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Papa Gio

Papa Gio, father of host Mike Gioseffi and recurring guest on the Sports Cards Nonsense sports card collecting podcast.

17

APPEARANCES

1

PODCASTS

Nov 2, 2026

Sports Cards Nonsense

Sports Cards Nonsense

Are We Headed for a Market Downturn?

Nov 2 · 1h 22m

Jesse GibsonHOST

21:18

Product at one time, that's

21:18

kind of stupid.

21:19

You're asking a lot of good questions.

21:21

What about the downtime? Why did they space it out?

22 MINS LATER

Mike GioseffiHOST

43:40

our

43:40

one guy.

43:41

He walked around a lot.

43:42

He saw stuff, but didn't.

Sports Cards Nonsense

Sports Cards Nonsense

Now is the Time to Reinvest in PC Cards

Oct 27 · 1h 25m

Mike GioseffiHOST

19:48

What's the other one?

19:49

Gaslight? No, no.

19:51

The one that's short for charisma.

19:53

Can I tell you? Oh, Riz.

19:54

Riz.

19:55

You

6 MINS LATER

Jesse GibsonHOST

26:04

I mean, that was insane, right, as far as the refs?

26:08

I heard the score should have been like 38-35.

Sports Cards Nonsense

Sports Cards Nonsense

A New Style of Repack is Coming

Oct 22 · 58m

Jesse GibsonHOST

14:24

The difference Gio's life could have been if he was just a female.

14:27

Just real quick.

14:29

I don't know if she knows this, but the arresting officer...

14:34

The women that got arrested, he made a very derogatory remark towards them, called them

Art VandelaySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER

14:40

Do you

14:40

remember this? And my dad went down to the police station.

14:45

And he knew a lot of people in the police.

14:46

And he pulled the guy aside quietly and said, No F-words.

Sports Cards Nonsense

Sports Cards Nonsense

The Latest on the Seven-Figure Theft From PSA/FedEx

Oct 20 · 1h 32m

Mike GioseffiHOST

42:01

Yep.

42:02

That's who I'd buy.

42:03

I think he's going to be unbelievable with the Giants.

42:05

Did you see what he did in this? Brought him back that game? Against the Saints? They were down by like 20.

42:11

He came in and- I didn't even see him.

42:12

He brought him all the way back and had him at the 30-yard line to win the game at the end.

42:15

J.J. McCarthy.

11 MINS LATER

Jesse GibsonHOST

53:42

I was trying to see if I had any money left in my Arena Club account to go buy some packs.

Sports Cards Nonsense

Sports Cards Nonsense

Jason Kelce's $30k Introduction to Cards

Oct 5 · 1h 41m

Mike GioseffiHOST

77:13

Mm

77:13

...

77:13

I'll do baseball averages.

77:15

I'll do statistics, like, you know, who ha- what's the, the, the, I'll list out all the home runs and which player, you know, find their average from the five years they had 20 home runs in 2022 to, you know, 30 in 2023.

Mike GioseffiHOST

78:21

Makes sense.

78:21

Um, I will, I get excited when I find kids that are collecting baseball cards.

78:25

Like, I would say maybe eight years ago, I would never have a kid know what the word, what PSA is.

78:32

But the last few years-

Sports Cards Nonsense

Sports Cards Nonsense

The Mount Rushmore of Non-Sports

Sep 28 · 1h 46m

Mike GioseffiHOST

70:19

Fire away.

70:20

Gentlemen, hello to the three of you, Mike, Jesse, and Shawshank.

70:24

Hope you guys are doing well.

70:24

This is, uh, this is Mike, Mike from San Diego.

70:28

Uh, had to give you guys a call because, uh, I, I, I'm a baseball card guy, but recently, uh, Jesse has made my life so much better with, with the Disney cards and, uh, my girlfriend comes on the shows now and, uh-

Jesse GibsonHOST

71:45

All right.

71:45

A second question for Mike is, uh, Mike, I don't know if you're aware, but there's a, uh, a new game going around college campuses.

71:53

Uh, it's, they get together, they listen to your podcast, have a good time, and every time Mike interrupts somebody, they are taking a shot.

Sports Cards Nonsense

Sports Cards Nonsense

The ONE Rule to Collecting Football Cards

Sep 22 · 1h 47m

Jesse GibsonHOST

13:02

That's right,

13:03

Mariota.

13:03

Actually, he didn't play bad.

13:06

Mariota, part of another all-time great.

13:07

Oh, they scored a touchdown.

13:09

I don't know if Brendan saw this.

13:11

Brendan's a Washington guy.

Jesse GibsonHOST

16:17

Oh, well, that seems weird.

Sports Cards Nonsense

Sports Cards Nonsense

The Art of the Sale

Sep 17 · 1h 46m

Jesse GibsonHOST

0:57

I-

0:57

You're recording.

0:57

I specifically did not hit start while you guys were talking about what you were talking about.

35 MINS LATER

Jesse GibsonHOST

35:32

Did you talk-

35:32

I like that Mike had to justify his watch purchases by saying that he was gonna flip them for cards, so all the-

Sports Cards Nonsense

Sports Cards Nonsense

Lombardi Lenny Enters the Hobby

Sep 14 · 1h 52m

Jesse GibsonHOST

61:52

Yeah.

