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Stacking Slabs

Welcome to the Stacking Slabs, a podcast for sports cards collectors. There"s been a tremendous amount of change to our Hobby over the last few years and the one constant has been the passion from the collecting community. Stacking Slabs is built by the collector and lives to tell stories for the collector.

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71:25

Booked to Last: Road to the Rumble and the Reality of...

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2026/01/24

The road to the Royal Rumble always brings noise. Storylines shift. Favorites emerge. Markets react.Adam Gellman and Ryan from RBICru7 break down what actually matters right now in wrestling cards.They talk through potential Royal Rumble outcomes and what those results mean for card values. They compare hype versus reality for names like Sami Zayn, Bron Breakker, Liv Morgan, Tiffany Stratton, and Rhea Ripley. They explain why some wrestlers move markets while others never do.They also dig

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54:58

The Football Card Podcast #31: Fernando Mendoza Is...

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2026/01/23

Somewhere between those two truths is where football card collecting lives.This episode moves through the chaos of championship football and the chaos of the hobby. Big moments. Bigger emotions. We talk about hype cycles in real time. How collectors react when prices move fast. Why some cards feel right even when the data feels wrong.From modern quarterbacks carrying the future of the market to forgotten defenders with stories that never leaveThis is a conversation about how collectors

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22:20

Taking a Peek At The Hobby You Do Not See

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2026/01/22

Most of the hobby never shows up on your feed.This episode focuses on the part of collecting that lives outside social media, marketplaces, and public sales. The cards that stay locked in personal collections. The collectors who never post. The demand that never shows itself online.Brett shares why relying only on what you see can shape your decisions in the wrong direction. He walks through my own chase for Andrew Luck cards that never appeared for sale and how relationships, patience, and

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23:11

The Power of Community in Card Collecting

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2026/01/21

This flagship episode of Stacking Slabs explores why community plays such a critical role in card collecting.The episode opens with a personal moment involving a missed opportunity on a 2013 Reggie Wayne Gold Prizm /10, the final card needed to complete a long-term collecting run. What follows is not a story about price or timing, but about a fellow collector who stepped in, prioritized the relationship, and helped make the moment possible. That experience becomes the foundation for a

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56:03

Card Ladder Confidential #16: Understanding Growth...

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2026/01/20

Card Ladder Confidential is back for 2026 with a conversation built for collectors who care about signal over noise. Brett sits down with Chris and Josh to pressure test what growth in the hobby means right now.They unpack real data from Card Ladder, including price indexes and transaction volume, and ask the hard question. Is the hobby growing or getting louder. The discussion moves into research as a collector edge, why price is only the opinion of two people, how types of cards earn long

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41:04

Passion to Profession: Buying Collections the Right...

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2026/01/19

On this episode of Passion to Profession, presented by eBay, Brett sits down with Aaron and Curt from BBC Emporium for a real conversation about trust in the hobby.They pull back the curtain on what it really looks like to buy entire collections.Not the edited version.The real one.You hear how engineering backgrounds shape their operation.Why transparency matters when someone hands you their life’s collection.How paying strong creates leverage years later.And why reputation still beats

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40:00

The WNBA Card Podcast: A Collector-Led History of...

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2026/01/18

Season four of the WNBA Card Podcast starts with intent.This episode sets the foundation for everything that follows. Katelyn and Brett reintroduce themselves as collectors and explain why this season takes a different path. Instead of chasing weekly trends or short-term noise, this season focuses on how WNBA cards came to be and why that history matters today.They walk through the philosophy behind season four, the idea of staying power, and why understanding past eras gives you an edge as

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80:06

Booked to Last: Drew McIntyre, Prospecting the...

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2026/01/17

Wrestling cards are changing. Fast.In Episode 2 of Booked to Last, Adam Gellman and Ryan Bannister break down what actually matters right now in the wrestling card market. Drew McIntyre’s title run sparks a real conversation about hobby respect, pricing, and why some stars still feel mispriced.The guys dig into prospecting the WWE and NXT roster, giving honest star ratings on names like Trick Williams, Jordynne Grace, Oba Femi, and more. They also hit the biggest card stories of the week,

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72:58

The Football Card Podcast #30: Football Changes Fast....

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2026/01/16

Pack and Brett open the episode inside the emotion of playoff football and what those moments do to collectors. Bears wins. Caleb Williams belief. The kind of games that change how you see your cards forever.From there, the conversation shifts to the hobby. Justin Herbert’s seven-figure sales with zero playoff wins. What that tells you about timing, hype, and risk. Why some parallels age with grace while others fade fast. And how one Patrick Mahomes game-used Shield reframes scarcity in

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23:30

What Makes Something Collectible? A Framework Beyond...

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2026/01/15

Most conversations about collectability happen after prices move. This episode takes the opposite approach by exploring what makes something collectible before hype and money show up. It breaks down the fundamentals that tend to endure across cycles, including scarcity, demand, cultural relevance, story, and trust. Using examples from different eras of the hobby, the episode examines why some cards maintain long term interest while others fade once attention shifts.The conversation also

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24:09

Shrinking the Sea and Focusing Your Collection on...

