a recent basketball release is l

Aug 31
1 h 27 min

Fanatics Has BIG Breaking News

Mike and Jesse are back and Mike has a sense of renewed enjoyment in the hobby after buying the lot last week. Fanatics has major news. Plus, we hit voicemails! 0:00 - F

Aug 27
1 h 00 min

Market Correction for Non-Sports?

Mike and Jesse dive into the non-sports market as concerns are starting to grow, even within the non-sports side. Are bad actors in the space pumping or shilling the non-

Aug 24
1 h 15 min

Phoning It In with Voicemails!

Mike and Jesse try out something new with the new studio today: voicemails. If you would like to participate in a future voicemails episode, you can leave one for Mike an

Aug 20
1 h 05 min

Time to Take Some Wins

Papa Gio joins Mike and Jesse this week in the new studio. Mike has an update on a story from last week about a big trade at The National. Why won't Theo Von book Mike on

Aug 17
1 h 18 min

Big Money is Pricing People Out of The Hobby

The corporatization of the hobby has its positives, for sure: better products, higher values, etc. However, if big names and bigger money keep coming into the hobby, peop

Aug 13
1 h 05 min

A New Program To Help Local Card Shops

Mike and Jesse are joined by Shep in the studio for the first guest on the new set. Football season is almost upon us and Mike and Shep look at what will be a disappointi

Aug 10
1 h 38 min

The Best (of the Rest) From The National

Some of our favorite moments from The National that didn't make it into other podcasts this week. We have a roundtable with some of the personalities from the network. In

Aug 7
1 h 24 min

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What listeners say

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I came across this show a few months ago and it quickly became the show I tune into every episode of. I’ve learned a lot about the hobby from these guys and really enjoy the sprinkle of non sports that Jesse provides. All of that being said, Mike’s slander of Ryan Gosling is unacceptable along with not mentioning arguably his greatest film ever, Drive.

ColdHardTruth1996 · Jul 2025

At its best, this is fun, informative banter about sports and sports/non-sports cards between 2 friends (Jessie and Mike) with drastically different interests and backgrounds. Their personal difference is their strength. For that reason, the Podcast is different than any other in the sports card hobby world. It can be absolutely tremendous. But at its worst, it’s Mike & Mike 2.0, where they ultimately allow their interpersonal animosity to ruin an otherwise great dynamic between the two. Personally hoping they can hold things together to continue a great thing.

Dont Bother 9 · Oct 2024

Both Mike and Jesse are absolute rockstars for the hobby. Entertaining, informative, and a much needed distraction during long drives to work. The banter is fun and reminds me of family events with my own brothers. When will we see a non-sport and sport break featuring Mike AND Jesse???? The group needs a split screen double feature.

Altball24 · Sep 2024

Great show with great banter and insights from Mike and Jessie. Love the honesty from Mike gio. Just a great sports card show for hardcore and casual collectors.

Jcf1213 · Apr 2024

Show has so much going for it, however Mike is unbearable. He is arrogant, interrupts everyone, and makes a great show unlistenable. It’s unfortunate because Jesse is phenomenal.

josh34ku · Jun 2026

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