How Did We Get Here?

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This week we are talking about the history of Mascots! This history is tough to pin down as the definition of 'mascots' has morphed and changed over time.

Starting in early Provencal, or Occitan, history it was a term used for a witch. Later changing to a being, or item, that could change your fortune; a good luck charm.

It was not until the comic Operetta "La Mascotte" hit the stages of France in 1881 that the word full entered the lexicon of French and English speakers.

That Opera also, allowed Macotte's to be humans, and not just tickets or animals.

As the word, and idea, made its way to America it began to morph again. Especially superstitious baseball Players took hold of this word and would find other humans, usually children, to be their mascots and bring them luck. Honestly, the history is pretty sad here.

If you would like to know more listen in and find out this weird and fascinating history.

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Finishing up our run on Cards we are talking about grading. Many of you may have heard of the words 'mint' or '10-grade' around cards, but do you understand what that means?

You may have also seen the reports on people making millions on trading cards, and wondered what it would take to get in on that action. We want to give you all the information we can when it comes to understanding card value and how they are graded; or rated.

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We are back! No, theme for this particular episode, but we wanted to get in the studio and get after it.

We took a brief two-month break to re-group as our lives have shifted over the last year. But we are back and ready to get back into a groove.

As many of you know Branden had a tragic event happen to him last July. He was asked to give a speech in front of the people who helped to save his life, and he wanted to share it here.

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Thank you for listening and we will talk to you again soon.

We are back to talk about the history of the Christmas tree! This time with a special guest! Our little brother Jordy is joining us on today's episode.

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We are back to kick you Glass...sorry. But we are back.

We want to talk about the history of Glass, and why it is so often used.

As always we want to hear from you on everything. What we did well/poorly, what did we miss, or really anything else?

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Hello everyone we hope you enjoy our show as brothers Justin and Branden discuss the history of canning.

The history of food preservation is greatly important to our society, and canning is a small piece of it. We are hoping to cover a broader range of this topic next year!

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Welcome back, everybody!

We do not have a theme for this episode, so you know there will be some madness. Brothers Justin and Branden may from time to time get lost in random conversations and this episode is no different.

It starts with some discussion about the upcoming slate of episodes before Branden, unprovoked, attacks the respectable and hard-working band The Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

We establish that he is in fact the co-host as well, so listen in and let us know what you think.

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Thank you all for the support, and we hope you enjoy this episode.

What do you know about the history of trading cards? We didn't know a lot, so we did some investigating. Now we want to share the information with you!

If you are new here just know that we are brothers that can banter a bit to start the show, but it is all in brotherly fun. We just like starting the show with some light conversation before we get into the information.

There is a lot that goes into the history of trading cards, so this will be in two parts. In this episode, we will cover Baseball Cards, as they are the first and are valued the highest. Then we will cover Konami as they are the biggest company and are home to Yugioh another major player in the card trading world.

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The plan was to finish up the Coffee notes, but with our little brother back in town we decided to switch it up. If you want more Coffee we are planning a minisode for later in the year.

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