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Tonights guest is a true story of being in the right place at the right time. When I heard his story, I smiled and the lyrics of Drake popped into my head. We started from the bottom, now we’re here.

Kent and I got a chance to meet Tim through a mutual friend named Eric,  who is affectionately known as Sanderson2Orr online and in our hobby circles.  I am hoping that after you hear Tim’s story, that at least one of you feels empowered to chase your dreams. It’s never too late to get what’s yours.

Let’s meet out guest, Tim.

Tonight's guests fit in quite nicely with the theme of our show. Kent and I strive to tell the story about diversity and inclusivity through the eyes of a collector. At the root of our collection is a passion for the game. 

In my case, I am an avid hockey fan. I've transitioned from playing to coaching Tyke, Novice and Atom level hockey players for our local league that is part of the GTHL. Kent had also done the same. Kent and I have were often the only minority playing on our teams.  I grew up wondering if there was anyone like me until I had heard that Robin Bawa got his cup of coffee in the NHL. Our next guests have started quite an interesting journey  in that they have created an ice hockey program directed at developing hockey talent in the South Asian community.  You may wonder, but these guest have nothing to do with hockey cards and collecting. The opposite is true, they are helping to grow the footprint of south asian kids in hockey. You may never know, you might end up collecting their cards if they make the bigs or even better, other south asian kids may start collecting cards of their favorite south asian player!

Tonight's guest is our first guest who collects F1 cards amongst other things. She was a single mom who worked at a dental office at a young age while raising her son. Through the kindness of strangers, went to school and is now pursuing her MBA. The thing that struck me was that she cherished the memory of her and her son doing homework together.  This has all the markings of a feel good story.

We are honored and in awe of this guest who is a super collector of Starting Lineup action figures. It is one of if not the biggest collections of action figures that you'll lay your eyes on folks. It is an impressive sight. Not only that, he also has his own ice cream shop to boot, now who here doesn't like ice cream. I scream we all scream for ice cream, please welcome to the show Joe Acurcio!

This is definitely a bucket list moment and we am honoured to have you here.  For our guests who will join us live and for those who will watch us after this is recorded on YouTube, many of the questions I've asked today can be found in Brian's latest book called Helluva a life in hockey.

We our honored to have on our show tonight an individual who has been there with us at the start. He's been an avid viewer of our show. Is a collector of autographs baseball hall a famers, Blue Jays players and in particular a curator of actor autographs in his pc of the original Batman TV series. Please welcome Dennis Lescombe Sr. to the show! 

Tonight's guest is a Doctor. Yes our 2nd Doctor to be on our show. She's a doctor in Sports Medicine, more specifically in Orthopedics. However as amazing as these accomplishments are, what's really neat and impressive is her love for basketball and collecting cards and of one individual in particular Giannis Antetokounmpo and her PSA Registry of the Greek Freak.

Our next guest has an impressive background. He has had stops at Microsoft for a period of 7 years followed by stops at various gaming themed locations before made the leap to Loupe.

Our next guest has quite an ancestral line. Her great grandfather was the first publicist of the NY Yankees and the first real agent [ need confirmation for this] for Mantle and Yogi Berra. She has played sports all of her life and she has a doctorate in sports management from "THE" Ohio State. Currently she coaches men's Rugby and is a professor educating folks in the art of sports marketing. As you can see sports plays a high social currency with her family. She began her journey into collecting women's cards by spotting a Manon Rheaume hockey card early in her collecting career. Admittedly this brings a smile to my face because it has to do with hockey. For those of you who don't know, Manon was the first woman to play in any major North American pro sports league. She signed on with the Tampa Bay Lightning system in 1992, almost 30 years ago.

We are happy to introduce you a young man who is what is known as a Numismatist. What is a Numismatist you say? Its one studies and or collects coins. Yes will be talking about the world of coin collecting, the synergies of coin collecting and card collecting. Please welcome the host of the YouTube Channel "Treasure Town" Christian Hartch to the show!

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.

Bobby is a well storied historian of hockey collectibles. He has contributed to a vast number of publications that seek out his knowledge and expertise in vintage hockey collectibles. He always has an interesting story to tell and his warm voice always makes for easy listening. Check us out!

Tonight's guest ties into our guest from our last show, where she has created her own YouTube channel called WOTH aka Women of the Hobby show. You can find her under her social media handle Sam's Stuff25 and Women of The Hobby. This young lady has created a community of women collectors where she will put the spotlight on one of them during her YouTube show and on occasion she'll have more several on to talk all things about our hobby. Another powerful and inspirational female voice in our hobby.

