The PSA Pod

This week, it's all about Show Season! Hosts Ryan Greene, Jack Archer & Steve Sloan dive into EVERYTHING that PSA has going at The National in Atlantic City, July 27-31. This includes on-site grading details, plus the return of drop-off submissions at the show for take-home grading service. Also, some predictions for The National, including what the guys anticipate to be the biggest trends on...

This week, hosts Ryan Greene & Jack Archer are joined in-studio by CardLadder's Josh Johnson. The CL co-founder dives into what he's collecting these days, including an intriguing new PC from the hardwood (3:25) that leads to a discussion about the trend of specialized player set collecting (5:25) . Johnson also gives some deeper detail on custom indexes coming to CardLadder to better assist c...

This week, hosts Ryan Greene, Jack Archer & Steve Sloan provide key PSA updates right off of the bat, including an update on the 2021 backlog and a glimpse at our offers at The National in Atlantic City at the end of July (1:05) . Also, some more of the detail behind the talked-about Kobe x Comic-Con cover of the July 2022 issue of PSA Magazine (10:30) , a dive into the recent sale of the fame...

In a conversation that every collector will be deeply drawn in by, this week, PSA Autograph Principal Authenticator Kevin Keating joins the show, sharing just a few of the numerous, rich stories from his new book: Waiting For A Sign, Volume 2. Someone who has lived the autograph game for five decades, Keating dives in with hosts Ryan Greene & Steve Sloan on stories such as his first signing en...

This week, hosts Ryan Greene & Jack Archer dig in on another product to drop during an unprecedented Summer of new card releases - Topps Series 2 (3:20) . The guys discuss the much-anticipated first flagship rookie cards of young stars Bobby Witt Jr. and Julio Rodriguez, plus discuss some other familiar names who have regained some hobby steam as the 2022 MLB season is now roughly one-third co...

After with some discussion surrounding the much talked about recent release of 2021 Panini Prizm Football, hosts Ryan Greene, Jack Archer & Steve Sloan are joined this week by PSA President Kevin Lenane (9:40) to discuss the big news within the company this week - the long-awaited reopening of the Value Service Level. Kevin discusses the details of the $30/card services return in great depth,...

This week, hosts Ryan Greene & Steve Sloan are joined by Dan Van Tran, Chief Technology Officer with Collectors and PSA. In an in-depth discussion, Dan gives customers valuable insights as to how Tech is becoming an integral part of the PSA customer journey, from making online submissions more simple, to a cleaner research & identification process when collectibles reach our facilities, to...

In the heat of the NBA Conference Finals, hosts Ryan Greene, Jack Archer & Steve Sloan take a deeper look this week at the market caps of top flagship rookie cards of the series' four remaining leading men (3:20) and how learning more about this angle in the hobby can help collectors. Also, a quick preview of the giant wave of top tier, new products about to hit shelves in the coming weeks (20...

With the NBA Conference Finals match-ups now set, the guys start this week off with a firsthand account of the highs and lows of watching the players you collect in the postseason ... especially in a Game 7 setting. Also, a look at where Luka Doncic goes from here - especially within the hobby - following a star-making series against Phoenix (12:15) , a quick dive into April's "PSA: By The Numbers...

This week's episode includes some very exciting news updates from within our operation (10:05) , including the full opening of our Economy service level to our PSA Collectors Club members and the new eBay Authentication program that PSA just launched with the marketplace platform involving the sales of slabbed cards. In terms of the cards themselves, the guys spin off of the iconic Flawless LeBron...

The 2022 NFL Draft is in the books, football collectors are making their plans on who to collect in the wake of its impact, and we've brought in an expert to help you make some of the most informed decisions. After talking about a pair of monster Goldin sales from over the past weekend and a bit of a dive into what they mean (3:00) , hosts Ryan Greene & Jack Archer welcome in "The Film Room" f...

This week begins with a quick dive into the latest updates on the PSA backlog (1:00) , as progress on it recently reached another key milestone, plus a deeper look into the upcoming debut of the new-look PSA Magazine (3:30) and some discussion of the guys' latest hobby pick-ups (13:10) . From there, Ryan Greene, Jack Archer & Steve Sloan debate whether some bold hobby statements made in respon...

