Best Jason Spangler Podcasts (2025)

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#109 Making Rules For Your Boy Scout Collection With Hank Birdsong 19:44

1M ago19:44

19:44

I caught up with Hank Birdsong a long time collector in the hobby at the Charlotte Trade-O-Ree. After basically finishing his core OA section flap collection - Hank came up with a very original idea for a new pursuit. He went back to his roots from his first NOAC and started collecting OA names and numbers. While this might be a familiar collection…

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#108 How To Identify and Sort Your Boy Scout Rank Patches 48:17

2+ y ago48:17

48:17

Have you ever looked at your Boy Scout collection and struggled to figure out what the small differences among common rank and position patches mean? In this episode of the show we go into a deep dive on how to identify and sort your BSA rank patches using the leading reference books in the hobby. It’s a fun rabbit hold collection that almost every…

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#107 Building A Traveling Scout Museum 32:47

2+ y ago32:47

32:47

This episode is packed with knowledge and an awesome unboxing. Ryan Losonsky returns for the final installment in my interview with him. This time we are talking about nuts and bolts….literally! Ryan has created a 90+ panel traveling Scout museum and in this video we are going to talk shop. The big unboxing for this week is a truly live box that ca…

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#106 Traveling Boy Scout History Displays 29:18

2+ y ago29:18

29:18

In this episode you will see how Ryan Losonsky has developed his model for a traveling Boy Scout history display that is adaptable to the audience. He also shares ideas for how you can get invited to display which in some ways is a challenge as well. We also discuss the notion that perfection can be the enemy of getting started as you don't need to…

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#105 Sourcing Uniforms For Steven Spielberg's Movie The Fabelmans 50:51

2+ y ago50:51

50:51

OK spoiler alert! Today I'm telling the whole story of how I came to work with a Hollywood Costumer named Danielle to help outfit the actors in Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans. I took my family to see the movie on Thanksgiving Day. I had really been hesitant to do a video about my involvement until I saw the final cut. You never know how things ar…

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#104 Ryan Losonsky Boy Scout History Displays 33:50

2+ y ago33:50

33:50

By Jason Spangler

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#103 Russell Smart Eagle Scout Display 38:12

2+ y ago38:12

38:12

In this episode of the show I am back with some great content. The highlight is an interview with Russell Smart at the Charlotte Trade-O-Ree. He came to the event with an amazing display of Scouting history. His focus was the 20 plus iterations of which merit badges were required for the rank of Eagle Scout. So in each frame he has the patch, medal…

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#102 Patch Trading @ 2023 National Scout Jamboree 38:26

2+ y ago38:26

38:26

Patch Trading at the Jamboree! Listen in to Scouting Hot Finds Live to get the story on visitors and patch trading at the Jamboree from Tico Perez. This episode includes a new giveaway (and the live picking of last week's winner!). You can also catch a number of unboxings. In this episode I try to also pivot towards a focus on newer collectors by c…

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#101 Adult Participation Opportunities for the 2023 National Scout Jamboree 47:14

2+ y ago47:14

47:14

In this episode of the show you can here more from the 2023 National Jamboree Chairman Tico Perez. In this segment Tico discusses innovative ways the BSA has thrown out the old rule book about how a Jamboree is run. This includes the opportunity for ANY Scouter to attend with a troop or on staff. He shares that in this new model a leader can attend…

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#100 2023 National Scout Jamboree with Tico Perez 38:11

2+ y ago38:11

38:11

If you are a Scouting memorabilia collector this is the show for you! This is the first episode of my new weekly show Scouting Hot Finds Live. You will not want to miss everything I have packed into a 30-minute livestream including an unboxing, cool giveaway, interview with the 2023 National Scout Jamboree Chairman Tico Perez and a Trade-O-Ree upda…

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#99 2022 Pre-NOAC Trade-O-Ree With Chris Jensen 24:15

3y ago24:15

24:15

Chris Jensen is once again hosting the Pre-NOAC Trade-O-Ree and in this interview he shares all the details of the event coming up July 23-25 in Knoxville, TN. The TOR runs Saturday - Monday which means the last day is when all the contingents show up. In the podcast we talk about this bi-annual gathering of the hobby and why this is a don't miss e…

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#98 Camp Book V2021 With Bob Sherman 18:01

4y ago18:01

18:01

Version III of the Camp Book II has been published and my guest is Bob Sherman who is the lead author on the project along with Dave Minnihan and Kevin Doyle. This latest version now tops out at 1600 pages identifying each known Boy Scout camp by alpha, state and council. In the interview Bob shares all the research that has been added in this edit…

