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Chris HOJ-Cast
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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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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.
Transcribe →Rarity (Chris HOJ-Cast #26)
Oct 2802:00:51Tap to summarizeThis episode has 3 parts. The first questions the role of market price in card rankings. The second and third use rarity to rank Michael Jordan cards.The document ranking MJ cards can be accessed here: https://tinyurl.com/5antmxn5
Transcribe →Classification Science (Chris HOJ-Cast #25)
Oct 1001:10:35Tap to summarizeThis episode has four parts. The first poses the question: what is the most misunderstood card in your collection? Second is a discussion of "commemorative" cards—culminating in the reveal of a recent MJ pickup. The third section analyzes historical Q4 price trends through the lens of the CL50. And the fourth offers some quick thoughts on the NBA's recent GM survey.
Transcribe →Known Unknowns (Chris HOJ-Cast #24)
Oct 101:42:28Tap to summarizeThis episode has 3 sections. The first investigates how "known unknowns" induced a bout of collecting paralysis—and how I plan to prevent it from happening again. The second tells the story of a "One of a Kind" Michael Jordan 1/1 from the inaugural Master Collection product of 1999-00. And the third analyzes the current sports card market—through the lens of Michael Jordan cards—using a variety of metrics and theories.
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2025 National Experience (Chris HOJ-Cast #16)
Aug 9, 202501:46:27Tap to summarizeThis episode has two parts. The first reviews my experience at the 2025 National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago, sans the pickups and grades I received at the show. The second segment then dives into the pickups and grades. Enjoy!
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To Spreadsheet or Not To Spreadsheet + An Intro to Jokic (Chris HOJ-Cast #15)
Jul 18, 202501:47:42Tap to summarizeThis HOJ-Cast, likely the last for the next 3 weeks or so, has four segments. First is a deep dive into my Pre-National Bounty List. Second is a review of Nikola Jokic's basketball career to date. Third is a review of two competing collecting philosophies, specifically whether one should spreadsheet or not. And fourth is a reveal of a Jokic pickup from earlier this year, which illustrates a way of unifying the two collecting philosophies.
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The Card That Brought Me Back to MJ Collecting (Chris HOJ-Cast #14)
Jul 11, 202501:49:16Tap to summarizeThis episode takes the scenic route to revealing a recent Michael Jordan card acquisition. Along the way I explain the series of events and revelations that led to it.
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The Purdy Episode (Chris HOJ-Cast #13)
Jul 7, 202501:43:12Tap to summarizeThis episode dives into collecting Brock Purdy. It starts with a review of his storybook first two seasons and disappointing third. Then, Purdy's career metrics are reviewed. Next is a walk through my 8-card Purdy collection. Finally, I shed light on how I rank Purdy's rookie year cards, and add some thoughts on the process of ranking in general.
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The Prizm Black Finite Run of Christian McCaffrey Continues (Chris HOJ-Cast #12)
Jun 30, 202501:57:42Tap to summarizeThis episode has two (lengthy) segments. The first discusses the acquisition of Christian McCaffrey's 2024 Prizm Black Finite 1/1—which keeps alive the run. The second takes a Wittgensteinian turn into the language games played when we debate who is the "best" or "greatest" player of all-time, followed with an update of the Total MVP (and Total Total MVP) lists following the 2024-25 NBA season.
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