Our next guest has been a featured guest on Women of the Hobby show, is a huge Lakers fan, card collector, card investor, dabbled with NBA Top Shot and has curated her own channel called She Collects Cards to inspire other female collectors.

Cardboard Culture Show #19 Live with Naim Cardinal to celebrate the start of National Indigenous History Month and its impact on the sport of hockey.

We go live with Steve Menzie, owner of the Sport Card Expo and the increasing popular Sport Card Expo: Virtual Edition.  He has been kind enough to make the show for about an hour!

We go live with Ken Reid on Sunday May 23. He is sometimes found on Instagram cracking hobby packs!  Most often you will see him behind the desk as an anchor for Sportsnet. He is all around good guy and we are looking forward to spending our Sunday evening talking about the hobby of trading card, talking about sports and of course telling all of you where to find his books!

Today's guest is another breath of fresh air. He is extremely popular on Instagram as part of the RIP PACK & slab crew that really take the mantra RIP PACK SLAB to heart

Cardboard Culture - Show #15 Joshua Hanlon, host of Beyond the Brick, a show about Lego creators and their creations

Cardboard Culture - Show #14 Mike Dovellos Star Wars Autograph Collector, Funko Collector and Team USA Soccerfan!

Cardboard Culture Show #13 with renowned visual artist Paul Jennis. Creative genius of Topps Game within a Game collectible series.

www.pauljennis.com

Cardboard Culture Show #12 Tracy Hackler, Director Hobby Marketing at Panini America

Cardboard Culture Show #11 with Dr. Brian Price of President's Choice Trading cards 

We will be having a live chat with our good friend Jeremy Lee, the host of the popular live stream Sports Cards Live

We will be interviewing Naim Cardinal who is a collector of NHL Rookie cards featuring Indigenous players. He has over 1400 followers on his instagram page, he has been featured on a few podcasts, the latest issue of Beckett magazine, on CTV News and many other outlets.

NHL Indigenous Rookie Cards

Metis, Inuit, First Nations NHL players

#tradingcards

#sportscards

We go live tonight Tues Mar. 23rd @ 9pm EST/ 6pm PST with a young man who super PC's Goodwin Museum Relics and was  featured on www.upperdeck.com blog - Joey Olivieri. We'll be discussing his beautiful collection of museum relics, his favourite era's to collect and what got him into the collecting bug.

We go live tonight with Chris Justice on March 16 at 9 PM EST. Owner of CardsInfinity Group breaks. He is one of the OG of online group breakers. We will discuss how he got into the game and the current state of the hobby.

We are going live with Susan Lulgjuraj on Tuesday March 9 at 9 PM EST.  We are truly excited to have a hobby chat with one of our hobby veterans.  She is a former Topps and Beckett staffer who is now with Culture Fly @culture_fly / https://culturefly.com/

Stay tuned for our scheduled show post to appear soon on YT via https://www.youtube.com/c/CardboardCulture

We go live with Tim Carroll (www.timcarrollart.com) who is famously known for cutting up sports cards and materials to create his works of art across sports and pop-culture.  He even refers to himself as "the guy who cuts up baseball cards" on his instagram bio.

We are excited to be hosting David Rowaan who is a Senators fan and a Soccer/FOOTY/football collector/investor. He is quite active on Twitter and we thought it would be neat to pivot back to hockey card and soccer card collecting for this show.  

Ottawa Senators Alphonso Davies Soccer European Football Panini trading cards Topps Match Attax Topps trading cards

We are excited to be hosting Andy Luk from Star Wars Autograph Universe (SWAU) www.swau.com on our next Cardboard Culture Show on Feb 16 at 9 p.m. EST. We are super excited as this takes down another path of the hobby we love... Collecting Star Wars Autographs!

Please join Kent and I tomorrow night (Tuesday, Feb. 9th) at 9pm EST/ 6pm PST for show #2. Our featured guest will be none other than Nelson Wang of Velocity Sports Cards & Breaks. We'll delve into what it is like to run a sports card breaking group during a pandemic, discuss the challenges that come with being an entrepreneur while juggling work/ family life,  and finally, what inspires him to keep going. We look forward to everyone joining us for another great discussion.  

Facebook Group Breaks 

PSA Submissions 

Inspiration 

Motivation

We sit down with Billy Celio to talk shop about his non-sports collection and his involvement with the non-sports products for Upper Deck. I can't think of a better way to kick off our broadcasting careers with none other than the friendliest employee at Upper Deck.  Topics covered: Upper Deck Entertainment Upper Deck ePack www.upperdeckepack.com Entertainment Autographs TTM Autographed Cards Trading cards