Gratitude - The Essential Credentials 2020 Interview Series: Episode 2 with Ryan Mullinax The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2026-09-21 | Gratitude - The Essential Credentials 2020 Interview Series: Episode 2 with Ryan Mullinax
Joy of the Hobby Podcast Episode 19: Finding Joy on a Budget - 90s Fleer Ultra The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2025-10-13 | Ben, Matt, & Special Guest Luke spent two weeks gathering cards from Fleer Ultra on a budget to see if they could find Joy in cards they normally wouldn't be on the lookout for. Jump in to see what each of them purchased and stay tuned for the end of the podcast for a chance to win some of the cards featured in the episode!
Joy of the Hobby Podcast Episode 18: Finding New Ways to Keep Collecting Fun! The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2025-09-29 | ...
Joy of the Hobby Podcast Episode 17: What Story Do we Want our PCs to Tell? The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2025-09-15 | ...
Joy of the Hobby Podcast Episode 16: What Teach do we Love & Want to see Come Back! The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2025-09-01 | ...
Joy of the Hobby Episode 15: How do we Stay Positive in the Current Hobby Landscape? The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2025-08-18 | ...
Joy of the Hobby Podcast Episode 14: Recapping the 2025 National! The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2025-08-04 | ...
The Essential Credentials Podcast Episode 106: Why we Still Love Collecting 90s Inserts The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2025-08-01 | ...
Barry Bonds Baseball Cards - Some Rare Gems From the Early-2000s The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2025-07-31 | IG: RiceBondsMntna2Young
The 5 Best Barry Bonds Autographs to Own for the Future The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2025-07-24 | I think the best Bonds autos in existence are future-proof. They're cards so uniquely and historically significant, card makers could never make another one (or better) if they tried. IMO, they have to be playing days, licensed, pack-issued and non-buyback.
Joy of the Hobby Podcast Episode 13: How Do You Prepare for a Card Show? The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2025-07-21 | Ben returns to talk about our time in San Diego, preparing for the National, and what we are both currently chasing in the hobby!
Barry Bonds Baseball Cards - If I Took One Card With Me to a Desert Island, Would It Be a Base Card? The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2025-07-18 | IG: RiceBondsMntna2Young
Barry Bonds Baseball Cards - A Brand With No Buzz and a Set With No Sizzle? Something from Donruss. The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2025-07-15 | Having posted some high-end pick ups in my last few vids, it's back to the smaller stuff. These are quite satisfying to pick off for my collection all the same.IG: RiceBondsMntna2Young
Joy of the Hobby Podcast Episode 12: Our Collections are Incomplete Without These Cards! The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2025-06-30 | Bernard Ward joins Matt & Ben to talk about a different approach to a wantlist as well as give some background on his collecting experience.
Joy of the Hobby Podcast Episode 11: Reviewing our 2025 Collecting Goals! The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2025-06-16 | Ben & Matt review their collecting goals for the year. Have they stuck with what they set out to accomplish this year so far or do some adjustments need to be made?
Joy of the Hobby Podcast Episode 10: A Shifting of the Tides The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2025-06-02 | Ben and Matt are back to discuss a shift in their collections along with a check in on their collecting goals halfway through the year!
The Essential Credentials Podcast Episode 105: Guess Whos Back? The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2025-05-25 | The dudes reunite to catch up on the last few months as well as talk about/show some of their favorite Donruss inserts. Yes, Crusade is king in this department but what other inserts deserve some love?
Joy of the Hobby Podcast Episode 9: Collecting with Zero Boundaries The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2025-05-19 | Luke joins Ben & Matt to talk about his extensive Reds collection, as well as his collecting style of doing so with very little to no boundaries. It's sure to be a fun episode filled with many stories of a long-time 90s collector!
Joy of the Hobby Podcast: Are we Becoming Numb to Great Cards? The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2025-05-05 | ...
Joy of the Hobby Podcast Episode 7: Dad Edition! The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2025-04-28 | Join Ben & Matt along with their fathers as they discuss the roots of the hobby, along with how joy was passed on from one generation to the next in Episode 7 of the Joy of the Hobby Podcast!
Joy of the Hobby Podcast Episode 6: Why Taking a Hobby Break is a Positive with Special Guest Greg The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2025-04-14 | Greg @timsalmoncollector, Host of The Essential Credentials Podcast, joins Ben & Matt to talk about how taking breaks from the Hobby keeps the passion for collecting going strong.
