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Collectors MD Features
Collectors MD Features is a collection of podcast and show appearances from Founder, Alyx Effron, exploring the hobby, the movement, and our mission to raise awareness around more responsible collecting. These conversations span topics from compulsive spending and gambling-like mechanics to healthier, more intentional ways to engage – bringing these perspectives to new audiences and helping spark dialogue that’s long overdue within the hobby.
Through open, honest discussions, these appearances…
Episodes
Collectors MD Features#28: When Collecting Becomes Compulsion | That Card Collectors Podcast
In this episode of That Card Collectors Podcast, Alyx Effron, Founder of Collectors MD, joins host Ian Taylor and co-hosts Josh and Keith for a conversation…
Collectors MD Features#27: How I Manipulated My Brother To Keep Funding My Gambling Addiction | Nothing's Off The Table
In this episode of Nothing's Off The Table, Alyx Effron, Founder of Collectors MD, joins host Louis Ruggiero for a personal conversation about gambling…
Collectors MD Features#26: The Live Auction App Where People Can Bid 'Till They're Broke | WSJ
In this episode of The Journal, a podcast from The Wall Street Journal, host Jessica Mendoza explores the rise of live-shopping platforms, the blurred lines…
Collectors MD Features#25: From Rock Bottom To Recovery | Hello, My Name Is Craig
In this episode of Hello, My Name Is Craig on WFAN, Alyx Effron, Founder of Collectors MD, joins Craig Carton for a deeply personal conversation about gambling…
Collectors MD Features#24: The Sunday Project: The Blurred Lines Between Collecting & Gambling | Stop Betting Sports
In this episode of The Sunday Project with Stop Betting Sports, Alyx Effron, Founder of Collectors MD, joins Deborah Buhaj, Marc Lefkowitz, Dan Field, Matt…
Collectors MD Features#23: #RipResponsibly, The CMD Framework, & The Healthy Hobby Initiative | Greenie Sports Cards
In this episode of Greenie Sports Cards, Alyx Effron, Founder of Collectors MD, joins the hosts for a conversation about modern collecting, compulsive…
Collectors MD Features#22: He Gambled the Money For His Wedding & Still Couldn't Stop | The Addicted Recovery Show
In this episode of The Addicted Recovery Show, Alyx Effron, Founder of Collectors MD, joins host Danny for a deeply personal conversation about gambling…
Collectors MD Features#21: The CMD Foundation | Professor Sports Cards
In this episode of Professor Sports Cards, Alyx Effron, Founder of Collectors MD, returns to join host, Jason, for a candid and wide-ranging conversation about…
Collectors MD Features#20: Taking Back Your Life | Gambling Recovery
In this episode of Gambling Recovery: Taking Back Your Life, Alyx Effron, Founder of Collectors MD, joins Jimmy Morris for an honest and deeply personal…
Collectors MD Features#19: Compulsive Collecting & Spending | Their Own Drum
In this episode of Their Own Drum, Alyx Effron, Founder of Collectors MD, joins Sam Sherman, a therapist specializing in gambling addiction and recovery, for a…
Collectors MD Features#18: When Collecting Becomes Compulsion: The Hobby Industry's Hidden Gambling Problem | Evive Live
In this episode of Evive Live, Alyx Effron, Founder of Collectors MD, joins co-hosts Adam Lyons and Christina Cook for a candid conversation about the hidden…
Collectors MD Features#17: Confessions Of A Sports Card Breaking Addict | Boston Card Hunter
In this episode of Boston Card Hunter, Alyx Effron, Founder of Collectors MD, joins host Nick for a candid conversation about a question the hobby keeps…
Collectors MD Features#16: Facing The Skeptics: Collectors MD Under The Microscope | Professor Sports Cards
In this episode of Professor Sports Cards, Alyx Effron, Founder of Collectors MD, joins host Jason for a candid, sometimes contentious conversation at the…
