Cardboard Culture

We are constantly looking for new angles. Our show would not be tagged "thinking outside the box" if we did not try to do. We have always wanted to expand our content and I think today is a right step in the right direction.  This afternoon, we break from our usual Tuesday tradition to speak to a hobby shop owner from the Czech Republic. His name is Pavel Bartko and he will spend some time with us, talking about his shop https://www.hokej-karty.cz/.

Pavel is a collector of Dominik Hasek with over 3100 cards in his collection. Has a complete collection of Panini Classics which is an insanely awesome accomplishment.  

Tonight's guests, yes that's right not just 1 but 2. The gentlemen we are about to introduce you to tonight are what as known as Philatelists. What is a Philatelists? Its one who collects and or studies stamps. Yes will be talking about the world of stamp collecting, the synergies of stamp collecting and card collecting. Please welcome the hosts of the YouTube Channel "Conversations with Philatelists" Michael Cortese & Charles Epting to the show!

Tonight's episode should be fun-one, pun intended. We'll be delving in the hobby collecting pop culture phenomenon known as Fun-ko Pops! Yes those 4 inch tall bobble headed vinyl figures. Where people have been known to line up for hours and or drive/ take a plane to get the "limited exclusives" Pop figures. Please welcome to the show Funko Pop Guru and store owner of My Pops.CA Toy Store Tomy Chan to the show!

Tonight's guest is a superintendent with the local school board, who has amassed a hockey card collection of most of the nearly 100 Black and biracial players who appeared in at least one NHL hockey game since Wille O'Ree became the League's first Black player on Jan. 18, 1958. We're going to be talking about the importance this  journey on building this collection, his days as young hockey player. Please welcome Dr. Dean Barnes to the show! 

Tonight we have super exciting guest Cindy Dick who is genius behind the @giantslegends instagram channel "Tiny Treasures, Giant Legends" that is solely dedicated to showcasing her collection of pre-1972 vintage trading cards featuring women! Cindy has her masters in Kinesiology,  who is working  at Arizona State University. She is a super smart woman and you can see that when you read her posts on Instagram. 

We are honored to have on our show for tonight another Women of the Hobby. She's a Nittany Lion grad, previously worked at the MLBPA, is a Yankee's fan and is currently the Communications Manager for the Topps Company. Please welcome Emily Kless to the show!

For tonight's episode we are very pleased to feature another Women of the Hobby guest. Shout out to Sam Shuford as were boring your tagline. She hails all the way from the Land Down Under, is an avid card collector like the rest of us. Has we would say a very solid pc of footy aka soccer & NBA cards. And!! she gets to work at a hobby shop. Please welcome Alex @alexacollects to the show all the way from Melbourne, Australia.

We met Chris on Instagram. He has poured his heart and soul into documenting hockey cards featuring Asian, South Asian and Pacific Island born players. He has built quite the following and has been in contact with several former NHLers etc. We can't wait to learn more about him and his collection

We are pleased to present to you tonight's guest. She's card collector like alot of us. But not just any kind of sports cards. She pc's mascot cards! Yes and there is one in particular that is her fav! Its the San Diego Chicken! Yes that 

Please welcome Anna Blanken to the show!

Tonights guest is a man who's artistic  creativity was on full display in the Topps 2020 project. For those that don't know, Project 2020 was a new art-focused cardboard line that put an artistic spin on 20 classic Topps baseball cards. His brand of art is truly unique to his style and definitely one of a kind. We'd be amiss to not include that his works are not just on trading card size pieces, they run the whole gambit of small to large and utilizing many different mediums.