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The Shallow End

david.asa.schwartz

The Shallow End: A Sports Card Podcast On a Budget

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00:44:44

The Shallow End ep 51 - Collecting With a Black Hat

The Shallow End ·

2024/07/05

How boring would this hobby be if we all collected the same thing? In this episode, we speak with Chad aka @blackhat_cards on IG. He collects players from his beloved Minnesota, but he also collects the villains of sport. Many of the athletes who make up his PC have decided to wear the black hat.The Shallow End is hosted by Dave Schwartz (@Iowa_Dave_Sportscards)

00:17:25

Total Content 7.1.2024

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2024/07/01

The latest edition of The Shallow End: Total Content. Featuring …Cardboard Chronicles; Cards to the Moon; Stacking Slabs; The Collector's Gene; Sports Card Madness; Sports Cards Nonsense; Lemme Get That Podagraph; Wax Pack Hero. Contact Dave Schwartz on IG @Iowa_Dave_Sportscards

00:15:12

The Shallow End ep 50 - What If

The Shallow End ·

2024/06/28

Collector Kevin M. Cormier once called it the "paralysis of indecision." It's those moments when you have too many cards that you want, the funds to get some, and the decision and contemplation becomes so much that you end up doing nothing. On this episode, we consider it from a slightly different perspective—from the unhelpful point of view of "What If …"The Shallow End is hosted by Dave Schwartz ⁠@Iowa_Dave_Sportscards⁠ Read the Kevin Cormier interview from June 6, 2023,

00:24:10

The Shallow End ep 49 - I've Been Influenced, and...

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2024/06/21

Sports-card influencers have power not because of some cosmic or mystic force. They have power because we give them power. Who are the most powerful influencers in the sports-card hobby? That's an easy answer: Look in the mirror.The Shallow End is hosted by Dave Schwartz @Iowa_Dave_Sportscards Referenced in this episode: "Hodinkee Radio episode 21: Matt Jacobson" (aired Nov 26, 2018)

00:38:44

The Shallow End ep 48 - Why Clark Picked Fanatics...

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2024/06/14

Clark, curator of @fivecardguys and host of the Cards to the Moon podcast, recently committed to attending his first National. Then he changed his mind and will instead go to the first Fanatics Fest a month later in New York. Here's why. Plus, we talked about Cards to the Moon recently celebrating its third anniversary, how he keeps it fresh, and we close by playing some sports-card related games.The Shallow End is hosted by Dave Schwartz @Iowa_Dave_Sportscards

00:19:08

Total Content 6.10.2024

The Shallow End ·

2024/06/10

Welcome to an experiment. A new monthly series, "The Shallow End: Total Content," works to shine a light on some of the best, most interesting, and notable recent episodes in sports-card podcasting. If you'd like to leave feedback, host Dave Schwartz can be reached on Instagram at @Iowa_Dave_Sportscards.

00:11:16

The Shallow End ep 47 - Stranded On an O'Hare Runway

The Shallow End ·

2024/06/07

When you spend a good chunk of your week sitting inside unmoving airplanes at one of the world's largest airports, the mind wanders. Mine wandered to sports cards. Please enjoy this abbreviated, hopefully entertaining, O'Hare-inspired episode.The Shallow End is hosted by Dave Schwartz @Iowa_Dave_Sportscards

00:14:34

The Shallow End ep 46 - Surviving the Hobby When...

The Shallow End ·

2024/05/31

The sports-card hobby is an ecosystem. It has apex predators, parasites and everything in between. If you're among the 99 percent of collectors who fall somewhere between the two ends of the hobby spectrum, how do you survive it?

00:31:26

The Shallow End ep 45 - The Magic Buying Time Before...

