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Chris HOJ-Cast
Hosted by Chris HOJ-Cast · EN
As of June of 2025, this feed features new uploads of the Chris HOJ-Cast — a sports card podcast that discusses collecting, market trends, and sports in general.
It also serves as an archive of the 42-episode run of the "House of Jordans" podcast, which spanned December of 2018 through August of 2020.
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Iconicity (Chris HOJ-Cast #36)
2w ago01:36:24Tap to summarizeThis episode has six parts: 1) a reveal of the release dates of Michael Jordan's first seven 1/1s, 2) a deep dive into the first basketball 1/1 checklist (which happens to be an MJ card); 3) a quick look at some recent MJ 1/1 sales; 4) a discussion of "iconic" status in the sports card context; 5) some thoughts on Nikola Jokic's $1 million logoman autograph 1/1 sale; and 6) thoughts on Jokic's early playoff exit and legacy.
Transcribe →Constructing Meaning (Chris HOJ-Cast #35)
Mar 2801:58:31Tap to summarizeThis episode has five parts. 1) A quick dive into my Luka fandom. 2) Reflections on how research shapes collecting—and how research builds meaning. 3) Using my recent pickup (2024-25 Silhouette Holo Platinum 1/1 Luka Doncic) as a case study in how research creates meaning. 4) A review of the market for Luka's first Lakers 1/1s. 5) Some closing remarks on the legacy Luka Doncic is etching into basketball history.
Transcribe →Jokic Collecting in 2026 (Chris HOJ-Cast #34)
Mar 2101:49:55Tap to summarizeThis episode has 5 parts. First, a discussion of PER and who has won its crown in each NBA season. Second, a review of two headline Jokic card sales with Goldin last weekend. Third, a deep dive into Joker's Totally Certified Holo Blue 1/1 run. Fourth, a synopsis of Jokic's 2025-26 season. And finally, some thoughts on culture and leisure in prehistoric times.
Transcribe →The Holiest of Grails (Chris HOJ-Cast #33)
Mar 501:48:52Tap to summarizeThis episode analyzes the two 1/1 MJ sales from Heritage Auctions last weekend—the Platinum Masterpiece, which sold for $2.1m, and the Purple Masterpiece, which sold for $625k.
Transcribe →The First 15 (Chris HOJ-Cast #32)
Feb 701:28:22Tap to summarizeThis episode revolves around my recent pick up of the "Heart and Soul" Gold 1/1 of Michael Jordan—using this card as a springboard into discussing: (1) MJ's first fifteen 1/1s ever made, (2) the historic "Heart and Soul" 30-card set, (3) my recent public poll asking collectors to choose their favorite among four MJ 1/1s, (4) all 66 public sales of a 90s MJ 1/1 since 2004, and (5) the first week of activity surrounding the live auction of MJ's Platinum 1/1 from 1997-98 Ultra.
Transcribe →Valuing Michael Jordan 1/1s (Chris HOJ-Cast #31)
Jan 2601:54:19Tap to summarizeThis episode has three parts. First, a registry of the 72 first MJ 1/1s is introduced—identifying the 37 cards that are publicly owned, the 21 that are privately owned, and the 14 that have yet to surface. Second is an exercise in 1/1 valuation methods, specifically towards estimating a price for the two Ultra 1/1 masterpieces coming to auction soon. Third, the concept of a "hobby Rorschach test" is floated, considering how the same card can appear quite differently to us at various points along our collecting evolutions.
Transcribe →At A Collecting Crossroads (Chris HOJ-Cast #30)
Jan 1601:35:56Tap to summarizeThis episode has 3 parts. First is a discussion sparked by the recent Flawless 1/1 Jokic sale. Second is introspection around whether to pursue a very special Michael Jordan 1/1 that is coming to auction soon. And the final segment is a recap of Christian McCaffrey's legacy-enhancing 2025 season.(Here is the MJ card ranking system mentioned in the second section: https://tinyurl.com/MJRNK)
Transcribe →Pickups of 2025 (Chris HOJ-Cast #29)
Jan 101:33:47Tap to summarizeThis episode has four parts. The first contrasts two styles of sharing cards: (1) the yearly pickup recap and (2) the "card tree." The second section discusses my recap of eight cards added in 2025. The third segment investigates to what extent a card is a reflection of its owner versus a reflection of itself. And the fourth part shares a viral tweet on how Van Gogh's paintings rose to prominence.
Transcribe →Storytelling Approaches (Chris HOJ-Cast #28)
Dec 2500:53:04Tap to summarizeThis episode has two major segments. First, a new Jokic 1/1 is revealed, which is then used as a case study for contrasting a human-based presentation of its properties versus an artificial intelligence description. Second, two styles of understanding a card are contrasted: (A) the personal, narrative-driven recap, and (B) the communal/objective entry, rooted in facts about things like history and rarity.
Transcribe →Reviewing the PC Players (Chris HOJ-Cast #27)
Nov 1901:45:14Tap to summarizeThis episode has three parts: (1) a review of my PC players, plus some commentary on how I'm currently collecting each, and which cards I'm looking for next, (2) meditations on the idea of evolving as a collector from the "aesthetic" state to the "conceptual" state, and (3) an analysis of my most recent social media post of Jokic's first game-worn logoman autograph from Immaculate.
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