Journalist Alex Pappademas takes us on an epic journey that spans genres, mediums, and generations to explore what happens when a wildly successful piece of pop culture gets so big that it changes the world. This show is about how big hits get dreamed up, how they get made, and what happens when we make them our own.
Thanks to nostalgic fans and influential new collectors, the value of vintage Pokémon trading cards is through the roof. But you don’t have to find and flip a million-dollar Charizard to have your life changed by Pokémon. An episode about collecting, connecting, and a podcast producer who lands in Las Vegas with a binder full of holos and a dream.
TRANSCRIPT: HERE
CREDITS:
Writer and Host: Alex Pappademas
Showrunner: Colin McNulty
Producers: Taylor Jones and Sabrina Fang, with help from Tyler Hill.
Production Assistant: Stella Hartmann
Fact Checker: Savannah Wright
Composer/Sound Designer/Mix Engineer: Alex MacInnis
Theme Music by: Dan Leone
Executive Producer for Western Sound: Ben Adair
Editor: Jamie York
Executive Producers for Higher Ground: Dan Fierman, Anna Holmes, Mukta Mohan, and Janae Marable.
Editorial Assistant for Higher Ground: Jenna Levin
Executive Producers for Spotify: Daniel Ek, Dawn Ostroff, Julie McNamara and Corinne Gilliard.
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