The Shallow End ·

2024/05/24

A funny thing happened on the road to The National 2023: previously absent or scarce cards suddenly became available in droves. With the 2024 National about two months out, Austin Carlson (@carlson_cards) visits to talk about how last year's trend is informing this year's collecting.The Shallow End is hosted by Dave Schwartz (@Iowa_Dave_Sportscards)

00:14:14

The Shallow End ep 44 - Catching Our Breath

The Shallow End ·

2024/05/17

In this episode, it's three stories in 15 minutes. 1. A card negotiation in the shallow end of the collecting pool 2. Dave once again gets tripped up by his hobby nemesis 3. A new, surprising experience that could have ended badly, but didn't - The Shallow End is hosted by Dave Schwartz (@Iowa_Dave_Sportscards)

01:34:37

The Shallow End ep 43 - The Caitlin Clark Mega Pod

The Shallow End ·

2024/05/10

The biggest U.S. sports figure over the last year has been basketball player Caitlin Clark. Now, armed with a fresh Panini contract as her WNBA career is set to begin with the Indiana Fever, the former University of Iowa star is beginning a new chapter in her remarkable run. To commemorate the moment, Dave welcomes three guests into The Shallow End: • Keith Murphy, WHO-TV Des Moines broadcaster who has covered Clark since her freshman year of high school (4:32) • Brett McGrath, the Stacking Slabs

00:18:29

The Shallow End ep 42 - Nothing Is Better Than Something

The Shallow End ·

2024/05/03

Dave saved up to buy a card that long had been on his watchlist. But when he finally had the funds, something happened: he didn't buy it. This is the story of what made him stop.Host: Dave Schwartz @Iowa_Dave_Sportscards

00:36:22

The Shallow End ep 41 - How to Build the Ultimate...

The Shallow End ·

2024/04/26

Joe (@Henry_Rowengartner_Cards) has one of those Instagram pages you can't stop looking at. His collection of late 1990s Cubs baseball cards is something of a marvel. In this episode we learn how – and why – he chose to build it. Host: Dave Schwartz (@Iowa_Dave_Sportscards).

00:13:59

The Shallow End ep 40 - #CollectSomethingDumb

The Shallow End ·

2024/04/19

In this episode of The Shallow End, we celebrate the quirkier sides of our PC's. We honor the lanes of our collections that nobody but us truly appreciates.

00:31:22

The Shallow End ep 39 - How to Build a Splendid...

The Shallow End ·

2024/04/12

In this episode, @Iowa_Dave_Sportscards talks with Adam (@SplendidSports) about his ambitious collecting goals and how he reaches them. This is a story of discipline, patience, and sticking to the plan.

00:42:48

The Shallow End ep 38 - Reunion

The Shallow End ·

2024/04/05

About. a year ago, two card collectors, @Iowa_Dave_Sportscards and @Paper_and_Chrome, started chatting over Instagram about their collections. Their real names concealed, it would be months before one of them realized the truth about the history of their relationship: close friends growing up who had lost touch after high school. This is the story of how cards helped Greg and Dave reunite after 30 years.

00:19:03

The Shallow End ep 37 - Happy Accidents

The Shallow End ·

2024/03/29

Sometimes a mistake is the best thing that can happen to us.

00:30:22

The Shallow End ep 36 - What is JOMO?

The Shallow End ·

2024/03/15

After greed, it's the sports-card hobby's greatest affliction: FOMO. The fear of missing out. Recent research has sought how to combat FOMO, with much of that research focusing on an antidote: JOMO — the joy of missing out. It's not a perfect solution, but it's a start. Let's dig in.

00:18:36

The Shallow End ep 35 - Luck, Kindness, and...

The Shallow End ·

2024/03/08

We all want to feel like we're in control of our own destiny, but a little more than two years ago, a moment of luck and an act of kindness sent me down a new path in the sports-card hobby. This is that story.

00:35:35

The Shallow End ep 34 - Setting Up at a Card Show for...

The Shallow End ·

2024/03/01

Until two days ago, Mark Sanchez (@mjs_sportscards on IG) had never lived his hobby life as a dealer. Now, with his first card show behind him, Mark reflects on the experience. How did he prepare? How did it go? And what inspired him to do it in the first place? The Shallow End is hosted by Dave Schwartz (@Iowa_Dave_Sportscards)

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