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The Biden administration is in a mad dash to address student debt relief ahead of the presidential election. A new plan could benefit tens of millions of Americans. We’ll explain. Plus, a Kai rant about a CEO who gets too much attention. And, there seems to be a market for everything! We’ll tell you about a new fad involving kids and mini pencils.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

• • “Biden announces new student debt relief plan for millions of borrowers” from The Hill

• • “Biden seeks student debt relief for millions” from NPR

• • “Jamie Dimon Warns U.S. Might Face Interest-Rate Spike” from The Wall Street Journal

• • “2024 Total Solar Eclipse: Through the Eyes of NASA” from NASA

• • “Hot Market for Pencils Help Kids Turn Lead Into Gold” from The Wall Street Journal

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The things that we own can be central to our identity, part of how we see ourselves and how other people see us. Russell Belk, PhD, of York University, talks about the role our possessions play in our lives; what drives collectors to collect items as disparate as stamps, art and Pez dispensers; how the word “possessions” can encompass physical, digital and even completely intangible items; and how has the rise of the sharing economy is changing the way people think about the importance of ownership.


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Today's episode of the GaryVee Audio Experience is a never before seen meeting I had with Lil Yachty back in February 2020! We talk so much about why everybody wants to be famous nowadays, advice for young artists, how to to original, being your biggest fan, staying close to the pulse of the streets and so much more!

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Long ago, in a galaxy not so far away, George Lucas allowed the Star Wars Holiday Special to be made. What happened on the night of November 17, 1978 can never be fully explained, but we make our best effort in our annual special edition of SYSK. May the force be with us all.

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Today's episode is from an interview I did on the "Casual Conversations" Podcast, all about Pro-Wrestling! We discuss my introduction into pro-wrestling when I first came to America, how I started collecting and flipping wrestling action figures, why the "GaryVee" personality is a mix of some classic all time great wrestlers and much more...

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This episode is an interview that I did on the “Cardboard Illuminati” Podcast where I dive deep into the latest tactics in the world of Sports Card’s. I provide a detailed description of how I look at individual purchases as well as the market as a whole. Enjoy! Let me know what you thought.

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"Software is eating the world," or so we’re told. Products that once took up physical space can be contained in our smartphones and held in the palms of our hands. Instead of having a record collection, now we can stream any music any where and any time we want. Instead of shelves and shelves of books, we can have access to thousands of volumes in our Kindle app. Instead of stacks of photo albums, we can store a virtually unlimited collection of pictures in the digital cloud.
But in the cultural background to this digital shift, there’s been a silent rebellion brewing.
My guest tracks that rebellion in his book, "The Revenge of Analog." Today on the show, David Sax and I talk about why we’re seeing a return to analog products like vinyl records, hardcopy books, and pen and paper -- and it’s not because of nostalgia. David goes into detail about the sudden revival of vinyl and turntables and why it’s more than just some hipster fad, why hardcopy book sales are going up while ebook sales are declining, and why writing with pen and paper unleashes creativity compared to typing or writing on a screen. He then gets into how the internet is counterintuitively driving this upsurge of interest in tangible products and the benefits we get psychologically, culturally, and economically by living in an analog world.

Welcome back! In this week's episode we talk baseball cards with Dave Jamieson, author of the book, Mint Condition: How Baseball Cards Became an American Obsession. Listen in!