On this episode of Commute - The Podcast:

Sports cards were big business in the late 1980s; then the industry became nearly non-existent in the late 1990s. But wait... a single card sold for $2.96 million in 2020?!

Chess isn't just for nerds (or men) anymore.

Champion Sports has seen the highest of highs (NBA jersey/Dream Team sponsor) followed by the lowest of lows (the XFL - the first time). How did the brand return to glory?

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Episode Sources/Go Deeper:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.detroitnews.com/amp/3402183001
https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/30009629/how-coronavirus-internet-tons-money-unexpectedly-fueled-sports-cards-biggest-boom?platform=amp
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sportingnews.com/us/amp/mlb/news/trading-card-industry-has-boomed-during-pandemic/10t850qdlc24c101eezddjxibg
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/11/27/queen-gambit-chess-interest/?outputType=amp
https://medium.com/better-marketing/how-champion-became-cool-again-c4e58fa46671

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On this episode of Commute - The Podcast:

Do we really need the penny? Trying to make some sense of the one cent.

America's favorite game show has outlasted the competition (over 400 other shows!) for years thanks to a grueling taping schedule, a legendary host, and an occasional eccentric winner.

A family made national news when their son disappeared in a hot air balloon - or did he?


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Episode Sources/Go Deeper:
https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-penny
https://www.simplemost.com/behind-the-scenes-secrets-of-jeopardy/
https://better.net/arts-events/movies-tv/jeopardy-heres-actually-happens-behind-scenes/
https://www.npr.org/2020/12/24/950074173/balloon-boy-parents-pardoned-by-colorado-governor-for-2009-hoax

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Start your week by learning something new!

On this episode of Commute - The Podcast:

The documentary Three Identical Strangers focuses on Identical triplets separated at birth and adopted by three different families.

Learn about the totally predictable and wildly unpredictable effects of 1.1 million people working together to try to beat...Pokemon.

All TV shows must come to an end, right? Why is it so difficult to end a show on a high note? Where did the phrase "jumping the shark" come from - and what does it actually mean?

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7664504/
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-three-identical-strangers-documentary-20180702-story.html
https://www.businessinsider.com/11-bizarre-things-from-twitchplayspokemon-2014-3
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-lists/jumping-the-shark-10-great-tv-shows-that-took-a-turn-for-the-worse-15672 ppeple

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Commute - The Podcast. You'll be smarter when you get there. New episodes drop every Monday! Spend your commute learning about things that will fuel your conversations and make you the most interesting person in the room.

Episode one:
Meet Dave & Jay and hear the vision for the podcast.

Christmas Trees. Are real Christmas trees destined to go the way of the dinosaur? 

As the historic wreck of the Titanic fades into the history books, we ask ourselves - who owns the remaining artifacts at the bottom of the sea?

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Episode Sources/Go Deeper:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/d743ym/9-artists-take-on-the-future-of-christmas-trees
https://www.npr.org/local/305/2019/12/06/785524578/the-business-of-christmas-trees-how-millennials-might-be-their-saving-grace
https://www.livescience.com/titanic-shipwreck-disintegrating-into-the-sea.html
https://www.livescience.com/titanic-shipwreck-telegraph-machine-recovery.html

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