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ANR Geekly 228 - Christmas Countdown Begins

·1 hr 42 min·5 clips

GameStop paid $30,490.70 for one graded Pokémon card worth $33,883.

1. A&R Geekly 228 centers on Christmas countdown chatter, toy talk, TV reviews, and a long What I Learned segment. 2. Alvin hosts the episode with D, Darth, Ryan, Brick, and chat voices like Sheldon and KJ, and each person steers a different part of the collecting and pop-culture discussion. 3. The episode asks what is worth buying, watching, or keeping an eye on as the holidays approach. 4. The opening moves from Pokémon nostalgia to old-school cards like Charmeleon, Charizard, and Squirtle. 5. The hosts talk about the original 150 Pokémon, then joke that the count may now be around 600 or more. 6. A red panda sighting at Brisbane Zoo and a second red panda in Australia trigger a tangent about pandas, sanctuaries, and why people call them panda bears. 7. The dad-joke segment becomes a recurring bit, with the hosts asking chat to tag jokes as hashtag dad or hashtag sad. 8. One joke about a typo on a tombstone gets the line “a grave mistake,” and the room reacts to the delivery. 9. The watched-media segment covers Utopia 2, The Chair Company, Marvel Cosmic Invasion, Punisher, and Mighty Nine. 10. Alvin also compares Mayor of Kingstown, Landman, Deary, and Slow Horses, giving each show a quick status check and recommendation level. 11. Alvin says Mayor of Kingstown is getting “derailed” and “more fake,” especially when bodies in water and disappearances stop feeling grounded. 12. Landman gets the strongest praise, with Billy Bob Thornton singled out for his one-liners and scene exits. 13. Slow Horses gets a note for having Gary Oldman, being written by Will Smith, and winning Emmys, which surprises the hosts enough to check the credits. 14. The toy segment includes a bought Punisher, a Nick Fury figure, and an Iceman pickup from an Amazon Black Friday sale. 15. Alvin brings up a Crystal and Lockjaw 2-pack from the Inhumans line and says the dog display piece matters to him. 16. The biggest “What I Learned” topic is GameStop and EB Games taking Pokémon cards as trade-ins, including a $30,490.70 payout. 17. The hosts discuss whether a store can realistically resell a $30,000 card and whether the model only works for lower-value trade-ins. 18. The episode’s tone is loose, conversational, and heavily driven by collector opinions, side jokes, and in-the-moment reactions. 19. Listeners who like action figures, TV recap talk, and retail collecting debates will get the most out of it. 20. People looking for tight topic focus or deep episode structure will probably skip it.

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