61:53

We were at Shep's, and I was just sitting back watching.

61:56

He was opening c- he's very aware w- of who's around him.

61:59

He was opening c- uh, some cards.

50 MINS LATER

Mike GioseffiHOST

111:33

Bye.

111:33

Bye.

111:35

[upbeat rock music]

Sports Cards Nonsense

Sports Cards Nonsense

Which Young QBs Should You Buy?

Sep 10 · 1h 17m

Jesse GibsonHOST

8:32

I think that piece right there is the fact that the Rams have been there 24 hours-

8:35

It was a 3 1/2, it was a 3 1/2 point line.

8:37

It was, and, and Seahawks won by three.

8:40

They, they, the money gets split, what I, what I've heard.

16 MINS LATER

Jesse GibsonHOST

24:14

Uh-

24:14

Shelton beat Alcaraz Five sets.

24:17

It ended at 3:30 in the morning.

24:18

It started at 8:00.

Sports Cards Nonsense

Sports Cards Nonsense

Intro to the SCN Challenge

Sep 8 · 47m

Mike GioseffiHOST

12:14

Yeah, it has to be, 'cause, 'cause he has a thing, it has to be between 950 and-

12:15

Well, Jesse, he's got a great defense, which means you're gonna have multiple chances for him not to screw up.

12:19

[laughs]

Mike GioseffiHOST

17:07

I mean, you can't make this stuff-

17:08

My friend just came back from Saratoga last weekend, and they were picking horses.

17:11

His wife- his wives was just picking horses by picking colors.

Sports Cards Nonsense

Sports Cards Nonsense

Bowman Chrome Baseball Preview

Aug 31 · 1h 24m

Jesse GibsonHOST

12:27

Yeah

12:28

... all the extra stuff.

12:29

And they'll, they'll put stuff in front of their bunks where a guy wants to lay down, he goes...

12:32

They'll say, "Hey, babe, hey.

12:33

You ain't, you ain't laying down there.

12:34

Go to the other table." And in the showers you can lay there, but they go, you, you know, you stare under there, you can look at so much junk.

5 MINS LATER

Jesse GibsonHOST

18:08

The headphones.

18:08

And I got to meet, great guy.

Sports Cards Nonsense

Sports Cards Nonsense

Market Correction for Non-Sports?

Aug 24 · 1h 12m

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0:53

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0:57

Y'all wanna come to a game in Chicago, I, I have tickets with all of your names on it.

1:01

Bam.

1:03

[upbeat music]

36 MINS LATER

Mike GioseffiHOST

36:43

He's like the slick guy who was like-

36:44

Sometimes they put you in with other DUI ca- I might be in my own little area, too.

36:48

They don't-- It all depends if they have room.

Sports Cards Nonsense

Sports Cards Nonsense

Time to Take Some Wins

Aug 17 · 1h 18m

Mike GioseffiHOST

23:13

And then I gotta-

23:13

A- a- and, and for us people, uh, JDate, uh, the Jewish dating website, which I know Papa Gio probably uses.

43 MINS LATER

Mike GioseffiHOST

66:21

... that's a big hit to a market.

66:22

I'm pretty sure the owners are gonna lock the players out unless there's an agreement.

66:25

That's what's gonna happen.

66:26

I, I-

Sports Cards Nonsense

Sports Cards Nonsense

The Best (of the Rest) From The National

Aug 7 · 1h 24m

Mike GioseffiHOST

48:52

Yeah.

48:53

And we have The Mob by The Historic Autograph Company.

48:57

Uh, this is a hobby box that has, uh, 20 packs, uh, all things related to the mob, and, uh, I know that's a subject matter that you might have a little bit of expertise in.

11 MINS LATER

Mike GioseffiHOST

60:04

Yeah.

60:04

All right, this is a weird one, and we might...

60:07

I don't know what this is supposed to be.

60:09

All right, we cut, cut relic, a garment relic.

60:14

It's a pinstripe.

Sports Cards Nonsense

Sports Cards Nonsense

From Teacher to $850k in Sales: Secrets to Scaling Your Card Business

Feb 19 · 59m

Mike GioseffiHOST

7:57

So, um, and then, yeah, we'll talk

8:00

cards and sports and whatever else with Chris here in just a second.

48 MINS LATER

Mike GioseffiHOST

56:24

Havlicek?

56:25

Havlicek was my favorite player growing up.

Sports Cards Nonsense

Sports Cards Nonsense

2026 is the New 2016: How Sports Cards Have Changed Forever

Jan 23 · 1h 27m

Jesse GibsonHOST

5:38

He said like the biggest storm.

5:39

Oh, yeah.

5:41

That's nothing.

5:42

78 had like three or four feet, didn't it? Yeah.

5:43

People died in the highway because they couldn't get to them.

5:48

Yeah.

5:48

And they kept the heat on.

1 HR 8 MINS LATER

Jesse GibsonHOST

74:12

We