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#97 The History of Cataloging Order of the Arrow Patches with Bill Mulrenin 31:49

4y ago31:49

31:49

Order of the Arrow cataloging going back 50 years is the topic of this month’s Scouting Hot Finds Insiders Round Table. Bill Mulrenin served as the New York State Editor on the Blue Book project for the last 3 editions. So in the discussion we take it all the way back to Bill Price books of the 1970s to describe how far this has come. The next big …

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#96 Creating Scouting Memorabilia Collecting Guides With Wiatt Williamson 35:14

4y ago35:14

35:14

Wiatt Williamson has cracked the code on how to write a Scouting memorabilia guide book. In his years in the hobby he has written over a dozen guides for Order of the Arrow lodges, councils and camps. In this interview he shares the blueprint and makes an offer to share his easy to use template with everyone out there. I think that his idea can be …

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#95 Dating And Identifying Boy Scout Memorabilia With Mitch Reis 39:48

4y ago39:48

39:48

Mitch Reis has just published the 5th Edition of A Guide To Dating And Identifying Boy Scouts Of America Badges, Uniform, & Insignia. This book is one of the reference "bibles" that all Scouting memorabilia collectors should have on their shelf. There is hardly a topic that is not covered if it was worn on a uniform. In this interview Mitch goes al…

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#94 Clothtalk The Original Scout Memorabilia Podcast With Chris Brightwell 24:52

4y ago24:52

24:52

Perhaps the first podcast I ever listened to back in 2006 was an ambitious project that was launched by some guys out of Coosa Lodge 50 in Alabama. Clothtalk was their idea for an audio podcast that would focus on the hobby of collecting Scouting memorabilia. For 29 episodes these guys brought on guests for interviews, had a Trade-O-Ree corresponde…

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#93 NY State OA Trader Bill Mulrenin 31:16

4y ago31:16

31:16

For about 15 years Bill Mulrenin has been a constant on the Internet for the Boy Scout memorabilia collecting hobby. His website at www.NYOATRADER.com is the prototype for what a niche blog site in our hobby should be. As the New York OA Blue Book Editor he created the site to help share knowledge and also to keep up with new Order of the Arrow iss…

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#92 Refurbishing Vintage BSA Knives and Axes With Bill Chadek 24:34

4+ y ago24:34

24:34

A decade ago Bill Chadek took a gamble on a Boy Scout pocket knife. He cleaned up a beat up old knife and brought it back to life with elbow grease, sandpaper, and lots of polishing. This was the beginning of a side business refurbishing vintage BSA pocket knives, sheath knives and hand axes. Today his completed projects sell at auction for as much…

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#91 Collecting Early OA Odd Shapes With Russell Smart 41:17

4+ y ago41:17

41:17

For several decades Russell Smart was on a mission. He came up with a simple enough goal. Can I get the first patch issued by the oldest lodge in every state? That rabbit hole of collecting led him to add other needs to the list but eventually he was able to get that impossible collection about 93% complete. In our interview we go back in time to t…

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#90 Spirit of Jamboree with Doug Schwab 28:03

4+ y ago28:03

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At the 2019 World Scout Jamboree held in the United States Doug Schwab helped to staff the Spirit of Jamboree Museum. In this interview we talk about his experience and the book he published that documented the once in a lifetime display of Scouting memorabilia from the World Scout Jamboree. The book is a beautiful full color hard back with profess…

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#89 Roots: Looking Ahead To Building A Consistent Boy Scout Memorabilia Podcast 43:38

4+ y ago43:38

43:38

The first episode of the Scouting Hot Finds Radio in almost a year should be the launching pad for a real rebirth of the podcast. I know I am guilty of saying that a few times over the last couple of years but I'm laying down roots to make this podcast sustainable. In this episode you will hear about 3 topics that I think fit with the theme of root…

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#88 Boy Scout History Museums With Rick Stewart 34:10

5+ y ago34:10

34:10

By Jason Spangler

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#87 History of Boy Scout Merit Badge Pamphlets With John Smilek 32:44

6+ y ago32:44

32:44

By Jason Spangler

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#86 Patchvault.org Interview With John Athayde 47:48

6+ y ago47:48

47:48

John Athayde and his collaborators on Patchvault.org are ready to turn back control of Order of the Arrow memorabilia listing to the people. With a background in software and a core group of collectors supporting the effort they have expanded the site from it's roots as Virginia OA specific to now include about 70 lodges. What sets this site apart …