The Great Pokémon Crisis

<p>The hottest investment right now isn’t cryptocurrency or NFTs, it’s Pokémon cards. The pandemic collectibles boom has skyrocketed Pokemon card prices, with individual cards selling for <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3gpvw/1st-edition-pokemon-cards-sell-for-dollar360000-showing-i-could-have-been-rich" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">hundreds of thousands of dollars</a> and people <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kv9a9/pokemon-cards-psa-cgc-bgs-turnaround-times" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">swarming retail stores</a> to get their hands on new cards.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Editor-in-Chief of <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/section/tech" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Motherboard</a> and Pokemon aficionado <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/contributor/jason-koebler" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jason Koebler</a> takes us through a deep dive of the resurgence of everyone’s favorite cuddly pocket monsters. Everyone is looking to catch’em all one more time, and Jason is no exception.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>This episode was produced by Sam Eagan.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>VICE News Reports is produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Sophie Kazis, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca, Julia Nutter, and Sayre Quevedo. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi and Kyle Murdock.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Our executive producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown. Special thanks to Jason Koebler, Jeffrey Mercado and Jon Stern</p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>