This week, Ryan Greene & Jack Archer welcome Card Ladder's Chris McGill to the show in his debut appearance, and the data drives the bus. Beginning with a look at who some of the biggest movers in the Basketball corner of the hobby have been to close the regular season (6:30) , the guys also dive into the latest with the 3 Ls - LaMelo, Luka and LeBron (17:00) - plus discuss the latest market m...

This week, the world's game takes center stage on The PSA Pod before it does the same later in 2022 with its premier, once-every-four-years event. Host Ryan Greene is joined this week by Matt Hendler from PSA's Product team and formerly of the company's Set Registry team. Matt is one of the true authorities at PSA on the sport and the booming soccer corner of the hobby, both modern AND vintage. In...

Where do you even START this week?? As one of the best stretches of the sports calendar begins, with Steve away this week, Ryan & Jack dive into it all, beginning with a look back at Logan Paul's major Pokémon x Wrestlemania splash from last weekend (2:00) and a peek at some exclusive PSA March 2022 data of note (8:05) . That leads into an NBA postseason hobby primer (12:10) , featuring some d...

With SO much to get into this week, the guys start off with looks at some major events causing buzz within the hobby, including the latest in a long line of NFL offseason blockbusters (1:30) and the massive haul of 1986 Fleer Michael Jordans pulled Sunday night by Drake with Ken Goldin (8:40) . In this week's deeper dives, the topics include ID'ing big names in the sports world who maybe don't qui...

This week, we introduce the first giveaway from The PSA Pod crew! Following the massive trade of Davante Adams to the Raiders, we're giving away a pair of PSA 9 RC slabs of arguably the best WR in football (1:00 - visit us on Twitter at @PSAcard to enter ) , plus dive into the trade's impact in the card market amidst a wild NFL offseason. This week's PSA News Updates include an important update re...

With SO much to dive into this week on the show, Ryan Greene & Steve Sloan welcome PSA Magazine's new Managing Editor Jack Archer to the studio. The 2022 baseball season will happen in full - Who is poised to break out, and how will the game's new rule changes have an impact on the hobby (7:30)? The NFL offseason has already been absolutely crazy, and the guys discuss how the big QB moves alre...

Highlighting this week's episode of The PSA Pod is a visit from Kansas City Royals top prospect Bobby Witt Jr.! One of the top young talents in all of baseball is also a collector, who recently became a PSA customer. A hot name in the hobby, Witt Jr. joins the show (14:10) to talk about his collecting habits, aspirations and, of course, the idea of collecting his own cards. Hosts Ryan Greene &...

This week's episode of The PSA Pod centers around a deep dive into the numbers, specifically some very notable points surrounding both what went out from and what came into our HQ in February 2022. Along with our weekly backlog update and news spotlight (2:45) - which kicks off a bit of a theme for this episode - hosts Ryan Greene & Steve Sloan give you some exclusive first looks at some key P...

With uncertainty in the air surrounding the start of baseball season, one thing IS for certain: The market for Wander Franco flagship Rookie Cards is now officially fueled. Following the recent release of 2022 Topps Series 1, hosts Ryan Greene & Steve Sloan dissect what the chase for cardboard of the Rays' rising star means for the hobby (9:50), especially given the sport's current landscape....

This week on The PSA Pod, hosts Ryan Greene & Steve Sloan bid farewell to the football season following Super Bowl Sunday. It all starts with the weekly update on the PSA backlog (3:05), followed by a look forward to the football card market in the offseason to come (6:00), and a transition into PSA's most-submitted category - Basketball - headed into NBA All-Star Weekend (15:20). Then, with p...

Following up on the debut episode of The PSA Pod, PSA President Kevin Lenane joined the show for an additional chat on the recent issue impacting customers who submitted orders via Marx Cards. Kevin discusses what is being done to address the issue, and what safeguards are being put in place to avoid similar situations in the future.

In the debut episode of The PSA Pod, hosts Ryan Greene & Steve Sloan give you the rundown of what to expect weekly, direct from PSA HQ. This week, the guys bring you an update on the current status of the PSA backlog (4:50) along with some other key PSA data insights, then talk about the upcoming showdown between the Rams & Bengals and what it means for the surging football card market (6:...