Collectors MD Features#15: Addicted To Ripping Packs? Collectors MD Has You Covered! | The Sports Man Dan Show
In this episode of The Sports Man Dan Show, Alyx Effron, Founder of Collectors MD, joins Sports Man Dan for a wide-ranging conversation that sits right at the…
Collectors MD Features#14: Gambling & Addiction Aren't Going Away | The Shallow End
In this episode of The Shallow End, Alyx Effron, Founder of Collectors MD, joins Iowa Dave Sports Cards for one of the most honest and necessary conversations…
Collectors MD Features#13: Gatekeepers, Break Culture, & The Cost of Silence | Professor Sports Cards
In this episode of Professor Sports Cards, Alyx Effron, Founder of Collectors MD, joins host, Jason, for a raw and wide-ranging conversation about what happens…
Collectors MD Features#12: How Sports Cards Led To A Gambling Addiction | ALL IN
In this episode of ALL IN The Addicted Gambler’s Podcast with Brian Hatch, Alyx Effron, Founder of Collectors MD, joins the show for an eye-opening…
Collectors MD Features#11: How Sports Cards Led To A Gambling Addiction | ODAAT Gambling Awareness
In this episode of ODAAT Gambling Awareness with Rob Minnick, Alyx Effron, Founder of Collectors MD, joins the show for a candid conversation about how the…
Collectors MD Features#10: When Collecting Turns Into Addiction | ediSportscards
In this episode of ediSportscards with Doc Schwartz, Alyx Effron, Founder of Collectors MD, joins the show for a frank conversation about what happens when…
Collectors MD Features#9: Sports Cards and Addiction: What No One Talks About | The Geoff Wilson Show
In this episode of The Geoff Wilson Show, Geoff Wilson sits down with Alyx Effron, Founder of Collectors MD, for a candid conversation about the parts of the…
Collectors MD Features#8: The Sports Card Industry Needs Accountability Now, With Collectors MD | Hoosier Pulls
In this episode from the Hoosier Pulls YouTube channel, Alijah Encinas sits down with Alyx Effron, Founder of Collectors MD, to confront the uncomfortable…
Collectors MD Features#7: The Truth About Card Addiction | Sports Card Live
In this episode of Sports Card Live with Jeremy Lee, Alyx Effron, Founder of Collectors MD, joins the show to discuss the growing intersection of sports cards…
Collectors MD Features#6: The Addiction Is Real! Alyx From Collectors MD Offers Help | The Ballcard Show
In this episode of The Ball Card Show with Jason Otero & Gary LeMaster, Alyx Effron, Founder of Collectors MD, joins the show to unpack the complicated…
Collectors MD Features#5: Recognizing Addiction And Sports Cards | The Shallow End
In this episode of The Shallow End, Alyx Effron, Founder of Collectors MD, sits down with Iowa Dave Sports Cards to confront one of the hobby’s most overlooked…
Collectors MD Features#4: Gambling Addiction With Alyx Of Collectors MD | The Card Diary
In this episode of The Card Diary with Denny Cards, Alyx Effron, Founder of Collectors MD, joins to discuss the urgent issues shaping today’s hobby—and why the…
Collectors MD Features#3: The Hidden Struggles Within Collecting | Wide Open
In this episode of Wide Open with Tim Ross, Alyx Effron, Founder of Collectors MD, opens up about the hidden struggles within the world of collecting—and why…
Collectors MD Features#2: Interview With Collectors MD | Hobby Talk
In this episode of Hobby Talk with Murph's Card Town & RickyRipsMA, Alyx Effron, Founder of Collectors MD, joins the show to unpack the realities of compulsive…
Collectors MD Features#1: Where Can Sports Card Collectors With Gambling Problems Turn For Help? | Sports Card Madness
In this episode of Sports Card Madness with LZ & Nick aka Boston Card Hunter, Alyx Effron, Founder of Collectors MD, joins the show to explore the hidden side…