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Podcast: Sports Cards Live
Episode: The Hobby’s Hidden Addiction: Spending Loops, Slabs & the Hobby High
Description: In Part 3 of Episode 274 of Sports Cards Live, Jeremy Lee and Joe Poirot continue the powerful conversation with Alyx Efron of CollectorsMD, pulling back the curtain on the hobby’s hidden addiction.
They explore how seemingly normal behaviors—cracking slabs, grading flips, chasing PSA 10s, even scrolling Instagram—can spiral into spending loops and emotional highs. Alyx breaks down the psychology behind the “hobby high,” how platform design fuels compulsive behavior, and why gambling dynamics have become deeply embedded in modern collecting culture.
This is a raw and necessary conversation about what we risk when the fun st...