Joy of the Hobby Podcast Episode 5: What Factors Combine to Make the Perfect Card? The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2025-03-31 | How many cards in your collection can you deem to be absolutely perfect in every way? We are betting not many! We spend the first half of the episode talking about all the factors that lead to us deeming any one card in our collections PERFECT. The second half of the episode will be focused on
Joy of the Hobby Podcast Episode 4: Finding Joy in Collecting With Your Family The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2025-03-17 | Ryan Mullinax joins us to discuss how his family brings him joy in the hobby as well as the way collectors naturally evolve the longer they stay in the hobby.
Joy of the Hobby Podcast Episode 3: Are you Setting Goals for Spending? The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2025-03-03 | Matt & Ben discuss how they approach buying cards from new releases as well as how their first month in review blog post went.
Barry Bonds Baseball Cards - A 1/1 Type of Story The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2025-02-20 | IG: RiceBondsMntna2Young
Joy of the Hobby Podcast Episode 2: Side Quests Keep the Hobby Full of Joy! The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2025-02-17 | Will Spence, legendary Ripken collector, joins Matt & Ben to discuss how his HOF side PC has kept the hobby exciting! Matt & Ben will also chime in with their own Side Quest updates!Don't forget to check out our website as there are 2 new Blog posts per week! Our Instagram is also live here:
Joy of the Hobby Podcast Episode 1: Completing a Deal of a Lifetime! The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2025-02-03 | Turn your videos into live streams with restream.ioWelcome to our new endeavor! Ben and I are super excited to officially have a name for our podcast as well as a overarching theme. Tonight we will talk about how we came to this name, as well as talk about our website/social media presence going forward. The majority of the show will feature Ben's incredible deal with Ray, former master collector of Ichiro. We hope you enjoy the show and if you are a collector who focuses on the Joy of the Hobby, send us a message on our Instagram!Instagram: instagram.com/joyofthehobbyWebsite: www.joyofthehobby.com
Side Credentials Episode 14: Our Collecting Goals for 2025! The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2025-01-13 | ...
Side Credentials Episode 12: End of the Year Wrap Up - Top 10! The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2024-12-30 | ...
Side Credentials Episode 11: What to do When a Supercollector Sells Off The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2024-12-16 | ...
Side Credentials Episode 10: Quality over Quantity The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2024-12-12 | ...
Side Credentials Episode 9: Time & Energy Cost The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2024-11-18 | ...
The Essential Credentials Podcast Episode 104: 1-UP’ing your collection The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2024-11-11 | Alan and Greg discuss how to 1-Up your collection.
Side Credentials Episode 8: Trimming the Fat! The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2024-11-04 | Ben & Ray join Matt as they discuss selling some of their PC to fund more meaningful cards + the risks of box breaking!
Side Credentials Episode 7: The View Has Changed! The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2024-10-21 | Matt & Ben discuss what it's like to sit on the other side of the table at a card show as a dealer!
Side Credentials Episode 6 - Technology vs Photography The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2024-10-09 | ...
Episode 103: Laces Out! A Marino Supercollector Talks 90s Inserts Pre- vs. Post-Pandemic The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2024-09-26 | Today we chat with Tim (marinocollector) about Dan Marino, baseball/football, how collecting 90s inserts has changed since COVID and everything in between!Side note - I screwed up the live show and this one ended up a recording.
The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) Live Stream The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2024-09-25 | ...
Side Credentials Episode 5: How Do You Display Your Collection? The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2024-09-14 | Ben is back with Matt in his new location in Carlsbad. Big things are on the horizon for Matt and for the team. This is a great way to kick it off. We would love to know how you display YOUR collection and what inspired you to do so.
The Essential Credentials Episode 102: The End of an Era The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2024-08-27 | ...
Side Credentials Episode 4: Chasing Your Grail Card with Ben Mercer The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2024-08-18 | Ben stops by to chat about the process he went through to add his holy grail card as well as balancing modern with the 90s!
The Essential Credentials Episode 101: Breaking Bonds to Buy Another: A “National” Dilemma The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2024-08-02 | ...
Side Credentials Episode 3: Starting a 90s Hockey Insert Collection with Doug The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2024-06-16 | ...
FedEx Mail Day!!! The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2024-05-22 | Greg gets a FedEx mail day to share with you!!! What’s in the box!!!???
Side Credentials Episode 2: Chasing Case Hits with Ryan + Visit to Card HQ The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2024-05-19 | ...
Justin Jefferson Case Hit Inserts Mailday - Unique Designs!! The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2024-04-28 | ...
The Essential Credentials Episode 99: Battle Royale: Ultra Modern vs 90s and Graded vs Raw! The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2024-04-24 | ...
The Essential Credentials Episode 98: How To Decide What 90s Cards To Focus On The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2024-04-15 | ...
The Essential Credentials Podcast Episode 97: Building an Insert Collection for Under $500! The Essential Credentials (Est. 2019) 2024-04-03 | ...