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2026/01/14

The hobby does not slow down. It expands. More releases, more parallels, more noise telling you what you should care about next. Without a filter, it is easy to collect reactions instead of building something that matters.In this flagship episode, I revisit one of the most important ideas in my collecting journey. Shrinking the Sea. This is about narrowing your focus so your collection reflects what you value, not what the market or your feed is pushing.I share personal stories from

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47:08

The Staging Area #16: Hype Is the Fuel. Discipline Is...

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2026/01/13

Hype drives the hobby. It always has. The question is what you do when it shows up.Brett sits down with Tory from dcsports87 to break down how hype actually works in real time. They talk Topps Chrome Basketball, Cooper Flagg prices, Jordan autos, McDavid Young Guns, and why some hype creates opportunity while other hype burns collectors.This is a grounded conversation about timing, liquidity, regret, and sustainability. If you collect, buy, sell, or break cards, this episode helps you slow

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35:30

Passion to Profession: Trust is the System in the...

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2026/01/12

In an unregulated hobby, trust fills the gaps where rules do not exist. In this episode of Passion to Profession, Brett McGrath sits down with Michael Osacky, Founder of Baseball in the Attic and PSA’s lead appraiser, to talk about what really protects collectors and businesses today.They unpack why reputation functions as currency, how bad actors thrive in gray areas, and why most collectors assume protection exists when it does not. Michael shares hard-earned lessons from decades in the

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38:47

The WNBA Card Podcast: Closing Season Three and...

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2026/01/11

Season three closes with reflection and a clear look forward. Brett and Katelyn talk through what changed this year, what surprised them, and why this season felt different. More restraint. More conviction. Less chasing. More meaning.They also pull the curtain back on what comes next. Season four becomes a collector narrated oral history of WNBA cards. Eras over hype. Stories over prices. Community over noise. This episode sets the foundation for where the show is going and why it matters

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74:26

Booked to Last: Why Wrestling Cards Are Built Different

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2026/01/10

The wrestling card hobby is not built like the rest of the card world. It never has been.In the debut episode of Booked to Last, Adam Gellman and Ryan Bannister sit down to explain why wrestling card collectors move differently, think differently, and collect with a level of loyalty that rarely exists elsewhere in the hobby.They share their personal collecting journeys, how wrestling cards pulled them back into the hobby, and why relationships matter more than transactions in this space

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72:15

The Football Card Podcast #29: We Want Cards That...

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2026/01/09

Episode 29 moves fast and covers a lot of ground, the way real collecting conversations unfold. Pack and Brett open with jersey number 29 legends before shifting into a deeper discussion on defensive players, why they remain undercollected, and how limited card catalogs can create opportunity for collectors paying attention. The conversation then turns to hobby resolutions, slowing down, researching more, and pushing back on the pressure to chase every release as it hits the market.The

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35:18

Hobby or Industry? What Must Be True for Collectors...

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2026/01/08

The sports card space keeps growing. Prices rise. Products multiply. New companies enter every month.Some collectors say the hobby is gone. Replaced by an industry.In this episode, Brett argues it can be both. And explains why the difference matters more than ever in 2026.He shares why 2025 was his best year collecting. Why research is the strongest edge collectors have. Why niche content strengthens the hobby. Why not all one of ones are equal. And why the top of the funnel for new

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21:06

How Curiosity Builds Confidence When Collecting...

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2026/01/07

In the first flagship episode of 2026, Stacking Slabs explores how curiosity shapes conviction in collecting. The episode centers on a missed card. A 2020 Crown Royale Tyrese Haliburton Crystal Platinum 1/1. The loss was not about price. It was about timing and understanding.As the research deepened, interest turned into attachment. Learning changed how the card was viewed and why it mattered.This episode examines the difference between hype and conviction. Borrowed excitement versus earned

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45:10

Passion to Profession: Trust, Transparency, and the...

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2026/01/05

In this episode of Passion to Profession, presented by eBay, I’m joined by Drew Hester, Chief Operating Officer at Greg Morris Cards.We talk about what it takes to run a high-volume operation without losing the human side of the hobby. Why trust beats transactions. Why vintage behaves differently than modern. And why consistency and communication still win, even as the hobby moves faster than ever.Drew shares his path from entrepreneur to operator, what he’s learned studying collector

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72:47

The Football Card Podcast #28: Triple Crown Watch, 24...

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2026/01/02

Episode 28 brings perspective to a loud football card market.We break down Jonathan Taylor’s real shot at a rushing Triple Crown, what the data says about running backs right now, and how collectors can stay patient as prices rise.We dig into 1998 Fleer Brilliance 24 Karat Golds and why awareness changed the ceiling on one of football’s most important parallels.Then we step back into the Kaboom Room. Mahomes. Drake Maye. One of ones. Big money. Bigger marketing forces.We close with Market

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